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Table of Contents

Section 1. Charges for Membership, Services, and Equipment

Section 10. Membership Fees

Section 20. Sales Fee

Section 30. Regulatory, Registration and Processing Fees

Section 70. Collection of Exchange Fees and Other Claims and Billing Policy

Section 100. System Services

Section 111. Nasdaq SIP: Nasdaq Level 1 Service

Section 112. Fee Waivers

Section 113. Consolidated Quotation Service

Section 114. Market Quality Incentive Programs

Section 115. Ports and Services†

Section 116. Nasdaq Risk Management

Section 116-A. Nasdaq Post-Trade Risk Management

Section 117. Reserved

Section 118. Nasdaq Market Center Order Execution and Routing

Section 119. Market Data Distributor Fees

Section 120. Automated Voice Response Service Fee

Section 121. Nasdaq Report Center

Section 122. Historical Research and Administrative Reports

Section 123. Nasdaq Depth-of-Book Data

Section 123-IM-1 U.S. Non-Display Information

Section 124. Clearly Erroneous Module

Section 125. Access and Redistribution Fee

Section 126. Distribution Models

Section 126-IM-1 U.S. Non-Display Information

Section 127. Aggregation of Activity of Affiliated Members

Section 128. Special Options

Section 129. Installation, Removal or Relocation

Section 130. Other Services

Section 131. Partial Month Charges

Section 132. Market Data Enterprise License for Display Usage

Section 133. Reserved

Section 134. Reserved

Section 135. Nasdaq Monthly Administrative Fee

Section 136. Reserved

Section 137. Nasdaq FilterView Service

Section 137-IM-1 U.S. Non-Display Information

Section 138. Step-Outs and Sales Fee Transfers

Section 139. Nasdaq Last Sale and Nasdaq Last Sale Plus Data Feeds

Section 139-IM-1 U.S. Non-Display Information

Section 140. Nasdaq Share Volume Service

Section 141. Nasdaq Regulation Reconnaissance Service

Section 142. Non-Tape Riskless Submissions

Section 143. Inclusion of Transaction Fees in Clearing Reports Submitted to ACT

Section 144. Reserved

Section 145. Reserved

Section 146. Reserved

Section 147. Nasdaq Basic

Section 147-IM-1 U.S. Non-Display Information

Section 148. Reserved

Section 149. Nasdaq InterACT

Section 149-A. Nasdaq Real-Time Stats

Section 150. Reserved

Section 151. Reserved

Section 152. Nasdaq Daily Short Volume and Monthly Short Sale Transaction Files

Section 153. Reserved

Section 154. Reserved

Section 155. Short Sale Monitor

Section 156. Reserved

Section 157. Nasdaq MatchView Feed

Section 157-IM-1 U.S. Non-Display Information

Section 158. Reserved

Section 159. Reserved

Section 160. Equity Trade Journal for Clearing Firms

Section 161. Limit Locator

Section 200. Minor Modifications in Charges

Equity 7 Pricing Schedule
Section 1. Charges for Membership, Services, and Equipment

 

Section 10. Membership Fees

(a) Each Nasdaq member will be assessed a membership fee of $4,000 per year and a trading rights fee of $1,250 per month, except for Limited Underwriting Members, who will not be charged a trading rights fee. The membership fee will be imposed on all persons that are Nasdaq members as of a date determined by Nasdaq in December of each year, and the trading rights fee will be assessed on all persons that are Nasdaq members as of a date determined by Nasdaq in each month. The fees are not refundable in the event that a person ceases to be a Nasdaq member following the date on which the fees are assessed.

(b) Applicants for membership in Nasdaq will be assessed a non-refundable application fee of $2,000.

(c) Market participant identifiers or maker participant identifiers issued to a member will be assessed $550 per month, per identifier. Market participant identifiers or maker participant identifiers that are used exclusively for reporting information to facilities of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (e.g., FINRA/Nasdaq Trade Reporting Facility) are excluded from this fee.

Adopted by SEC Release 34-53128 (Jan. 13, 2006); amended by SR-NASDAQ-2006-059 eff. Dec. 19, 2006; amended by SR-NASDAQ-2007-044 eff. Apr. 25, 2007; amended by SR-NASDAQ-2007-083 eff. Oct. 1, 2007; amended July 20, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-089), operative Sep. 1, 2010; amended Apr. 30, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-056), operative May 1, 2012; amended Nov. 26, 2014 (SR-NASDAQ-2014-118), operative Dec. 1, 2014; amended Mar. 26, 2015 (SR-NASDAQ-2015-030), operative Apr. 1, 2015; amended June 29, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-065), operative July 1, 2017; amended Oct. 18, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-111); amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098); amended Jan. 2, 2024 (SR-NASDAQ-2024-002); amended Mar. 22, 2024 (SR-NASDAQ-2023-022).

Section 20. Sales Fee

A Sales Fee is assessed by Nasdaq to each member for sales of securities through Nasdaq transaction execution systems in the following circumstances:

(a) When a sale in equity securities occurs with respect to which Nasdaq is obligated to pay a fee to the SEC under Section 31 of the Act;

(b) When a sell order in equity securities is routed for execution at a market other than Nasdaq, resulting in a covered sale on that market and an obligation of the routing facility of Nasdaq to pay the related sales fee of that market;

The Sales Fee is collected indirectly from members through their clearing firms by a designated clearing agency, as defined by the Act, on behalf of Nasdaq. The amount of the Sales Fee is equal to (i) the Section 31 fee rate multiplied by (ii) the member's aggregate dollar amount of covered sales resulting from transactions through Nasdaq transaction execution systems during any computational period.

Adopted Jan. 13, 2006 ( SEC Release 34-53128); amended Feb. 16, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-027); renumbered and amended Jan. 6, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-006); amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098).

Section 30. Regulatory, Registration and Processing Fees

Changes have been approved that are not yet operative. To view the implementation schedule, see the attached document.

(a) The following fees will be collected and retained by FINRA via the Web Central Registration Depository (CRDâ„ ) registration system for the registration of associated persons of Nasdaq members that are not also FINRA members. FINRA, on behalf of the Exchange, will bill and collect these fees.

General Registration Fees:

$125 for each initial Form U4 filed for the registration of a representative or principal;

$155 for the additional processing of each initial or amended Form U4, Form U5 or Form BD that includes the initial reporting, amendment, or certification of one or more disclosure events or proceedings; and

$70 FINRA Annual System Processing Fee Assessed only during Renewals.

Fingerprint Processing Fees:

$31.25-Initial Submission (Electronic)

$41.25-Initial Submission (Paper)

$20.00-Second Submission (Electronic)

$30.00-Second Submission (Paper)

$31.25-Third Submission (Electronic)

$41.25-Third Submission (Paper)

$30.00-FINRA Processing Fee for Fingerprint Results Submitted by Self-Regulatory Organizations other than FINRA.

Continuing Education Fee:

The Continuing Education Fee will be assessed as to each individual who is required to complete the Regulatory Element of the Continuing Education Requirements pursuant to Exchange General 4, Section 1240. This fee is paid directly to FINRA.

$55 Continuing Education Regulatory Element Session Fee for each individual who is required to complete the Regulatory Element of the Continuing Education Requirements pursuant to Exchange General 4, Section 1240. This fee will be amended on January 1, 2023 as noted below.

Maintaining Qualifications Program (“MQP”) Fee : $100 fee for each individual electing to participate in the continuing education program under FINRA Rule 1240(c) for each year that such individual is participating in the program. Individuals who elect to participate in the program within two years from the termination of a registration would also be assessed any accrued annual fee. This fee is paid directly to FINRA.

The below Continuing Education Regulatory Element Session Fee will be assessed by FINRA commencing on January 1, 2023

$18 Continuing Education Regulatory Element Session Fee for all Registrations. This fee will be assessed as to each individual who is required to complete the Regulatory Element of the Continuing Education Requirements pursuant to Exchange General 4, Section 1240. This fee is paid directly to FINRA.

(b) The following fees will be collected via the Web CRD registration system for the registration of associated persons of Nasdaq members:*

(1) $55 for each initial Form U4 filed for the registration of a representative or principal.

(2) $55 for each registration U4 transfer or re-licensing of a representative or principal.

*NOM Participants that do not transact an equities business on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC are not subject to the fees in Equity 7, Section 30(b).

Adopted July 17, 2006 (SR-NASDAQ-2006-015); amended Jan. 1, 2008 (SR-NASDAQ-2007-099); amended Nov. 28, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-163), operative Jan. 3, 2012; amended Sep. 17, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-107), operative Jan. 2, 2013; amended Aug. 21, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-108); amended Jan. 13, 2016 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-006), operative Jan. 4, 2016; amended Oct. 18, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-111); amended Sept. 27, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-078), operative Oct. 1, 2018; amended Nov. 14, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-093); amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098); amended November 8, 2021 (SR-NASDAQ-2021-087), operative January 2, 2022; amended January 12, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-003), operative January 31, 2022; amended Nov. 21, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-067).

Section 70. Collection of Exchange Fees and Other Claims and Billing Policy

(a) Each Nasdaq member, and all applicants for registration as such, shall be required to provide a clearing account number for an account at the National Securities Clearing Corporation ("NSCC") for purposes of permitting the Exchange to debit any undisputed or final fees, fines, charges and/or other monetary sanctions or other monies due and owing to the Exchange or other charges related to the rules, as specified below, and 8000 series rules which are due and owing to Nasdaq. If a Nasdaq member disputes an invoice, the Exchange will not include the disputed amount in the debit if the member has disputed the amount in writing to the Exchange's designated staff by the 15th of the month, or the following business day if the 15th is not a business day, and the amount in dispute is at least $10,000 or greater. The 8000 Series Rules and the following Rules will be subject to this Section: Equity 7, Section 10 (Membership Fees), Equity 7, Section 114 (Market Quality Incentive Programs Investor Support Program), Equity 7, Section 115 (Ports and other Services), Equity 7, Section 116 (Nasdaq Risk Management), Equity 7, Section 118 (Nasdaq Market Center Order Execution and Routing), Equity 7, Section 121 (NasdaqTrader.com Trading and Compliance Data Package Fee), Equity 7, Section 124 (Clearly Erroneous Module), Equity 7, Section 127 (Aggregation of Activity of Affiliated Members), Equity 7, Section 129 (Installation, Removal or Relocation), Equity 7, Section 130 (Other Services), General 8, Section 1 (Co-Location Services), Equity 7, Section 138 (Step-Outs and Sales Fees Transfers), Equity 7, Section 141 (Nasdaq Regulation Reconnaissance Service), Equity 7, Section 142 (Non-Tape Riskless Submissions), Equity 7, Section 143 (Inclusion of Transaction Fees in Clearing Reports Submitted to ACT), Equity 7, Section 149 (Nasdaq InterACT), General 8, Section 2 (Direct Connectivity), Equity 7, Section 155 (Short Sale Monitor), Equity 7, Section 158 (QView), Equity 7, Section 160 (Equity Trade Journal for Clearing Firms) and Equity 7, Section 161 (Limit Locator).

