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MT 502 Field Specifications

18. Field 22a: Indicator

FORMAT

Option F :4!c/[8c]/4!c (Qualifier)(Data Source Scheme)(Indicator)
Option H :4!c//4!c (Qualifier)(Indicator)

PRESENCE

Mandatory in mandatory sequence B

QUALIFIER

(Error code(s): T89)

Order M/O Qualifier R/N CR Options Qualifier Description
1 M BUSE N C9, C12 H Buy/Sell Indicator
2 O PROC N   F Processing Indicator
3 O RPOR R   F Reporting Indicator
4 O PRIR N   F Priority Indicator
5 O SETG N   F Settlement Instruction Generation Indicator
6 O TTCO R   F Trade Transaction Condition Indicator
7 O COST N   F Commission Type Indicator
8 O TOOR R C3 F Type of Order
9 O TILI N   F Time Limit
10 M PAYM N   H Payment Indicator
11 O AUTO N   F Auto Routing Indicator
12 O CATB N   F Charges/Tax Basis Indicator
13 O TRCN R   F Trade Regulatory Conditions
14 O TRSE N   F Trading Session Indicator
15 O CAOP N   H Corporate Action Option Code Indicator
16 O RMTH N   F Rounding Method Requested

DEFINITION

This qualified generic field specifies:

AUTO Auto Routing Indicator Specifies whether an automatic routing system is involved.
BUSE Buy/Sell Indicator Specifies whether the transaction relates to the sale or purchase of financial instruments.
CAOP Corporate Action Option Code Indicator Specifies the corporate action options available to the account owner.
CATB Charges/Tax Basis Indicator Specifies the method used to calculate a charge/tax.
COST Commission Type Indicator Specifies the commission sharing type under which the order is to be executed.
PAYM Payment Indicator Specifies whether the instruction is free or against payment.
PRIR Priority Indicator Specifies the execution priority of the trade.
PROC Processing Indicator Specifies additional information relative to the processing of the trade.
RMTH Rounding Method Requested Specifies the rounding direction applied to fractional numbers, for example, round up.
RPOR Reporting Indicator Specifies whether the trade details must be reported to a regulatory organisation.
SETG Settlement Instruction Generation Indicator Specifies whether a settlement instruction must be generated by an Electronic Trade Confirmation (ETC) service provider.
TILI Time Limit Specifies from/until when an order must be executed.
TOOR Type of Order Specifies the type of instruction to a broker/dealer to buy or sell a financial instrument.
TRCN Trade Regulatory Conditions Specifies the trade regulatory conditions, for example, in the US under SEC regulation 10.b.10.
TRSE Trading Session Indicator Specifies the trading phase at the stock exchange.
TTCO Trade Transaction Condition Indicator Specifies the conditions under which the order/trade is to be executed.

CODES

In option H, if Qualifier is BUSE, Indicator must contain one of the following codes (Error code(s): K22):

BUYI Buy Transaction is a purchase of financial instrument by the instructing party.
CROF Cross From Transaction is a cross from (Funds Industry).
CROT Cross To Transaction is a cross to (Funds Industry).
DIVR Reinvestment of Dividend Order Transaction is a reinvestment of dividend order (Funds Industry. Not to be used for corporate actions).
FPOO FPO Order Transaction is an FPO (Follow on Public Offer) bid or order.
IPOO IPO Order Transaction is an IPO (Initial Public Offering) bid or order.
IPPO IPP Order Transaction is an IPP (Institutional Placement Programme) bid or order.
REDM Redemption Transaction is a redemption of funds.
SELL Sell Transaction is a sale of financial instrument by the instructing party.
SUBS Subscription Transaction is a subscription to funds.
SWIF Switch From Transaction is a change of an investment from one sub-fund to another sub-fund.
SWIT Switch To Transaction is a change of an investment from one sub-fund to another sub-fund.

CODES

In option F, if Qualifier is PROC and Data Source Scheme is not present, Indicator must contain one of the following codes (Error code(s): K22):

CLOP Close Position Trade is to close a position.
OPEP Open Position Trade is to open a position.

CODES

In option F, if Qualifier is RPOR and Data Source Scheme is not present, Indicator must contain one of the following codes (Error code(s): K22):

EXCH Stock Exchange Trade details are to be reported to a stock exchange. This stock exchange is identified in sequence D Other Parties.
TRRE Regulatory Organisation Trade details are to be reported to a regulatory organisation. This stock regulatory organisation is identified in sequence D Other Parties.

