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Re: Is negative number acceptable for certain tags?
Helen Xie / Systemware Innovation
6 Jun 2012 9:21AM ET

Thanks for the response.

The specification doesn't say negative numbers are not allowed for "Qty" and "Price" data types, which means theoretically they could be negative.

Helen

> See the description of the price and quantity data types on FIXwiki
>
> http://fixwiki.org/fixwiki/PriceDataType
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> http://fixwiki.org/fixwiki/QtyDataType
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> As you can see, the specification allows for negative prices.
>
> Regarding quantity, it does not explicitly forbid negative values.
> I suppose that LeavesQty could be negative for an overfilled order.
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Technically speaking, in FIX4.2, are negative numbers allowed for the following tags?
> > - 38 : OrderQty
> > - 44 : Price
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Helen

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Helen Xie / Systemware Innovation   5 Jun 2012 3:35PM ET

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Re: Is negative number acceptable for certain tags?
Helen Xie / Systemware Innovation   6 Jun 2012 9:21AM ET