Preparing for a FIX protocol interview

Gotta prepare for an interview and need to brush up on the FIX protocol

FIX protocol - Common messages and their types.

• SingleGeneralOrderHandling
• DontKnowTrade
• ExecutionAcknowledgement
• ExecutionReport
• NewOrderSingle
• OrderCancelReject
• OrderCancelReplaceRequest
• OrderCancelRequest
• OrderStatusRequest

FIX protocol - Common fields and their types

35 = order type

FIX protocol - Session level messages

• Heartbeat
• TestRequest
• ResendRequest
• Reject
• SequenceReset
• Logout
• Logon
• XMLnonFIX

on the header section

34 msgseqnum

52 sending time

56	TargetCompID

49	SenderCompID