Indication of interest (6) messages market merchandise which the broker is buying or selling in either a proprietary or agency capacity. The indications can be time bound with a specific expiration value. Indications are distributed with the understanding that other firms may react to the message first and that the merchandise may no longer be available due to prior trade.
Indication (6) messages can be transmitted in various transaction types; NEW, CANCEL, and REPLACE. All message types other than NEW modify the state of the message identified in IOIRefID (26) .
| Tag | Field Name | FIXML | Req'd | Comments | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <Standard Message Header> | Y | MsgType = 6 | |||||
| 23 | IOIid | IOI_ID | Y | ||||
| 28 | IOITransType | IOI_TransType | Y | ||||
| 26 | IOIRefID | IOI_RefID | C | Required for Cancel and Replace IOITransType (28) messages | |||
| 55 | Symbol | Symbol | Y | ||||
| 65 | SymbolSfx | SymbolSfx | N | ||||
| 48 | SecurityID | SecurityID | N | ||||
| 22 | IDSource | IDSource | N | ||||
| 167 | SecurityType | SecurityType | N | Must be specified if a Future or Option. If a Future: Symbol (55) , SecurityType (167) , and MaturityMonthYear (200) are required. If an Option: Symbol (55) , SecurityType (167) , MaturityMonthYear (200) , PutOrCall (201) , and StrikePrice (202) are required. | |||
| 200 | MaturityMonthYear | MonthYear | C | For Options or Futures to specify the month and year of maturity. | |||
| 205 | MaturityDay | Day | N | For Options or Futures and can be used in conjunction with MaturityMonthYear (200) to specify a particular maturity date. | |||
| 201 | PutOrCall | PutCall | C | For Options. | |||
| 202 | StrikePrice | StrikePx | C | For Options. | |||
| 206 | OptAttribute | OptAttribute | N | For Options. | |||
| 207 | SecurityExchange | SecurityExch | N | Can be used to identify the security. | |||
| 106 | Issuer | Issuer | N | ||||
| 107 | SecurityDesc | SecurityDesc | N | ||||
| 54 | Side | Side | Y | Side of Indication. Valid values: 1 = Buy, 2 = Sell, 7 = Undisclosed (for IOIs) | |||
| 27 | IOIShares | IOI_Shares | Y | ||||
| 44 | Price | Price | N | ||||
| 15 | Currency | Currency | N | ||||
| 62 | ValidUntilTime | ValidUntilTime | N | ||||
| 25 | IOIQltyInd | IOI_QltyInd | N | ||||
| 24 | IOIOthSvc | IOI_OthSvc | N | Applicable only if advertised on public IOI service. | |||
| 130 | IOINaturalFlag | IOI_NaturalFlag | N | ||||
| 199 | NoIOIQualifiers | NoIOI_Qualifiers | C | Required if any IOIQualifiers are specified. Indicates the number of repeating IOIQualifiers. | |||
| => | 104 | IOIQualifier | IOI_Qualifier | C | Required if NoIOIQualifiers (199) > 0 | ||
| 58 | Text | Text | N | ||||
| 60 | TransactTime | TransactTime | N | ||||
| 149 | URLLink | URLLink | N | A URL (Uniform Resource Locator) link to additional information (i.e. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Locator) | |||
| <Standard Message Trailer> | Y | ||||||
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