Position Report Needs Entry Time

Created at 26 Jul 2020, 04:24
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aerich48

Joined 10.01.2018

Position Report Needs Entry Time
26 Jul 2020, 04:24


There are 2 issues:

1. The Position Report (MsgType = AP) returns some useful tags, such as Average Price and Trade Quantity Long or Short, but there is NO Entry Time field, so we are in the dark as to when a position was entered !

Would you consider adding an Entry Time tag, or its equivalent, to the next FIX SPEC update?

2. When sending a Request for Positions (AN), we may do this just after entering, or closing, a position - but the resulting Position Report (AP), is sometimes not correct i.e, it seems to not reflect that a position has just been entered or closed yet... Is there a delay in updating positions immediately after an entry or close? Should we log out of Trades and back in again, to get the very latest Position Report, and immediately see the new or closed position?

Thanks.

 


@aerich48
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PanagiotisCharalampous
27 Jul 2020, 08:30

Hi aerich48,

1. We do not have plans to add this information in FIX API. If you need more information about the positions, you can use Open API instead.

2. You need to provide more information regarding this issue e.g. your log with the sequence of messages that demonstrate what you are describing, so that we can investigate further.

 Best Regards,

Panagiotis 

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