API Overview

Bitnomial provides two methods for connecting and trading on the Exchange: Direct and Indirect.

Direct Market Access

Direct Market Access (DMA) provides low-latency connectivity to the exchange through private network connections for high-performance trading.

Network Types

Currently Bitnomial provides DMA via TCP/IP-based binary protocol over:

Network Setup

  • Network Setup - Detailed configuration instructions for AWS PrivateLink, Direct Connect, VPC Peering, VPN, and routing
  • Environments - Information about Production, Sandbox, and Disaster Recovery environments

The Bitnomial matching engine is hosted in Amazon Web Services (AWS) US-East-2 (Ohio).

Direct Connection Protocols

  • Binary (BTP) API - Low latency binary protocol for order entry and price feeds. Requires DMA network setup.
  • FIX API - Dropcopy functionality using FIX 4.4 protocol

Contact help@exchange.bitnomial.com to begin the DMA registration and on-boarding process.

Public Internet APIs

These APIs are accessible over the public internet without requiring Direct Market Access setup.

  • REST API - HTTPS API for products, orders, fills, block trades, indexes, and funding rates
  • WebSocket API - Real-time market data feed for trades, order books, blocks, and market status

Indirect Connection

CQG is an Independent Software Vendor (ISV) who provides an array of methods for connecting to the exchange. Contact help@exchange.bitnomial.com to begin on-boarding process.

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