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CTS is able to import a number of backoffice files from the FCM. These files include account balance, account net position and contract margin files.

CTS requires the files be sent to a pair of secure FTP servers via SFTP or FTPS. Please contact CTS for project approval and FTP credentails.

We require files be sent to two secure ftp servers in parallel.
ftp.t4login.com & ftp2001.t4login.com
SFTP and FTPS are supported. Sandard FTP will not be accepted.


Standard GMI Files:
Account Balances = MNYF1
Account Net Positions = POSF1 (sometimes POSF2 has been used)
No standard file we are aware of for margins.


General Formatting:
Both fixed width and comma separated. File layout documentation should be provided for each file.
If possible a header should exist in the first row.
The same file name should be used every day. Don't include the date in the file name.
Data must be uncompressed/expanded. No binary data. No special characters. The data should be human readable. Numeric values should look like 12345.67.
Every account record should have a detailed descripition of the account as the users would see it on their statement.
Every position and margin record should have a detailed description of the exchange and contract as users would see them on their statement.


Trigger Files:
Trigger files are used for timing purposes as well as to provide us with the clearing date corresponding to the data.
The name of the trigger file should match that of the data but with the extension "*.trg".
The only value within the file should be the date in format "dd mmm yyyy".
If a data file FirmData.txt for clearing date Jan 2nd 2012 is transmitted at 2:00 am on the 3rd then the trigger file FirmData.trg must contain a single record with the value “02 JAN 2012”.


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