NYFIX Offers FIX Training in NYC 9/18/08 & Boston 9/24/08
Doug Sainato <>
28 Aug 2008 12:00PM ETNYFIX is pleased to invite members of your organization to leverage the FIX expertise of our team at a comprehensive one-day training programs offered in New York City and Boston.
Please register at http://nyfix.com/training or contact Douglas Sainato at 646-525-3101 for more information.
Location: NYFIX Headquarters, 100 Wall Street, 256th Floor, New York, NY 10005
Date: Thursday, September 18th, 2008
Time: 9:00am - 4:30pm
Location: Batterymarch Conference Center, 60 Batterymarch Street, Boston, MA 02110
Date: Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
Time: 9:00am - 4:30pm
Training Objectives
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The objectives of this training course are to provide a high-level understanding of the FIX protocol and integrating FIX software into your trading environment. The course is geared toward trading and support staff who are relatively new to FIX.
Attendees receive copies of the slides, FIX Quick Reference Guide, FIX field definitions list, FIXionary CD (FIX reference guide), and certificate of completion
Training Agenda (recently enhanced)
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FIX General Overview:
What is FIX? Who Uses FIX? What message types are covered? Benefits of FIX.
FIX Versions & Asset Classes:
Asset classes and messages supported, FIX version usage, and the growth of FIX.
FIX in Detail:
Examine FIX message types, components, layers, and business flows
FIX Engine:
What is a FIX engine? What does it do? How does it interact with the rest if the trading environment? Redundancy concepts.
FIX Session Layer:
Definition of “Session Layer”, as well as message types, operation and recovery in a FIX session.
FIX Routing:
Point to point versus third party / hub routing. Notes on FIX routing
FIX Application Layer:
Definition of “Application Layer”, messages, business flows, required and conditional fields, customization of messages, and a discussion of pre-trade, trade and post-trade messages.
Integrating FIX into your Electronic Trading Infrastructure:
Integration Process, network and engine options, business continuity, high availability, disaster recovery,
Rules of Engagement:
Connection on-boarding and certification, rules of engagement and best practices
What’s new in FIX?
FIX 5.0 and Transport Independence (TI) Framework, FAST, FIXML, and FIXatdl
For more information and pricing, please contact Doug Sainato at 646-525-3101 or email FIXSales@nyfix.com.
