APIs Overview

Plxtra provides the following APIs to enable access, integrations and extensions:

Business Systems Integration

Used by broker/exchange operators to integrate their business systems with Plxtra.

• Order Management: Used to query and manipulate the Order Management System (OMS). Also stream real-time feeds and views to/from the OMS.
• Authority: Used to query and manipulate User Authority data.
• Session Management: Used to query and manipulate Session Management service.

Front end

Used to create data and trading applications.

• Websocket: A streaming API for real-time market and trading data, making queries, and submitting order instructions.
• IQ: A SQL-style query interface for retrieving market and trading data, and submitting order instructions.
• Motif Services: A SQL-style query interface for retrieving market and trading data, and submitting order instructions.

Extensibility

Used to extend the capabilities of Plxtra.

• Overview: Introduction to extending Plxtra
• Zenith Plugin: Used to connect to external services and provide market data into the data distribution infrastructure.
• Order Management Feed Adapter: Used to feed order executions from external exchanges or execution locations into the OMS.
• Motif Extension: Used for creating extensions to the Motif trading application.