FIX Functionality Matrix

Message Support
FIX 4.0
[Jan 1996]
FIX 4.1
[Apr 1998]
FIX 4.2
[Mar 2000]
FIX 4.3
[Aug 2001]
FIX 4.4
[Apr 2003]
FIX 5.0
[Oct 2006]
FIX 5.0 SP1
[March 2008]
FIX 5.0 SP2
[April 2009]
Equities
  Basic Order flow                
  IOIs and Advertisements                
  Quotes                
  Market Data                
  Allocations                
  Confirms / Affirms                
  Trade Reporting                
  Program Trading                
  Algorithmic Trading                
Futures & Options
FIX 4.0
[Jan 1996]
FIX 4.1
[Apr 1998]
FIX 4.2
[Mar 2000]
FIX 4.3
[Aug 2001]
FIX 4.4
[Apr 2003]
FIX 5.0
[Oct 2006]
FIX 5.0 SP1
[March 2008]
FIX 5.0 SP2
[April 2009]
  Basic Order flow                
  Multi-leg Order flow                
  IOIs and Advertisements                
  Quotes                
  Market Data                
  Allocations                
  Confirms / Affirms                
  Trade Reporting                
  Security and Position Reporting                
  Collateral Management (Listed derivatives)                
Fixed Income
FIX 4.0
[Jan 1996]
FIX 4.1
[Apr 1998]
FIX 4.2
[Mar 2000]
FIX 4.3
[Aug 2001]
FIX 4.4
[Apr 2003]
FIX 5.0
[Oct 2006]
FIX 5.0 SP1
[March 2008]
FIX 5.0 SP2
[April 2009]
  Basic Order flow                
  Multi-leg Order flow (Repos, swaps/switches/rolls)                
  IOIs (offerings)                
  Quotes                
  Allocations                
  Confirms / Affirms                
  Trade Reporting                
  Collateral Management                
Foreign Exchange
FIX 4.0
[Jan 1996]
FIX 4.1
[Apr 1998]
FIX 4.2
[Mar 2000]
FIX 4.3
[Aug 2001]
FIX 4.4
[Apr 2003]
FIX 5.0
[Oct 2006]
FIX 5.0 SP1
[March 2008]
FIX 5.0 SP2
[April 2009]
  Basic Order Flow (spots and forwards)                
  Basic Order Flow (swaps)                
  Quotes (spots, outright forwards, FX swaps)                
  Market Data (executable streaming prices)                
  Allocations                
  Confirms / Affirms                
  Trade Reporting                
Exchanges and Markets
FIX 4.0
[Jan 1996]
FIX 4.1
[Apr 1998]
FIX 4.2
[Mar 2000]
FIX 4.3
[Aug 2001]
FIX 4.4
[Apr 2003]
FIX 5.0
[Oct 2006]
FIX 5.0 SP1
[March 2008]
FIX 5.0 SP2
[April 2009]
  Market Data (Including Price Dissemination)                
  Reference Data (Instruments and Products)                
  Parties Reference                
  Market Structure                
  Quote Driven Markets                
  Order Driven Markets                
General
FIX 4.0
[Jan 1996]
FIX 4.1
[Apr 1998]
FIX 4.2
[Mar 2000]
FIX 4.3
[Aug 2001]
FIX 4.4
[Apr 2003]
FIX 5.0
[Oct 2006]
FIX 5.0 SP1
[March 2008]
FIX 5.0 SP2
[April 2009]
  News                
  Email                
  Transport Independence Framework                
  Regulatory Compliance                

  Legend   No Support   Some Support   Good Support   Not Applicable

 

NOTE: levels of support are based on fields incorporated into the core protocol at a given stage. This rating does not include custom fields, which can be added to earlier versions of the protocol to achieve given functionality.

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