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[Quickfix-users] Test Server

[asif s. <asi...@gm...>]

Hi,

I am a newbie to FIX. I am supposed to develop a FIX client for connectivity
to a FIX-4.2 based exchange. To develop and ***test*** my code, I need a
FIX-4.2 test exchange; Is there any such FIX-4.2 test exchange server
available? If an exchange say that it is FIX-4.2 compliant then can we
safely write a FIX-4.2 client for them? Or are there any incompatibility
implications even if they are FIX-4.2 compliant? I just want to be able to
actually **test** my FIX-4.2 client right from day one.

Thank you very much in advance / Asif

Re: [Quickfix-users] Test Server

[Joachim W. <joa...@ia...>]

Am 17.03.2011 08:52, schrieb asif saeed:
> I am a newbie to FIX. I am supposed to develop a FIX client for
> connectivity to a FIX-4.2 based exchange. To develop and ***test*** my
> code, I need a FIX-4.2 test exchange; Is there any such FIX-4.2 test
> exchange server available? If an exchange say that it is FIX-4.2
> compliant then can we safely write a FIX-4.2 client for them? Or are
> there any incompatibility implications even if they are FIX-4.2
> compliant? I just want to be able to actually **test** my FIX-4.2 client
> right from day one.
>
> Thank you very much in advance / Asif

You can use the ordermatch example for a (very simple) test market.

Otherwise, the best (and only valid) test environment are the simulation 
envrionments of the facility you want to trade at: not all FIX are 
behaving the same, as you already supposed. Nearly every market has 
modification/extensions in place.

  Joachim

Re: [Quickfix-users] Test Server

[asif s. <asi...@gm...>]

Hi Joachim,

Thank you very much for replying. Can I also test cancel-order,
change-order, etc. with this ordermatch example?

Thanks again a bundle / Asif

On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 2:21 PM, Joachim Worringen <
joa...@ia...> wrote:

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>
> Am 17.03.2011 08:52, schrieb asif saeed:
> > I am a newbie to FIX. I am supposed to develop a FIX client for
> > connectivity to a FIX-4.2 based exchange. To develop and ***test*** my
> > code, I need a FIX-4.2 test exchange; Is there any such FIX-4.2 test
> > exchange server available? If an exchange say that it is FIX-4.2
> > compliant then can we safely write a FIX-4.2 client for them? Or are
> > there any incompatibility implications even if they are FIX-4.2
> > compliant? I just want to be able to actually **test** my FIX-4.2 client
> > right from day one.
> >
> > Thank you very much in advance / Asif
>
> You can use the ordermatch example for a (very simple) test market.
>
> Otherwise, the best (and only valid) test environment are the simulation
> envrionments of the facility you want to trade at: not all FIX are
> behaving the same, as you already supposed. Nearly every market has
> modification/extensions in place.
>
>  Joachim
>
>
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Re: [Quickfix-users] Test Server

[Joachim W. <joa...@ia...>]

Am 17.03.2011 10:41, schrieb asif saeed:
> Hi Joachim,
>
> Thank you very much for replying. Can I also test cancel-order,
> change-order, etc. with this ordermatch example?

Cancel works, order modify not IIRC. I'm not working on this myself. 
It's very limited, that's for sure, but you can extend it according to 
the FIX specs.

  Joachim