Question 1

What is XiroLink?

Accepted Answer

XiroLink is middleware that sits between your Liquidity Providers (Makers) and Trading Platforms (Takers). It maintains persistent FIX API connections to LPs, aggregates prices from multiple sources, maps symbols between different naming conventions, applies spread markups, and distributes market data to your platforms via TCP, WebSocket, or FIX protocols.

Question 2

What is a liquidity bridge?

Accepted Answer

A liquidity bridge is middleware that connects trading platforms to liquidity providers, enabling price streaming, order routing, and trade execution. In the forex and CFD industry, bridges are essential infrastructure that translate between different protocols (FIX, TCP, WebSocket) so brokers can aggregate prices from multiple LPs and distribute them to platforms like MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5.

Question 3

Does XiroLink work with MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5?

Accepted Answer

Yes. XiroLink connects to MT4 and MT5 platforms via TCP and FIX protocols on the Taker side. Your MetaTrader server connects as a Taker, receiving aggregated and marked-up prices from all configured Liquidity Providers. The bridge handles protocol translation, symbol mapping, and spread markup so your MetaTrader platform receives clean, ready-to-use market data.

Question 4

Is XiroLink suitable for ECN and STP brokers?

Accepted Answer

Absolutely. XiroLink supports ECN and STP execution models by aggregating prices from multiple liquidity providers and distributing the best bid/ask to your trading platforms. For ECN brokers, the multi-LP aggregation creates a genuine composite feed. For STP brokers, the bridge passes through LP prices with optional markup — ensuring straight-through processing from LP to client.

Question 5

How does XiroLink compare to traditional bridge providers?

Accepted Answer

Traditional bridge providers often charge $2K–$10K per month, require weeks of setup, and lock you into FIX-only taker connectivity. XiroLink offers multi-protocol taker support (TCP, WebSocket, FIX), per-taker markup profiles, hot configuration without restarts, a real-time web dashboard, automated S3/R2 backups, and intelligent alerting — at a fraction of the cost and with significantly faster deployment.

Question 6

What protocols are supported on the Maker side?

Accepted Answer

Makers connect via FIX 4.4 protocol. Each connection is configured with host, port, sender/target comp IDs, and heartbeat interval. The bridge handles session management, sequence numbering, and auto-reconnection automatically.

Question 7

What protocols are supported on the Taker side?

Accepted Answer

Takers can connect via TCP, WebSocket, or FIX. You can run multiple Takers simultaneously with different protocols — for example, one platform on TCP and another on WebSocket. Each Taker gets its own listen port and connection management.

Question 8

How many Makers and Takers can I connect?

Accepted Answer

There is no artificial limit. Add as many Liquidity Providers and Trading Platforms as your infrastructure requires. Each connection is managed independently with its own monitoring and health tracking.

Question 9

How does price aggregation work?

Accepted Answer

When the same symbol (e.g., XAUUSD) is received from multiple Makers, XiroLink can aggregate the best bid/ask to create a composite feed. If aggregation is not enabled or only one Maker provides the symbol, you can map it with primary/fallback priority — XAUUSD from Maker 1, failover to Maker 2.

Question 10

What is the 3-layer symbol mapping?

Accepted Answer

XiroLink uses Maker Symbol → Universal Symbol → Taker Symbol mapping. Your LP sends "EUR/USD", the bridge normalises it to Universal "EURUSD" (tagged as forex), and then maps it to each Taker's naming convention. This allows different LPs and platforms with different symbol names to work together seamlessly.

Question 11

Can I add spread markup per platform?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Create Markup Profiles (e.g., Standard, Premium, VIP) with per-symbol spread rules, and assign them to specific Takers. Different platforms can receive different pricing from the same LP feed.

Question 12

Can I add or remove connections without restarting?

Accepted Answer

Yes. XiroLink supports hot configuration — add new Makers, Takers, symbol maps, and markup profiles without restarting the engine. You can also restart individual connections independently without affecting others.

Question 13

What monitoring is available?

Accepted Answer

The real-time dashboard shows Maker/Taker status, live prices with bid/ask/spread/volume/depth, throughput (messages per second), ring buffer utilisation, processed/aggregated message counts, error rates, and per-symbol latency. Full system logs with level filtering, export, and search are also available.

Question 14

Does XiroLink support alerts and notifications?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Configure intelligent alert rules for Maker disconnect, Taker disconnect, high latency, and buffer overflow. Set latency thresholds, check intervals, and cooldown periods. Alerts are delivered via email (SMTP) with full monitoring of sent, suppressed, and historical alerts.

Question 15

Can I backup the bridge configuration?

Accepted Answer

Yes. XiroLink supports automated backups to any S3-compatible storage — AWS S3 or Cloudflare R2. Configure endpoint URL, access credentials, bucket, region, interval, and key prefix. You can also test connections and trigger manual backups from the settings panel.

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