Field Definitions, detailed descriptions

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[ original email was from Lena Malmberg - lena@lmbroking.se ]
Hello!

Does anyone know where to get very detailed explainations of the “Descriptions” of the “Field Definitions”? There are some in particular that I would like to have defined in detail: in FIX 4.0 they are “Descriptions” to “Field ID’s”;
4 AdvSide
18 ExecInst
21 HandlInst
29 LastCapacity
40 OrdType
54 Side
59 TimeInForce
81ProcessCode

Any help is appreciated.
//Lena Malmberg

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> Hello!
>
> Does anyone know where to get very detailed explainations of the “Descriptions” of the “Field Definitions”? There are some in particular that I would like to have defined in detail: in FIX 4.0 they are “Descriptions” to “Field ID’s”;
> 4 AdvSide
> 18 ExecInst
> 21 HandlInst
> 29 LastCapacity
> 40 OrdType
> 54 Side
> 59 TimeInForce
> 81ProcessCode
>
> Any help is appreciated.
> //Lena Malmberg
>

Are you asking for more descriptions than what is provided in the Field Definitions appendix section of the spec?

i.e. 29 Last Capacity:
"Broker capacity in order execution
Valid values:
1 = Agent
2 = Cross as agent
3 = Cross as principal
4 = Principal"

Are you wanting definition/clarification of what "Agent", "Cross as agent", "Cross as principal", and "Principal" mean?

Several of the enumerations for the ExecInst, OrdType, Side, and TimeInForce fields are documented in the "Glossary - Business Terms" section of the FIX 4.1 spec. This is considered a growing list and we have requested that suggestions to have particular terms clarified be posted here as we will try to get someone to provide a description and include that in the Glossary section in future versions.