LMEX Markets launches 24/7 multi-asset perpetuals exchange on LD4
LMEX Markets, the multi-asset perpetuals exchange covering cryptocurrencies, forex, US equities, commodities and global indices, today launched on bare-metal infrastructure at LD4, the Equinix-hosted Slough data centre that serves as the canonical low-latency venue for European institutional trading.
The exchange is the first retail-accessible venue to offer perpetual contracts across all five major asset classes on a single cross-margin wallet, settled in USDT, with continuous 24/7 trading and no overnight or weekend gaps. Maximum leverage is 125× on major cryptocurrency perpetuals and up to 500× on forex pairs.
What launches at LD4:
- A FIX 4.4 gateway over TCP for institutional buy-side, prop firms and brokers, alongside the existing REST and WebSocket APIs.
- A six-tier VIP fee ladder with automatic tier assignment from 30-day trading volume, ranging from 0.01% maker / 0.06% taker at the General tier down to 0% maker / 0.04% taker at VIP 5.
- ECN-style forex commission at $5 per side per standard lot (General tier), dropping to $1.50 at VIP 5 — competitive with established ECN forex brokers.
- Immutable tick-data audit, enabling liquidation enquiries to be resolved with the exact engine-consumed tick stream.
What makes the venue different:
Most exchanges optimise for one asset class. Cryptocurrency venues do not list forex or equities; ECN forex brokers do not list cryptocurrency; multi-asset brokers like Interactive Brokers price each asset class on a different fee model. LMEX Markets is the only venue applying a single fee schedule, a single margin pool and a single API surface across all five asset classes — designed for the cross-asset trader who today juggles three or four separate accounts.
An insurance fund is maintained as the public backstop against socialised loss, with balance proof to publish alongside launch; the WebSocket broadcast surface exposes 18 typed event variants; the REST API spans 56 endpoints. A full OpenAPI 3.1 specification is available at lmexmarkets.com/docs.
About LMEX Markets
LMEX Markets is the 24/7 multi-asset perpetuals exchange. Trade crypto, forex, equities, commodities and indices on one wallet, with one margin pool, settled in USDT. Visit lmexmarkets.com.
Media contact
press@lmexmarkets.com
