# The Open Protocol That Wants to Tell Your AI Agent What Your Dealer Won't

- slug: the-open-protocol-that-wants-to-tell-your-ai-agent-what-your-dealer-wont
- date: 2026-04-06
- category: Agentics

The APEX Protocol spec requires brokers to expose seven real-time event types to AI agents, a systematic attempt to close the information asymmetry between dealer and client at the data layer. Whether brokers adopt it before being forced to is the open question.

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