The Way
The World Trades
The FIX Trading Community is the independent, non‑profit, industry‑driven standards body at the heart of global trading, and the custodian of the FIX Protocol—the world’s leading standard for real‑time electronic trading.
Standards
- Orchestra v1.1 release candidate 3 has completed its public review, with work now moving to release candidate 4, targeting end of 2026
- FIX Protocol extensions issued to cover derivatives event types...
- ...and equity primary issuance.
- FIX Protocol recommended practices issued for consolidated tapes - European bonds, UK bonds and European equities
Initiatives & Guidelines
- FIX targets ETF friction with new standards for ETF creation and redemption
- Digitalising the primary markets - FIX automating IPO and ABB bookbuilding workflows
- FIX to tackle operational resilience with new electronic standards for market outages
- Blockchain Basics - a primer for DeFi and TradFi professionals - now available
Events & Community
- Registration open for the Australia FIX Conference - 22nd October, Sydney
- Registration also open for the Americas FIX Conference - 29th October, New York
- We welcomed over 80 local market professionals to our Chicago FIX Forum, September 23rd.
- Join us for our annual Frankfurt FIX Forum hosted by BVI, 3rd November
News & Insights
- GDF, FIX Trading Community and Deloitte publish joint white paper on the future of financial market infrastructure
- We are launching a new FIX education initiative - a new 'FIXEd' working group has been set up to develop syllabus and content
- Elections are open for a number of committee and working group chairs - contact us for details and eligibility
- New stablecoins & digital collateral working group set up to explore workflows and implementation challenges
Our Premier
Global Members
