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Examples

​New Market BUY Order

​Request

This is an example of a request for a market BUY order:

RAW
8=FIX.4.4|9=126|35=D|34=2|49=DEV|52=20181023-17:49:51.691|56=GEMINI|11=FLWC3iFi6ygIxFSKVY|40=1|54=1|55=BTCUSD|60=20150218-18:45:02.003|152=500.0|10=235|

HEADER
        8                   BeginString: FIX.4.4
        9                    BodyLength: 126
       34                     MsgSeqNum: 2
       35                       MsgType: NewOrderSingle (D)
       49                  SenderCompID: DEV
       52                   SendingTime: 20181023-17:49:51.691
       56                  TargetCompID: GEMINI
BODY
       11                       ClOrdID: FLWC3iFi6ygIxFSKVY
       40                       OrdType: MARKET (1)
       54                          Side: BUY (1)
       55                        Symbol: BTCUSD
       60                  TransactTime: 20150218-18:45:02.003
      152                  CashOrderQty: 500.0
TRAILER
       10                      CheckSum: 235
txt

Notes:

  • OrdType: MARKET (1) indicates this is a Market order
  • CashOrderQty: 500.0 The amount of USD used to buy BTC. CashOrderQty is always the amount in price currency used to buy the quantity currency

​Execution Report

and the associated Execution Report for a market BUY order:

RAW
8=FIX.4.4|9=163|35=8|34=2|49=GEMINI|52=20181023-17:49:51.943|56=DEV|6=0|11=FLWC3iFi6ygIxFSKVY|14=0|17=43|37=42|39=0|54=1|55=BTCUSD|60=20150218-18:45:02.042|150=0|151=500.0|152=500.0|10=069|

HEADER
        8                   BeginString: FIX.4.4
        9                    BodyLength: 163
       34                     MsgSeqNum: 2
       35                       MsgType: ExecutionReport (8)
       49                  SenderCompID: GEMINI
       52                   SendingTime: 20181023-17:49:51.943
       56                  TargetCompID: DEV
BODY
        6                         AvgPx: 0
       11                       ClOrdID: FLWC3iFi6ygIxFSKVY
       14                        CumQty: 0
       17                        ExecID: 43
       37                       OrderID: 42
       39                     OrdStatus: NEW (0)
       54                          Side: BUY (1)
       55                        Symbol: BTCUSD
       60                  TransactTime: 20150218-18:45:02.042
      150                      ExecType: NEW (0)
      151                     LeavesQty: 500.0
      152                  CashOrderQty: 500.0
TRAILER
       10                      CheckSum: 069
txt
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