ZagTrader

FIX Protocol Tag 4: AdvSide

Side of the advertised trade: buy, sell, cross or trade.

Tag number
4
Data type
CHAR
FIX versions
FIX 4.0 to 5.0 SP2
Used in
1 message type

Tag 4 in each FIX version

Values and message usage as defined in a specific version.

Data type

CHAR: A single character.

Valid values

4 enumerated values across all FIX versions.

ValueMeaning
BBuy
SSell
TTrade
XCross

Example

4=B

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

Decode a message with this tag

Message types that use tag 4

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.