Dissemination of Qualified Contingent Trades Reported to FINRA
Remarks by Richard Ketchum From the 2014 FINRA Annual Conference
Reporting Reversals of OTC Trades in Equity Securities
Every day, millions of equity trades are made off the major stock exchanges in what’s known as over-the-counter (OTC) trading. It’s a massive part of the global financial market, with OTC trading in certain types of financial products accounting for billions of dollars in trades daily. Learn more about OTC trading in equities and the unique risks that may be involved.
TO: All NASD Members and Level 2 and Level 3 Subscribers
The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved amendments to Schedule D of the Association's By-Laws with respect to the rules which permit the aggregation or "bunching" of orders in NASDAQ National Market System securities into a single transaction report.
Under the amendments, which are effective immediately, orders
As part of its Transparency Services improvement initiative, beginning Monday, May 19, 2025, FINRA will re-platform TRACE Securitized Products to a new Linux-based operating system. FINRA requires client testing participation for this project.Trade Reporting:TRACE clients who utilize FIX for SP trade entry and other transactions should test all FIX Tags to ensure they are properly being processed
Effective May 12, 2014, FINRA Rule 4552 requires each Alternative Trading System (ATS) that has filed a Form ATS with the SEC to report to FINRA its aggregate weekly volume information and number of trades, by security, per ATS in both equity securities and debt securities subject to FINRA trade reporting requirements.
Proposed Rule Change to Expand FINRA’s Alternative Trading System (“ATS”) Transparency Initiative to Publish OTC Equity Volume Executed Outside ATSs
The FINRA/Nasdaq TRF Carteret experienced an issue on Monday, April 1, 2024 that affected a subset of users due to connectivity issues with a number of TRF ports. While the issue was ongoing, Nasdaq advised the affected firms to use the FINRA/Nasdaq TRF Chicago as an alternative trade reporting facility to submit their trade reports.1 Nasdaq was able to resolve the issue before
In observance of Christmas, the TRACE system will be closed on Wednesday, December 25, 2024. In observance of New Year’s Day, the TRACE system will be closed on Wednesday, January 1, 2025.
