The second Market Data (X) message format is used for incremental updates. Market Data Entries may have an MDEntryID (278) unique among all currently active Market Data Entries so they can be referenced for the purposes of deleting and changing them later. When changing a Market Data Entry, it may keep the same MDEntryID (278) , in which case only MDEntryID (278) would be populated, or the MDEntryID (278) may change, in which case MDEntryID (278) will contain the new ID, and MDEntryRefID (280) will contain the ID of the Market Data Entry being changed. An MDEntryID (278) can be reused within a day only if it has first been deleted.
Alternately, in the case of displaying the best quotes of Market Makers or Exchanges, and not orders in an order book, MDEntryID (278) can be omitted for simplification. In this case, a New Market Data Entry will replace the previous best quote for that side and symbol for the specified Market Maker or Exchange. Deletion of a Market Data Entry would not specify an MDEntryID (278) or MDRefID (280) , and would remove the most recent Market Data Entry for the specified symbol, side, and Market Maker or Exchange. A Change of a Market Data Entry would not specify an MDEntryID (278) or MDRefID (280) , and would replace the most recent Market Data Entry for the specified symbol, side, and Market Maker or Exchange.
The Market Data message for incremental updates may contain any combination of new, changed, or deleted Market Data Entries, for any combination of instruments, with any combination of trades, quotes, index values, open, close, settlement, high, low, and VWAP prices, so long as the maximum FIX message size is not exceeded. All of these types of Market Data Entries can be changed and deleted.
Adding, Changing, or Deleting Market Data Entries requires special consideration of the MDEntryPositionNo (290) field, if the sender wishes to specify it and the receiver wishes to process it. For example, assume ten bids for a security. Adding a bid with MDEntryPositionNo (290) = 4 requires the receiver to shift down other Market Data Entries, i.e. the Market Data Entry in the 4th display position will shift to the 5th, the 5th shifts to the 6th, etc. until the 10th shifts to the 11th. The sender must NOT send a modification of all MDEntries in the 4th through 10th positions just to update the MDEntryPositionNo (290) field; the recipient must infer the change. Similarly, deleting a Market Data Entry in the 7th position causes the 8th Market Data Entry to move into the 7th position, the 9th to shift into the 8th position, etc. A Change of the MDEntryPositionNo (290) field of a Market Data Entry causes the Market Data Entries lying between the old and new positions to shift. For instance, a Market Data Entry that occupied the 5th position is changed to the 8th position. This means that the Market Data Entry in the 6th position shifts up to the 5th position, the 7th position shifts to the 6th, and what was in the 8th position shifts into the 7th to make room for the changed Market Data Entry that is being moved into the 8th position.
Several techniques are employed to conserve bandwidth:
| Tag | Field Name | FIXML | Req'd | Comments | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <Standard Message Header> | Y | MsgType = X | |||||
| 262 | MDReqID | MDReqID | N | Conditionally required if this message is in response to a Market Data Request (V) . | |||
| 268 | NoMDEntries | NoMDEntries | Y | Number of entries following. | |||
| => | 279 | MDUpdateAction | MDUpdateAction | Y | Must be first field in this repeating group. | ||
| => | 285 | DeleteReason | DeleteReason | N | If MDUpdateAction (279) = Delete(2), can be used to specify a reason for the deletion. | ||
| => | 269 | MDEntryType | MDEntryType | C | Conditionally required if MDUpdateAction (279) = New(0). Cannot be changed. | ||
| => | 278 | MDEntryID | MDEntryID | N | If specified, must be unique among currently active entries if MDUpdateAction (279) = New (0), must be the same as a previous MDEntryID (278) if MDUpdateAction (279) = Delete (2), and must be the same as a previous MDEntryID (278) if MDUpdateAction (279) = Change (1) and MDEntryRefID (280) is not specified, or must be unique among currently active entries if MDUpdateAction (279) = Change(1) and MDEntryRefID (280) is specified.. | ||
| => | 280 | MDEntryRefID | MDEntryRefID | C | If MDUpdateAction (279) = New(0), for the first Market Data Entry in a message, either this field or a Symbol (55) must be specified. If MDUpdateAction (279) = Change(1), this must refer to a previous MDEntryID (278) . | ||
