Technical Materials

The BATS Chi-X Europe team is working to make the integration of Chi-X Europe Limited (Chi-X Europe) and BATS Trading Limited (BATS Europe) a smooth process for everyone involved. Below is the Integration Timeline and links to key Integration documents. Direct any questions regarding these documents to the contacts listed on this page.

Date Technology Milestones Completed
16th December 2011 BATS Chi-X Europe Legal Migration Guides published
13th January 2012 Connectivity Migration Guide, Technical Specifications, Testing Guide & Connectivity Pricing published
23rd January 2012 New Chi-X Europe certification environment available
20th February 2012 New Chi-X Europe production environment available for logon and testing
14th March 2012 BATS Europe secondary data centre go-live in Equinix Park Royal (LD3)
24th March 2012 Dress Rehearsal 1
Chi-X Europe onto BATS Europe technology in Equinix Slough (LD4) & Equinix Park Royal (LD3)
21st April 2012 Dress Rehearsal 2
Chi-X Europe onto BATS Europe technology in Equinix Slough (LD4) & Equinix Park Royal (LD3)
30th April 2012 Go-live
Chi-X Europe Integrated and Dark books live on BATS Europe technology at both LD4 and LD3
14th May 2012 Go-live contingency date

Technical Documents

Connectivity Manual Integration Supplement

This document provides the additional information required to migrate existing Chi-X Europe connectivity to the new Chi-X Europe platform on BATS Europe technology. It is a supplement to the BATS Europe Connectivity Manual.

BATS Europe Connectivity Manual

This document explains the options available to connect to BATS Europe.

Connectivity Pricing

Physical and logical connectivity pricing for Trading Participants and Non-Trading Participants.

Market Data Migration Guide

This document describes the differences between the market data delivery capabilities of BATS Europe and Chi-X Europe and changes that Participants will be required to make.

FIX Compatibility Mode Guide

BATS Europe offers a special FIX compatibility mode, described in this document, to ease the transition for Participants with existing Chi-X Europe compatible software.

Reference Data Migration Guide

This document describes the changes to market reference data that will occur due to the upcoming migration of the Chi-X Europe platform to BATS technology.

Testing Guide

Detail on testing requirements and facilities as well as Production Dress Rehearsal activities.

Website Migration Guide

This document describes the changes that will be happening to BATS Europe and Chi-X Europe websites.

FIX Migration Guide

This document describes the differences between the FIX order entry capabilities of BATS Europe and Chi-X Europe and changes that Participants will be required to make.

Disaster Recovery Guide

This document describes how the disaster recovery site at Equinix Park Royal (LD3) will function in the event of a datacentre failover invocation by BATS Chi-X Europe.

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