TradeCondition (FIX tag 277)

At a glance

Tag

277

Name

TradeCondition

Datatype

MultipleValueString (String)

Dialects

FIX 4.4 and FIX 4.2

Messages

2

Valid values

17

What the specification says

Space-delimited list of conditions describing a trade

Descriptions are quoted from the FIX Orchestra sources under the Apache 2.0 licence.

A real message using tag 277

Valid values

A value outside this list is not a parse error — the message still decodes — but validate() reports it as validate/value-not-in-enum.

Where tag 277 appears

Requiredness is a property of the message, not of the field: the same tag can be optional in one message and conditionally required in another.

Wire format

Several values in one field, separated by spaces. Decoders return an array. @boarteam/fix splits the value on its delimiter and returns an array of strings.

Read tag 277 in TypeScript

import { createFixEngine } from "@boarteam/fix";import { dictionary } from "@boarteam/fix-dict-fix44";​const fix = createFixEngine(dictionary);const { message, issues } = fix.parse(raw);​const tradeCondition = message.fields[277]?.raw;// e.g. "A" — Cash (only) Market​// The dictionary also carries the labels:const label = fix.dictionary  .fieldByTag(277)  ?.enumValues?.find((e) => e.value === tradeCondition)  ?.description;

Other MultipleValueString fields

• 276QuoteCondition
• 286OpenCloseSettlFlag
• 291FinancialStatus
• 292CorporateAction
• 529OrderRestrictions
• 18ExecInst
• 546Scope