In addition, TT will connect to Osaka Securities Exchange (OSE) on or before 14 February 2011 to coincide with the launch of OSE’s new J-Gate derivatives trading platform.
The new connections will enable the TT to offer customers with access to four of the top five Japanese derivatives exchanges.
In May 2009, TT introduced its connection to Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM).
TT is also planning to extend full coverage to the Japanese markets later this year with a new link to Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE).
TT said that its recently launched TFX gateway directly connects its X_Trader derivatives trading platform and related electronic trading products to TFX, Japan’s second largest derivatives exchange.
According to the TT, through the new gateway, the customers can trade the exchange’s benchmark three-month Euroyen short-term interest rate (STIR) futures contract, which represents more than 95% of the global Euroyen volume.
In addition, TT provides access to Euroyen STIR options, call rate futures and repo rate futures.
TT also now supports trading of TGE products through its Tocom gateway and its customers have the option to spread TFX and TGE products against contracts listed on all TT-supported exchanges.
Currently, TT provides connectivity to approximately three-dozen exchanges in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East and the Asia/Pacific region.
TT CEO Harris Brumfield said the customers can now obtain access to a broad array of Japanese derivatives contracts on TFX, TGE and Tocom through the trading platform.
