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FIX Gateway Overview

Senticore exposes a FIX gateway for institutional clients, algorithmic traders, and OMS integrations.

Supported dialects

DialectStatus
FIX 4.4Supported for closed beta institutional access
FIX 5.0 SP2 over FIXT 1.1Supported for qualified integrations
Senticore extensionsDocumented per message type

Session structure

SessionDirectionPurpose
Order EntryClient to serverNew orders, cancels, cancel-replace
Market DataClient to serverSnapshot and incremental subscriptions
Drop CopyServer to clientExecution report stream for downstream systems

Connection

EnvironmentEndpoint
Closed betafix.beta.sentico-labs.xyz:9876 with TLS
Mainnetfix.sentico-labs.xyz:9876 after public launch

Authentication

FIX Logon uses a signed challenge response. Institutional credentials are issued after onboarding and can include IP allowlisting, permission scopes, and per-key rate-limit tiers.

See FIX Session.

Supported messages

Inbound

MsgTypeDescription
ALogon
0Heartbeat
1TestRequest
2ResendRequest
4SequenceReset
5Logout
DNewOrderSingle
FOrderCancelRequest
GOrderCancelReplaceRequest
VMarketDataRequest

Outbound

MsgTypeDescription
8ExecutionReport
9OrderCancelReject
WMarketDataSnapshotFullRefresh
XMarketDataIncrementalRefresh
jBusinessMessageReject

Order types

The FIX gateway supports the core Senticore order type set:

  • Limit and market orders
  • Time-in-force: Day, IOC, FOK
  • Post-only through a Senticore extension tag
  • Stop-loss and take-profit through conditional order extensions
  • Iceberg through DisplayQty
  • TWAP and VWAP through Senticore algo strategy extension tags

Why FIX

BenefitWhy it matters
OMS integrationInstitutions can connect existing trading infrastructure
Deterministic session stateSequence numbers and gap recovery are built in
Lower overhead than JSONTag-value messages avoid JSON parsing cost
Industry standardQuant desks and broker systems already support FIX

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