How to set up our FIX format for outgoing order messages

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Hello,
Could somebody help me figure out I set up our FIX format for outgoing order messages utilizing the custom FIX functionality. Is there a certain message format/template that I can follow. I am new to this format (I am familiar with Swift messaging where we followed standard messages, example a 210 was for a receipt etc.).
Thanks in advance.
Marcella

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Hi,

Every FIX message is a series of repeating

Tag=Value^Tag=Value^Tag=Value^Tag=Value^…

where ^ is the FIX delimiter.

Its not clear what you mean by “set up FIX format”. If it means setting the FIX version, then its the First Tag also known as Begin String(tag 8) where your message says

8=FIX.4.0^

Since I do not know much SWIFT, I cannot clearly interpret what “210 was for a receipt” means. Taking a guess, do you mean message type like Order, Acknowledgement, Execution etc? If my guess is correct, then you would use the Third Tag in every FIX message which is called Message Type(tag 35). For its values refer the appropriate version of the specs at

http://www.fixprotocol.org/specifications/

You can find a good tutorials on FIX at

http://www.fixprotocol.org/specifications/TechDoc-Beginner

http://www.splunk.com/base/FIX

Regards,
K. Mahesh
+1-203-252-4039

Hello, Could somebody help me figure out I set up our FIX format for
outgoing order messages utilizing the custom FIX functionality. Is
there a certain message format/template that I can follow. I am new to
this format (I am familiar with Swift messaging where we followed
standard messages, example a 210 was for a receipt etc.). Thanks in
advance. Marcella

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Hello K.,
Thanks for your reply.
I am trying to figure out how to set up FIX format for outgoing order messages utilizing the custom FIX functionality.
From what I can tell we currently use paper to place an order and now we want to replace paper with FIX.
I am used to using Swift which had Tag (Fields) values, which had a particular meaning, example Tag 20 meant date value. Tag 33 meant the buy and sale amount etc.
Does FIX have that? A message template format, specially for orders?
Thanks again for your assistance.
Regards,
Marcella

Hi,

Every FIX message is a series of repeating

Tag=Value^Tag=Value^Tag=Value^Tag=Value^…

where ^ is the FIX delimiter.

Its not clear what you mean by “set up FIX format”. If it means setting
the FIX version, then its the First Tag also known as Begin String(tag
8) where your message says

8=FIX.4.0^

Since I do not know much SWIFT, I cannot clearly interpret what “210
was for a receipt” means. Taking a guess, do you mean message type
like Order, Acknowledgement, Execution etc? If my guess is correct,
then you would use the Third Tag in every FIX message which is called
Message Type(tag 35). For its values refer the appropriate version of
the specs at

http://www.fixprotocol.org/specifications/

You can find a good tutorials on FIX at

http://www.fixprotocol.org/specifications/TechDoc-Beginner

http://www.splunk.com/base/FIX

Regards,
K. Mahesh +1-203-252-4039

Hello, Could somebody help me figure out I set up our FIX format for
outgoing order messages utilizing the custom FIX functionality. Is
there a certain message format/template that I can follow. I am new to
this format (I am familiar with Swift messaging where we followed
standard messages, example a 210 was for a receipt etc.). Thanks in
advance. Marcella

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Marcella,

Here is a link which might be helpful for you in finding out the fix message format - “http://www.fixionary.com/”

Regards,
Sunil

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Hello, Could somebody help me figure out I set up our FIX format for
outgoing order messages utilizing the custom FIX functionality. Is
there a certain message format/template that I can follow. I am new to
this format (I am familiar with Swift messaging where we followed
standard messages, example a 210 was for a receipt etc.). Thanks in
advance. Marcella

Hi Marcella,

Try the links below:

http://www.onixs.biz/fixdictionary/4.0/index.html
http://www.transacttools.net/ttportal/datadict/browser.jsp

Hope this helps,
Zayda

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Hello, Could somebody help me figure out I set up our FIX format for
outgoing order messages utilizing the custom FIX functionality. Is
there a certain message format/template that I can follow. I am new to
this format (I am familiar with Swift messaging where we followed
standard messages, example a 210 was for a receipt etc.). Thanks in
advance. Marcella

Hi Marcella,

Try the links below:

http://www.onixs.biz/fixdictionary/4.0/index.html
http://www.transacttools.net/ttportal/datadict/browser.jsp
B2bits FIXopaedia the most comprehensive FIX dictionary

Hope this helps, Zayda

hi all,
I have worked both on SWIFT and FIX protocols and for you i would suggest that in a FIX format we have header,data and trailor in place of 5Blocks in standard swift.
As we have standard info in Block 1&2 for sender and receiver here we keep it in some tags of header.
The block4 data is here the data part in FIX and for the end of message
in swift we have brace but here there is tag10 which contains the checksum.
Also swift has data pattern as :20C::somevalue^M(ctrl-vM) here in FIX we have 11=ClientOrderID^A

ONe important difference is Swift is a sequential messaging system and fix has a choice.

u can ask your confusions…

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Refer FIX.4.0 spec (Ordered Message Processing on page 7/67)