(b) All pricing disputes concerning fees or rebates, which are listed in paragraph (a), which are billed by the Exchange must be submitted to the Exchange in writing and must be accompanied by supporting documentation. All pricing disputes must be submitted no later than sixty (60) days after receipt of a billing invoice.

Adopted Dec. 8, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-163); renumbered Jan. 6, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-006); amended Apr. 27, 2015 (SR-NASDAQ-2015-046), operative July 1, 2015; amended May 1, 2015 (SR-NASDAQ-2015-050), operative July 1, 2015; amended Nov. 28, 2016 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-163); amended June 5, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-045); amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098).

Section 100. System Services

 

Section 111. Nasdaq SIP: Nasdaq Level 1 Service

(a) The charge to be paid by the subscriber for each terminal receiving Nasdaq Level 1 Service is $20 per month. This Service includes the following data:

(1) inside bid/ask quotations calculated for securities listed in The Nasdaq Stock Market;

(2) last sale information on Nasdaq-listed securities; and

Nasdaq Level 1 Service also includes inside/bid ask quotations calculated for securities quoted in the FINRA's OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB), individual quotations or indications of interest of broker/dealers utilizing the FINRA's OTCBB service, and last sale information for securities classified as non-exchange listed securities under the FINRA's 6400 Rule Series. Pursuant to an OTCBB and OTC Equities Transfer and Services Agreement, FINRA has outsourced the operation of the FINRA's OTCBB service to Nasdaq.

(b) Non-Professional Services

(1) The charge to be paid by non-professional subscribers for access to Nasdaq Level 1 Service or the Last Sale Information Service through an authorized vendor shall be $1.00 per interrogation device per month.

(2) A "non-professional" is a natural person who is neither:

(A) registered or qualified in any capacity with the Commission, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, any state securities agency, any securities exchange or association, or any commodities or futures contract market or association;

(B) engaged as an "investment adviser" as that term is defined in Section 201(11) of the Investment Advisors Act of 1940 (whether or not registered or qualified under that Act); nor

(C) employed by a bank or other organization exempt from registration under federal or state securities laws to perform functions that would require registration or qualification if such functions were performed for an organization not so exempt.

(3) Nasdaq may waive all or part of the foregoing charges with respect to the services offered by a vendor.

Adopted by SEC Release 34-53128 (Jan. 13, 2006); amended by SR-NASDAQ-2006-024 eff. July 31, 2006; amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098); amended August 7, 2020 (SR-NASDAQ-2020-045).

Section 112. Fee Waivers

(a) This Rule applies to any fee identified in Sections 119 (Market Data Distributor Fees), 121 (Nasdaq Report Center), 122 (Historical Research and Administrative Reports), 123 (Nasdaq Depth-of-Book Data), 126 (Distribution Models), 135 (Nasdaq Monthly Administrative Fee), 137 (Nasdaq FilterView Service), 139 (Nasdaq Last Sale and Nasdaq Last Sale Plus Data Feeds), 140 (Nasdaq Share Volume Service), 146 (Nasdaq Trading Insights), 147 (Nasdaq Basic), 152 (Nasdaq Daily Short Volume and Monthly Short Sale Transaction Files), 157 (Nasdaq MatchView Feed) and 158 (QView).

(b) Waivers of Fees and Charges

(1) Trial Offers. The Exchange shall waive any fee for up to 30 days, which may be taken in discontinuous segments, for any new, prospective, or returning distributor, recipient or user for any product or service listed in Subsection (a), for any version listed as eligible for a trial offer on Nasdaqtrader.com or any successor website (collectively, "Nasdaqtrader.com"), provided that:

(A) The waiver is limited to 30 days for each version of the product or service over any 12 month period;

(B) The product or service is listed in Subsection (a), and the specific version of the product or service is listed as eligible for a trial offer on NasdaqTrader.com (the Exchange will provide a 30-day notice for the withdrawal of any version of product or service from eligibility); and

(C) The Exchange shall waive any fee to a distributor for any new, prospective or returning recipient or user for up to 30 days, which may be taken in discontinuous segments, for any product or service listed in Subsection (a) and any version listed as eligible for a trial offer on Nasdaqtrader.com, where the distributor is itself waiving its own fees to such new, prospective, or returning recipient or user for the same period of time, subject to usage reporting requirements set forth on NasdaqTrader.com.

(2) Pre-Production Waivers. The Exchange shall waive any fees for a distributor that requires time to prepare its systems and procedures to distribute Exchange information, provided that:

(A) The waiver is only available for the period of time required to prepare systems and procedures to distribute Exchange information, or the start of production, whichever occurs first, for a period of time not to exceed 3 months;

(B) The waiver will only be available for products or services identified in Subsection (a) above and the version is listed as eligible for such a waiver on NasdaqTrader.com; and

(C) The waiver must be pre-approved by the Exchange based on an application and subject to usage reporting requirements set forth on NasdaqTrader.com that demonstrate compliance with the rules set forth herein.

(3) Academic Waivers. Any accredited college or university, as well as non-profit financial literacy programs dedicated to serve primary or secondary school students or other underserved populations, may apply to a distributor or the Exchange to waive any fee or charge for any product or service identified in Subsection (a) and any version listed as eligible for such a waiver on NasdaqTrader.com, and used by students or professors to perform academic research or classroom-related activities. All such applications for waiver shall be approved by the Exchange or the distributor based on a determination that all of the criteria set forth herein are met, specifically the following:

(A) Recipients of an academic waiver must reapply on a yearly basis, must sign any agreement required to obtain that product or service, and report usage as specified on NasdaqTrader.com; and

(B) No information provided under an academic waiver may be distributed externally, except in support of non-profit financial literacy programs or to support teaching or research at an accredited college or university, or used in any way for actual (rather than simulated) trading, or to support for-profit activity, including, but not limited to, any use of Exchange information by an academic institution to provide services to a for-profit entity in support of any business or trading activity.

(4) Technical and Administrative Support Waivers. "Technical and Administrative Support" is defined as the following activities of the distributor: advertising, account maintenance, authorizations and entitlements, customer service, data control, data quality, development, demonstration, distributor software sales, promotion, technical operations, technical support and testing. The Exchange shall waive any fee or charge for the Technical and Administrative Support of a distributor, provided that:

(A) The distributor provides Nasdaq with information about, or a demonstration of, how each technical and administrative support subscriber is used, is able to identify all technical and administrative entitlements during an onsite review by Nasdaq representatives, and demonstrates to the Exchange through application and reporting that all of the criteria set forth herein are met;

(B) Any distributor granted such a waiver shall report exempt usage in the same manner as non-exempt usage as set forth on NasdaqTrader.com;

(C) Exempt subscribers must be located on the distributor's premises, unless used for sales or marketing; and

(D) No Exchange information obtained under such waiver may be distributed externally or used in support of trading activities.

Adopted by SEC Release 34-53128 (Jan. 13, 2006); amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098); amended Apr. 12, 2019 (SR-NASDAQ-2019-030); amended Apr. 25, 2019 (SR-NASDAQ-2019-033).

Section 113. Consolidated Quotation Service

The charge to be paid by the subscriber for each terminal receiving Consolidated Quotation Service shall be $50 per month and $.02 per quotation request plus the monthly charges established by the NYSE and AMEX for receiving last sale information and bid/ask quotations plus equipment related charges as detailed in Equity 7, Sections 130 and 140. Equipment related charges may include an installation charge, a site survey, a terminal charge and conversion, removal and relocation charges.

Adopted by SEC Release 34-53128 (Jan. 13, 2006); amended by SR-NASDAQ-2007-007 eff. Feb. 12, 2007; amended by SR-NASDAQ-2007-056 eff. Feb. 12, 2007; amended by SR-NASDAQ-2007-087 eff. Nov. 1, 2007; amended by SR-NASDAQ-2008-036 eff. May 1, 2008; amended by SR-NASDAQ-2008-048 eff. June 2, 2008; amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098).

Section 114. Market Quality Incentive Programs

(a) Applicability of Extended Trading Close Volume to Market Quality Incentive Programs. Volume from ETC Eligible LOC Orders and ETC Orders shall not be utilized to determine eligibility for any pricing tiers set forth in this Section to the extent that such eligibility is based upon MOC or LOC volume.

(b) Reserved.

(c) Reserved.

Qualified Market Maker ("QMM") Program

(d) A member may be designated as a QMM if:

(1) the member is not assessed any "Excess Order Fee" under Equity 7, Section 118 during the month; and

(2) the member quotes at the NBBO at least 25% of the time during regular market hours in an average of at least 1,000 securities per day during the month. For purposes of this section, a member is considered to be quoting at the NBBO if one of its MPIDs has a displayed order (other than a Designated Retail Order) at either the national best bid or the national best offer or both the national best bid and offer. On a daily basis, Nasdaq will determine the number of securities in which each of a member's MPIDs satisfied the 25% NBBO requirement. Nasdaq will aggregate all of a member's MPIDs to determine the number of securities for purposes of the 25% NBBO requirement. To qualify for QMM designation, the member must meet the requirement for an average of 1,000 securities per day over the course of the month.

