Open Source FIX Client Simulator
c++, fix-protocol, python, quickfix
Solution
QuickFIXengine code comes with couple of examples, see examples
You probably want `tradeclient` for sending messages. It is a command line tool that will send FIX messages to server.
You can use the `ordermatch` example to start up simple FIX server which will cross orders and send ExecutionReports back to your client.
For all example applications you need to provide a config file to startup up. Just follow the instructions at `quickfixengine` web site, see example config file. Your client will be `initiator` and server `acceptor`.
I've been using those example apps heavily for testing especially the `ordermatcher`, I've updated mine to handle amend orders and separates stock/futures/options symbols and so on.
The `tradeclient` uses screen logger so you should see all the outgoing and incoming messages on the command line.
Problem
I want test a FIX gateway for our company and was wondering if anything in opensource already exists that I can use or perhaps leverage to complete this task. I am currently looking at QuickFix but I am not sure if it has a client that can be used against any standard FIX gateway. Also links to any learning material that exist on this topic would be appreciated.