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

QUALIFIER

(Error code(s): T89)

Order M/O Qualifier R/N CR Options Qualifier Description
1 O ORDR N C6 B Quantity of Financial Instrument Ordered
2 O CANC N C2 B Quantity to Cancel
  or MINI N   B Minimum Quantity of Financial Instrument
3 O MAXF N   B Maximum to be Shown on the Floor at a Time

DEFINITION

This qualified generic field specifies:

ORDR Quantity of financial instrument to be ordered.
CANC Quantity of financial instrument to cancel in a request to cancel or partially cancel a previously sent order to buy or sell.
MINI Minimum quantity of the financial instrument to be bought or sold if the entire order cannot be executed.
MAXF Maximum to be shown on the floor at a time.

CODES

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

AMOR Quantity represents the current amortised face amount of a bond, eg, a periodic reduction of a bond's principal amount.
FAMT Quantity expressed as the face amount of the principal of a debt instrument.
UNIT Quantity expressed as a number, eg, 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).