FINRA/NASDAQ Trade Reporting Facility (ACT Technology)

The FINRA/NASDAQ Trade Reporting FacilityTM (TRFTM) is an automated trade reporting and reconciliation service operated on the NASDAQ OMX ACT technology platform.

The TRF electronically facilitates trade reporting, trade comparison and clearing of trades for all U.S. equities The TRF handles transactions negotiated broker-to-broker, or internalized within a firm.

Benefits and Features

Some of the features you'll find on the FINRA/NASDAQ TRF:

  • 30-second trade reporting for all U.S. Equities
  • Automatic submission to clearing Special functions such as Step-outs and Explicit Fee functions
  • Locked-in trade confirmation within 20 minutes of execution
  • Using our intuitive front end, Weblink ACT 2.0, you can query for and research trades in real time.
  • Same-day trade confirmation and reconciliation to executing party and contra party
  • Complete front-end trade reporting and trade management via Weblink ACT
  • Match/Compare functionality to facilitate broker-to-broker transactions
  • Reliable, trusted technology

Revenue Sharing Program - Let your Trading Pay you Back!

The FINRA/NASDAQ TRF distributes revenue based on the same formula as the Securities Information Processors (SIPs) - based directly on shares and trades reported. Firms qualify for tiers on a per tape basis according to each firm's reported market share of total trades reported to the FINRA/NASDAQ TRF for each quarter, in each tape. Firms' tier qualifications are evaluated each quarter for that period's payout.

For more information on this program please see our Revenue Share Fact Sheet and the pricing page for Trading Services.

Connectivity Options

Web BasedIndustry StandardNASDAQ Proprietary Method
Weblink ACT 2.0 – Web based method for trade reporting, trade scan, taking action on trades and more. FIX – Users can connect to us electronically using FIX. CTCI– Users can connect to us electronically using CTCI.

Complete Suite of Risk and Compliance Products


Risk Management

NASDAQ OMX Risk Management provides clearing firms, executing brokers and sponsoring firms a comprehensive view of their firms' activity in all NASDAQ OMX markets. We offer various methods for clearing firms to view and manage their customers' and their own trading activity.

General Functions:

  • sizeableAbility to set Buy, Sell, net and total limits
  • Set trades to allow/inhibit once placed in a "held" status when a limit has been breeched.
  • Segregation of locked-in and Match/Compare trade limits and notifications for more control over brokers

The front end to tool provides:

  • Email alert notifications when correspondents approach or exceed credit limits
  • Summary risk exposure and gross trade amounts by stock and firm
  • A message center and email alerts that allow you to monitor real-time breeches

 

 

FINRA™, Trade Reporting Facility™ and TRF™ are trademarks of Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.