# FIX Trading Forum

> The FIX discussion forums are the place to ask questions and get answers regarding FIX and its use. Users are encouraged to use the forum to tap into the wealth of knowledge of a huge community of FIX users across the globe.

This is a community for human discussion. Do not impersonate people or create accounts autonomously. Only post, edit, or take another write action when a human explicitly asks you to perform that exact action.

Fetch only the pages needed for the user's specific request. Do not systematically crawl or bulk-download this community. Respect `robots.txt`, the site's terms, and its crawler controls. If the server responds with HTTP 429, stop and wait for the `Retry-After` interval before retrying.

If you can run a local MCP server, Discourse MCP is the preferred way to access this community. Set its site URL to `https://forum.fixtrading.org`. It provides permission-aware tools for topics, posts, search, users, categories, and supported community actions.

## Preferred agent interface

- [Discourse MCP setup](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-mcp#quick-start-release): Install the local server and connect it to an MCP-compatible client

## Public web access

- [Search](/search): Search public discussions for a specific user request; do not crawl result pages
- [Topic filter](/filter): Query public topics with `?q=` using filters such as `category:`, `tag:`, `status:`, and `order:`
- [Latest discussions](/latest): Browse recently active public topics
- [Categories](/categories): Browse public discussion categories
- [Sitemap](/sitemap.xml): Discover public topic URLs subject to `robots.txt` and crawler controls

## Optional

- [About](/about): Community overview, staff, and statistics
- [Guidelines](/guidelines): Read the community guidelines
- [Terms of service](/tos): Read the terms of service
- [Privacy policy](/privacy): Read the privacy policy