(e) Nasdaq will provide a rebate per share executed (as defined in the below table) with respect to all other displayed orders (other than Designated Retail Orders, as defined in Equity 7, Section 118) in securities priced at $1 or more per share that provide liquidity and were for securities listed on NYSE ("Tape A QMM Incentive"), securities listed on exchanges other than Nasdaq and NYSE ("Tape B QMM Incentive"), or securities listed on Nasdaq ("Tape C QMM Incentive"). Such rebate will be in addition to any rebate payable under Equity 7, Section 118(a):

 

QMM Tiers

Tape A QMM Incentive

Tape B QMM Incentive

Tape C QMM Incentive

Tier 1

QMM executes shares of liquidity provided in all securities through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs that represent above 0.70% up to, and including, 0.90% of Consolidated Volume or 70 million shares ADV during the month (inclusive of volume and Consolidated Volume that consists of securities priced less than $1);
or
QMM executes shares of liquidity provided in all securities through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs that represent above 0.80% up to, and including, 0.90% of Consolidated Volume during the month (exclusive of volume and Consolidated Volume that consists of securities priced less than $1)

$0.0001

$0.0001

$0.0001

Tier 2

QMM executes shares of liquidity provided in all securities through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs that represent above 0.90% of Consolidated Volume during the month (inclusive of volume and Consolidated Volume that consists of securities priced less than $1);
or
QMM executes shares of liquidity provided in all securities through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs that represent above 0.90% of Consolidated Volume during the month (exclusive of volume and Consolidated Volume that consists of securities priced less than $1)

$0.0002

$0.0002

$0.0002

Nasdaq will provide an additional rebate of $0.000075 per share executed in Tapes A and C and $0.00005 per share executed in Tape B for a QMM’s MPID if the MPID (i) executes shares of liquidity provided that represents above 1.25% of Consolidated Volume during the month; (ii) quotes at the NBBO at least 50% of the time during the month during regular market hours in an average of at least 2,700 symbols per day; (iii) quotes at the NBBO at least 50% of the time during the month during regular market hours in an average of at least 1,200 symbols in securities in Tape A per day; and (iv) executes shares of liquidity provided that represents an increase of at least 0.50% of Consolidated Volume relative to May 2020. For purposes of this rebate, an MPID is considered to be quoting at the NBBO if the MPID has a displayed order (other than a Designated Retail Order) at either the national best bid or the national best offer or both the national best bid and offer. On a daily basis, Nasdaq will determine the number of securities that satisfy the 50% NBBO requirements for the MPID.

Nasdaq will charge a QMM a fee of $0.0030 per share executed for orders in Nasdaq-listed securities priced at $1 or more per share that access liquidity on the Nasdaq Market Center, and charge a QMM a fee of $0.00295 per share executed for orders in securities listed on exchanges other than Nasdaq priced at $1 or more per share that access liquidity on the Nasdaq Market Center; provided, however, that the QMM's volume of liquidity added through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs during the month (as a percentage of Consolidated Volume) is not less than 1.00%. Nasdaq will charge a QMM that meets the criteria of Tier 2 a fee of $0.0029 per share executed for orders in securities listed on exchanges other than Nasdaq priced at $1 or more per share that access liquidity on the Nasdaq Market Center if the QMM has a combined Consolidated Volume (adding and removing liquidity) of at least 3.70%, MOC/LOC volume greater than 0.35% of Consolidated Volume, and provides 0.15% or more of Consolidated Volume through midpoint orders.

Designated Liquidity Provider ("DLP") Program

(f) The following fees and rebates discussed in this section shall apply to transactions in a Qualified Security by one of its Designated Liquidity Providers associated with its DLP Program MPID. These rebates and fees only apply for executions $1 per share and above. As used in the DLP Program, the term average daily volume ("ADV") shall mean the total consolidated volume reported to all consolidated transaction reporting plans, for each individual security, by all exchanges and trade reporting facilities during a month divided by the number of trading days during the month. If a security is not listed for a full month the number of trading days will only include the days which the security is listed.

For purposes of this paragraph:

(1) A security may be designated as a "Qualified Security" if:

(A) it is an exchange-traded product listed on Nasdaq pursuant to Nasdaq Rules 5704, 5705, 5710, 5711, 5713, 5715, 5720, 5735, 5745, 5750 or 5760; and

(B) it has at least one Designated Liquidity Provider.

(2) A "Designated Liquidity Provider" or "DLP" is a registered Nasdaq market maker for a Qualified Security that has committed to maintain minimum performance standards. A DLP shall be selected by Nasdaq based on factors including, but not limited to, experience with making markets in exchange-traded products, adequacy of capital, willingness to promote Nasdaq as a marketplace, issuer preference, operational capacity, support personnel, and history of adherence to Nasdaq rules and securities laws. Nasdaq may limit the number of DLPs in a security, or modify a previously established limit, upon prior written notice to members.

(3) If a DLP does not meet the performance measurements under paragraph (4) of this section for a given month, fees and credits will revert to the normal schedule under Sections 118(a) and 114. If a DLP does not meet the stated performance measurements for 3 out of the past 4 months, the DLP is subject to forfeit of DLP status for that Qualified Security, at Nasdaq's discretion. A DLP must provide 5 days written notice if it wishes to withdraw its registration in a Qualified Security, unless it is also withdrawing as a market maker in the Qualified Security.

(4) Below are the monthly performance criteria related to the specific fees and rebates provided under paragraph (5) below:

 

 

Primary DLP Rebates

Primary DLPs will need to meet 4 of 5 of the Standard Market Quality Metrics in the assigned ETP as measured by Nasdaq to qualify for the Standard Rebate, and all 5 Enhanced Market Quality Metrics in the assigned ETP as measured by Nasdaq to qualify for the Enhanced Rebate. These Market Quality Metrics are measured on average in the assigned ETP during regular market hours, except for the Auction Quality Requirements that are measured each auction against the metrics:
1. Time at the national best bid (best offer) (“NBBO”) (Standard Rebate: 20%; Enhanced Rebate: 50%)
2. Time within 5 basis points of NBBO (Standard Rebate: 50%; Enhanced Rebate: 75%)
3. Notional Depth (Standard Rebate: $100,000 (within 150 basis points of NBBO); Enhanced Rebate: $100,000 (within 50 basis points of NBBO))
4. Average Spread (Standard Rebate: less than 125 basis points; Enhanced Rebate: less than 25 basis points)
5. Auction Quality Requirements (Standard Rebate: Auction Price must be within 350 basis points (Opening) and 100 basis points (Closing) of first reference price within 30 seconds prior to the market open (Opening) and within 120 seconds prior to the market close (Closing); Enhanced Rebate: Auction Price must be within 150 basis points (Opening) and 50 basis points (Closing) of first reference price within 30 seconds prior to the market open (Opening) and within 120 seconds prior to the market close (Closing)

Secondary DLP Rebates

• If there are 2 DLP assignments for a Nasdaq-listed ETP, the Secondary DLP will be determined by using the factors in Section 114(f)(2).
• The Secondary DLP qualifies for rebates in ETPs if it meets 2 of the Enhanced Market Quality Metrics, excluding the Auction Quality Requirements metric.

Additional Tape C ETP Incentives for Primary DLPs

The average time the Primary DLP is at the NBBO for each assigned ETP averages at least 20%, and the average liquidity provided by the Primary DLP for each assigned ETP averages at least 5% of the liquidity provided on Nasdaq in the respective ETP.

(5) A DLP that satisfies the Market Quality Metrics above, will be eligible to receive the rebates provided in paragraph (A) below in each of its assigned ETPs for which it qualified, and the rebates provided in paragraph (B) in any Tape C ETP that meets the criteria of paragraph (1)(A) above, provided the DLP is a Primary DLP. The rebates in paragraph (A) below are in lieu of or in addition to, as specified, other rebates or fees provided under Equity 7, Sections 118 and 114. The rebates in paragraph (B) below will be in addition to other rebates or fees provided under Equity 7, Sections 118 and 114, including those in paragraph (A).

(A) DLP Rebates

If an ETP meets one of the below requirements, an eligible DLP will receive the rebate for which it qualifies for each displayed share that adds liquidity in the ETP for Tiers 1-2. For Tiers 3-5 the Primary DLP will be eligible to receive a fixed payment per month in addition to any other rebate the Primary DLP is eligible for under Equity 7, Sections 114 and 118. These rebates will only apply to the MPID where a member is a Primary DLP:

 

 

 

 

TIERS

ADV

STANDARD REBATE

ENHANCED REBATE

Tier 1

ETP with monthly ADV greater than 1 million in the prior month

$0.0034 per executed share

$0.0036 per executed share

Tier 2

ETP with monthly ADV between 250,001 and 1 million in the prior month

$0.0040 per executed share

$0.0042 per executed share

Tier 3

ETP with monthly ADV between 150,001 and 250,000 in the prior month

$200 per month

$350 per month

Tier 4

ETP with monthly ADV between 50,001 and 150,000 in the prior month

$225 per month

$450 per month

Tier 5

ETP with monthly ADV less than 50,001 in the prior month

$300 per month

$500 per month

If there is a Secondary DLP assigned to an ETP, then the following rebate schedule is applied:

• Tiers 1 - 2: an additional $0.0003 per executed share that is in addition to any other rebate the Secondary DLP is eligible for under Equity 7, Sections 114 and 118.

• Tiers 3 - 5: an additional $150 per month that is in addition to any other rebate the Secondary DLP is eligible for under Equity 7, Sections 114 and 118.

(B) Additional Tape C ETP Incentives for Primary DLPs

The following rebates are provided to an eligible member for each displayed share that adds liquidity in a Tape C ETP that meets the criteria of paragraph (1)(A) above. This rebate will only apply to the MPID where a member is a Primary DLP:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tier 1

Tier 2

Tier 3

Tier 4

Minimum Monthly Average Number of Assigned ETPs as a Primary DLP

10

25

50

100

Incremental Tape C ETP Rebate

$0.0002 per executed share

$0.0003 per executed share

$0.0004 per executed share

$0.0005 per executed share

NBBO Program

(g) Nasdaq will provide a rebate per share executed with respect to all other displayed orders (other than Designated Retail Orders, as defined in Equity 7, Section 118) in securities priced at $1 or more per share that provide liquidity, establish the NBBO, and displayed a quantity of at least one round lot at the time of execution. The rebate will be in addition to any rebate or credit payable under Equity 7, Section 118(a) and other programs under Equity 7, Section 114. This rebate will be provided to executions from orders originating on ports meeting the requirements below.

To qualify for the $0.0004 per share executed NBBO Program rebate in NYSE-listed securities and in Securities Listed on Exchanges other than Nasdaq and NYSE a member must execute shares of liquidity provided in all securities through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs that represents 1.0% or more of Consolidated Volume during the month and the order must have been entered on a port that has a ratio of at least 25% NBBO liquidity provided* to liquidity provided by displayed quotes/orders (other than Supplemental Orders or Designated Retail Orders) during the month.

*NBBO liquidity provided means liquidity provided from orders (other than Designated Retail Orders, as defined in Equity 7, Section 118), that establish the NBBO, and displayed a quantity of at least one round lot at the time of execution.