CODES

In option F, if Qualifier is PRIR and Data Source Scheme is not present, Indicator must contain a numerical value in the range 0001 - 9999 where 0001 refers to the highest priority (Error code(s): K22).

CODES

In option F, if Qualifier is SETG and Data Source Scheme is not present, Indicator must contain one of the following codes (Error code(s): K22):

GENS Instruction Generation by ETC Provider Specifies if the ETC service provider is to generate a settlement instruction.
NOGE Not Instruction Generation by ETC Provider Specifies if the ETC service provider is not to generate a settlement instruction where a previous agreement to do so exists.

CODES

In option F, if Qualifier is TTCO and Data Source Scheme is not present, Indicator must contain one of the following codes (Error code(s): K22):

BCBL Board Lots Trade is to be executed on board lots; not set for odd lots (UK specific).
BCBN Bad Names Trade is to be executed on bad names, not set for good names (UK specific).
BCFD Form of Delivery Not for foreign registration when unset (UK specific).
BCPD Place of Delivery In country of incorporation when unset (UK specific).
BCRO Result of Option When Set Result of option when set (UK specific).
BCRP Result of Repo When Set Result of repo when set (UK specific).
BLKO Block Order Trade is a block trade, allocation instructions will follow.
BTEX Best Execution Trade to be executed at best execution.
CALL Call Trade to be executed following the exercise of a call option on the security.
CBNS Cum Bonus Trade is to be executed cum bonus.
CCPN Cum Coupon Trade is to be executed cum coupon.
CDIV Cum Dividend Trade is to be executed cum dividend.
CLBR Closure Before Rollover Trade to be executed for closure of a previous position before the rollover of a position (Deferred Settlement Service).
CLEN Clean Trade is to be executed clean, that is, does not pay government tax on the accrued interest on the bond, and consequently price is higher.
CRST Cross Trade Allowed Cross trades are allowed whereby buy and sell orders are offset without recording the trade on the exchange.
CRTS Cum Rights Trade is to be executed cum rights.
CWAR Cum Warrants Trade is to be executed cum warrants.
DIOR Directed Order Trade is to be executed with a specific trading party.
DIRT Dirty Trade is to be executed dirty, that is, pay government tax on the accrued interest of the bond.
DORD Direct Order Trade is to be executed by a trading party other than the trading party to which the order is sent. In this case, the instructing party has traded with another broker which will subsequently send an advice of the executing party.
FORW Forward Price Trade is based on forward price. Price will be calculated after the close of the dealing period.
FRAC Fractional Parts Allowed Fractional parts allowed.
GTDL Guaranteed Delivery Delivery of the financial instrument on settlement date is guaranteed.
HIST Historic Price Trade is based on historic price.
MONT Monthly Trade to be executed for month-end settlement (Deferred Settlement Service).
NBFR New Trade Following Rollover Trade to be executed for a new trade position on the next month following the rollover of a position (Deferred Settlement Service).
NCRS No Cross Trade Allowed No cross trade allowed.
PETA PreTrade Anonymity Allows trader to explicitly request anonymity or disclosure in pre-trade market data feeds. Anonymity is relevant in markets where counterparties are regularly disclosed in order depth feeds. Disclosure is relevant when counterparties are not normally visible.
PUTT Putt Trade to be executed following the exercise of a put option on the security.
SPCU Special Cum Dividend Trade is executed with a special cum dividend, that is, buying after the ex date and getting the dividend.
SPEX Special Ex Dividend Trade is executed with a special ex dividend, that is, selling before the ex date without the coupon.
TEFR Trade Executed Following Rollover Trade executed this month following the rollover of positions.
TRFR Trade Following Rollover Trade to be executed on the next month following the rollover of positions.
XBNS Ex Bonus Trade is to be executed ex bonus.
XCPN Ex Coupon Trade is to be executed ex coupon.
XDIV Ex Dividend Trade is to be executed ex dividend.
XRTS Ex Rights Trade is to be executed ex rights.
XWAR Ex Warrants Trade is to be executed ex warrants.

