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FIX sessions
FIX (Financial Information eXchange) protocol is a data exchange protocol, which is an international standard for exchange of data between exchange trading participants in real-time mode. A FIX session is a connection via the FIX protocol.
To add a FIX session to your account, just go to "Fix sessions" tab and click the Add fix session button.
On the side page that opens, select the required account and session type.
After selecting the required account and session type click Create button
Once a FIX session is created, a window with the connection parameters will appear.
You will see all active and inactive FIX sessions in the "Fix sessions" tab if there are any.
The following characteristics of FIX sessions are available in the table:
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| ID | session number |
| Account | account to which the session is linked |
| Type | session type (e.g. order or market) |
| Is active | session activity indicator |
| Status | session status |
| Send swap | swap sending setting |
| Send netting | nettings sending setting |
| Settings | session settings |
| Description | session description |
To download a FIX session certificate, just click the Certificate button.
To pause a FIX session, just click the Stop button. Then the FIX session will stop being active.
To change the password for a FIX session, click the Change password button. The window with the new password for the FIX session will appear.
Click the Edit button to change the parameters of a FIX session. You will see swap settings window where you can select not send, send or send only option.
After updating the a FIX session click Update button
To remove a FIX session, click the Remove button and confirm the removal in the window that appears.
Get fix dictionary - click to download FIX dictionary.