Technology & Connectivity -
Genium INET Clearing, Q-port and CMS Web
exploreNasdaq Clearing offers marketplace and clearing services for a broad range of products including derivatives on stocks, indexes, fixed income and commodity instruments. All derivatives are cleared in Nasdaq’s clearing system Genium INET Clearing, an integrated clearing and back-office system. Nasdaq Clearing clears all electronic trades in the above products automatically, as well as OTC trades done outside the regulated market and reported to the clearing house for clearing.
Nasdaq Clearing provides proprietary tools for accessing the derivatives market. Below you will find additional information regarding each of them.
Nasdaq Clearing also offers access through OMnet API and FIX, as well as several independent software vendors (ISV). For more information on this please see. Genium INET Technical information page.
Genium INET Trading Workstation
Trading Workstation is a trading tool provided by Nasdaq as an alternative to third party applications. It provides trading access to the derivatives markets. Included is an integrated reporting function for instruments in standardized series.
Genium INET Trading Workstation user guide
Q-port
Q-Port is a web-based clearing application for Nasdaq Clearing providing management of the full trade lifecycle, from trade reporting and margin simulation to position management and settlement.
How to access Q-port
Please request for New Clearing Access via the Member Portal (recommended option). If you don’t yet have access to Member Portal, you can fill in the Clearing Access Form for Derivatives or Commodities and submit to Member & Account Configuration.
Q-Port is accessible over Internet and uses Nasdaq Sign In, a two-factor authentication solution, which needs to be prepared by the member’s IT-department before usage. Read more at our Market Connectivity page under the menu "Two-Factor authentication (2FA) for web applications".
For user access related questions, please contact Member & Account Configuration, MAC@nasdaq.com.
For clearing related questions, please contact Clearing Operations +46 8 405 6880 or clearing@nasdaq.com.
Genium INET Clearing Workstation 1 - CW1
Clearing Workstation 1 is one of two user interfaces to access the clearing system and is a local server installation. It covers all clearing related functionality, including reporting of standardized and tailor-made (flexible) contracts.
Collateral Management Web - CMS WEB
Nasdaq has developed a web tool where members can overview and manage collateral deposited on custody accounts. Information about balance, earned interest, interest rates and much more can be found on the CMS Web. This is also one of the tools for making callbacks of cash and securities.
CMS Web uses the Nasdaq Sign in authentication solution available at:
