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Robert, This is correct. We have a gap analysis being prepared now within the GFXC that includes CutoffZone and CutoffTime. The proposal includes FIX Protocol maintaining the external code list of CutoffZones for the industry and working for an ISO standard through our participation in the X.9 X9D US standards organization. > Hi Jay, thanks for the clarification. I should have been asking about FX > options. And thanks Jim for staying with this topic over the weekend. > > So the current state of the world is there is no way to trade FX options > via FIX without a user-defined cutoff field, is that correct? > > > > > FX forwards do not need a cutoff to establish the settlement price so > > we will not be implementing this, however, I suspect that this topic > > will come up for options in the not too distant future. > > > > > I am not sure where this leaves us. Do FX Forwards require > > > identification of the cutoff to establish the settlement price? > > > > > > If so, do we need to use the planned Cutoff fields for FX Forwards? > > > > > > > > > > For ON trades there are cut off times for payments being made - > > > > these are currency specific e.g. AUD is much earlier than CAD. The > > > > FX FIX spec does not delve into the depths of cash payments. This > > > > is a different concept from TK/NY cuts which are options expiry > > > > times. > > > > > > > > Regards, Jay > > > > > > > > > Thank you, Jim. I appreciate it. > > > > > > > > > > > Robert - I will look into this a little bit. Hopefully someone > > > > > > else from the GFXC Tech Subcommittee can provide a comment. > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am by no means expert, but for an ON TN or SN trade isn't > > > > > > > it important to identify the cutoff time? From vol. 7 they > > > > > > > seem to just assume NY cutoff. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Is cutoff required for FX Forwards? You can check volume 7 > > > > > > > > of the latest FIX specification for usage for FX Forwards. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > We are proposing some enhancements to address cutoff for > > > > > > > > OTC FX options > > > > > > > > - the initial proposal was presented to the GFXC Tech > > > > > > > > subcommittee a couple of weeks ago. We are proposing a > > > > > > > > CutoffZone (with code list to be maintained by FPL) and > > > > > > > > a Cutoff Time (HH:MM:SS). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sorry for the newbie question, but where does one > > > > > > > > > specific NY or Tokyo Cutoff in specifying an FX Forward? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks! [You can unsubscribe from this discussion group by sending a message to mailto:[email protected]] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Financial Information eXchange" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/fix-protocol?hl=en.