CODES

In option F, if Qualifier is COST and Data Source Scheme is not present, Indicator must contain one of the following codes (Error code(s): K22):

CLDI Per Client Agreement Commission is as per client agreement.
FLAT Flat Fee Commission is a flat fee.
PERN Percentage of Principal in Basis Points Commission is a percentage of principal.
PERU Per Unit Commission is per unit of financial instrument.
PWCD Percentage Commission Waived as Cash Discount Commission is a percentage commission waived as cash discount.
PWEU Percentage Commission Waived as Additional Units Commission is a percentage commission waived as additional units.
SOFT Soft Dollar Commission Sharing Commission is a soft dollar percentage commission.
STEP Commission Sharing Type is for Step-out Trade Commission is for a step-out trade.

CODES

In option F, if Qualifier is TOOR and Data Source Scheme is not present, Indicator must contain one of the following codes (Error code(s): K22):

ALNO All or None A round-lot market or limit-price order which must be executed in its entirety or not at all; unlike 'fill or kill', these orders are not cancelled if not executed as soon as received.
BCSE Buy Contra Short Exempt Order to buy contra short exempt.
BCSH Buy Contra Short Order to buy contra short.
BMIN Buy Minus Order to buy at a price lower than the current market price. This is an order to buy a stated amount of a financial instrument provided that its price is not higher than the last sale if the last sale was a minus or zero minus tick, not higher than the last sale minus the minimum fractional change in the stock if the last sale was a plus or zero plus tick. The price limit indicates the highest price at which the order can be executed.
CARE Carefully Order that is not to be executed as a whole because it may disturb the price.
COMB Combination Order Order that is linked to another order to buy or sell and must be executed as a unit, both or none, or cancelled as a unit.
DISC Discretionary Order where the executing broker or investment manager decides on the quantity or price.
DNIN Do Not Increase Limit order to buy or stop order to sell or stop limit order that is not to be increased in shares on the ex-dividend date as a result of a stock dividend or distribution.
DNRE Do Not Reduce Limit order to buy or stop order to sell, or stop-limit order to sell that is not to be reduced in price by the amount of an ordinary cash dividend. Applies only to ordinary stock dividends; should be reduced for other distributions.
ICEB Iceberg Order Type of limit order whose overall quantity is not transparent to the market. Rather, only a client-defined part of the order is shown to the market (the 'tip of the iceberg'). Upon execution of the first 'tip' (that is partial execution to the client while for the market it does not appear to be a 'partial') the system releases the next 'tip' of the same size to the market until the 'iceberg' has been melted down successfully. Different from a usual care order.
LIWI Limit With Order to be executed at a limit price, with a round-lot (or board-lot) sales; valid only for odd lot orders.
LIWO Limit Without Order to be executed at a limit price, without a round-lot (or board-lot) sales; valid only for odd lot orders.
LMTO Limit Order Order to buy at the indicated price limit or lower or an order to sell at the indicated limit price or higher.
MAKT At Market Order to buy or sell a specified amount of a financial instrument at the quoted market price or better.
MANH Market Not Held Order to buy or sell a specified amount of a financial instrument at the quoted market price or better with some discretion on the price limit.
MTLO Market to Limit Order Type of order that couples the high possibility of execution (Market Order) with a protection against unwanted price fluctuations (Limit Order).
MUTO Market Until Touched Order to buy or sell a specified amount of a financial instrument at the quoted market price or better with some discretion on the price limit.
NOHE Not Held Order that may be executed in partials or outside the hours of the exchange or other exchange rules.
ORLI Order Lie Order that is related to another order where the second order may be cancelled without cancelling the first. Normally, the sell order must be executed before the buy order.
SLOS Stop Loss Order to sell that sets the sell price below the market price.
SPLU Sell Plus Order to sell a stated amount provided that the price is not lower than the last sale price if the last sale was a plus or zero plus tick and not lower than the last sale minus the minimum fractional change in the financial instrument if the last sale was a minus or zero minus tick.
STLI Stop Limit Stop order to buy (sell) that becomes a limit order at the limit price when the financial instrument trades at or above (below) the stop price after the order is submitted.
STOP Stop Order Order to buy that becomes a market order when the financial instrument trades at or above the stop price after the order is submitted or an order to sell which becomes a market order when the financial instrument trades at or below the stop price.
SSEX Sell Short Exempt Order to sell short which is exempt from short-sale rules.
SSHO Sell Short Order to sell a financial instrument that the seller does not own; a sale effected by delivering a financial instrument borrowed by or for the account of the seller.

