The Security Definition Request message is used for the following:
1. Request a specific Security to be traded with the second party. The request security can be defined as a multileg security made up of one or more instrument legs.
2. Request a set of individual securities for a single market segment.
3. Request all securities, independent of market segment.

Added in protocol FIX.4.2

See in: FIX.4.2, FIX.4.3, FIX.4.4, FIX.5.0, FIX.5.0SP1, FIX.5.0SP2 EP240.

Field or Component Name Description Is Required Added Is Deprecated
Block StandardHeader MsgType = c (lowercase) Y FIX.4.2
320 SecurityReqID Y FIX.4.2
321 SecurityRequestType Y FIX.4.2
1301 MarketID Identifies the market for which the security definition request is being made. FIX.5.0
1300 MarketSegmentID Identifies the segment of the market for which the security definition request is being made. FIX.5.0
Block Instrument Insert here the set of “Instrument” (symbology) fields defined in “Common Components of Application Messages”
of the requested Security
FIX.4.3
Block InstrumentExtension Insert here the set of “InstrumentExtension” fields defined in “Common Components of Application Messages” FIX.4.4
OptimisedImplicitBlockRepeating UndInstrmtGrp Number of underlyings FIX.4.4
15 Currency FIX.4.2
58 Text Comment, instructions, or other identifying information. FIX.4.2
354 EncodedTextLen Must be set if EncodedText (355) field is specified and must immediately precede it. FIX.4.2
355 EncodedText Encoded (non-ASCII characters) representation of the Text (58) field in the encoded format specified via the MessageEncoding (347) field. FIX.4.2
336 TradingSessionID Optional Trading Session Identifier to specify a particular trading session for which you want to obtain a list of securities that are tradeable. FIX.4.2
625 TradingSessionSubID FIX.4.3
BlockRepeating Stipulations FIX.5.0
OptimisedImplicitBlockRepeating InstrmtLegGrp Number of legs that make up the Security FIX.4.4
Block SpreadOrBenchmarkCurveData FIX.5.0
Block YieldData FIX.5.0
827 ExpirationCycle FIX.4.4
263 SubscriptionRequestType Subscribe or unsubscribe for security status to security specified in request. FIX.4.3
Block StandardTrailer Y FIX.4.2