Definitions and Certifications

(h) Definitions

For purposes of this Section, the terms set forth below shall have the following meanings:

(1) Reserved

(2) Reserved

(3) Reserved

(4) Reserved

(5) The term "Consolidated Volume" shall have the same meaning as the term has under Equity 7, Section 118(a). (For purposes of calculating a member’s qualifications for Tiers 1 and 2 of the QMM Program credits set forth in paragraph (e) of this Section, the Exchange will calculate a member’s volume and total Consolidated Volume twice. First, the Exchange will calculate a member’s volume and total Consolidated Volume inclusive of volume that consists of executions in securities priced less than $1. Second, the Exchange will calculate a member’s volume and total Consolidated Volume exclusive of volume that consists of executions in securities priced less than $1, while also applying distinct qualifying volume thresholds to each Tier, as set forth above in paragraph (e). The Exchange will then assess which of these two calculations would qualify the member for the most advantageous credits for the month and then it will apply those credits to the member.)

(6) Reserved

(7) The term "NBBO" shall mean the national best bid or best offer.

(8) Reserved

(9) The term "regular market hours" means 9:30 a.m. through 4:00 p.m., or such shorter period as may be designated by Nasdaq on a day when the securities markets close early.

(i) Reserved

(j) Reserved.

(k) For purposes of all Consolidated Volume and ADV calculations under this Section for the month of December 2023, Nasdaq will exclude December 13, 2023, if doing so will allow a member to achieve more favorable pricing under the rule.

Adopted Jan. 13, 2006 ( SEC Release 34-53128); amended Feb. 12, 2007 (SR-NASDAQ-2007-007); reserved Feb. 12, 2007 (SR-NASDAQ-2007-056); amended Oct. 26, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-141), operative Nov. 1, 2010; amended Nov. 24, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-153); amended Dec. 21, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-154), operative Jan. 3. 2011; amended Feb. 2, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-022); amended Feb. 28, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-034); amended Nov. 1, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-150); amended Dec. 28, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-175); amended Jan. 27, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-020), operative Feb. 1, 2012; amended Feb. 1, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-024); amended Feb. 27, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-032), operative Mar. 1, 2012; amended Mar. 30, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-047), operative Apr. 2, 2012; amended Apr. 25, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-053), operative May 1, 2012; amended Aug. 31, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-103), operative Sept. 4, 2012; amended Nov. 1, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-126); amended Dec. 31, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-149), operative Jan. 2, 2013; amended Jan. 31, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-023), operative Feb. 1, 2013; amended Jan. 30, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-016); amended Mar. 1, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-042); amended Apr. 1, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-063); amended May 1, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-075); amended June 3, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-081); amended June 26, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-093), operative July 1, 2013; amended Aug. 5, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-105); amended Aug. 29, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-114), operative Sep. 1, 2013; amended Nov. 1, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-138); amended Nov. 29, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-150), operative Dec. 2, 2013; amended Dec. 30, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-166), operative Jan. 2, 2014; amended Jan. 31, 2014 (SR-NASDAQ-2014-015), operative Feb. 3, 2014; amended Mar. 13, 2014 (SR-NASDAQ-2014-026); amended Apr. 2, 2014 (SR-NASDAQ-2014-031); amended Aug. 1, 2014 (SR-NASDAQ-2014-078); amended Dec. 19, 2014 (SR-NASDAQ-2014-128), operative Feb. 2, 2015; amended Mar. 2, 2015 (SR-NASDAQ-2015-020); amended Apr. 1, 2015 (SR-NASDAQ-2015-032); amended June 15, 2015 (SR-NASDAQ-2015-062), operative June 1, 2015; amended July 1, 2015 (SR-NASDAQ-2015-071); amended July 16, 2015 (SR-NASDAQ-2015-084), operative July 17, 2015; amended Aug. 12, 2015 (SR-NASDAQ-2015-099), operative Aug. 3, 2015; amended Sept. 1, 2015 (SR-NASDAQ-2015-105); amended Nov. 3, 2015 (SR-NASDAQ-2015-137); amended Dec. 23, 2015 (SR-NASDAQ-2015-164); amended Nov. 18, 2015 (SR-NASDAQ-2015-145), operative Dec. 1, 2015; amended Feb. 10, 2016 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-020), operative Feb. 1, 2016; amended Feb. 2, 2016 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-019); amended Mar. 1, 2016 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-032); amended Apr. 4, 2016 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-051), operative Apr. 1, 2016; amended May 3, 2016 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-065), operative May 2, 2016; amended June 8, 2016 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-083), operative June 1, 2016; amended Sept. 28, 2016 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-132), operative Sept. 1, 2016; amended Sept. 16, 2016 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-130), operative Oct. 3, 2016; amended Oct. 31, 2016 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-150); amended Nov. 1, 2016 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-153); amended Feb. 1, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-011); amended Feb. 9, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-016); amended Mar. 31, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-035), operative Apr. 3, 2017; amended June 1, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-057); amended June 9, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-060); amended June 29, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-066), operative July 1, 2017; amended July 10, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-070); amended Oct. 18, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-111); amended Nov. 1, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-119); amended Feb. 26, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-017), operative Mar. 1, 2018; amended May 31, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-042), operative June 1, 2018; amended Aug. 1, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-064); amended Sept. 4, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-071); amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098); amended Aug. 28, 2019 (SR-NASDAQ-2019-069); amended June 1, 2020 (SR-NASDAQ-2020-029); amended June 10, 2020 (SR-NASDAQ-2020-030); amended Aug. 17, 2020 (SR-NASDAQ-2020-053); amended Aug. 28, 2020 (SR-NASDAQ-2020-058); amended Aug. 31, 2020 (SR-NASDAQ-2020-058); amended Sep. 1, 2020 (SR-NASDAQ-2020-059); amended Sep. 1, 2020 (SR-NASDAQ-2020-061); amended Sep. 15, 2020 (SR-NASDAQ-2020-063); amended Sep. 28, 2020 (SR-NASDAQ-2020-064); amended Oct. 1, 2020 (SR-NASDAQ-2020-067); amended Dec. 7, 2020 (SR-NASDAQ-2020-087); amended Feb. 1, 2021 (SR-NASDAQ-2021-006); amended April 30, 2021 (SR-NASDAQ-2021-037), operative May 3, 2021; amended May 27, 2021 (SR-NASDAQ-2021-046); amended Jan. 3, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-002); amended Jan. 18, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-005) (withdrawn); amended Jan. 24, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-008) (withdrawn); amended Jan. 25, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-009) (withdrawn); amended Jan. 27, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-011); amended Mar. 1, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-019); amended Jun. 1, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-036); amended Jul. 28, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-045), operative Sep. 1, 2022; amended Dec. 1, 2023 (SR-NASDAQ-2023-053); amended Dec. 21, 2023 (SR-NASDAQ-2023-056); amended Apr. 1, 2024 (SR-NASDAQ-2024-017).

Section 115. Ports and Services†

The charges under this section are assessed by Nasdaq for connectivity to services and the following systems operated by Nasdaq or FINRA: the Nasdaq Market Center, FINRA Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine (TRACE), the FINRA/Nasdaq Trade Reporting Facility, and the FINRA OTC Reporting Facility (ORF). The following fees are not applicable to The Nasdaq Options Market LLC. For related options fees for Ports and other Services refer to Options 7, Section 3 of the Options Rules.

(a) Nasdaq Information Exchange (QIX)

 

 

Nasdaq trading port (plus optional proprietary quote information port)

No charge

Disaster recovery port

No charge

(b) Financial Information Exchange (FIX)

 

 

Ports

Price

FIX Trading Port (FIX, FIX Lite (FLITE))

$575/port/month

FIX Port for Services Other than Trading (FINRA/Nasdaq Trade Reporting Facilities Carteret and Chicago, ORF, and TRACE)

$500/port/month*

Disaster recovery port

 

(1) FIX Trading Port

$25/port/month

(2) FIX Port for Services Other than Trading

No charge

(c) Computer to Computer Interface (CTCI) Stations for MFUND

 

 

Fee Component

Fee

Per Station Fee

$600/Station/month

Disaster recovery port

No charge

(d) New Nasdaq Workstation

 

 

Nasdaq Workstation Trader

$575 per user per month (including: data entitlement package; the Trade Reporting File Upload service, which allows members to upload multiple trade reports in batches to Automated Confirmation Transaction Service ("ACT"); the ACT Reject Scan service, which provides a list of all of a member's rejected ACT trade entries and a copy of each rejected trade report form submitted to ACT; and the IPO Indicator service, which provides information on order execution that would be received in an IPO during the launch process)

Nasdaq Workstation Post Trade

See Equity 7, Section 115(e)

(e) Specialized Services Related to FINRA/Nasdaq Trade Reporting Facility

 

 

WebLink ACT or Nasdaq Workstation Post Trade

$625/month
A subscription includes: the Trade Reporting File Upload service, which allows members to upload multiple trade reports in batches to ACT; and the ACT Reject Scan service, which provides a list of all of a member's rejected ACT trade entries and a copy of each rejected trade report form submitted to ACT.

ACT Workstation

$625/logon/month

Nasdaq WorkX

$625/logon/month

For customers using both Act Workstation and Nasdaq WorkX, fees for Nasdaq WorkX will be waived for the first month of service.

(f) TradeInfo

Members not subscribing to the Nasdaq Workstation using TradeInfo will be charged a fee of $95 per user per month.

A member firm that has a TradeInfo user subscription may subscribe to the Limit Up/Limit Down Band Lookup add-on service for a fee of $200 per user per month beginning May 1, 2013. The Limit Up/Limit Down Band Lookup add-on service provides a subscribing member firm with intraday and historical limit up/limit down price band information for individual securities that are subject to limit up/limit down price bands.

(g) Other Port Fees

(1) Remote Multi-cast ITCH Wave Ports

 

 

 

Description

Installation Fee

Recurring Monthly Fee*

MITCH Wave Port at Secaucus, NJ

$2,638

$7,913

MITCH Wave Port at Weehawken, NJ

$2,638

$7,913

MITCH Wave Port at Mahwah, NJ

$5,275

$10,550

Subscribers with three to five microwave or millimeter wave wireless subscriptions under Equity 7, Section 115(g)(1) and/or General 8, Section 1(b) receive a 5% discount on all such subscriptions; subscribers with six to ten microwave or millimeter wave wireless subscriptions under Equity 7, Section 115(g)(1) and/or General 8, Section 1(b) receive a 10% discount on all such subscriptions; subscribers with eleven to fourteen microwave or millimeter wave wireless subscriptions under Equity 7, Section 115(g)(1) and/or General 8, Section 1(b) receive a 15% discount on all such subscriptions; and subscribers with fifteen or more microwave or millimeter wave wireless subscriptions under Equity 7, Section 115(g)(1) and/or General 8, Section 1(b) receive a 20% discount on all such subscriptions.

