Global Technical Committee Update

Please follow this blog for the latest updates on Global Technical Committee (GTC) efforts, technical initiatives, and technical standards development. From time to time we will include articles by guest contributors from the FIX Trading Community and the rapidly changing world of financial and regulatory technology. We hope to communicate the overall direction and evolution of the FIX standard.

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Log2Orchestra upgrade to Version 1.3

Log2Orchestra is one of the tools related to the FIX Orchestra Technical Standard. It supports the automatic creation of an Orchestra XML file by using FIX engine logfiles as input. It is intended to be the starting point for someone who wants to benefit from FIX Orchestra and use it to build the meta-data representation for one or more FIX interface(s)....

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EP285 and EP286 added to FIX Latest

The FIX Global Technical Committee (GTC) announces the addition of new Extension Packs to the FIX Latest specification, the normative specification of the FIX Protocol. The artifacts included for each of the individual Extension Packs are as follows: ASBUILT – clean PDF document of the implemented Gap Analysis that includes the assignment of new tags and values; ASBUILT with changetracks – same...

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Release of Playlist Version 1.2

The FIX Global Technical Committee (GTC) is proud to announce the update of Playlist to Version 1.2. If you are a FIX member, you can request access from the FIX Program Office. It can then be invoked either via its own URL or through the FIX website (“Playlist” in the dropdown menu “Tools” or from the Orchestra landing page). You have to be...

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EP281-284 added to FIX Latest

The FIX Global Technical Committee (GTC) announces the addition of new Extension Packs to the FIX Latest specification, the normative specification of the FIX Protocol. The artifacts included for each of the individual Extension Packs are as follows: ASBUILT – clean PDF document of the implemented Gap Analysis that includes the assignment of new tags and values; ASBUILT with changetracks – same...

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EP277-280 added to FIX Latest

The FIX Global Technical Committee (GTC) announces the addition of new Extension Packs to the FIX Latest specification, the normative specification of the FIX Protocol. The artifacts included for each of the individual Extension Packs are as follows: ASBUILT – clean PDF document of the implemented Gap Analysis that includes the assignment of new tags and values; ASBUILT with changetracks – same...

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FIXML Schema Files now created from Orchestra

The FIX Global Technical Committee (GTC) has completed the transition of the FIXML schema files for FIX Latest from the Basic repository to the Orchestra repository. This change is effective as of EP277. FIXML is the XML encoding used within FIX. FIXML is widely adopted for derivatives post trade clearing and settlement globally. Orchestra is the standard for machine readable...

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EP273-276 added to FIX Latest

The FIX Global Technical Committee (GTC) announces the addition of new Extension Packs to the FIX Latest specification, the normative specification of the FIX Protocol. The artifacts included for each of the individual Extension Packs are as follows: ASBUILT – clean PDF document of the implemented Gap Analysis that includes the assignment of new tags and values; ASBUILT with changetracks – same...

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Release of Playlist Version 1.1

The FIX Global Technical Committee (GTC) is proud to announce the update of Playlist to Version 1.1. If you are a FIX member, you can request access from the FIX Program Office. It can then be invoked either via its own URL or through the FIX website (“Playlist” in the dropdown menu “Tools” or from the Orchestra landing page). You have to be a FIX...

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EP270-272 added to FIX Latest

The FIX Global Technical Committee (GTC) announces the addition of new Extension Packs to the FIX Latest specification, the normative specification of the FIX Protocol. The artifacts for the individual Extension Packs described below are available here. This blog further describes changes to the various repository artifacts provided for Extension Packs. New Extension Packs EP270 Extension of BeginString(8) for FIX Latest This Extension...

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Log2Orchestra upgrade to Version 1.2

Log2Orchestra is one of the tools related to the FIX Orchestra Technical Standard. It supports the automatic creation of an Orchestra XML file by using FIX engine logfiles as input. It is intended to be the starting point for someone who wants to benefit from FIX Orchestra and use it to build the meta-data representation for one or more FIX interface(s)....

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Release of Playlist Version 1.0.1

The FIX Global Technical Committee (GTC) announces the availability of Playlist Version 1.0.1, fixing some errors detected in Version 1.0. If you are a FIX member, you can request access from the FIX Program Office. It can then be invoked either via its own URL or through the FIX website (“Playlist” in the dropdown menu “Tools” or from the Orchestra landing...

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Release of Playlist Version 1.0 for FIX Members

The FIX Global Technical Committee (GTC) is proud to announce the availability of Playlist Version 1.0. If you are a FIX member, you can request access from the FIX Program Office. It can then be invoked either via its own URL or through the FIX website (“Playlist” in the dropdown menu “Tools” or from the Orchestra landing page). You have to...

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Log2Orchestra upgrade to Version 1.1

The FIX Global Technical Committee (GTC) announces the availability of a new version of the Log2Orchestra utility. Log2Orchestra is the first in a series of tools related to the FIX Orchestra Technical Standard. It supports the automatic creation of an Orchestra XML file by using FIX engine logfiles as input. It is intended to be the starting point for someone who...

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Next Generation of FIXimate available

FIXimate stands for FIX Interactive Message and Tag Explorer and is the visualization tool for the FIX Repository, which contains the meta-data for the FIX application and session layer. Introduction FIXimate makes the FIX Repository easily accessible and serves as a quick reference to lookup information about FIX messages, components, fields and values. FIXimate has been available for many years...

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EP265-EP269 added to FIX Latest

The FIX Global Technical Committee (GTC) announces the addition of five new Extension Packs to the FIX Latest specification, the normative specification of the FIX application layer, since the last blog post in November 2020. The artefacts for the individual Extension Packs described below are available here. EP265 Previous Quote Identifier This Extension Pack is a follow up to EP253 Extensions for CAT/FIX Mapping. Some...

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