Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Equity Trader Alert #2010 - 42
Single Stock Trading Pause Testing Available Beginning June 29, 2010

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What you need to know:

6/30/2010: This testing has been cancelled.
  • NASDAQ OMX® will offer production environment testing for the Single Stock Trading Pause functionality for NASDAQ-listed S&P 500 securities using test symbol ZXZZT.
  • Testing will be available from 12:00 p.m., Eastern Time (ET) to 1:00 p.m., ET, Tuesday, June 29, 2010, through Thursday, July 1, 2010.

What will be offered?

6/30/2010: This testing has been cancelled.

Beginning Tuesday, June 29, 2010, NASDAQ OMX will offer production environment testing for the Single Stock Trading Pause functionality for NASDAQ-listed S&P 500 securities using the test symbol ZXZZT.

When is testing available?

Testing will be available from 12:00 p.m., Eastern Time (ET) to 1:00 p.m., ET, Tuesday, June 29, 2010, through Thursday, July 1, 2010.

Where can I find additional information?


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