Introduction to FIX

OCI - Education & Training - Introduction to FIX

Schedule


There are no open enrollment classes currently scheduled.

Goals
The Financial Information Exchange (FIX) protocol is an industry supported message standard addressing the specific needs of parties conducting electronic securities transactions. This class provides developers with an introduction to the FIX protocol.

The major goal for this class is to provide a general introduction of the FIX protocol, suitable for developers, business analysts, and managers.

Audience
The primary audience for this class consists of software architects and designers, application developers, systems integrators, business analysts, and managers who need to understand the FIX protocol for use in Financial applications in domains such as electronic trading, analysis, and banking.

Duration
1 day

Prerequisites
No prior experience with FIX or financial markets is required.

Contents
Overview of the FIX protocol
  • Capabilities and typical uses of the protocol
  • Versions of the protocol -- which version is appropriate for a particular type of exchange
  • Description of the Administrative and Application layers of the protocol
  • Message-by-message presentation and analysis of typical scenarios handled by the protocol
  • Detailed anatomy of FIX messages at a level that will allow attendees to read and understand activity logs from FIX sessions
  • Techniques for extending and specializing the protocol via custom fields and custom messages

Format
Lecture