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FIX TAG 15

Currency

CurrencyAdded FIX.2.7

Definition

Identifies currency used for price or quantity fields, depending on the asset class being traded. CurrencyCodeSource(2897) may be used to disambiguate the code source scheme used, and ISO 4217 is the default scheme if absent.

Absence of this field is interpreted as the default currency for the security as defined by the respective reference data. It is recommended that systems provide the currency value whenever possible.

Additional detail from the official source

For securities trading and digital assets traded securities-style, identifies the currency used to denote the price. Absence of this field is interpreted as the default for the security. For Foreign Exchange (FX) and digital assets traded FX-style, identifies the dealt currency used to denominate the quantity related field(s).

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FIX 5.0 SP2 FIX Latest · EP309

PropertyFIX 5.0 SP2FIX Latest · EP309
Additional source detailNot markedFor securities trading and digital assets traded securities-style, identifies the currency used to denote the price. Absence of this field is interpreted as the default for the security. For Foreign Exchange (FX) and digital assets traded FX-style, identifies the dealt currency used to denominate the quantity related field(s).

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FIX 5.0 SP2

Identifies currency used for price. Absence of this field is interpreted as the default for the security. It is recommended that systems provide the currency value whenever possible. See "Appendix 6-A: Valid Currency Codes" for information on obtaining valid values.

FIX Latest · EP309

Identifies currency used for price or quantity fields, depending on the asset class being traded. CurrencyCodeSource(2897) may be used to disambiguate the code source scheme used, and ISO 4217 is the default scheme if absent.

Absence of this field is interpreted as the default currency for the security as defined by the respective reference data. It is recommended that systems provide the currency value whenever possible.

No enumerated values are defined for this field in this source.

About the Currency data type

string field representing a currency type using ISO 4217 Currency code (3 character) values (see Appendix 6-A).

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