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OrderInternalRouteModified (MEIM)

ID34900

Industry Members must report an Order Internal Route Modified event to CAT when the Material Terms of the internal route have been changed (e.g., price, quantity). All attributes and Material Terms of the modified internal route listed on this event must be restated with the modification(s) reflected.

Industry Members may assign a new Order Key to Order Internal Route Modified events. If a unique orderID is assigned, the priorOrderID must be populated with the orderID of the Order Internal Route Accepted event that is being modified, and the priorOrderKeyDate must be populated.

Field
Name
Type
Req'd
Comments
Pedigree
2
Y

Indicates whether the event is a new event, a firm initiated correction or a repair of a CAT error.

38

Required when actionType is ‘RPR’. Must be blank when actionType is ‘NEW’.

44
Y

An identifier assigned to the record by the reporting firm. Formatted as _

Must be unique for the Event Date and CAT Reporter IMID.

131
Y

MEIM

22

The SRO-assigned identifier that an Industry Member uses to report to CAT. If populated, must equal the CATReporterIMID in the filename.

78
Y

When a new Order Key is assigned, the date and time the orderID was assigned. When a new Order Key is not assigned, the orderKeyDate of the order that was internally routed.

77
Y

When a new Order Key is assigned, the internal order ID assigned to the order by the Industry Member. Must be unique within orderKeyDate, CATReporterIMID, and symbol combination.

When a new Order Key is not assigned, the orderID of the event that was internally routed.

123
Y

The symbol of the stock in the symbology of the primary listing exchange or FINRA for OTC Equity Securities.

92

If a new Order ID has been assigned, this is the

orderKeyDate of the event being modified.

91

If a new Order ID has been assigned, this is the orderID of the event being modified. When populated, the priorOrderID must not be equal to the orderID within the record.

80

An identifier used in instances of a merger or acquisition where the originating firm had open limit orders on its books that will be executed or otherwise resolved under the surviving firm. Must be provided to support linkage to an event that was reported with a different CATReporterIMID.

39
Y

The date/time the internal route was modified (e.g., the time that the order was confirmed to be modified in the firm’s OMS/EMS). If manualFlag is ‘true’, timestamp must be reported to seconds. If manualFlag is ‘false’, timestamp must be reported to milliseconds or a finer increment up to nanoseconds.

56
Y

Must be marked as ‘true’ if the internal route is modified manually.

37

The time at which the event is systematized. Required when manualFlag is ‘true’ and the event is systematized.

28
Y

The category of department, unit, or desk that received the internal route.

103
Y

Indicates the type of desk that received the internal route. More granular than the field deptType.

48

Specifies the identifier of the information barrier in place for the desk to which the order was routed that will meet the criteria of the “no-knowledge” exception in FINRA Rule 5320.02.

Any alphanumeric not containing a delimiter.

49
Y

Indicates who initiated the internal route modification.

120
Y

The side of the order.

84

The limit price of the order. When provided, must be greater than or equal to zero.

Required when orderType is ‘LMT’. Must be blank when orderType is ‘MKT’.

96
Y

The order quantity.

60

The minimum quantity of an order to be executed. Required when applicable. Must be > 0.

52
Y

The number of shares of the order left open at the receiving desk after the modification has occurred. Must be less than or equal to quantity.

79
Y

The type of order received from the routing desk or department.

The order handling instructions for the order.

Y

The Time in Force for the order.

129
Y

The trading session(s) during which an order is eligible to trade.

109

The date/time the internal route modification was requested. Required if the request was received from the sending desk, and the request is not captured in a separate MEIMR event.

Must not be populated if the request is captured in a separate MEIMR event.

If manualFlag is ‘true’, timestamp must be reported to seconds. If manualFlag is ‘false’, timestamp must be reported to milliseconds or a finer increment up to nanoseconds.

70

The net price of the order when tied to stock, tied to fixed income, tied to futures, tied to a non-CAT reportable product, or part of another trading strategy in which the order is traded at a net price. When netPrice is populated, the price field must be blank or populated with a value of zero. Refer to CAT FAQ B71 for additional information.

29

Internal identifier assigned to this event by the department or desk.

Required when the order is routed partially and a new

orderID is not assigned to this event.

Not required when the order is routed in full or when a new orderID is assigned to this event.

88

If a new deskOrderID has been assigned, this is the

deskOrderID of the event being modified.

When populated, the priorDeskOrderID must not be equal to the deskOrderID.

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