Re: [Quickfixj-users] interactive brokers specific question

[Colin D. <co...@ma...>]

Yes

> On Dec 30, 2021, at 3:20 PM, Walt J <wa...@gm...> wrote:
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> QuickFIX/J Documentation: http://www.quickfixj.org/documentation/
> QuickFIX/J Support: http://www.quickfixj.org/support/
> 
> 
> Thanks Colin.
> 
> Are you familiar with IB's FIX implementation?
> 
> On Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 5:46 PM Colin DuPlantis <co...@ma... <mailto: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/ <http://www.quickfixj.org/support/>
> 
> 
> 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/ <http://www.quickfixj.org/documentation/>
>> QuickFIX/J Support: http://www.quickfixj.org/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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