Best Practice

Discover Better Customer Connectivity

Discover Better Customer Connectivity 150 150 FixSpec

Explore our FIX Launchpad Service

Explore our FIX Launchpad Service 150 150 FixSpec

Man visualising software development processes

Build, buy or both: Striking a balance in software development

Build, buy or both: Striking a balance in software development 1200 720 FixSpec

The Dilemma In the fast-evolving landscape of trading, the decision to build…

An introduction to FIX Appraisals

An introduction to FIX Appraisals 150 150 FixSpec

Developer Hub

How a Developer Hub can put your trading customers back in control

How a Developer Hub can put your trading customers back in control 750 394 FixSpec

A developer hub in the world of trading can be a one-stop…

Technical Document

How to write a great API specification

How to write a great API specification 1696 1166 FixSpec

An API specification is a crucial document that defines the technical details…

Can you have FIX automation without self-service?

Can you have FIX automation without self-service? 1040 585 FixSpec

You may have recently seen myself and Chris (founder of FixSpec) starring…

Do FIX Documents HAVE to be bad?

Do FIX Documents HAVE to be bad? 1440 944 FixSpec
I spend far more time thinking and talking about FIX documentation than… well pretty much anybody I’ve ever met. Despite being an outwardly-boring subject that is just too easy to swat away with objections like…

Five Principles For Better FIX Connectivity

Five Principles For Better FIX Connectivity 1440 944 FixSpec
Many firms that we speak to secretly struggle with FIX connectivity. Much like a duck moving across water, the internal reality of FIX connectivity is often quite different, which is why I suggest that firms secretly struggle with connectivity. For almost a decade, we’ve been talking to firms about what works and what doesn’t, and we’ve distilled these down into five principles for successful FIX connectivity.

Why you should invest in machine-readable API documentation

Why you should invest in machine-readable API documentation 700 459 FixSpec
Machine-readable API documentation is the future. We discuss why firms should invest time to innovate specifications to a point where they are genuinely useful, and why innovation doesn’t mean starting from scratch.