FAST Protocol
FIX Adapted for STreaming(SM)
The FAST Protocol (SM) is developed, maintained and supported by the FIX Trading Community’s Market Data Optimization Working Group. The protocol is intended to enable efficient use of band width in high volume messaging without incurring material processing overhead or latency. The protocol was developed as a result of the Market Data Optimization Working Group’s Proof of Concept (POC) project to explore various methods of optimized data representation within the FIX Protocol.
FAST Protocol Specification
FIX Trading Community’s Intellectual Property in Standards Agreement – The Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s agreement with FIX Trading Community which provides assurances to FIX Protocol users regarding the use of CME patented technology which affects the FAST Protocol.
FAST Extension Version 1.2 119.62 KB 3082 downloads
New specification for the extension of FAST version 1.2. ...
FAST Specification Version 1.1 472.97 KB 4015 downloads
This document defines the structure and semantics of FAST, which is a binary encoding...
FAST Specification Version 1.1 Simple Chinese Translation 624.16 KB 983 downloads
This document is a non-normative Simple Chinese translation of the FAST Specification...FAST Session Control Protocol
FAST Session Control Protocol (SCP) 1.1 286.50 KB 1197 downloads
New specification for FAST Session Control Protocol (SCP), version 1.1 ...FAST Reference Code
Reference source code for the FAST Protocol (CODEC and SERDES). This source is provided on an open source basis via the W3C Software License. C and C# versions are available.
FASTapi C Reference Source Code v1.0 216.62 KB 1411 downloads
fastapi v1.0 is a C library implementation of the FAST Protocol (SM). It provides...
FASTapi C# Reference Source Code v1.0 23.98 KB 940 downloads
fastapi C# v1.0 is a C# library implementation of the FAST Protocol (SM). It provides...FAST User Guides
Basic FAST User's Guide 216.19 KB 2387 downloads
The purpose of this document is to describe the proper use of the FAST Protocol in...
FAST Protocol Technical Overview 203.24 KB 1898 downloads
The FAST Protocol Technical Overview explains in detail how FAST successfully presents...
FIX Over FAST Implementation Guide 412.22 KB 8572 downloads
Based on features introduced in FAST version 1.2 which was released in February 2009,...
FASTapi User's Manual for C 216.62 KB 1099 downloads
User's Manual for C reference code. fastapi is a C library implementation of the...