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Creating a FIX market data request message

This post details the composition of a FIX 4.4 market data request message using the QuickFix/J framework (MsgType.MARKET_DATA_REQUEST), which entails the composition of repeated groups. In this example we illustrate this with the implementation of a method that requests market data for a list of instruments:

private static final MessageFactory messageFactory = new quickfix.fix44.MessageFactory();

private Message createMarketDataRequest(SessionID sessionIds, List symbols, String exchange) { 
  Message request = messageFactory.create("FIX.4.4", messageType);

  request.setField(new MarketDepth(1)); // Top of book
  request.setField(new MDReqID(UUID.randomUUID().toString()));
  request.setChar(SubscriptionRequestType.FIELD, SubscriptionRequestType.SNAPSHOT);

  Group entryTypeGroup = 
    messageFactory.create("FIX.4.4", MsgType.MARKET_DATA_REQUEST, NoMDEntryTypes.FIELD);
  entryTypeGroup.setField(new MDEntryType(MDEntryType.BID));
  request.addGroup(entryTypeGroup);
  entryTypeGroup.setField(new MDEntryType(MDEntryType.OFFER));
  request.addGroup(entryTypeGroup);

  int numSymbols = symbols.size();
  if (numSymbols == 0) {
    request.setInt(NoRelatedSym.FIELD, numSymbols);
  }
  for (final String symbol : symbols) {
    if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(symbol)) {
      Group symbolGroup = 
        messageFactory.create("FIX.4.4", MsgType.MARKET_DATA_REQUEST, NoRelatedSym.FIELD);
      symbolGroup.setField(new Symbol(symbol));
      if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(exchange)) {
        symbolGroup.setField(new SecurityExchange(exchange));
      }
        request.addGroup(symbolGroup);
      }
    }
  return request;
}

Posted at 03:56PM Jan 05, 2012 by Zeger Hendrikse in Finance  |  Comments[0]