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ZagTrader Exchange Solutions
Platform Capabilities

Exchange Solutions

Built for regulated markets and controlled trading venues. ZagTrader supports the complete lifecycle of a regulated market — from order entry and price discovery, through matching and auctions, to post-trade processing, surveillance, and regulatory reporting.

Who it's for

  • Exchanges & market operators
  • Regulated trading venues & MTFs
  • Digital-asset & tokenized exchanges
  • Market infrastructure operators

What it delivers

  • Deterministic, transparent price formation
  • Exchange-grade controls and supervisory oversight
  • Full auditability across all market activity
  • Regulatory access, review, and forensic analysis

A High-Performance Matching Engine at the Core

At the heart of the platform is a high-performance matching engine, supported by the market controls, data dissemination, participant management, and governance infrastructure that modern exchanges and market operators require.

Price–time priority matching, configurable sessions and auctions, venue-level controls, real-time surveillance, and post-trade integration — deterministic and fully auditable.

Core Exchange Capabilities

Everything a regulated market needs, from order entry to regulatory reporting

Matching Engine (Core)
  • Centralized order matching engine
  • Price–time priority matching
  • Partial fills and trade aggregation
  • Full order and trade lifecycle auditability
  • Optimized for continuous trading and auction-based sessions
Trading Sessions & Market Structure
  • Pre-open, open, continuous, closing, and post-close sessions
  • Opening, intraday, and closing auctions
  • Standalone auction sessions for structured liquidity events
  • Indicative pricing during auction and pre-open phases
  • Session rules configurable per market, segment, and instrument
  • Market halt, resume, and instrument suspension controls
Order Management & Market Controls
  • Centralized order intake and validation
  • Tick size, lot size, and trading hours enforcement
  • Price bands, volatility interruptions, and circuit breakers
  • Self-trade prevention at venue level
  • Exchange-wide and participant-level risk controls
Exchange Order Types
  • Market, Limit, Stop, and Stop-Limit
  • IOC, GTC, and GTD time-in-force
  • Auction orders
  • All order behavior governed by configurable market rules
Market Data & Price Dissemination
  • Market-by-order and market-by-price feeds
  • Configurable depth of book
  • Real-time trade dissemination
  • Official reference prices and auction results
  • Multicast, FIX, and WebSocket distribution
  • Snapshot and recovery support
Participant & Member Management
  • Trading participant onboarding and configuration
  • Permissions by market, segment, and instrument
  • Participant-level limits and controls
  • Sponsored access and DMA governance
  • Drop-copy feeds and audit visibility
Surveillance, Integrity & Governance
  • Real-time monitoring across instruments, sessions, and segments
  • Order-book surveillance — depth, imbalance, and behavioral analysis
  • Auction and pre-open price-formation monitoring
  • Detection of spoofing, layering, and manipulation
  • Full order and trade replay for supervisory review
  • Configurable alerts, exception workflows, and audit trails
Clearing & Post-Trade Integration
  • Trade confirmation generation
  • Interfaces for clearing and settlement systems
  • Netting and allocation workflows
  • Corporate-action integration points
  • Compatibility with CCPs, CSDs, and custodians
Connectivity & Interoperability
  • Native FIX protocol connectivity
  • Trading and market-data APIs
  • SWIFT messaging for post-trade and settlement
  • Replay and recovery support
  • Integration with surveillance, reporting, and regulatory systems
Market Expansion
  • Support for alternative and tokenized instruments
  • Governed within exchange market segments and rulebooks

Regulatory Confidence

Deterministic execution supporting transparent price formation, exchange-grade controls and supervisory oversight, full auditability across all market activity, and infrastructure designed to support regulatory access, review, and forensic analysis.

Proven with exchanges & market operators

ZagTrader powers real exchange and market-operator deployments across the region.

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Trusted by 100+ institutions managing over $500B in assets

17+ years in production25+ regulated markets & exchanges5M+ daily transactions

Trusted by leading institutions

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Emirates Investment Bank
Housing Bank
Dubai Financial Market
ADSS
Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange
Finance House
Tabadul Exchange Hub
Copper
Unibank