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Hi all,
I decided to take a look at FIX, my background is IT Security and programming (Java C# mainly). I have took a quick look through the technical specifications which is fine- although I cant tell how to actually connect to a FIX endpoint? For example, if I wanted to knock up a small FIX application that did something simple (HelloWorld for example), do I need to register with a FIX provider or something? Any links to getting started would be great, even better if you could provide links to Java sample code to get started with FIX.
Thanks guys, I look forward to hearing to your responses!
J!
Hi all,
I decided to take a look at FIX, my background is IT Security and programming (Java C# mainly). I have took a quick look through the technical specifications which is fine- although I cant tell how to actually connect to a FIX endpoint? For example, if I wanted to knock up a small FIX application that did something simple (HelloWorld for example), do I need to register with a FIX provider or something? Any links to getting started would be great, even better if you could provide links to Java sample code to get started with FIX.
Thanks guys, I look forward to hearing to your responses!
J!
Hi John,
Since you’re working in Java, a good choice would be the QuickFix/J FIX engine - it’s 100% Java and is open-source so it’s the most practical route to take to get up and running quickly without having to spend a lot of money on a commercial solution.
If you need something for doing testing or simulations, I’d be happy to give you a free license for our Visual FIX system if you want. Shoot me an email and I’ll send you a download link and license key.
Also, we’re getting ready to launch a much more powerful system at the beginning of next year, and we’ll be providing a free / community edition of it which integrates really nicely with applications that are developed using the open-source FIX engines. If you’d like early access to the free version of that system I can add you to the beta program mailing list for that as well. It’s more oriented towards developing and managing production trading systems, so it will probably be more useful to you than just a regular testing / simulation product.
Cheers,
Russ
Hi all,
I decided to take a look at FIX, my background is IT Security and programming (Java C# mainly). I have took a quick look through the technical specifications which is fine- although I cant tell how to actually connect to a FIX endpoint? For example, if I wanted to knock up a small FIX application that did something simple (HelloWorld for example), do I need to register with a FIX provider or something? Any links to getting started would be great, even better if you could provide links to Java sample code to get started with FIX.
Thanks guys, I look forward to hearing to your responses!
J!
Hi John,
Since you’re working in Java, a good choice would be the QuickFix/J FIX engine - it’s 100% Java and is open-source so it’s the most practical route to take to get up and running quickly without having to spend a lot of money on a commercial solution.
If you need something for doing testing or simulations, I’d be happy to give you a free license for our Visual FIX system if you want. Shoot me an email and I’ll send you a download link and license key.
Also, we’re getting ready to launch a much more powerful system at the beginning of next year, and we’ll be providing a free / community edition of it which integrates really nicely with applications that are developed using the open-source FIX engines. If you’d like early access to the free version of that system I can add you to the beta program mailing list for that as well. It’s more oriented towards developing and managing production trading systems, so it will probably be more useful to you than just a regular testing / simulation product.
Cheers,
Russ
Hi Russ,
Thanks for this- il bounce you an email offline!