(a) Members are required to report transactions in NMS stocks, as defined in Rule 600(b)(47) of SEC Regulation NMS, effected otherwise than on or through a national securities exchange to FINRA. For purposes of the
Rule 6100 Series, "otherwise than on an exchange" means a trade effected by a FINRA member otherwise than on or through a national securities exchange. The determination of what constitutes a trade "on or through" a particular national securities exchange shall be determined by that exchange in accordance with all applicable statutes, rules and regulations, and with any necessary SEC approval.
(b) Trading Information for OTC Transactions in NMS Stocks Executed Outside of Alternative Trading Systems
(1) FINRA will publish on its public web site the Trading Information for each member with the trade reporting obligation under Rules
6282(b),
[6380A](b) and
[6380B](b) on the following timeframes:
(A) no earlier than two weeks following the end of the Trading Information week, Trading Information regarding NMS stocks in Tier 1 of the NMS Plan to Address Extraordinary Market Volatility;
(B) no earlier than four weeks following the end of the Trading Information week, Trading Information regarding NMS stocks that are subject to FINRA trade reporting requirements and are not in Tier 1 of the NMS Plan to Address Extraordinary Market Volatility; and
(C) no earlier than one month following the end of the Trading Information month, aggregate volume totals across all NMS stocks.
(2) Published Trading Information will be presented on FINRA's web site as follows:
(A) Trading Information will be aggregated for all Market Participant Identifiers (MPIDs) used by a single member (excluding, if applicable, any MPIDs used by the member for reporting trades executed in its alternative trading system).
(B) Trading Information will be aggregated for members that have executed on average fewer than 200 transactions per day across all NMS stocks during the applicable Trading Information period.
(C) Trading Information will be aggregated for members that have executed on average fewer than 200 transactions per day in an NMS stock during the applicable Trading Information period.
(3) For purposes of this paragraph (b), "Trading Information" includes:
(A) the number of shares of an NMS stock executed by the member with the trade reporting obligation under Rules
6282(b),
[6380A](b) and
[6380B](b) and reported to FINRA; and
(B) the number of trades in an NMS stock executed by the member with the trade reporting obligation under Rules
6282(b),
[6380A](b) and
[6380B](b) and reported to FINRA.
"Trading Information" for purposes of this paragraph (b) shall not include any ATS Trading Information, as that term is defined in paragraph (c)(3).
(c) Trading Information for OTC Transactions in NMS Stocks Executed on Alternative Trading Systems
(1) FINRA will publish on its public web site the aggregate weekly ATS Trading Information for each ATS with the trade reporting obligation under Rules
6282(b),
[6380A](b) and
[6380B](b) on the following timeframes:
(A) no earlier than two weeks following the end of the ATS Trading Information week, aggregate weekly ATS Trading Information regarding NMS stocks in Tier 1 of the NMS Plan to Address Extraordinary Market Volatility; and
(B) no earlier than four weeks following the end of the ATS Trading Information week, aggregate weekly ATS Trading Information regarding NMS stocks that are subject to FINRA trade reporting requirements and are not in Tier 1 of the NMS Plan to Address Extraordinary Market Volatility.
(2) FINRA will publish on its public web site monthly aggregate ATS block trading statistics, with elements to be determined from time to time by FINRA in its discretion as stated in a Regulatory Notice or other equivalent publication, for each ATS with the trade reporting obligation under Rules 6282(b), [6380A](b) and [6380B](b). For each ATS, such block trading statistics shall be aggregated across all NMS stocks, be for a minimum time period of one month of trading, and be published no earlier than one month following the end of the month for which trading was aggregated.
(3) For purposes of this paragraph (c):
(A) "ATS" has the same meaning as the term "alternative trading system" as that term is defined in Rule 300 of SEC Regulation ATS; and
(B) "ATS Trading Information" includes:
(i) the number of shares of an NMS stock executed on an ATS with the trade reporting obligation under Rules
6282(b),
[6380A](b) and
[6380B](b) and reported to FINRA; and
(ii) the number of trades in an NMS stock executed on an ATS with the trade reporting obligation under Rules
6282(b),
[6380A](b) and
[6380B](b) and reported to FINRA.
