Trading Technologies Inc. and the Montreal Exchange announced that trading on the exchange via TT’s X_Trader order entry platform has begun.

All users of the platform can now trade MX products. The MX is the first exchange to connect to this platform through the open-standard known as the Financial Information eXchange protocol (FIX).

“The community of X_Trader users will gain unprecedented access to the Montreal Exchange and the Canadian financial derivatives market,” said president and chief executive officer of the MX Luc Bertrand. “We are very pleased to be the first exchange in the world to connect to TT’s platform using FIX and to provide additional high performance connectivity solutions to MX participants.”