KX Feedhandlers

Seamless market data ingestion at scale

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Introducing KX Feedhandlers

  • KX Feedhandlers act as the interface between raw market data and trading, risk, or analytics systems by ingesting, structuring, and distributing high-quality, normalized data in real time
  • Deliver clean, low-latency data through pre-packaged pipelines, enabling integration into trading, analytics, and risk systems
  • Support multi-asset ingestion across equities, FX, fixed income, crypto, and more, providing a unified, high-performance foundation for real-time decision-making

Benefits

Accelerate integration

Connect to data sources faster with pre-built connectors and ready-to-use pipelines.

Clean, structured data

Normalize and enrich incoming data for immediate use in analytics and modeling.

Ingest multi-asset data

Support equities, FX, fixed income, crypto, and more with flexible schema mapping.

Always up to date

Stay ahead with automated schema updates and built-in support for market changes.

Low-latency performance

Ingest and process real-time and historical data with microsecond-level speed.

Deploy anywhere

Run in the cloud, on-premises, or hybrid environments with high availability.

How do KX Feedhandlers work?

Ingest, normalize, and enrich real-time data from exchanges, financial institutions, and alternative sources using configurable schemas and symbology mapping.

1. Ingest and normalize

  • Connect to global exchanges, trading venues, and market data providers
  • Stream real-time, historical, and reference data across asset classes

2. Transform and process

  • Apply automated schema mapping, symbology normalization, and enrichment
  • Ensure data accuracy with built-in validation and quality checks

3. Distribute and analyze

  • Deliver structured data to dashboards, trading models, and execution engines
  • Enable high-performance real-time queries and AI-driven analytics

Explore KX Feedhandlers

Bloomberg
The Bloomberg Feedhandler delivers low-latency access to real-time equities, fixed income, futures, FX, crypto and derivatives data. It also supports integration with Bloomberg’s EMRS to manage data access and compliance.

Key capabilities

  • Real-time L1 tick data across multiple asset classes
  • Built-in support for Bloomberg data entitlements (EMRS)
  • Pre-configured pipelines for fast deployment

This Feedhandler delivers high-quality L1 and L2 data from Activ Financial (Options IT), including options, equities, FX, and structured products. Built for latency-sensitive environments, it supports volatility modeling and complex instrument analysis.

Key capabilities

  • Full-depth order book access
  • Configurable for options chains and volatility surfaces
  • Real-time streaming for structured product desks

LSEG logo

This Feedhandler supports Level 1 and Level 2 market data from LSEG (formerly Refinitiv/Reuters), including equities, fixed income, commodities, FX, and derivatives. It’s built for desks that require both top-of-book and full-depth data views.

Key capabilities

  • L1 and L2 tick-level data
  • Multi-asset support with normalized schemas
  • Integrated audit trails for compliance reporting

Purpose-built for FX trading environments, this Feedhandler ingests real-time quotes and execution data from MaxxTrader’s global FX liquidity network. It supports high-frequency FX execution and smart routing.

Key capabilities

  • Multi-tier FX liquidity data
  • Seamless integration with execution platforms
  • Optimized for real-time FX trade monitoring and pricing


ICE® Consolidated Streaming Data supports Level 1 and Level 2 market data from LSEG (formerly Refinitiv/Reuters), including equities, fixed income, commodities, FX, and derivatives. It’s built for desks that require both top-of-book and full-depth data views.

Key capabilities

  • L1 and L2 tick-level data
  • Multi-asset support with normalized schemas
  • Integrated audit trails for compliance reporting

The FIX Feedhandler supports real-time ingestion of post-trade data using the FIX Drop Copy protocol. It captures execution reports, order confirmations, and trade receipts—enabling firms to monitor and react to trades as they happen.

Key capabilities

  • Ingests trade confirmations and execution reports in real time
  • Ideal for post-trade analysis, compliance, and risk management
  • Designed for easy integration with trading and surveillance systems

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Frequently asked questions

Streamline market data ingestion with ultra-low latency performance built on kdb Insights Enterprise.

Our team can help you to:

  • Ingest and normalize multi-asset data from global sources in real time
  • Simplify feed integration and reduce development and maintenance overhead
  • Connect to your stack with support for Python, FIX, REST, and cloud-native APIs

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