FIX Protocol Tag 49: SenderCompID

Identifies the firm sending the message. SenderCompID and TargetCompID (56) together identify the FIX session.

Tag number: 49
Data type: STRING
FIX versions: FIX 4.0 to 5.0 SP2 and FIXT 1.1
Location: Standard header

Tag 49 in each FIX version

Values and message usage as defined in a specific version.

Data type

STRING: Text of printable characters. It cannot contain the SOH delimiter.

Example

49=BUYSIDE

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 49

SenderCompID belongs to the standard message header, which every FIX message carries, so it is not listed against individual message types.

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.