CODES

In option F, if Qualifier is TILI and Data Source Scheme is not present, Indicator must contain one of the following codes (Error code(s): K22):

CLOS At the Closing Order to be executed at or around the closing price.
FAKI Fill and Kill Order to be executed as much as possible. Non-executed parts of a FAK are deleted.
FIKI Fill or Kill Market or limit order that is to be executed in its entirety as soon as it is submitted; if not so executed, the order is to be cancelled.
GDAY Good for the Day Order that, if not executed, expires at the end of the trading day on which the order is entered.
GTCA Good until Cancelled Order that remains in effect until it is either executed or cancelled.
GTHD Good through Date Order that, if not executed, expires at the end of the specified expiry date.
GTMO Good for the Month Order that, if not executed, expires at the end of the month on which the order is entered.
GTNM Good until the End of Next Month Order that, if not executed, expires at the end of next month.
GTXO Good till Crossed Order that remains in effect until crossed.
IOCA Immediate or Cancel Market or limit order to be executed in whole or in part as soon as it is submitted; any portion not so executed is to be cancelled.
OPEN At the Opening Market or limit order to be executed at the opening of the stock exchange or not at all; all or part of any order not executed at the opening is treated as cancelled.

CODES

In option H, if Qualifier is PAYM, Indicator must contain one of the following codes (Error code(s): K22):

APMT Against Payment Against payment.
FREE Free Free.

CODES

In option F, if Qualifier is AUTO and Data Source Scheme is not present, Indicator must contain one of the following codes (Error code(s): K22):

DDOT Designated Order Turnaround System Indicates the Designated Order Turnaround system: a computerised order routing system used at the New York Stock Exchange.
SDOT Evolution of the DOT System Indicates the evolution of the DOT system, (Designated Order Turnaround system): a computerized order routing system used at the New York Stock Exchange.

CODES

In option F, if Qualifier is CATB and Data Source Scheme is not present, Indicator must contain one of the following codes (Error code(s): K22):

FLAT Charges/Tax Basis Flat or Absolute Charges/tax basis is flat or absolute for the trade being allocated.
PERU Charges/Tax Basis per Unit Charge/tax basis is per unit of financial instrument.

CODES

In option F, if Qualifier is TRCN and Data Source Scheme is not present, Indicator must contain one of the following codes (Error code(s): K22):

SOLI Solicited Trade was solicited by the executing broker. The broker has suggested to his client to buy/sell financial instruments.
USOL Unsolicited Trade was unsolicited. The client acts on its own without advice from the executing broker.

CODES

In option F, if Qualifier is TRSE and Data Source Scheme is not present, Indicator must contain one of the following codes (Error code(s): K22):

AUCT Auctions Orders that are traded in regularly occurring auctions: orders are accumulated and executed on the basis of defined algorithms.
CONT Continuous Orders that are executed directly against each other as they hit the marketplace.

CODES

In option H, if Qualifier is CAOP, Indicator must contain one of the following codes (Error code(s): K22):

CASH Cash Distribution of cash to holders.
DRIP Reinvestment of Proceeds Reinvestment proceeds into securities.

CODES

In option F, if Qualifier is RMTH and Data Source Scheme is not present, Indicator must contain one of the following codes (Error code(s): K22):

EXAC Exact Exact number.
RDUP Round Up Round up to the nearest whole number.
RDDN Round Down Round down to the nearest whole number.

USAGE RULES

The qualifier CAOP is to be used for investment funds only, whereby the holder has the option to receive the distribution in cash or reinvest in securities.

If field :22H::BUSE//SWIT is used, then in the linkage sequence reference must be made to the previous message sent and containing field :22H::BUSE//SWIF.

Qualifier TOOR codes BCSE, BCSH and BMIN are only to be used for orders to buy.

Qualifier TOOR codes SLOS, SPLU, SSEX and SSHO are only to be used for orders to sell.

The qualifier BUSE, with codes SUBS, DIVR, REDM, CROF, CROT, SWIF and SWIT must only be used by institutions that are members of the Funds Closed User Group (CUG). Institutions that are not members of the Funds CUG and that send the MT 502 with any of the above codes will receive a NAK with error code G26.