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MT 502 Field Specifications

30. Field 36B: Quantity of Financial Instrument

FORMAT

Option B :4!c//4!c/15d (Qualifier)(Quantity Type Code)(Quantity)

PRESENCE

Optional in mandatory sequence B

QUALIFIER

(Error code(s): T89)

Order M/O Qualifier R/N CR Options Qualifier Description
1 O ORDR R C6 B Original Ordered Quantity
2 O CANC N C2 B Quantity to Cancel
  or MINI N   B Minimum to be Bought or Sold
3 O MAIN N   B Match Increment
4 O MAXF N   B Maximum to be Shown on the Floor at a Time

DEFINITION

This qualified generic field specifies:

CANC Quantity to Cancel Quantity of financial instruments to cancel in a request to cancel or partially cancel.
MAIN Match Increment Minimum quantity that applies to every execution. The order may still fill against smaller orders, but the cumulative quantity of the execution must be in multiples of the Match Increment.
MAXF Maximum to be Shown on the Floor at a Time Maximum quantity of an order to be revealed on the stock exchange at a time.
MINI Minimum to be Bought or Sold Minimum quantity of financial instruments to be bought or sold if the entire order cannot be executed.
ORDR Original Ordered Quantity Quantity of financial instrument ordered.

CODES

Quantity Type Code must contain one of the following codes (Error code(s): K36):

AMOR Amortised Value Quantity expressed as an amount representing the current amortised face amount of a bond, for example, a periodic reduction/increase of a bond's principal amount.
FAMT Face Amount Quantity expressed as an amount representing the face amount, that is, the principal, of a debt instrument.
UNIT Unit Number Quantity expressed as a number, for example, a number of shares.

NETWORK VALIDATED RULES

The integer part of Quantity must contain at least one digit. A decimal comma is mandatory and is included in the maximum length (Error code(s): T40,T43).