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The Market Identifier Code (MIC) (ISO 10383) is a unique identification code used to identify securities trading exchanges, regulated and non-regulated trading markets. The MIC is a four alphanumeric character code, and is defined in ISO 10383 [ 1 ] by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). [ 2 ]
It contains the ISIN and the Market Identifier Code (MIC) as well as e.g. the Classification of Financial Instruments (CFI)-code and other information of the instrument. The Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) code is conveyed by the ISSR. In the following example record in JSON format, [4] the ISSR is represented by "Issr" : "851WYGNLUQLFZBSYGB56".
For example, the Apple mini-options symbol is AAPL7. [6] Examples: AAPL7 131101C00470000. The above symbol represents a mini call option (10 shares) on AAPL, with a strike price of $470, expiring on Nov 1, 2013. AAPL 131101C00470000. The above symbol represents the standard call option (100 shares), with the same strike and expiration date.
Globally a VALOR number is allocated for any type of financial instrument which meets the allocation rules. [1] It can be used in conjunction with the Market Identifier Code (MIC) and the currency code to identify a traded instrument. It can be used in transaction reporting and for position keeping.
[1] At its most basic level, reference data for a simple sale of a stock in exchange for cash on a highly liquid stock exchange that involves a standard label for the underlying security (e.g., its ISIN ), the identity of the seller, the buyer, the broker-dealer (s), the price, etc.
ISINs consist of two alphabetic characters, which are the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code for the issuing country, nine alpha-numeric characters (the National Securities Identifying Number, or NSIN, which identifies the security, padded as necessary with leading zeros), and one numerical check digit. They are thus always 12 characters in length.
ISO 10962, known as Classification of Financial Instruments (CFI), is a six-letter-code used in the financial services industry to classify and describe the structure and function of a financial instrument (in the form of security or contract) as part of the instrument reference data.
The permissible characters for use within a FIGI are a subset of ISO 8859-1 as follows: All upper case ISO 8859-1 consonant (including Y). The single-digit integers 0 – 9. While the string itself is semantically meaningless, there is a specific structure that is used. The syntax rules for the twelve characters are as follows: Characters 1 and 2: