Is CashOrderQty a Qty?

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Imported from previous forum

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The FIX 4.2 specification with errata describes CashOrderQty as a Qty (p. 167).

As far as I understand the meaning of this tag, an amount of money should be expressed there. I was therefore expecting an Amt (amount), and not a Qty (quantity).

Is it a typo in the specification? (I have not read 4.3 specification, as I am implementing 4.2)
Or did I misunderstood the meaning of this tag?

Thank you!

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FIX 4.3 also describes CashOrderQty as “Qty” data type. I agree that this would be better defined as “Amt” vs. “Qty”. Note that the base data type (float) is the same for both, though. We’ll have to address that in a future Errata.

> The FIX 4.2 specification with errata describes CashOrderQty as a Qty (p. 167).
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> As far as I understand the meaning of this tag, an amount of money should be expressed there. I was therefore expecting an Amt (amount), and not a Qty (quantity).
>
> Is it a typo in the specification? (I have not read 4.3 specification, as I am implementing 4.2)
> Or did I misunderstood the meaning of this tag?
>
> Thank you!
>