Factor

Tag 228

Factor

Abbreviation: Fctr
Typefloat
Tag228
AddedFIX.4.2
Used in70 messages

Description

For Fixed Income: Amorization Factor for deriving Current face from Original face for ABS or MBS securities, note the fraction may be greater than, equal to or less than . In TIPS securities this is the Inflation index. Qty * Factor * Price = Gross Trade Amount For Derivatives: Contract Value Factor by which price must be adjusted to determine the true nominal value of one futures/options contract. (Qty * Price) * Factor = Nominal Value (Note tag # was reserved in FIX 4.1, added in FIX 4.3)

Wire Format & Usage Example

Single field (key=value)
228=1.5
In a FIX message (ExecutionReport)
8=FIX.4.4 | 9=... | 35=8 | 49=SENDER | 56=TARGET | 34=1 | 52=20240101-09:30:00.000 |  | 228=1.5 |  | 10=...

Fields are delimited by SOH (ASCII 0x01), shown here as " | ". The highlighted field 228=1.5 is this field's position in the message.