Currency

Tag 15

Currency

Abbreviation:
TypeCurrency
Tag15
AddedFIX.2.7
Used in30 messages

Description

Identifies currency used for price. Absence of this field is interpreted as the default for the security. It is recommended that systems provide the currency value whenever possible. See Appendix A: Valid Currency Codes for information on obtaining valid values.

Wire Format & Usage Example

Single field (key=value)
15=USD
In a FIX message (ExecutionReport)
8=FIX.4.4 | 9=... | 35=8 | 49=SENDER | 56=TARGET | 34=1 | 52=20240101-09:30:00.000 |  | 15=USD |  | 10=...

Fields are delimited by SOH (ASCII 0x01), shown here as " | ". The highlighted field 15=USD is this field's position in the message.