 

 

(2) Other Ports

Price

OUCH

$575/port/month1

OUCH Backup

No charge

RASH

$575/port/month

Multicast TotalView-ITCH (software-based)

$1,000/port/month

Multicast TotalView-ITCH (software- and hardware-based)

$2,500/port/month

TCP ITCH data feed

$750/port/month

DROP

$550/port/month

Trading Ports used in Test Mode

$100/port/month

Data Retransmission Port

No charge

Disaster recovery port (OUCH, RASH, and DROP)

$25/port/month

Disaster recovery port (all other ports)

No charge

1Temporary 30-Day Fee Waiver for OUCH 5.0 Ports. The Exchange shall offer users a 30-day waiver of the OUCH port fee for up to five newly added OUCH ports with the updated version of the OUCH Order entry protocol, referred to as “OUCH 5.0.” This fee waiver shall be offered for a three-month period, beginning on the date when OUCH 5.0 first becomes available on the Exchange, which such date the Exchange shall announce in an Equity Trader Alert.

(3) Dedicated OUCH Port Infrastructure

The Dedicated OUCH Port Infrastructure subscription allows a member firm to assign up to 30 of its OUCH ports to a dedicated server infrastructure for its exclusive use. A Dedicated OUCH Port Infrastructure subscription is available to a member firm for a fee of $5,000 per month, which is in addition to the standard fees assessed for each OUCH port. A one-time installation fee of $5,000 is assessed subscribers for each Dedicated OUCH Port Server subscription.

(h) Reserved.

(i) Nasdaq IPO Workstation

The Nasdaq IPO Workstation provides subscribing member firms with access to the IPO Indicator service, which provides information on order execution that would be received in an IPO during the launch process. A member firm may subscribe to the IPO Workstation at no cost.

(j) As part of the IPO Indicator Service, Nasdaq will make the IPO Book Viewer data element available through a secure entitlement process to designated associated persons of a Nasdaq member that is acting as the stabilizing agent for an IPO security. Prior to the completion of the Nasdaq Halt Cross for an IPO security, the IPO Book Viewer will provide aggregated buying and selling interest information for the IPO security, reflecting all Orders on the Nasdaq Book, and consisting of the total number of Orders and the aggregate size of all Orders, grouped in price increments of $0.05, $0.10 or $0.25 at the election of the user. Access to the IPO Book Viewer shall terminate immediately upon the completion of the Nasdaq Halt Cross for the IPO security.

(1) Compliance requirements

(A) With respect to information provided by Nasdaq through the IPO Book Viewer, the stabilizing agent shall maintain and enforce written policies and procedures reasonably designed to:

(i) restrict electronic access to such information only to associated persons of the stabilizing agent who need to know the information in connection with establishing the opening price of an IPO security and stabilizing the IPO security;

(ii) except as may be required for purposes of maintaining books and records for regulatory purposes, prevent the retention of such information following the completion of the Nasdaq Halt Cross for the IPO security; and

(iii) prevent persons with access to the information from engaging in transactions in the IPO security other than transactions in the IPO Halt Cross; transactions on behalf of a customer; or stabilizing.

(B) The information provided through the IPO Book Viewer shall be available solely for display on the screen of a computer for which an entitlement has been provided by Nasdaq. Under no circumstances shall a member redirect such information to another computer or reconfigure it for use in a non-displayed format, including, without limitation, in any trading algorithm.

(C) A member must report promptly to Nasdaq any violation of the restrictions contained in this section.

(D) Nothing contained in this Section shall be construed to prohibit the member acting as the stabilizing agent from (i) engaging in stabilizing consistent with that role, or (ii) using the information provided from the IPO Book Viewer to respond to inquiries from any person, including, without limitation, other members, customers, or associated persons of the stabilizing agent, regarding the expectations of the member acting as the stabilizing agent with regard to the possibility of executing stated quantities of an IPO security at stated prices in the IPO Halt Cross.

(2) Definitions

(A) "IPO security" is a security for which the halting and initial pricing procedures described in Rules 4120(c)(8) and (9) and 4753 are available.

(B) "Stabilizing" means stabilizing as defined in Rule 100 of Regulation M of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including, but not limited to, engaging in syndicate covering transactions.

(C) "Stabilizing agent" means a Nasdaq member that will engage in stabilizing with respect to an IPO security on the day of its initial public offering.

(D) "IPO Indicator Service" means that informational service described in paragraphs (d) and (i).

(E) "IPO Book Viewer" means the informational service described in this paragraph (j) and provided as part of the IPO Indicator Service.

† Fees are prorated for the first month of service under this section. Other than the specialized service fees in Section 115(e), upon cancellation, members are required to pay for service for the remainder of the month, regardless of whether it is the first month of service.

*This fee that is otherwise applicable to the FINRA/Nasdaq Trade Reporting Facility Chicago shall be waived until November 1, 2018.

Adopted Jan. 13, 2006 ( SEC Release 34-53128 ); amended July 31, 2006 (SR-NASDAQ-2006-024); amended Aug. 1, 2006 (SR-NASDAQ-2006-025); amended Aug. 1, 2006 (SR-NASDAQ-2006-026); amended Dec. 20, 2006 (SR-NASDAQ-2006-062); amended Feb. 12, 2007 (SR-NASDAQ-2007-007); amended June 5, 2007 (SR-NASDAQ-2007-057); amended Oct. 1, 2007 (SR-NASDAQ-2007-075); amended April 20, 2009 (SR-NASDAQ-2006-064), operative June 1, 2009; amended Aug. 20, 2009 (SR-NASDAQ-2009-058); amended Oct. 20, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-136); amended July 26, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-101), operative Aug. 1, 2011; amended Jan. 6, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-006); amended Jan. 23, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-016), operative Feb. 1, 2012; amended Jan. 24, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-017), operative Feb. 1, 2012; amended July 19, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-088); amended Nov. 1, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-126); amended Jan. 25, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-119); amended Mar. 18, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-050), operative Apr. 1, 2013; amended Mar. 26, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-056); amended Apr. 15, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-066); amended Apr. 19, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-069); amended Apr. 24, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-072), operative May 1, 2013; amended May 1, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-075); amended June 3, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-081); amended June 26, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-093), operative July 1, 2013; amended July 23, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-097), operative Mar. 17, 2014; amended Aug. 29, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-114); amended Oct. 4, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-131); amended Dec. 20, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-161), operative Jan. 2, 2014; amended Apr. 25, 2014 (SR-NASDAQ-2014-047), operative June 5, 2014; amended Sep. 4, 2014 (SR-NASDAQ-2014-092), operative Oct. 1, 2014; amended Dec. 29, 2014 (SR-NASDAQ-2014-100); amended Jan. 13, 2015 (SR-NASDAQ-2014-110); amended Apr. 22, 2015 (SR-NASDAQ-2015-042); amended June 25, 2015 (SR-NASDAQ-2015-067); amended July 20, 2015 (SR-NASDAQ-2015-086), operative Aug. 3, 2015; amended Sep. 3, 2015 (SR-NSADAQ-2015-110), operative Sep. 1, 2015; amended Sep. 9, 2015 (SR-NASDAQ-2015-082); amended Dec. 23, 2015 (SR-NASDAQ-2015-162), operative Jan. 22, 2016; amended Dec. 23, 2015 (SR-NASDAQ-2015-162), operative Jan. 22, 2016; amended Jan. 29, 2016 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-014); amended Feb. 23, 2016 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-029), operative Feb. 1, 2016; amended Mar. 29, 2016 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-046), operative Apr. 1, 2016; amended Apr. 6, 2016 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-053), operative Apr. 1, 2016; amended June 3, 2016 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-081), operative June 1, 2016; amended May 31, 2016 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-078), operative June 1, 2016; amended Nov. 28, 2016 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-163); amended Jan. 11, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-005); amended Feb. 1, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-009); amended Feb. 9, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-017); amended Mar. 28, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-030), operative Apr. 1, 2017; amended Oct. 18, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-111); amended June 5, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-045); amended July 6, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-056); amended Nov. 13, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-070); amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098); amended April 20, 2021 (SR-NASDAQ-2021-025); amended November 4, 2021 (SR-NASDAQ-2021-089), operative November 8, 2021; amended November 4, 2021 (SR-NASDAQ-2021-089), operative November 22, 2021; amended January 31, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-012), operative February 1, 2022; amended Aug. 12, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-049), operative Sep. 1, 2022; amended Oct. 11, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-054); amended Sep. 22, 2023 (SR-NASDAQ-2023-038); amended Mar. 1, 2024 (SR-NASDAQ-2024-008).

Section 116. Nasdaq Risk Management

(a) Clearing brokers using the Nasdaq Risk Management Service will be assessed a charge of $0.030 per side per trade monitored by Nasdaq Risk Management and a charge of $17.25 per month per correspondent executing broker monitored by Nasdaq Risk Management, up to a maximum charge of $7,500 per month per correspondent executing broker. Clearing brokers with less than 17,000 trades per month per correspondent executing broker and that fall below 50 total correspondents monitored during the month are assessed a monthly fee of $500 per correspondent executing broker monitored in lieu of the $0.030 per side per trade charge.

(b) Users of Nasdaq Pre-trade Risk Management ("PRM") will be assessed a monthly fee based on the following table, and such fees will not exceed $25,000 per member firm, per month:

 

 

 

Port Tiers

Number of PRM-Enabled Ports

Monthly Fee † 

Tier 1

50 or more

$400 per port, per month

Tier 2

20 to 49

$500 per port, per month

Tier 3

5 to 19

$550 per port, per month

Tier 4

1 to 4

$600 per port, per month

†  Fees are assessed in full month increments under this section, and thus are not prorated.

(c) Users of PRM services specified below will be assessed the following charges in addition to the applicable PRM-enabled port charges:

 

 

PRM Modules

No charge

Aggregate Total Checks

No charge

PRM Workstation Add-ons to an existing Nasdaq Workstation or WeblinkACT 2.0

$100 per each PRM Workstation Add-on per month

Adopted by SEC Release 34-53128 (Jan. 13, 2006); amended by SR-NASDAQ-2006-066 eff. Nov. 1, 2006; amended by SR-NASDAQ-2006-067 eff. Mar. 6, 2007; amended by SR-NASDAQ-2008-003 eff. Jan. 7, 2008; amended by SR-NASDAQ-2008-030 eff. Apr. 7, 2008; amended July 25, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-099), operative Aug. 1, 2011; amended Mar. 5, 2015 (SR-NASDAQ-2015-021); amended Feb. 1, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-009); amended Feb. 9, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-017); amended Oct. 18, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-111); amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098); amended Mar. 31, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-029).

