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FIX Protocol Tag 1280: DerivativeEncodedSecurityDescLen

DerivativeEncodedSecurityDescLen is a length field used in 3 FIX message types: Derivative Security List (35=AA), Derivative Security List Update Report (35=BR) and Derivative Security List Request (35=z). It is defined in FIX 5.0 SP1 to 5.0 SP2.

Tag number
1280
Data type
LENGTH
FIX versions
FIX 5.0 SP1 to 5.0 SP2
Used in
3 message types

Tag 1280 in each FIX version

Values and message usage as defined in a specific version.

Data type

LENGTH: A positive integer giving a length in bytes, usually of the data field that follows.

Example

1280=256

Illustrative value. In a message, fields are separated by the SOH character (0x01), often shown as | or ^ in logs.

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Message types that use tag 1280

Covers every version from FIX 4.0 to 5.0 SP2, including fields reached through components and repeating groups. The version pages above show whether the tag is required in each message.

Field and message data comes from the QuickFIX data dictionaries for FIX 4.0 to 5.0 SP2 and FIXT 1.1, used under the QuickFIX Software License. This product includes software developed by quickfixengine.org (http://www.quickfixengine.org/). Enumerated value names are converted to plain text for reading.