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Understanding price and quantity

In a Market Data - Incremental Refresh <X> message, the MDEntryPx <270> field is denominated in USD and the MDEntrySize <271> field is denominated in BTC.

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RAW 8=FIX.4.4|9=122|35=X|34=41|49=GEMINI|52=20160217-18:07:26.581|56=CLIENT|262=TestMDReqID_1|268=1|279=0|269=0|55=BTCUSD|270=300.43|271=0.57|10=070| HEADER 8 BeginString: FIX.4.4 9 BodyLength: 122 34 MsgSeqNum: 41 35 MsgType: MarketDataIncrementalRefresh (X) 49 SenderCompID: GEMINI 52 SendingTime: 20160217-18:07:26.581 56 TargetCompID: CLIENT BODY 262 MDReqID: TestMDReqID_1 268 NoMDEntries: count = 1 55 Symbol: BTCUSD 269 MDEntryType: BID (0) 270 MDEntryPx: 419.02 271 MDEntrySize: 9.50 279 MDUpdateAction: NEW (0) TRAILER 10 CheckSum: 070
Last modified on April 17, 2026
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