Re: [Quickfixj-users] interactive brokers specific question

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

Thanks Colin.

Are you familiar with IB's FIX implementation?

On Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 5:46 PM Colin DuPlantis <co...@ma...>
wrote:

> QuickFIX/J Documentation: http://www.quickfixj.org/documentation/
> QuickFIX/J <http://www.quickfixj.org/documentation/QuickFIX/J> Support:
> http://www.quickfixj.org/support/
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>
> 1. Correct, you are the initiator in this scenario and have no need for an
> acceptor, except, as you say, for testing
>
> 2. You can use the JDBCStore as your message store
> On 12/30/21 11:35 AM, Walt J wrote:
>
> QuickFIX/J Documentation: http://www.quickfixj.org/documentation/
> QuickFIX/J Support: http://www.quickfixj.org/support/
>
>
> 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
>
>
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