Does anyone know of any small simple programs that can be used to essentially capture tick data via FIX and store to a database.
The purpose of this is to monitor bid/ask spread during specific times of trading sessions. The spread data is what I'm primarily wanting to catch.
Thanks,
FIX can be used in various ways. Every provider will have its own variant so you won't find a tool that connects to all FIX engines. Every FIX interface is specific to each provider.
Why not FIX8?
http://www.fix8.org/