FIX-related products and services

OnixS selfConnect .NET FIX Engine

Onix Solutions [OnixS] FPL
Alpha House
London SE1 1LB GB

The OnixS selfConnect .NET FIX Engine FAST-enables any .NET application (e.g. in C#, Visual Basic.NET, Managed C++ or Delphi.NET) an in a simple, reliable and cost effective manner.

Main features:

• High throughput (more than 120,000 msg/sec), low latency (less than 16 microseconds) performance for Direct Market Access or Algorithmic Trading applications
• Pure .NET API (properties, events, delegates, etc)
  
• Build-in SSL encryption
  
• FAST 1.1 encoding and decoding (pre-certified with CME and ICAP EBS, Eurex EBS compatible amongst others)
  
• Can support up to 700 FIX sessions simultaneously
  
• Support for current and future FIX versions (FIX 4.0, FIX 4.1, FIX 4.2, FIX 4.3, FIX 4.4, FIX 5.0, FIX 5.0 SP1, FIX 5.0 SP2)
  
• Supports all tags of each FIX version
  
• Supports all message types of each FIX version (equities, fixed income, derivatives, FX etc)
  
• Flexible support of user-defined tags and user-defined message types
  
• Can support more than one FIX version at once
  
• Can perform validation of required fields
  
• Persistence (the ability to log data to a flat file and restore the state after fail-over)
  
• Supports FIX dialects (custom interpretations of FIX)
• Source-code Licence is available

The FIX Engine provides the following services:

• manages a network connection
  
• manages the session layer (for the delivery of application messages)
  
• manages the application layer (defines business related data content)
  
• creates (outgoing) messages
  
• parses (incoming) messages
  
• validates messages
  
• persists messages
  
• session recovery in accordance with the FIX state events

Supported platforms: Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1, .NET Framework 2.0, .NET Framework 3.0

The OnixS selfConnect .NET FIX Engine set includes the FIX Engine .NET library (assembly), documentation, and open-source samples (Exchange Emulator, Trading Client (Simple Order Entry), FIX Log Viewer, FIX benchmark tests, UDP-based FAST 1.1 Feed and FAST Client) for evaluation, education and testing.

To download a 30 day evaluation version, go to www.onixs.biz/downloads/

For more information on OnixS elfConnect .NET FIX Engine or any of our products please email or visit our web-site www.onixs.biz.

Architecture

.NET, Stand alone executable / library

Asset Class

Equities, Fixed Income, FX, Listed Derivatives, OTC Derivatives

Domain

Back office, Front Office, Middle Office, Order Routing, Proprietary Trading

FAST Version

1.1

FIX Version

4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 5.0

Functionality

Allocations and Settlement Instructions, E-mail, Indications of Interest, News, Orders and Execution Reports

Language

C#, Visual Basic

Licensing

License + Maintenance, License Only, Maintenance Only

Middleware

DCOM, IBM MQ Series, In-process, Microsoft MQM, ODBC

Platform

Windows NT/2k/XP, Windows Server (2003/2008)

Services

Disaster Recovery, Exchange Solutions

Topic

FIX 4.1, FIX 4.2, FIX 4.3, FIX 4.4, FIXML 4.4, FIXML pre-4.4, Order routing, Post trade processing

Used by

Investment Bank of Greece

Web site

http://www.onixs.biz/selfConnect/dotnet/

Contact

+44 20 7117 0111