Global Points of Presence¶
BidFX provides several network Points-Of-Presence (POPs) around the world where our clients may connect to access our pricing and trading service. TLS secures all connections over a single port which is sufficient for both pricing and order flow.
Production¶
The table below lists the available Production POPs.
| City | Environment | DNS name | IP | Port |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | PROD | api.ld.bidfx.com | 64.52.164.90 | 443 |
| New York | PROD | api.ny.bidfx.com | 64.52.165.90 | 443 |
| Tokyo | PROD | api.ty.bidfx.com | 64.52.166.90 | 443 |
| Singapore | PROD | api.sg.bidfx.com | 64.52.167.90 | 443 |
Clients are encouraged to connect to their geographically closest access point for minimum latency.
User acceptance testing¶
BidFX provide dedicated User Acceptance Test (UAT) environments which clients can uses to test and certify their software before going into production. The table below lists the available UAT POPs.
| City | Environment | DNS name | IP | Port |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | UAT | api.ld.bidfx.biz | 64.52.164.80 | 443 |
| Tokyo | UAT | api.ty.bidfx.biz | 64.52.166.80 | 443 |
UAT pricing subscriptions are routed to liquidity provider test sessions. These will quote prices that are similar to current market rates but will not compare well with production data. Prices on bank test session are good for heavily traded instruments but less so for less-liquid instruments such as NDF.
In UAT orders are routed to a BidFX market simulator running in New York. Clients located far from the simulator may experience latency on their orders as they route to New York for handling.