Tag 37
OrderID
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Description
Unique identifier for Order as assigned by broker. Uniqueness must be guaranteed within a single trading day. Firms which accept multi-day orders should consider embedding a date within the OrderID field to assure uniqueness across days.
Wire Format & Usage Example
Single field (key=value)
37=ORD-20240101-001
In a FIX message (ExecutionReport)
8=FIX.4.4 | 9=... | 35=8 | 49=SENDER | 56=TARGET | 34=1 | 52=20240101-09:30:00.000 | … | 37=ORD-20240101-001 | … | 10=...
Fields are delimited by SOH (ASCII 0x01), shown here as " | ". The highlighted field 37=ORD-20240101-001 is this field's position in the message.