Auction Feed Messages
The fields within each message type have a corresponding data type. The various data types are defined in the following table.
| Data Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Alpha | A string of ASCII letters (A-Z) left justified and space padded on the right. |
| Numeric | A string of ASCII numbers (0-9), right justified and zero filled on the left. |
| Prices | A string of ASCII numbers (0-9) consisting of 6 whole number digits followed by 4 decimal digits. The whole number portion is zero filled on the left; the decimal portion is zero filled on the right. The decimal point is implied by position and does not does explicitly appear in the field. |
| Long Prices | A string of ASCII numbers (0-9) consisting of 8 whole number digits followed by 6 decimal digits. The whole number portion is zero filled on the left; the decimal portion is zero filled on the right. The decimal point is implied by position and does not does explicitly appear in the field. |
| Time Stamps | A string of numbers (0-9) representing whole number milliseconds past midnight Eastern Time, right justified and zero filled on the left, with no decimal point. |