OREANDA-NEWS. On 05 June 2009 was announced, that OJSC "Russian Trading System" Stock Exchange has begun testing a new service providing distribution of anonymous market data via FIX FAST protocol. The new service was developed for RTS by the software developer Devexperts.

FAST Gateway is meant for distributing a wide range of market data to the trading participants, information agencies or other counter-parties in a real-time mode. FAST (FIX Adapted for Streaming) is a technology standard for global market data distribution. Data communications are supported with the multicast UDP technology. The service also provides an opportunity to deliver data to the client by two unrelated net routes.

Market data communications are organized in accordance with the practice of the leading world trading venues. Standard FAST Gateway will allow OJSC RTS not only to instantly connect international market data recipients to the system, but to effectively raise the functionality of the system.

At the moment the following market data is available:

general description of financial instruments on the spot and futures and options markets;

current trades on the spot and futures and options markets;

an aggregated order book with a fixed market depth (5) on the spot and futures and options markets;

analytics.

All this data is available in the form of FAST streams. Clients’ software is developed either by the users or external agencies.

Dmitry Shatsky, RTS Deputy CEO says: "We believe that cooperation with the Devexperts, the company that has a vast experience in developing trading systems and communicating exchange data, will allow the market participants to provide not only FIX- but also FAST-connection of high reliability".

"We are happy that our cooperation has continued. RTS is the first Russian exchange that has adopted international standards of data interchange and we intend to help RTS in maintaining leader’s positions in this sphere", says Yan Stolyar, Director of Business Development, at Devexperts.

The required documentation can be found on the RTS ftp-server.

 For technical support enquiries, please contact Alexander Ananchenko at +7 (495) 705-9031, ext. 4310 or by e-mail: help@rts.ru

About "Russian Trading System" Stock Exchange

Russian Trading System" Stock Exchange is one of the leading exchanges in Russia. The RTS Index, calculated on the basis of 50 most liquid stocks of highly capitalized companies, is the main benchmark for the Russian stock market.

"Russian Trading System" Stock Exchange is also the leading futures and options market in Russia. FORTS (Futures and Options on RTS) combines developed infrastructure with advanced trading technology, which come from more than 10 years’ successful market development. FORTS offers the widest range of futures and options contracts – 50 derivatives on shares of Russian companies, bonds, short-term interest rates, currency, RTS Indices, Urals oil, gas oil, sugar, gold and silver.

In 2008 28.7 million trades with 239.8 million contracts were made for the total amount of 11.2 trillion roubles.

For further information, please contact the RTS Public Relations Department at +7 (495) 705-9031, 500-3840.

About Devexperts

Devexperts is a software developer providing financial solutions, professional implementation of systems and support for brokers, exchanges and other financial institutions operating mainly in options markets and FOREX. Devexperts' clients are individual brokers and online financial, investment, and banking companies operating inthe USA, the UK, and Russia, among other countries. They include Global Forex Trading (USA), thinkorswim Inc. (USA), KIT Finance (Russia), "VITUS" (Russia) and The Baltic Financial Agency (Russia). Devexperts’ largest projects provide complex automation and online trading to a number of exchange brokers.