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Thursday, July 20, 2006

Equity Trader Alert #2006 - 109
Reminder: Single Book Test Stocks Will Be Available Monday, July 24, 2006

Please Route To: Head Traders; Technical Contacts; Compliance Officers

What you need to know:

  • As announced in Head Trader Alert #2006-105, NASDAQ will make test stocks available for testing single book functionality on Monday, July 24, 2006.

Whom you should contact: NASDAQ Market Sales at 800.846.0477

What are the testing opportunities for single book?
As announced in Head Trader Alert #2006-105, NASDAQ® will make test stocks available for testing single book functionality over NASDAQ, INET and Brut protocols and interfaces on Monday, July 24, 2006.

Please use the following two test symbols for testing NASDAQ-listed securities in the integrated system:

  • ZXZZT
  • ZWZZT

Please use ZZT as the test symbol for testing of other exchange-listed securities.

NASDAQ is also planning weekend testing opportunities for systems integration. Further information on weekend testing will communicated as it becomes available.

What functionality will be available for testing?
Beginning July 24th, customers will be able to test order and quote entry and execution responses for the continuous book through all NASDAQ, Brut and INET connections. In addition, activity in test stocks will be disseminated via the following data feeds:

  • ITCH
  • NASDAQ Quotation Dissemination ServiceSM (NQDSSM)
  • UTP Quotation Data FeedSM (UQDFSM)

Opportunities to test additional functionality, including the Opening and Closing CrossesSM, and other data feeds (e.g., TotalView) will be made available as soon as possible.

Where can I find additional information?

Subscribe to NASDAQ’s email notifications. .

NASDAQ is the largest U.S. electronic stock market. With approximately 3,200 companies, it lists more companies and, on average, trades more shares per day than any other U.S. market. It is home to companies that are leaders across all areas of business including technology, retail, communications, financial services, transportation, media and biotechnology. NASDAQ is the primary market for trading NASDAQ-listed stocks. For more information about NASDAQ, visit the NASDAQ Trader website at www.NASDAQTrader.com.