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FIX TAG 336

TradingSessionID

StringAdded FIX.4.2

Definition

Identifier for Trading Session A trading session spans an extended period of time that can also be expressed informally in terms of the trading day. Usage is determined by market or counterparties. To specify good for session where session spans more than one calendar day, use TimeInForce = Day in conjunction with TradingSessionID. Bilaterally agreed values of data type "String" that start with a character can be used for backward compatibility.

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FIX 4.4 FIX 5.0 SP2

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FIX 4.4

Identifier for Trading Session Can be used to represent a specific market trading session (e.g. "PRE-OPEN", "CROSS_2", "AFTER-HOURS", "TOSTNET", "TOSTNET2", etc). To specify good for session where session spans more than one calendar day, use TimeInForce = Day in conjunction with TradingSessionID. Values should be bi-laterally agreed to between counterparties. Firms may register Trading Session values on the FIX website (presently a document maintained within "ECN and Exchanges" working group section).

FIX 5.0 SP2

Identifier for Trading Session A trading session spans an extended period of time that can also be expressed informally in terms of the trading day. Usage is determined by market or counterparties. To specify good for session where session spans more than one calendar day, use TimeInForce = Day in conjunction with TradingSessionID. Bilaterally agreed values of data type "String" that start with a character can be used for backward compatibility.

Values only in FIX 5.0 SP2 6

  • 1Day
  • 2HalfDay
  • 3Morning
  • 4Afternoon
  • 5Evening
  • 6After-hours

Values 6

ValueMeaning
1

Day

2

HalfDay

3

Morning

4

Afternoon

5

Evening

6

After-hours

About the String data type

Alpha-numeric free format strings, can include any character or punctuation except the delimiter. All String fields are case sensitive (i.e. morstatt != Morstatt).

Used in messages 61

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