--- title: Position Maintenance Request message – FIX 4.4 – FIX Dictionary – Onix Solutions description: Position Maintenance Request message – FIX 4.4 – FIX Dictionary – Onix Solutions --- ![Dictionary icon](https://www.onixs.biz/hubfs/SIC_website_2020/images/interface/img-icon-book.svg) # Position Maintenance Request message – FIX 4.4 – FIX Dictionary | Messages by MsgType \| Messages by Name \| Fields by Tag \| Fields by Name \| FIX 4.4 \| Home FIX 4.4 : Position Maintenance Request message Structure \| Related Messages Description The Position Maintenance Request message allows the position owner to submit requests to the holder of a position which will result in a specific action being taken which will affect the position. Generally, the holder of the position is a central counter party or clearing organization but can also be a party providing investment services. Submission of a request may result in the following: adjustement of both the long and short start of day position quantity exercise of an option position into a position in the instrument underlying the option abandonment of an option position that would otherwise exercise netting of current day trades to change to the end of day long and short position spreading of a position against other position in order to reduce margin requirements pledge of a position for collateral purposes large trader submission of the long and short quantities The request may be submitted as either new, replace or cancel and may refer to a specific position or the previously submitted message. The request is always submitted as of a ClearingBusinessDate <715> and is therefore required. The parties both owning and holding the position are specified in the parties block. Structure Tag Field Name Req'd Comments Y MsgType <35> = AL 710 PosReqID Y Unique identifier for the position maintenance request as assigned by the submitter 709 PosTransType Y 712 PosMaintAction Y 713 OrigPosReqRefID N Reference to the PosReqID <710> of a previous maintenance request that is being replaced or canceled. 714 PosMaintRptRefID N Reference to a PosMaintRptID <721> from a previous Position Maintenance Report that is being replaced or canceled. 715 ClearingBusinessDate Y The Clearing Business Date referred to by this maintenance request 716 SettlSessID N 717 SettlSessSubID N Component Block - Y The Following PartyRoles can be specified: ClearingOrganization Clearing Firm Position Account 1 Account Y 660 AcctIDSource N 581 AccountType Y Type of account associated with the order (Origin) Component Block - Y 15 Currency N 555 NoLegs N Specifies the number of legs that make up the Security => Component Block - N Insert here the set of "" (leg symbology) fields Required if NoLegs <555> > 0 711 NoUnderlyings N Specifies the number of underlying legs that make up the Security => Component Block - N Insert here the set of "" (underlying symbology) fields Required if NoUnderlyings <711> > 0 386 NoTradingSessions N Specifies the number of repeating TradingSessionIDs => 336 TradingSessionID N Required if NoTradingSessions <386> is > 0. => 625 TradingSessionSubID N 60 TransactTime Y Time this order request was initiated/released by the trader, trading system, or intermediary. Component Block - Y 718 AdjustmentType N Type of adjustment to be applied, used for PCS & PAJ Delta_plus, Delta_minus, Final, If Adjustment Type is null, the request will be processed as Margin Disposition 719 ContraryInstructionIndicator N Boolean - if Y then indicates you are requesting a position maintenance that acting 720 PriorSpreadIndicator N Boolean - Y indicates you are requesting rollover of prior day's spread submissions 834 ThresholdAmount N 58 Text N 354 EncodedTextLen N Must be set if EncodedText <355> field is specified and must immediately precede it. 355 EncodedText N Encoded (non-ASCII characters) representation of the Text <58> field in the encoded format specified via the MessageEncoding <347> field. Y | | --- | | ![](https://www.onixs.biz/hs-fs/hubfs/fix-dictionary/img/spacer.gif?height=5&name=spacer.gif) | - Follow OnixS - [Follow us on Twitter ](https://twitter.com/onixsbiz) - [Connect with us on LinkedIn ](https://www.linkedin.com/company/onix-solutions/) We track how people interact with our online web content and resources, and some of that tracking involves storing cookies on your device. By continuing to use our site you accept that you agree to this. For more details see our [Cookie usage, and Data Privacy and Protection Policies](https://www.onixs.biz/cookies-and-privacy.html). [Ok](https://www.onixs.biz/fix-dictionary/4.4/msgtype_al_6576.html#) [OnixS ](https://www.onixs.biz/) Menu --- --- [OnixS ](https://www.onixs.biz/) ### Search the site Search