Section 116-A. Nasdaq Post-Trade Risk Management

(a) Clearing brokers using the Nasdaq Post-Trade Risk Management Service will be assessed a charge of $0.030 per side per trade monitored by Nasdaq Post-Trade Risk Management and a charge of $17.25 per month per correspondent executing broker monitored by Nasdaq Post-Trade Risk Management, up to a maximum charge of $7,500 per month per correspondent executing broker. Clearing brokers with less than 17,000 trades per month per correspondent executing broker and that fall below 50 total correspondents monitored during the month are assessed a monthly fee of $500 per correspondent executing broker monitored in lieu of the $0.030 per side per trade charge. For customers using both Nasdaq Risk Management and Nasdaq Post-Trade Risk Management, fees for Nasdaq Post-Trade Risk Management will be waived for the first month of service.

Adopted April 20, 2021 (SR-NASDAQ-2021-025); amended September 14, 2021 (SR-NASDAQ-2021-073); amended Jun. 30, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-038); amended Dec. 8, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-074).

Section 117. Reserved

Reserved.

Adopted Jan. 13, 2006 (SEC Release 34-53128); amended July 31, 2006 (SR-NASDAQ-2006-024); amended Jan. 1, 2007 (SR-NASDAQ-2007-030); amended July 27, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-093); amended Mar. 28, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-042); amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098).

Section 118. Nasdaq Market Center Order Execution and Routing

(a) The following charges shall apply to the use of the order execution and routing services of the Nasdaq Market Center by members for all securities priced at $1 or more that it trades. For purposes of calculating Consolidated Volume and the extent of a member's trading activity, the following shall be excluded from both total Consolidated Volume and the member’s trading activity: (1) the date of the annual reconstitution of the Russell Investments Indexes; (2) the dates on which stock options, stock index options, and stock index futures expire (i.e., the third Friday of March, June, September, and December); (3) the dates of the rebalance of the MSCI Equities Indexes (i.e., on a quarterly basis); (4) the dates of the rebalance of the S&P 400, S&P 500, and S&P 600 Indexes (i.e., on a quarterly basis); and (5) the date of the annual reconstitution of the Nasdaq-100 and Nasdaq Biotechnology Indexes. For the purposes of calculating the extent of a member’s trading activity during the month on Nasdaq and determining the charges and credits applicable to such member’s activity, all M-ELO Orders that a member executes on Nasdaq during the month will count as liquidity-adding activity on Nasdaq. Volume from ETC Eligible LOC Orders and ETC Orders shall not be utilized to determine eligibility for any pricing tiers set forth in Section 118(a) to the extent that such eligibility is based upon MOC or LOC volume. For purposes of calculating a member’s qualifications for credits that pertain to providing liquidity set forth in this Section 118(a), the Exchange will calculate a member’s volume and total Consolidated Volume twice.  First, the Exchange will calculate a member’s volume and total Consolidated Volume inclusive of volume that consists of executions in securities priced less than $1.  Second, the Exchange will calculate a member’s volume and total Consolidated Volume exclusive of volume that consists of executions in securities priced less than $1, while also increasing the distinct qualifying volume percentage thresholds, as set forth in this Section 118(a), by 10%.  The Exchange will then assess which of these two calculations would qualify the member for the most advantageous credits for the month and then it will apply those to the member.

As used in this section the following terms shall have the following meanings:

“ADV” means Average Daily Volume;

"Consolidated Volume" shall mean the total consolidated volume reported to all consolidated transaction reporting plans by all exchanges and trade reporting facilities during a month in equity securities, excluding executed orders with a size of less than one round lot.

A “Designated Retail Order” is an agency or riskless principal order that meets the criteria of FINRA Rule 5320.03 and that originates from a natural person and is submitted to Nasdaq by a member that designates it pursuant to this section, provided that no change is made to the terms of the order with respect to price or side of market and the order does not originate from a trading algorithm or any other computerized methodology. An order from a "natural person" can include orders on behalf of accounts that are held in a corporate legal form - such as an Individual Retirement Account, Corporation, or a Limited Liability Company - that has been established for the benefit of an individual or group of related family members, provided that the order is submitted by an individual. Members must submit a signed written attestation, in a form prescribed by Nasdaq, that they have implemented policies and procedures that are reasonably designed to ensure that substantially all orders designated by the member as "Designated Retail Orders" comply with these requirements. Orders may be designated on an order by-order basis, or by designating all orders on a particular order entry port as Designated Retail Orders. If a member’s total rebate for non-Designated Retail Orders (including any supplemental credits provided in Section 114 and Section 118, except the NBBO Program credit provided in Section 114(g)) is greater than its rebate for Designated Retail Orders (including supplemental credits provided in Section 114 and Section 118), then the member shall receive the higher rebate.

(1) Fees for Execution and Routing of Orders

Charge to enter orders that execute in the Nasdaq Market Center (per share executed):
Tape A Tape B Tape C
member that executes against resting midpoint liquidity: $0.0030 $0.0030 $0.0030
member that executes a M-ELO $0.0004 $0.0004 $0.0004
except as set forth immediately below, charge to member for shares executed above 4 million shares during the month for RFTY Orders that remove liquidity from the Nasdaq Market Center or that execute in a venue with a protected quotation under Regulation NMS other than the Nasdaq Market Center. For purposes of calculating the 4 million share threshold described above and assessing the charge set forth herein, RFTY Orders that execute at taker-maker venues are excluded: $0.0030 $0.0030 $0.0030
charge to member for shares executed either (i) up to 4 million shares during the month for RFTY Orders that remove liquidity from the Nasdaq Market Center or that execute in a venue with a protected quotation under Regulation NMS; or (ii) above 4 million shares during the month for RFTY Orders that remove liquidity from the Nasdaq Market Center or that execute in a venue with a protected quotation under Regulation NMS other than the Nasdaq Market Center during regular Market Hours, provided that the member grows its volume of shares executed in RFTY during regular Market Hours during the month by at least 100 percent relative to March 2022. For purposes of calculating the 4 million share threshold described above and assessing the charge set forth herein, RFTY Orders that execute at taker-maker venues are excluded: $0.0000 $0.0000 $0.0000
charge to member entering a RFTY Order that executes in a venue ineligible for a protected quotation under Regulation NMS: $0.0000 $0.0000 $0.0000
member entering DOTI, STGY, SCAN, SKNY, or SKIP Order that executes in a venue other than the Nasdaq Market Center, and charge to member entering a LIST Order that executes in a venue other than the Nasdaq Market Center, but not in an opening, closing, or reopening process:

No charge for DOTI Orders that execute in Nasdaq BX


$0.0015 credit for Orders that add liquidity at NYSE after routing


$0.0030 for all other Orders

No charge for DOTI Orders that execute in Nasdaq BX


$0.0030 for all other Orders

$0.0030 for orders other than DOTI Orders
member entering directed order that executes in a venue other than the Nasdaq Market Center: $0.0035 $0.0035 $0.0035
member entering CART Order that executes in a venue other than the Nasdaq Market Center:

