Access and credentials

Everything between "we want access" and "we can send an order." The same path applies to every trading firm, market makers included.

Apply for access (KYB)

The CeFi venue onboards businesses through KYB — Know Your Business. The trading organization is verified, not an individual — this is different from the individual KYC that retail traders complete.

To start, apply at truemarkets.co/institution/get-started or email [email protected]. Once your organization is approved, you move on to network access and credentials.

For asset managers and introducing firms, KYB covers the manager or introducing firm; how your underlying clients are handled depends on your account model.

Network access

The CeFi venue is not served over the public internet. During onboarding your firm's egress IPs are added to a VPN / PrivateLink allowlist. Base URLs and connectivity details are in the CeFi REST reference.

Get your credentials

You're issued credentials for the surfaces you use:

• REST (HMAC): an organization_id, key_id, and secret. Every request is signed with HMAC-SHA256 — see the CeFi REST reference.
• FIX: session credentials (SenderCompID / TargetCompID and login details) — see the FIX overview.

FIX certification

Before trading live over FIX, certify your integration in UAT against the TrueX_FIX50SP2.xml specification. Certification confirms your order-entry, market-data, and drop-copy sessions behave correctly. See the FIX overview for the spec and session details.

Maker fees and rebates

Maker and taker fees are tiered by volume, and the top maker bands are negative — a rebate paid to you. See the fee schedule for the current tiers.

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