BATS Chi-X Europe
One Connection
A Single Connection for Pan-European Trading
The four pieces of the ONE Connection solution provide access to BATS Chi-X Europe order books, other pan-European market centre order books, clearing and settlement, and pan-European market data.
Order Books
Integrated Order Books
BATS Chi-X Europe has two Integrated (Lit) order books that provide advanced visible and non-displayed order types to Participants with aggressive maker-taker pricing, anonymity and price-time priority.
Dark Order Books
BATS Chi-X Europe offers two anonymous midpoint dark order books with time-priority matching designed to minimise information leakage. They are separate dedicated order books with the same securities, clearing, markets traded and core trading hours as the Integrated order books.
- Lit Order Books
- BXE Dark Order Book
- CXE Dark Order Book
View current market share on each of our order books by clicking the names above.
NEW! Interbook Orders
Lit Sweep & Dark Sweep
Access liquidity at both of the BATS Chi-X Europe order books, or both of the dark order books.
Click here for details on these order types.
BATS+ PRIMARY (NYSE Euronext, Deutsche Börse, LSE)
Access dark and Integrated order book liquidity up to the order's limit price then route to the chosen market centre for any remaining shares up to the limit price. Any final remainders will rest on the Integrated order book or the dark order book.
Market Data
View our Market Data Products page for descriptions of the feeds available. Market Data specifications are available on the Support tab.
BATS Select Orders & Strategies
Choose Your Venues
Liquidity Pools
Group 1: BATS Chi-X Europe
Start with the deep liquidity of BATS Chi-X Europe’s dark and lit order books.
Group 2: Liquidity Partners (LPs)
Add this group to access liquidity through selected dark pools.
Liquidnet, Knight upon receipt of IOI.
Group 3: Exchanges and MTFs
Choose to access additional Exchanges and MTFs across Europe.
London Stock Exchange, Borsa Italiana, Deutsche Börse, NYSE Euronext, SIX Swiss Exchange, Nasdaq OMX, Oslo Børs, Turquoise and Wiener Börse.
Choose Your Approach
Routing Strategies
Parallel D: Best Price
Splits a routable order and sends it to multiple market centres simultaneously at the same price level. Liquidity is exhausted at each price level to the limit price.
Parallel 2D: Faster Execution
Splits a routable order and sends it to multiple market centres and multiple price levels simultaneously.
Dark Routing Technique
Dark Routing Technique (DRT) provides less market impact by executing against non-displayed liquidity at multiple dark pools.
Re-Route
Re-Route applies to orders that have completed the routing process and are resting on the Integrated Book. It monitors quotes from other market centres and proactively searches for more liquidity when marketable liquidity becomes available elsewhere.
Click here for diagrams of each strategy.
Click here for detailed descriptions of each routing strategy.
Clearing & Settlement
BATS Chi-X Europe Participants have the choice of a clearer from the following CCPs: EMCF, EuroCCP, LCH.Clearnet and SIX x-clear.
EuroCCP, LCH.Clearnet and SIX x-clear cover all pan-European markets with the exceptions of the Spanish market and ETFs.
EMCF covers all pan-European markets and provides clearing for the Spanish market and ETFs.
CCP elections may be made independently for different trading firms and for different listing markets.
View our Trade Clearing Process document for more information on clearing and settlement.