No problem. Rithmic is attractive because it emphasizes performance so heavily... both in terms of message handling, and even going far as offering hosting + infrastructure. I guess I have to weigh that with the cost of being tied to a single vendor. I'm *still* finding it hard to even get started with the QuickFIX engine. (I'm too easily distracted right now, too much on my plate.) Do you by any chance have a link/reference for getting started? Sort of a QuickFIX "buy hello world" sample... with any broker (preferably open e cry)? Thanks in advance.
This just got more interesting for me. If you look at the guy who runs this' linked in profile... he was an associate director at Bear Sterns: Associate Director Bear Stearns (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BSC; Financial Services industry) March 2001 â August 2007 (6 years 6 months) Built an entire automated trading system that has been successfully running for over 5 years. Worked for proprietary equity trading group for 5 years and Bear Energy group for 1 year. Built the entire trading system and best execution system for the department, including FIX connectivity, real-time market data, trading front-end, reporting system, and intra-day high frequency best execution engine. Series 7, 63, 55, and 3 certified. That's pretty compelling if even half of that is true. I might give it a shot.