Charge of $0.0030 for Orders that executed at Nasdaq PSX


No charge for Orders that execute at Nasdaq BX

Charge of $0.0030 for Orders that executed at Nasdaq PSX


No charge for Orders that execute at Nasdaq BX

Charge of $0.0030 for Orders that executed at Nasdaq PSX


No charge for Orders that execute at Nasdaq BX

member entering TFTY Order that executes in a venue other than the Nasdaq Market Center: For Orders that execute: (i) at venues other than NYSE, Nasdaq BX or Nasdaq PSX, charge of $0.0007; or (ii) at NYSE or Nasdaq PSX, charge of $0.0030; or (iii) at Nasdaq BX, no charge For Orders that execute: (i) at venues other than Nasdaq BX or Nasdaq PSX, charge of $0.0007; or (ii) at Nasdaq PSX, charge of $0.0030; or (iii) at Nasdaq BX, no charge For Orders that execute: (i) at venues other than Nasdaq BX or Nasdaq PSX, charge of $0.0007; or (ii) at Nasdaq PSX, charge of $0.0030; or (iii) at Nasdaq BX, no charge
member entering MOPB or MOPP Order that executes in a venue other than the Nasdaq Market Center: $0.0035 $0.0035 $0.0035
member entering SAVE or SOLV Order that executes in a venue other than the Nasdaq Market Center: For Orders that execute: (i) at venues other than Nasdaq BX, charge of $0.0030; or (ii) at Nasdaq BX, no charge For Orders that execute: (i) at venues other than Nasdaq BX, charge of $0.0030; or (ii) at Nasdaq BX, no charge For Orders that execute: (i) at venues other than Nasdaq BX, charge of $0.0030; or (ii) at Nasdaq BX, no charge
member entering QDRK or QCST Order that executes in a venue other than the Nasdaq Market Center: Charge of $0.0007 for QCST and QDRK Orders, except no charge for QCST Orders that execute on Nasdaq BX Charge of $0.0007 for QCST and QDRK Orders, except no charge for QCST Orders that execute on Nasdaq BX Charge of $0.0007 for QCST and QDRK Orders, except no charge for QCST Orders that execute on Nasdaq BX
all other orders that execute in the Nasdaq Market Center: $0.0030 $0.0030 $0.0030
Credit to member for displayed quotes/orders (other than Supplemental Orders or Designated Retail Orders) that provide liquidity (per share executed):
Tape A Tape B Tape C
member adds Customer, Professional, Firm, Non-NOM Market Maker and/or Broker-Dealer liquidity in Penny Pilot Options and/or Non-Penny Pilot Options of 1.15% or more of total industry ADV in the Customer clearing range for Equity and ETF option contracts per day in a month on The Nasdaq Options Market: $0.0029 $0.0029 $0.0029
member (i) with shares of liquidity accessed in all securities through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs that represent more than 0.40% of Consolidated Volume, and (ii) with shares of liquidity provided in all securities through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs that represent more than 0.15% of Consolidated Volume, and (iii) provides a daily average of at least 800,000 shares of non-displayed liquidity through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs during the month: $0.0027 $0.0027 $0.0027
member with shares of liquidity provided in all securities through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs that represent 0.45% or more of Consolidated Volume, including shares of liquidity provided with respect to securities that are listed on exchanges other than Nasdaq or NYSE that represent 0.10% or more of Consolidated Volume: $0.0028 $0.0028 $0.0028
member with shares of liquidity provided in all securities through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs that represent 0.75% or more of Consolidated Volume, including shares of liquidity provided with respect to securities that are listed on exchanges other than Nasdaq or NYSE that represent 0.15% or more of Consolidated Volume: $0.0029 $0.0029 $0.0029
member, through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs, with (i) shares of liquidity provided in all securities that represent 0.70% or more (in securities priced at or greater than $1) of Consolidated Volume (in securities priced at or greater than $1); (ii) shares of liquidity provided with respect to securities that are listed on exchanges other than Nasdaq or NYSE that represent 0.15% or more of Consolidated Volume; and (iii) shares of non-displayed liquidity (other than midpoint orders) provided in all securities that represent 0.10% or more of Consolidated Volume: $0.0030 (may not be combined with the QMM credits set forth in Section 114(e)) $0.0030 (may not be combined with the QMM credits set forth in Section 114(e)) $0.0030 (may not be combined with the QMM credits set forth in Section 114(e))
member (i) with shares of liquidity provided in all securities through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs representing at least 0.375% of Consolidated Volume; (ii) that executes an ADV of at least 500,000 shares of M-ELO Orders during the month; and (iii) that increases the extent of its ADV of M-ELO Orders in all securities by 100% or more during the month relative to the month of June 2021: $0.0028 $0.0028 $0.0028
member (i) with shares of liquidity provided in all securities through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs that represent0.70% or more of Consolidated Volume; (ii) executes 0.20% or more of Consolidated Volume through providing midpoint orders and through M-ELO; and (iii) removes at least 1.10% of Consolidated Volume: $0.00295 $0.00295 $0.00295
member (i) with shares of liquidity provided in all securities through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs that represent 0.875% or more of Consolidated Volume; (ii) executes 0.25% or more of Consolidated Volume through providing midpoint orders and through M-ELO; and (iii) removes at least 1.35% of Consolidated Volume: $0.0030 $0.0030 $0.0030
member (i) with shares of liquidity provided in all securities during the month representing at least 0.95% of Consolidated Volume, through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs, and (ii) adds NOM Market Maker liquidity in Penny Pilot Options and/or Non-Penny Pilot Options of 0.20% or more of total industry ADV in the Customer clearing range for Equity and ETF option contracts per day in a month on The Nasdaq Options Market, and (iii) adds Customer, Professional, Firm, Non-NOM Market Maker and/or Broker-Dealer liquidity in Penny Pilot Options and/or Non-Penny Pilot Options of 1.50% or more of total industry ADV in the Customer clearing range for Equity and ETF option contracts per day in a month on The Nasdaq Options Market: $0.00305 $0.00305 $0.00305
Credit for member, through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs (i) with shares of liquidity provided in all securities during the month representing at least 0.65% of Consolidated Volume during the month; (ii) adds at least 0.15% of Consolidated Volume in Designated Retail Orders for securities in any Tape; and (iii) achieves at least a 60% ratio of its liquidity adding activity to its total activity on the Exchange: $0.00295 $0.00295 $0.00295
member with shares of liquidity provided in all securities through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs that represent more than 1.50% of Consolidated Volume: $0.00305 $0.00305 $0.00305
member with shares of liquidity provided in all securities through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs that represent more than 0.95% of Consolidated Volume and shares of non-displayed liquidity provided in all securities through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs that represent more than 0.25% of Consolidated Volume: $0.0030 $0.0030 $0.0030
member with shares of liquidity provided in the Opening and Closing Crosses, excluding Market-on-Close, Limit-on-Close (other than an Limit-on-Close Order entered between 3:55 p.m. ET and immediately prior to 3:58 p.m. ET), Market-on-Open, Limit-on-Open, Good-til-Cancelled, and Immediate-or-Cancel Orders, through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs that represent more than 0.01% of Consolidated Volume: $0.0027 $0.0027 $0.0027
member (i) with shares of liquidity provided in all securities through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs that represent more than 0.675% of Consolidated Volume and (ii) that executes an ADV of at least 350,000 shares of M-ELO Orders during the month: $0.0029 $0.0029 $0.0029
member (i) with shares of liquidity accessed in all securities through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs that represent more than 0.80% of Consolidated Volume; (ii) with shares of liquidity provided in all securities through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs that represent more than 0.60% of Consolidated Volume; and (iii) that executes an ADV of at least 350,000 shares of M-ELO Orders during the month: $0.0029 $0.0029 $0.0029
member (i) with shares of liquidity accessed in all securities through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs that represent more than 0.75% of Consolidated Volume, and (ii) with shares of liquidity provided in all securities through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs that represent more than 0.35% of Consolidated Volume: $0.0028 $0.0028 $0.0028
member with shares of liquidity provided in all securities through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs that represent more than 0.30% of Consolidated Volume: $0.0027 $0.0027 $0.0027
member (i) with shares of liquidity provided in all securities through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs that represent more than 0.60% of Consolidated Volume, including shares of liquidity provided with respect to securities that are listed on exchanges other than Nasdaq or NYSE that represent more than 0.10% of Consolidated Volume, and (ii) adds at least 0.15% of Consolidated Volume during the month in non-displayed orders (excluding midpoint orders) for securities in any tape: $0.0029 $0.0029 $0.0029
member with shares of liquidity provided in all securities through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs that represent more than 0.10% of Consolidated Volume: $0.0020 $0.0020 $0.0020
member with shares of liquidity accessed in all securities through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs representing more than 0.45% of Consolidated Volume; provided that the member also provides a daily average of at least 2 million shares of liquidity in all securities through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs: $0.0025 $0.0025 $0.0025
member (i) with shares of liquidity provided in all securities during the month representing more than 0.10% of Consolidated Volume, through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs, and (ii) adds liquidity of 0.40% or more of total industry ADV in the Customer clearing range for Equity and ETF option contracts per day in a month on The Nasdaq Options Market: $0.0027 $0.0027 $0.0027
member that provides a daily average of at least 4 million shares of liquidity, of which more than 1.5 million shares per day must consist of non-displayed liquidity, excluding midpoint orders, or M-ELO: $0.0020 $0.0020 $0.0020
member that, through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs: (i) provides shares of liquidity in all securities that represent equal to or greater than either 0.65% of Consolidated Volume or an ADV of 70 million shares during the month; (ii) increases its ADV of M-ELO executed by 150% or more during the month relative to the month of January 2021; and (iii) executes an ADV of at least 750,000 shares in M-ELO for the month: $0.0029 $0.0029 $0.0029
 member that, through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs, (i) increases its shares of liquidity provided in all securities by at least 20% as a percentage of Consolidated Volume relative to the month of July 2022 and (ii) has shares of liquidity provided of least 5 million ADV during the month:  $0.0020  $0.0020  $0.0020
Supplemental credit to member for displayed quotes/orders (other than Supplemental Orders or Designated Retail Orders) that provide liquidity (per share executed):
Tape A Tape B Tape C
member with shares of liquidity provided in securities that are listed on exchanges other than Nasdaq or NYSE during the month representing at least 0.10% of Consolidated Volume through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs: N/A $0.0001 N/A
member that, through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs, (i) increases its shares of liquidity provided in all securities by at least 30% as a percentage of Consolidated Volume relative to the month of October or November 2021 and (ii) has shares of liquidity provided of least 15 million ADV during the month: $0.00005 (may not be combined with the QMM Tier 2 Program credits set forth in Section 114(e)) $0.00005 (may not be combined with the QMM Tier 2 Program credits set forth in Section 114(e)) $0.00005 (may not be combined with the QMM Tier 2 Program credits set forth in Section 114(e))
M-ELO Supplemental Credit A

member, through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs, either: (i) increases the extent of its ADV of M-ELO Orders and/or midpoint orders (that execute against M-ELO Orders) in all securities by an ADV of 1 million shares or more during the month relative to the month of June 2021; or (ii) executes a combined volume of at least 3 million shares ADV through midpoint orders provided and M-ELO Orders during the month and increases the extent of its ADV of midpoint orders provided and M-ELO Orders in all securities by 100% or more during the month relative to the month of June 2021:

$0.00005 (may not be combined with M-ELO Supplemental Credit B) $0.00005 (may not be combined with M-ELO Supplemental Credit B) $0.00005 (may not be combined with M-ELO Supplemental Credit B)
M-ELO Supplemental Credit B

member, through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs, executes a combined volume of at least a 5 million shares ADV through midpoint orders provided and M-ELO Orders during the month:

$0.00015 (may not be combined with M-ELO Supplemental Credit A) $0.00015 (may not be combined with M-ELO Supplemental Credit A) $0.00015 (may not be combined with M-ELO Supplemental Credit A)
Supplemental credit to member for displayed quotes/orders (other than Supplemental Orders) that provide liquidity (per share executed):
Tape A Tape B Tape C
member, through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs (i) with shares of liquidity provided in all securities during the month representing at least 0.50% of Consolidated Volume; (ii) adds at least 0.35% of Consolidated Volume in securities in Tape C; (iii) adds at least 0.15% of Consolidated Volume in Designated Retail Orders for securities in any tape; and (iv) achieves at least a 60% ratio of its liquidity adding activity to its total activity on the Exchange during the month: $0.00005 $0.00005 $0.00005
member with shares of liquidity provided in securities that are listed on exchanges other than Nasdaq or NYSE during the month representing at least 0.10% of Consolidated Volume through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs: N/A $0.00005 N/A
Credit to for all other displayed quotes/orders that provide liquidity (per share executed):
$0.0018 $0.0018 $0.0013
Credit for non-displayed orders (other than Supplemental Orders) that provide liquidity (per share executed):
Tape A Tape B Tape C

1. A member will receive a supplemental credit for midpoint orders (excluding buy (sell) orders with Midpoint pegging that receive an execution price that is lower (higher) than the midpoint of the NBBO), in addition to the credits set forth below for non-displayed orders that provide liquidity, if the member executes a requisite ADV of shares through M-ELO, as follows:

(a) for midpoint orders (excluding buy (sell) orders with Midpoint pegging that receive an execution price that is lower (higher) than the midpoint of the NBBO) if the member executes an ADV of at least 2.5 million up to, but not including 4 million shares through M-ELO;

or

(b) for midpoint orders (excluding buy (sell) orders with Midpoint pegging that receive an execution price that is lower (higher) than the midpoint of the NBBO) if the member executes an ADV of 4 million or more shares through M-ELO:

