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Kraken Market Data Connector

Kraken Data Connector based on WebSocket/REST.

Features

krakenConnector Key
Instrument Types
FX
Asset Class
Crypto
Technology
WebSocketREST
Feed Mode
Real-Time
Order Book Update Mode
SnapshotIncremental Updates
Order Book Type
Aggregated
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Trades
Funding Rates

Configuration

Data Connector Parameters

ParameterDefault ValueDescription
REST URLhttps://api.kraken.com/REST root URL.
WebSocket URLwss://ws.kraken.com/WebSocket root URL.
Read Timeout20000Read timeout in milliseconds.
Reconnect Timeout15000Reconnect timeout in milliseconds.
Exchange NameKRAKENExchange name for this session.
Output Book Size20Size of the output book.
Snapshot Interval10SThis property sets an interval in seconds between periodical Level2 snapshots which sent to Aggregator.

Snapshots will be generated as soon as this threshold is exceeded AND the next increment message arrives. Conversely, snapshots are NOT generated every period if no data is coming in.

Default value is 10 seconds.

Symbology

Supported instrument types: the current version supports SPOTs.

Supported symbol notations:

Symbol NotationExamples
CRYPTO/PAIR (upper case)XBT/USD
1INCH/EUR

Full symbol list:

https://api.kraken.com/0/public/AssetPairs

Logging

To enable detailed logging, use these lines in the <QSHOME>/config/gflog.xml file:

<logger name="deltix.qsrv.hf.plugins.data.kraken" level="DEBUG">
<appender-ref ref="safeAppender"/>
</logger>