The news (B) message is a general free format message between the broker and institution. The message contains flags to identify the news item's urgency and to allow sorting by subject company (symbol). The News record can be originated at either the broker or institution side.
| Tag | Field Name | FIXML | Req'd | Comments | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <Standard Message Header> | Y | MsgType = B | |||||
| 42 | OrigTime | OrigTime | N | ||||
| 61 | Urgency | Urgency | N | ||||
| 148 | Headline | Headline | Y | Specifies the headline text | |||
| 146 | NoRelatedSym | NoRelatedSym | C | Specifies the number of repeating symbols specified | |||
| => | 46 | RelatdSym | RelatedSym | C | Can be repeated multiple times if message is related to multiple symbols. | ||
| => | 65 | SymbolSfx | SymbolSfx | N | Can be repeated multiple times if message is related to multiple symbols. | ||
| => | 48 | SecurityID | SecurityID | N | Can be repeated multiple times if message is related to multiple symbols. | ||
| => | 22 | IDSource | IDSource | N | Can be repeated multiple times if message is related to multiple symbols. | ||
| => | 167 | SecurityType | SecurityType | N | Must be specified if a Future or Option. If a Future: RelatdSym (46) , SecurityType (167) , and MaturityMonthYear (200) are required. If an Option: RelatdSym (46) , 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 | Can be repeated multiple times if message is related to multiple symbols. | ||
| => | 107 | SecurityDesc | SecurityDesc | N | Can be repeated multiple times if message is related to multiple symbols. | ||
| 33 | LinesOfText | NoLinesOfText | Y | Specifies the number of repeating lines of text specified | |||
| => | 58 | Text | Text | Y | Repeating field, number of instances defined in LinesOfText (33) | ||
| 149 | URLLink | URLLink | N | A URL (Uniform Resource Locator) link to additional information (i.e. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Locator) | |||
| 95 | RawDataLength | C | |||||
| 96 | RawData | RawData | C | ||||
| <Standard Message Trailer> | Y | ||||||
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