Quote from journeyman:
loved the motorbike analogy in that excellent post!
but I am just a ignorant chap and fail to understand the reference to "fix". what is this?
The Financial Information eXchange (FIX) Protocol is a messaging standard developed specifically for the real-time electronic exchange of securities transactions. FIX is a public-domain specification owned and maintained by FIX Protocol, Ltd
http://www.fixprotocol.org/
