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 | Specifies the month and year of maturity. Required if MaturityDay (205) is specified. | |||
| 205 | MaturityDay | Day | N | 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. | |||
| 231 | ContractMultiplier | ContractMultiplier | N | For Fixed Income, Convertible Bonds, Derivatives, etc. Note: If used, quantities should be expressed in the "nominal" (e.g. contracts vs. shares) amount. | |||
| 223 | CouponRate | CouponRate | N | For Fixed Income. | |||
| 207 | SecurityExchange | SecurityExch | N | Can be used to identify the security. | |||
| 106 | Issuer | Issuer | N | ||||
| 348 | EncodedIssuerLen | EncodedIssuerLen | C | Must be set if EncodedIssuer (349) field is specified and must immediately precede it. | |||
| 349 | EncodedIssuer | EncodedIssuer | C | Encoded (non-ASCII characters) representation of the Issuer (106) field in the encoded format specified via the MessageEncoding (347) field. | |||
| 107 | SecurityDesc | SecurityDesc | N | ||||
| 350 | EncodedSecurityDescLen | EncodedSecDescLen | C | Must be set if EncodedSecurityDesc (351) field is specified and must immediately precede it. | |||
| 351 | EncodedSecurityDesc | EncodedSecDesc | C | Encoded (non-ASCII characters) representation of the SecurityDesc (107) field in the encoded format specified via the MessageEncoding (347) field. | |||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 354 | EncodedTextLen | EncodedTextLen | C | Must be set if EncodedText (355) field is specified and must immediately precede it. | |||
| 355 | EncodedText | EncodedText | C | Encoded (non-ASCII characters) representation of the Text (58) field in the encoded format specified via the MessageEncoding (347) field. | |||
| 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) | |||
| 215 | NoRoutingIDs | NoRoutingIDs | C | Required if any RoutingType (216) and RoutingIDs are specified. Indicates the number within repeating group. | |||
| => | 216 | RoutingType | RoutingType | C | Indicates type of RoutingID (217) . Required if NoRoutingIDs (215) is > 0. | ||
| => | 217 | RoutingID | RoutingID | C | Identifies routing destination. Required if NoRoutingIDs (215) is > 0. | ||
| 218 | SpreadToBenchmark | SpreadToBenchmark | N | For Fixed Income | |||
| 219 | Benchmark | Benchmark | N | For Fixed Income | |||
| <Standard Message Trailer> | Y | ||||||
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