MT 306 Field Specifications

38. Field 30P: Earliest Exercise Date

FORMAT

Option P

8!n

(Date)

PRESENCE

Conditional (C11) in a conditional sequence (C10)

DEFINITION

This field specifies, in the case of an American style vanilla option, the earliest exercise date of this option.

NETWORK VALIDATED RULES

Date must be a valid date expressed as YYYYMMDD (Error code(s): T50).

USAGE RULES

The expiration location and time in sequence B also apply to the earliest exercise date.