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  • Commodities (metals) - traded in XOFF only, regulatory fields N/A
  • Only Spot, Outright and NDF LegProductTypes are allowed.  Two-legged Swap and NDS securities are split into Spot, Outright and NDF products, respectively
  • Environment is the same for all products within a batch.
  • Batch contains products for one currency pair only.  If another pair is used, a new batch will be created automatically.  Moreover, a change of settlement currency will also result in new batch.
  • Every product in a Batch can be priced as either Buy or Sell, but never both, unlike RFS, where two-way pricing is available.
  • Its possible to upload Batches from Excel.  The steps are:
    1) Run HELP FXBM<GO> on Bloomberg Terminal
    2) Select "Uploading Orders" option in the left column
    3) Download the template template spreadsheet  by clicking on "FXEM/FXBM Orders" blue link - please see the screenshot below
    4) Enter the necessary information into the spreadsheet, template "C.UPLOADING A BATCH INTO FXEM"
    5) Drag and Drop this template into your FXBT screen.

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