RootSymbolInfo(70) Category

Category Description

Root Symbol Information

Category Identification

pNxCoreMessage->coreData.Category.pnxStringCategory->Atom	70
pNxCoreMessage->coreData.Category.pnxStringCategory->String	RootSymbolInfo

Update Time and Frequency

Approximate Time	Info
00:00 AM	Information from previous session

Category Fields | 11

Index	FieldName	FieldType	C Code	Info
0	Description	NxCFT_STRINGZ	pnxFields[0].data.StringZ	Description
1	OpenTime	NxCFT_TIME	pnxFields[1].data.nxTime	Time when contract starts to trade
2	CloseTime	NxCFT_TIME	pnxFields[2].data.nxTime	Time when contract ends trading
3	RootSymbol	NxCFT_STRINGZ	pnxFields[3].data.StringZ	Root symbol (* if same symbol as the root symbol without the 'r')
4	CallSymbol	NxCFT_STRINGZ	pnxFields[4].data.StringZ	Call symbol (* if same symbol as the root symbol without the 'r')
5	PutSymbol	NxCFT_STRINGZ	pnxFields[5].data.StringZ	Put symbol (* if same symbol as the root symbol without the 'r')
6	FuturesSecSubtype	NxCFT_32BIT	pnxFields[6].data.i32Bit	Futures security subtype. (No mappings currently 2014)
7	FutOptsSecSubtype	NxCFT_32BIT	pnxFields[7].data.i32Bit	Futures options security subtype. (No mappings currently 2014)
8	ContractSize	NxCFT_STRINGZ	pnxFields[8].data.StringZ	Contract size
9	QuotedUnit	NxCFT_STRINGZ	pnxFields[9].data.StringZ	Quoted units (eg. ton, troy oz, points, $/currency, currency/$, etc)
10	TickValue	NxCFT_STRINGZ	pnxFields[10].data.StringZ	Tick value (eg. $6.25, $1, $10, etc)

Specific code sample is also available in our OptionsOnFutures sample

Code Sample from CategoryDumper project:

void onNxCoreCategory_70(const NxCoreMessage *pNxCoreMsg)
{
     NxCategoryField *pField;

     // Print the category num and the Symbol
     PrintSymbol(pNxCoreMsg);

     pField=&pNxCoreMsg->coreData.Category.pnxFields[0];
     if (pField->Set)
        printf("Description: %s \n",pField->data.StringZ);

     pField=&pNxCoreMsg->coreData.Category.pnxFields[1];
     if (pField->Set)
         printf("Open Time: %02d:%02d:%02d \n",
                pField->data.nxTime.Hour,
                pField->data.nxTime.Minute,
                pField->data.nxTime.Second);

     pField=&pNxCoreMsg->coreData.Category.pnxFields[2];
     if (pField->Set)
         printf("Close Time: %02d:%02d:%02d \n",
                pField->data.nxTime.Hour,
                pField->data.nxTime.Minute,
                pField->data.nxTime.Second);

     pField=&pNxCoreMsg->coreData.Category.pnxFields[3];
     if (pField->Set)
        printf("Root Symbol: %s \n",pField->data.StringZ);

     pField=&pNxCoreMsg->coreData.Category.pnxFields[4];
     if (pField->Set)
        printf("Call Symbol: %s \n",pField->data.StringZ);

     pField=&pNxCoreMsg->coreData.Category.pnxFields[5];
     if (pField->Set)
        printf("Put Symbol: %s \n",pField->data.StringZ);

     pField=&pNxCoreMsg->coreData.Category.pnxFields[6];
     if (pField->Set)
         printf("Futures Sec Subtype: %d \n",pField->data.i32Bit);

     pField=&pNxCoreMsg->coreData.Category.pnxFields[7];
     if (pField->Set)
         printf("Futures OptsSec Subtype: %d \n",pField->data.i32Bit);

     pField=&pNxCoreMsg->coreData.Category.pnxFields[8];
     if (pField->Set)
        printf("Contract Size: %s \n",pField->data.StringZ);

     pField=&pNxCoreMsg->coreData.Category.pnxFields[9];
     if (pField->Set)
        printf("Quoted Unit: %s \n",pField->data.StringZ);

     pField=&pNxCoreMsg->coreData.Category.pnxFields[10];
     if (pField->Set)
        printf("Tick Value: %s \n",pField->data.StringZ);
}

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