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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Equity Trader Alert #2013 - 11
Real-Time Market Maker Position Report Available Effective February 26, 2013

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What you need to know:

  • The Real-Time Market Maker Position Report will provide a list of all registered positions in NASDAQ- and other exchange-listed securities for a specific MPID.
  • This new report will be available on Report Center effective Tuesday, February 26, 2013.

What is a Real-Time Market Maker Position Report?

As announced in ETU 2012 #32, The NASDAQ Stock Market® (NASDAQ®) is discontinuing the Automatic Quote Refresh (AQR) feature as of February 25, 2013. In response to client feedback, NASDAQ OMX® has created a new Real-Time Market Maker Position Report that will provide a solution for tracking market maker positions and quotes.

The Real-Time Market Maker Position Report, available via Report Center, will provide a list of all registered positions in NASDAQ and other exchange-listed securities for a specific MPID.

Column Heading Definition
Report Date The report date requested.
Time The time the report was ordered and the markets registered at that time.
MPID Market Participant ID - the Market Participant registered in the Issue. For Market Participant Names, users can perform a query on the Symbol Directory using the given MPID.
Symbol The identifier representing the security in which a market participant has a position.
Security Name The company name for the security and type of issue.
Status

The state of the market participant's registration position within the issue.

Allowed Values:

  • Open - The market participant is actively quoting or entering orders in the issue.
  • Excused Withdrawn - The market participant has requested to be removed temporarily from the issue for special circumstances, such as a religious holiday, compliance requirement, system failure, etc. Also, ECN's assume this state when they do not have size at the inside.
  • Withdrawn - Market participant no longer wishes to make a market in the particular security, at least for a period of time and has self-withdrawn from the quoting of the security.
  • Closed

What file formats will be available for the report?

The report will be available in the following formats:

  • .CSV Comma Separated Value
  • .TXT File Extension

What access options are available for the report?

Firms can access the report on an ad hoc basis or daily download via secure FTP.

  • Ad hoc reports are available by logging into Report Center and requesting the report via the Price & Quote section. The ad hoc report will be pulled real-time to provide the registered positions at the time the report is requested.
  • Daily Download via Secure FTP allows firms the ability to set-up a daily download of the report.

How do I subscribe?

New customers can subscribe to Report Center via the Report Center Request Form.

What if I am a current Report Center subscriber?

Subscribers will have automatic access to the report once available.

Where can I find additional information?


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