SUGGESTED ROUTING
Legal & Compliance
Operations
Systems
Trading
Executive Summary
Effective October 1, 1997, tier sizes for 537 Nasdaq National Market® securities will be revised in accordance with NASD® Rule 4710(g).
For more information, please contact Nasdaq® Market Operations at (203) 378-0284.
Description
Under Rule 4710, the maximum Small Order Execution
Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine (TRACE)
Background
On December 20, 2019, the SEC approved an amendment to FINRA Rule 6750 to permit the publication of weekly aggregated transaction information and statistics on U.S. Treasury Securities. Starting Tuesday March 10, the new TRACE data aggregates will be published on FINRA’s website (www.finra.org).
Aggregated Reports
The
December
Total Trades
Total Par Value (000s)
Average
Daily Trades
Average Daily
Par Value (000s)
CORP
1,330,192
662,951,264
60,463
30,134,148
CONV
38,576
44,130,666
1,753
2,005,939
CHRC
687
18,444
31
838
ELN
13,329
1,500,704
606
68,214
AGCY
33,810
79,725,934
Beginning June 1, 2020, as described in Regulatory Notice 19-30 members must report transactions in U.S. Treasury Securities executed to hedge a primary market transaction [that meets the FINRA Rule 6710 definition of “List or Fixed Offering Price Transaction” or “Takedown Transaction”] with an appropriate identifier. The Sale Condition 2 Identifier, available via the TRAQS
Summary
Effective June 1, 2020, members must report transactions in U.S. Treasury Securities executed to hedge a primary market transaction with an appropriate identifier. Members will have additional time to report such transactions—until the next business day during TRACE system hours. The rule text is available in the online FINRA Manual.
Questions regarding this Notice should be directed to
Proposed Rule Change Relating to Publication of Certain Aggregate Daily Trading Volume Data
Beginning September 16, 2019, FINRA will introduce a new Vendor Management System that will allow TRACE Vendors to view their profile and agreement information, maintain their contacts and report their monthly TRACE usage.
All vendors will be required to submit their Vendor and/or Subscriber Usage information via the new Vendor Management System. Starting on October 1, 2019, FINRA will no longer
For July 8, 2019, transactions disseminated for the below listed 57 Freddie Mac-issued mortgage-backed securities traded in specified pool transactions (MBS transactions) do not reflect the most recent reference data element updates provided by Freddie Mac on Saturday, July 6 2019. Consequently, the dissemination ID (RDID) used for MBS transactions in the below listed securities reflect reference
As stated in the May 7, 2019 TRACE Technical Notice, FINRA updated the TRACE for Treasuries User Guide to coincide with the addition of an “All-In Price” field. This field will be located in the Matched and Unmatched Screens on the TRAQS website beginning Monday, June 10, 2019. FINRA previously advertised June 3, 2019 for the new field to be in effect. The field will display the All-In Price of
This is a reminder that starting Monday, June 3, 2019, FINRA will support the code of "U", (Mortgage Backed ((MBS)) UMBS securities) as an Issuing Agency in the FINRA Securitized Products API MBS RDID Master and MBS RDID Daily List Files. Appendix 8 of the Securitized Products Web API Specification lists this value along with other Issuing Agency values.
Note: This addition does not
