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Chris Lees

How To Build A FIX API

So you need to write your first FIX API — where do you start? Chris Lees from FixSpec explains all.

7 min readSep 15, 2023

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How To Build A FIX API

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Chris Lees

How To Build A Global FIX Spec

As a bank or broker-dealer, there are really only two ways to grow your business. You can grow organically by offering new trading…

6 min readAug 25, 2023

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How To Build A Global FIX Spec

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Chris Lees

Top 5 challenges faced by firms looking to automate FIX Connectivity

At FixSpec, we talk about automation A LOT.

7 min readMay 17, 2023

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Top 5 challenges faced by firms looking to automate FIX Connectivity

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Chris Lees

Do FIX Documents HAVE To Be Bad?

I spend far more time thinking and talking about FIX documentation than… well pretty much anybody I’ve ever met.

6 min readDec 30, 2021

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Do FIX Documents HAVE To Be Bad?

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Chris Lees

QuickFIX vs FIX Orchestra vs FinSpec — what’s the difference?

For almost a decade now, I’ve been evangelizing to people working in FIX connectivity — a niche API format within financial services —…

7 min readNov 2, 2021

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QuickFIX vs FIX Orchestra vs FinSpec — what’s the difference?

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Chris Lees

How Does The FIX Protocol Work?

In other posts in this series, I’ve introduced some of the key concepts of the FIX protocol, as well as some of the history. In this…

7 min readMay 28, 2021

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How Does The FIX Protocol Work?

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Chris Lees

How Secure Are Your FIX Specifications?

In this article, I’d like to shine a light on an area of FIX that seems to be quite confused in people’s minds, and that is the “security”…

5 min readMay 27, 2021

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How Secure Are Your FIX Specifications?

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Chris Lees

History of FIX Protocol

If you are interested in financial markets, then you may have come across references to the FIX (Financial Information eXchange) protocol…

4 min readMay 25, 2021

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History of FIX Protocol

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Chris Lees

What’s The Difference Between FIX and REST APIs?

One of the trends that we are seeing with more recent trading venues (which tend to be crypto exchanges), is that they are starting to…

3 min readMay 24, 2021

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What’s The Difference Between FIX and REST APIs?

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Chris Lees

My Personal Climate Change Manifesto

We need to make urgent changes to protect our world, changes that may feel inconvenient or expensive. Make a pledge and start today.

3 min readSep 23, 2019

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My Personal Climate Change Manifesto

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Chris Lees

Chris Lees

Founder @ FixSpec. One man, trying to make a difference. Interested in learning more about FIX? We offer training courses too at https://fixspec.com/training

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