FIX-related products and services

OnixS selfConnect C++ FIX Engine

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


The OnixS selfConnect C++ FIX Engine FIX-enables any ANSI C++ application 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

  • FAST 1.1 encoding and decoding (CME compatible)
  • 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)
  • 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 (different interpretations of FIX)
  • advanced threading architecture - only two threads are used per each FIX Session
  • the Adaptive Communication Environment (ACE) object-oriented framework is used to implement core patterns for concurrent communication software
  • parsing, validation and assembling of FIX messages is extremely flexible, since it dynamically use information provided in FIX XML Specifications, so end-user can easily tune FIX Parser for any FIX Dialect

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

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

Architecture
Stand alone executable / library
Asset Class
Equities, Fixed Income, FX, Listed Derivatives, OTC Derivatives
Coverage
Africa, Australia, Central America, Europe, Japan, Middle-East, North America-Canada, North America-USA, South America
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++
Licensing
License + Maintenance, License Only, Maintenance Only
Platform
Linux, Solaris, Windows 2k/XP/Vista, Windows NT/2k/XP
Topic
FIX 4.1, FIX 4.2, FIX 4.3, FIX 4.4
Web site
http://www.onixs.biz/selfConnect/cpp/
Contact
+44 20 7117 0111
Last modified: 10 May 2010 at 8:54 AM ET