Spread

Tag 218

Spread

Abbreviation: Spread
TypePriceOffset
Tag218
AddedFIX.4.2
Used in24 messages

Description

For Fixed Income. Either Swap Spread or Spread to Benchmark depending upon the order type. Spread to Benchmark: Basis points relative to a benchmark. To be expressed as "count of basis points" (vs. an absolute value). E.g. High Grade Corporate Bonds may express price as basis points relative to benchmark (the BenchmarkCurveName (22) field). Note: Basis points can be negative. Swap Spread: Target spread for a swap.

Wire Format & Usage Example

Single field (key=value)
218=0.25
In a FIX message (ExecutionReport)
8=FIX.4.4 | 9=... | 35=8 | 49=SENDER | 56=TARGET | 34=1 | 52=20240101-09:30:00.000 |  | 218=0.25 |  | 10=...

Fields are delimited by SOH (ASCII 0x01), shown here as " | ". The highlighted field 218=0.25 is this field's position in the message.