Header fields

The header fields in the example FIX message are described in the following table. In this table, the left hand column shows the actual field number, followed by the example data that is used in the preceding table.

Tag Number Value Required Type of data
8 FIXT.1.1 Yes BeginString
9 7384 Yes BodyLength
35 C Yes MsgType
1128 7 No AppVerID
1129 7.0.1 No CstmAppVerID
49 ABC Company Yes SenderCompID
56 XYZ Inc. Yes TargetCompID
115 ACME Bros. No OnBehalfOfCompID
128 XYZ Inc No DeliverToCompID
90 658 No SecureDataLen
91 PGP Message No SecureData
34 12345 Yes MsgSeqNum
50 Trader No MsgSeqNum
142 New York Stock Exchange No SenderLocationID
57 C/O Green Team No TargetSubID
143 Chicago Board of Exchange No TargetLocationID
116 Blue Traders No OnBehalfOfSubID
144 London Stock Exchange No OnBehalfOfLocationID
129 XYZ Inc. No DeliverToSubID
145 Tokyo Stock Exchange No DeliverToLocationID
43 N No PossDupFlag
97 N No PossResend
52 20071005-06:12:00.000 No OrigSendingTime
212 533 No XmlDataLen
213 <XML Data> No XMLData
347 UTF-8 No MessageEncoding
369 12344 No LastMsgSeqNumProcessed
627 2 No NoHops
> 628 #1 ABC Company No HopCompID
> 629 20071109-16:22:40.123 No HopSendingTime
> 630 12345 No HopRefID