[Quickfixj-users] interactive brokers specific question

[Walt J <wa...@gm...>]

I'm still working to get my head around the machinery of FIX orders.

My goal is to retrofit my java app I've been using to trade using the
Interactive Brokers API, to start using the IB FIX servers through their
Gateway.

Hopefully there's someone out there with experience with using IB with a
FIX connection.

As I understand things, my java app would be an "initiator" with a session
connected to the Gateway which has running on it the "Acceptor". Is that
correct?

If that's the case, then I really have no reason to run an "acceptor" in my
app (except for testing). Is that also correct?

How do I tell/configure quickfix how to connect to the mysql server I have
running on my local machine? I've used the provided sql queries to create
the required tables. I've confirmed the table were created.  How can I tell
if quickfix is connected?

Thanks for any help that can be provided