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 (âPlaylistâ in the dropdown menu âToolsâ or from the Orchestra landing page). You have to be...
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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October 28, 2023October 28, 2023
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 â clean PDF document of the implemented Gap Analysis that includes the assignment of new tags and values; ASBUILT with changetracks â same...
July 26, 2023July 26, 2023
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 â clean PDF document of the implemented Gap Analysis that includes the assignment of new tags and values; ASBUILT with changetracks â same...
July 26, 2023July 26, 2023
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...
January 13, 2023July 26, 2023
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 â clean PDF document of the implemented Gap Analysis that includes the assignment of new tags and values; ASBUILT with changetracks â same...
November 1, 2022November 14, 2023
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 (âPlaylistâ in the dropdown menu âToolsâ or from the Orchestra landing page). You have to be a FIX...
August 29, 2022January 21, 2023
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...
August 25, 2022January 21, 2023
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)....
May 7, 2022January 21, 2023
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 URLÂ or through the FIX website (âPlaylistâ in the dropdown menu âToolsâ or from the Orchestra landing...
March 22, 2022January 21, 2023
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 URLÂ or through the FIX website (âPlaylistâ in the dropdown menu âToolsâ or from the Orchestra landing page). You have to...
October 29, 2021January 21, 2023
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...
September 14, 2021January 21, 2023
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...
August 26, 2021January 21, 2023
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...
June 18, 2021January 21, 2023
Log2Orchestra available to FIX members
The FIX Global Technical Committee (GTC) is proud to announce the availability of Log2Orchestra. If you are a FIX member, you can request access from the FIX Program Office. It can then be invoked either via its own URLÂ or through the FIX website (“Log2Orchestra” in the new dropdown menu “Tools” or from the Orchestra landing page). You have to be...
May 17, 2021January 21, 2023
Transition from FIX 5.0 SP2 to FIX Latest completed
The FIX Global Technical Committee (GTC) announces the successful transition of the FIX application layer from FIX 5.0 SP2 to FIX Latest. Extension Pack EP260 introduced an  application version identifier for FIX Latest by adding a new value 10="FIXLatest" (note that there is no space in the value) to ApplVerID(1128). FIX Latest is the term used to describe the latest version...
