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Post From: Universal FIX API connection

[2015-07-27 12:21:59]
User180520 - Posts: 2
Data and trading services with an agnostic approach is one of the key features of your software. I see your list here of trading service - http://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?page=doc/data.php and I would like to know what prevents an universal Fix api connection?

Similar questions in support forum here - Does Sierra Chart Work with FIX API

"FIX is not an exact standard for this to be possible. It is not possible to add a custom FIX API connection."

Most of the FX brokers that I trade with offer a fix api as a default trading connection, the list of these brokers are vast in size and I would like to shift my projects over to SC for the purpose of multi broker connection. If you can not provide a universal connection to these brokerages, is this something that a third party could offer?

Note Worthy Option ( IQFeed Connection Manager) - http://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?page=doc/helpdetails76.html#Proposal -

No Third Party API supported - http://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?page=doc/helpdetails76.html - I understand maintaining functionality with other developers api can be problematic but isn't FIX API something worth supporting?

Why No Fix? - http://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?page=doc/doc_DTCProtocol.php - "FIX does not have messages for historical price data"

If FIX is not suitable for data, can a data service in DTC run within a master SC directory(logic operations) and slave SC directory execute the trades via FIX?