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FIX Protocol FAQs are posted
Posted on 18. May, 2009 by khader.
As requested, I have compiled good number of frequently asked questions on FIX protocol. I tried my best to answer them precisely. I have added them under Sections tab on right menu or can click here. Feel free to write to me if you have any specific questions on this topic. Cheers!
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HtmlGenericControl ID Property is not specified – ASP.Net (Visual Studio)
Posted on 18. May, 2009 by khader.
You would see this quite often in Visual Studio (mainly 2008) while working with ASP.Net and User Controls. This is been very tricky. It is not actually a problem, but Visiual Studio could not render this control inside another page. It was kind of a pain not being able to see User control inside main [...]
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HttpException (0×80004005): The IListSource does not contain any data sources – Anatomy
Posted on 05. May, 2009 by khader.
This is one of the common errors I saw when I was testing our new asp.net application recently. I asked my team, the answer was simple patch. But I wasn’t happy. I didn’t find any good explanation from anybody on internet either. I did little research. Here’s my explanation. First, couple of points to note: [...]
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HttpException (0×80004005): Maximum request length exceeded.
Posted on 01. May, 2009 by khader.
These days I have been developing couple of prototypes using ASP.Net. I love to use ASP.Net for quick prototypes. I am throwing some of the key issues I am facing. We connected our app to real database that has millions of rows. First thing we came across was request length exception. HttpException (0×80004005): Maximum request [...]
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Bytecode Instrumentation
Posted on 27. Apr, 2009 by khader.
It sounds pretty technical word. How can you observe the perforamnce or the behavior of your class files (byte code)? Are there any hooks that JVM gives us to do this? The answer is ‘Bytecode instrmentation’ (BCI). Using BCI you can examine and modify the bytecode objects before they are executed. This is a very [...]
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Tooltip for GridView Column Headers (ASP.Net)
Posted on 30. Mar, 2009 by khader.
This is my personal collection of capital markets jargon (growing list). The definitions are simple and precise written in informal way. I am not trying to create another Wikipedia or something big, but it is to share some informal details that I have learned. Your feedback is highly appreciated. ==A== * [[Accounting Standards]] ==B== * [...]
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Grid Computing Vs Cloud Computing
Posted on 19. Mar, 2009 by khader.
Recently we started hearing a lot about these terms. They are bit confusing and not many are clear about the distinction. I tried to google it to see if there is any simple and clear explanation somewhere. But I wasn’t that lucky. So let me explain this in a simplest possible way. Grid Computing term [...]
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Ticker Symbol of Stocks, Options and Futures – The story behind them.
Posted on 05. Mar, 2009 by khader.
The Ticker Symbol is a common identifier used in financial marktes to identify all trading instruments. The ticker symbols are fromed using certain methods. Knowing those methods would make our job much easier especially if you are dealing with multiple classes instruments. The idea behind this article is to bring all of them together and discuss. Supporting presentation [...]
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Securities Identification Codes: SYMBOL, CUSIP, ISIN, SEDOL, RIC Code
Posted on 22. Feb, 2009 by khader.
I have been thinking of gettting some details of all the security codes together from a while. In this article I have explained some fundamental details of each identifier. These are heavily used in daily life of the technical and nontechnical staff of the financial firms. List different security Identifier used in financial marktes are: SYMBOL CUSIP ISIN SEDOL [...]
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My FIX Protocol Videos on YouTube, finally!
Posted on 16. Feb, 2009 by khader.
Finally, I could post my FIX Protocol introduction videos on YouTube. The video is in 4 parts each around 7-10 min long. I tried my best to cover the complete introduction. You can download the presentation here (PPT/PDF). I hope any one who is new to the subject can easily get the whole big picture. Please [...]