| => | 55 | Symbol | Symbol | C | Either Symbol (55) or MDEntryRefID (280) must be specified if MDUpdateAction (279) = New(0) for the first Market Data Entry in a message. For subsequent Market Data Entries where MDUpdateAction (279) = New(0), the default is the instrument used in the previous Market Data Entry if neither Symbol (55) nor MDEntryRefID (280) are specified, or in the case of options and futures, the previous instrument with changes specified in MaturityMonthYear (200) , MaturityDay (205) , PutOrCall (201) , StrikePrice (202) , OptAttribute (206) , and SecurityExchange (207) . May not be changed. | ||
| => | 65 | SymbolSfx | SymbolSfx | N | May not be changed. | ||
| => | 48 | SecurityID | SecurityID | N | May not be changed. | ||
| => | 22 | IDSource | IDSource | N | May not be changed. | ||
| => | 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. May not be changed. | ||
| => | 205 | MaturityDay | Day | N | Can be used in conjunction with MaturityMonthYear (200) to specify a particular maturity date. May not be changed. | ||
| => | 201 | PutOrCall | PutCall | C | For Options. May not be changed. | ||
| => | 202 | StrikePrice | StrikePx | C | For Options. May not be changed. | ||
| => | 206 | OptAttribute | OptAttribute | N | For Options. May not be changed. | ||
| => | 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. May not be changed. | ||
| => | 106 | Issuer | Issuer | N | May not be changed. | ||
| => | 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 | May not be changed. | ||
| => | 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. | ||
| => | 291 | FinancialStatus | FinancialStatus | N | |||
| => | 292 | CorporateAction | CorporateAction | N | |||
| => | 270 | MDEntryPx | MDEntryPx | C | Conditionally required when MDUpdateAction (279) = New(0). | ||
| => | 15 | Currency | Currency | N | Can be used to specify the currency of the quoted price | ||
| => | 271 | MDEntrySize | MDEntrySize | C | Conditionally required when MDUpdateAction (279) = New(0) and MDEntryType (269) = Bid(0), Offer(1), or Trade(2). | ||
| => | 272 | MDEntryDate | MDEntryDate | N | |||
| => | 273 | MDEntryTime | MDEntryTime | N | |||
| => | 274 | TickDirection | TickDirection | N | |||
| => | 275 | MDMkt | MDMkt | N | Market posting quote / trade. Valid values: See Appendix C | ||
| => | 336 | TradingSessionID | TrdSesID | N | |||
| => | 276 | QuoteCondition | QuoteCondition | N | Space-delimited list of conditions describing a quote. | ||
| => | 277 | TradeCondition | TradeCondition | N | Space-delimited list of conditions describing a trade | ||
| => | 282 | MDEntryOriginator | MDEntryOriginator | N | |||
| => | 283 | LocationID | MMLocationID | N | |||
| => | 284 | DeskID | DeskID | N | |||
| => | 286 | OpenCloseSettleFlag | OpenCloseSettFlag | N | Used if MDEntryType (269) = Opening Price(4), Closing Price(5), or Settlement Price(6). | ||
| => | 59 | TimeInForce | TimeInForce | N | For optional use when this Bid or Offer represents an order | ||
| => | 432 | ExpireDate | ExpireDate | C | For optional use when this Bid or Offer represents an order. ExpireDate (432) and ExpireTime (126) cannot both be specified in one Market Data Entry. | ||
| => | 126 | ExpireTime | ExpireTime | C | For optional use when this Bid or Offer represents an order. ExpireDate (432) and ExpireTime (126) cannot both be specified in one Market Data Entry. | ||
| => | 110 | MinQty | MinQty | N | For optional use when this Bid or Offer represents an order | ||
| => | 18 | ExecInst | ExecInst | N | Can contain multiple instructions, space delimited. | ||
| => | 287 | SellerDays | SellerDays | N | |||
| => | 37 | OrderID | OrderID | N | For optional use when this Bid, Offer, or Trade represents an order | ||
| => | 299 | QuoteEntryID | QuoteEntryID | N | For optional use when this Bid, Offer, or Trade represents a quote | ||
| => | 288 | MDEntryBuyer | MDEntryBuyer | N | For optional use in reporting Trades | ||
| => | 289 | MDEntrySeller | MDEntrySeller | N | For optional use in reporting Trades | ||
| => | 346 | NumberOfOrders | MDNoOrders | N | In an Aggregated Book, used to show how many individual orders make up an MDEntry | ||
| => | 290 | MDEntryPositionNo | MDEntryPositionNo | N | Display position of a bid or offer, numbered from most competitive to least competitive, per market side, beginning with 1 | ||
| => | 387 | TotalVolumeTraded | TotVolTraded | N | Total volume traded in this trading session for this security. | ||
| => | 58 | Text | Text | N | Text to describe the Market Data Entry. Part of repeating group. | ||
| => | 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. | ||
| <Standard Message Trailer> | Y | ||||||
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