The Financial Information Exchange(FIX) is a communication protocol created in 1992 for real-time international exchange information related to financial market transactions and information. FIX is real-time and push. Over these years FIX has become the defector format for the majority of market transactions and has many advanced features. TraderMade's FIX implementation only implements a few of these features but allows for a protocol started robust and reliable real-time pricing solution with optional message playback. FIX messages are sequenced and numbered so they can be tracked and confirmed.

FIX has revolutionised the financial trading environment and is now the favoured method to communicate trade information for both real-time and historical data. Financial Information eXchange (FIX) is used by a multitude of businesses (buyside, sellside, trading platforms etc) and is used to communicate domestically and internationally. Since inception, FIX has reduced trading transaction costs while maximising efficiencies.

In theory yes you can. Initially developed to support trading in the Equity markets, now FIX is used for both pre and post trade and is becoming very popular within the Fixed Income, Foreign exchange & Listed Derivative markets.