(a) $0.0001

or

(b) $0.0002

(a) $0.0001

or

(b) $0.0002

(a) $0.0001

or

(b) $0.0002

midpoint orders (excluding buy (sell) orders with Midpoint pegging that receive an execution price that is lower (higher) than the midpoint of the NBBO) if the member provides an ADV of 5 million or more shares through midpoint orders during the month and adds 8 million shares of non-displayed liquidity: $0.0025 $0.0025 $0.0025
midpoint orders (excluding buy (sell) orders with Midpoint pegging that receive an execution price that is lower (higher) than the midpoint of the NBBO) if the member provides an ADV of 6 million or more shares through midpoint orders during the month: $0.0022 $0.0022 $0.0020
midpoint orders (excluding buy (sell) orders with Midpoint pegging that receive an execution price that is lower (higher) than the midpoint of the NBBO) if the member provides an ADV of 3 million or more shares through midpoint orders during the month: $0.0020 $0.0020 $0.0017
midpoint orders (excluding buy (sell) orders with Midpoint pegging that receive an execution price that is lower (higher) than the midpoint of the NBBO) if the member provides an ADV of 1 million or more shares through midpoint orders during the month: $0.0018 $0.0018 N/A
all other midpoint orders (excluding buy (sell) orders with Midpoint pegging that receive an execution price that is lower (higher) than the midpoint of the NBBO): $0.0014 $0.0014 $0.0010
other non-displayed orders if the member (i) provides 0.10% or more of Consolidated Volume through non-displayed orders (other than midpoint orders) and (ii) provides 0.15% or more of Consolidated Volume through midpoint orders: $0.0015 $0.0015 $0.0010
other non-displayed orders if the member provides 0.03% or more of Consolidated Volume through midpoint orders or other non-displayed orders: $0.0010 $0.0010 $0.0005
other non-displayed orders if the member, during the month (i) provides 0.30% or more of Consolidated Volume through non-displayed orders (including midpoint orders) and through M-ELO Orders; and (ii) increases providing liquidity through non-displayed orders (including midpoint orders) and through M-ELO Orders by 0.06% or more as a percentage of Consolidated Volume relative to the member’s August 2020 Consolidated Volume provided through non-displayed orders (including midpoint orders) and through M-ELO: $0.0010 $0.0010 $0.00075

2. A supplemental credit for midpoint orders (excluding buy (sell) orders with midpoint pegging that receive an execution price that is lower (higher) than the midpoint of the NBBO) (A member receiving this supplemental midpoint credit may receive only one but not all of the supplemental credits described herein as well as combined credits (regular and supplemental) of up to a maximum of $0.0027 per share executed, with the exception of members that qualify for the supplemental credit of $0.0001 listed in section 3 immediately following this section 2):

if the member, during the month (i) provides at least 15 million shares of midpoint liquidity per day during the month; and (ii) increases providing liquidity through midpoint orders by 30% or more relative to the member’s May 2021 ADV provided through midpoint orders: $0.0002 $0.0002 $0.0002

3. A supplemental credit for midpoint orders (excluding buy (sell) orders with midpoint pegging that receive an execution price that is lower (higher) than the midpoint of the NBBO) (A member receiving this supplemental midpoint credit may receive combined credits (regular and supplemental) of up to a maximum of $0.0028 per share executed):

member that (i) executes at least 0.35% of Consolidated Volume through providing midpoint orders and through M-ELO during the month, and (ii) executes at least 0.20% of Consolidated Volume through providing midpoint orders during the month. $0.0001 $0.0001 $0.0001

4. All other non-displayed orders

No charge No charge No charge
Credit for Supplemental Orders (per share executed):
entered through a Nasdaq Market Center MPID through which the member provides an ADV during the month of more than 1 million shares of liquidity via Supplemental Orders: $0.0018 $0.0018 $0.0018
other Supplemental Orders: $0.0015 $0.0015 $0.0015
Credits for Designated Retail Orders (per share executed):
member that has a ratio of at least 85% liquidity provided through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs to all volume (adding and removing liquidity) through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs during the month: $0.0033 $0.0033 $0.0033
Credit for displayed Designated Retail Orders: $0.00325 $0.00325 $0.00325
Charges and Credits for Routing Orders (per share executed, unless otherwise indicated):
Order that is routed to NYSE and then routed to another venue for execution: $0.0030 N/A N/A
Order that is routed to NYSEAmex or NYSEArca and then routed to another venue for execution: N/A $0.0030 N/A
Charge for DOT or LIST Order that executes in the NYSE closing process: 0.0010 N/A N/A
Charge for LIST Order that executes in an exchange's closing process: N/A $0.0005 in the NYSEArca closing process

$0.00095 in the NYSEAmex closing process

N/A
Charge for DOT or LIST Order that executes in the NYSE opening or re-opening process: $0.0010 N/A N/A
Charge for LIST Order that executes in an exchange's opening or re-opening process: N/A $0.0005 in the NYSEArca opening or re-opening process

$0.0005 in the NYSEAmex opening or re-opening process

N/A
LIST Order that executes in Nasdaq's closing process: N/A N/A Applicable charges as provided in Equity 7, Section 118(d)
LIST Order that executes in Nasdaq's opening process: N/A N/A Applicable charges as provided in Equity 7, Section 118(e)
LIST Order that executes in Nasdaq's halt cross process: N/A N/A Applicable charges as provided in Equity 7, Section 118(f)
Charge or credit to member entering SCAR Order that executes in a venue other than the Nasdaq Market Center: Credit of $0.0016 for orders executed at Nasdaq BX

Charge of $0.0029 for orders executed at Nasdaq PSX

Credit of $0.0016 for orders executed at Nasdaq BX

Charge of $0.0029 for orders executed at Nasdaq PSX

Credit of $0.0016 for orders executed at Nasdaq BX

Charge of $0.0029 for orders executed at Nasdaq PSX

Charge to member entering an MIDP Order that routes and executes at venues with a protected quotation under Regulation NMS other than BX, or Nasdaq: $0.0030 $0.0030 $0.0030
Charge to member entering an MIDP Order that routes and executes at venues ineligible for a protected quotation under Regulation NMS: $0.0012 $0.0012 $0.0012
Charge to member entering an MIDP Order that routes and executes at Nasdaq BX: No charge No charge No charge
Charge to member entering an MIDP Order that routes and removes liquidity from Nasdaq: Applicable charges as provided in Equity 7, Sections 114 and 118(a) Applicable charges as provided in Equity 7, Sections 114 and 118(a) Applicable charges as provided in Equity 7, Sections 114 and 118(a)
Credit to member entering an MIDP Order that routes and provides liquidity to Nasdaq: Applicable credits as provided in Equity 7, Sections 114 and 118(a) Applicable credits as provided in Equity 7, Sections 114 and 118(a) Applicable credits as provided in Equity 7, Sections 114 and 118(a)

(b) The following charges shall apply to the use of the order execution and routing services of the Nasdaq Market Center by members for all orders at all times for all securities priced at less than $1.

Charge to member entering order that executes in the Nasdaq Market Center (other than a Midpoint Extended Life Order):

0.3% of the total transaction cost

Charge to member entering Midpoint Extended Life Order that executes in the Nasdaq Market Center:

0.0% of the total transaction cost

Charge to member entering order that routes and executes at an away market:

0.3% of the total transaction cost

(c) For purposes of assessing Nasdaq Market Center fees and credits hereunder, (1) a Discretionary Order that executes prior to being displayed as a Quote/Order will always be deemed to be accessing liquidity unless it is executed by (or receives delivery of) a displayed Discretionary Order at a price in the discretionary price range of the displayed Discretionary Order, and (2) a Discretionary Order that executes after being displayed as a Quote/Order will always be deemed to be providing liquidity, unless the displayed Discretionary Order executes against (or is delivered to) a Quote/Order that has not been designated "Immediate or Cancel," at a price in its discretionary price range.

(d) Closing Cross and Extended Trading Close

(1) Fees

Market-on-Close and Limit-on-Close orders executed in the Nasdaq Closing Cross; ETC Eligible Limit-on-Close and ETC Orders executed in the Extended Trading Close

Subject to the tiers below as provided in Equity 7, Section 118(d)(2)

All other quotes and orders executed in the Nasdaq Closing Cross

$0.0011 per share executed

(2) Tiers Applicable to Market-on-Close and Limit-on-Close ("MOC/LOC") orders executed in the Nasdaq Closing Cross and ETC Eligible Limit on Close and ETC Orders executed in the Extended Trading Close. *Note that volume in ETC Eligible LOC Orders and ETC Orders shall not be utilized to determine eligibility for the Tiers below.

Tiers

Volume

Price Per Executed Share

Tier A

Shares of liquidity provided in all securities through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs that represent above 1.75% of Consolidated Volume or MOC/LOC volume above 0.50% of Consolidated Volume

$0.0008 per executed share

Tier B

Shares of liquidity provided in all securities through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs that represent above 0.80% to 1.75% of Consolidated Volume or MOC/LOC volume above 0.30% to 0.50% of Consolidated Volume

$0.0011 per executed share

Tier C

Shares of liquidity provided in all securities through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs that represent above 0.50% to 0.80% of Consolidated Volume or MOC/LOC volume above 0.10% to 0.30% of Consolidated Volume

$0.0012 per executed share

Tier D

Shares of liquidity provided in all securities through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs that represent above 0.30% to 0.50% of Consolidated Volume

$0.00135 per executed share

Tier E

Shares of liquidity provided in all securities through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs that represent above 0.015% to 0.30% of Consolidated Volume

$0.00145 per executed share

Tier F

Shares of liquidity provided in all securities through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs that represent 0.00% to 0.015% of Consolidated Volume

$0.0016 per executed share

Tier G

member adds Nasdaq Options Market Customer and/or Professional liquidity in Penny Pilot Options and/or Non-Penny Pilot Options of 0.80% or more of national customer volume in multiply-listed equity and ETF options classes in a month

$0.0010 per executed share

(e) Opening Cross

(1)

Market-on-Open, Limit-on-Open, Good-till-Cancelled, and Immediate-or-Cancel orders executed in the Nasdaq Opening Cross

$0.0015 per share executed

All other quotes and orders executed in the Nasdaq Opening Cross

$0.0011 per share executed

(2) Firms that execute orders in the Nasdaq Opening Cross will be subject to fees for such executions up to a monthly maximum of $35,000, provided, however, that such firms add at least one million shares of liquidity, on average per day, per month.

(f) IPO/Halt Cross

Members shall be assessed the following Nasdaq Market Center execution fees for quotes and orders executed in the Nasdaq IPO/Halt Cross:

All quotes and orders executed in the Nasdaq IPO/Halt Cross

$0.0010 per share executed.

(g) Reserved

(h) Reserved

(i) Reserved

(j) For purposes of determining average daily volume and total consolidated volume for equity tier calculations under this section, any day that the market is not open for the entire trading day will be excluded from such calculation. In addition, for purposes of calculating Consolidated Volume and the extent of a member's trading activity, expressed as a percentage of or ratio to Consolidated Volume, the following shall be excluded from both total Consolidated Volume and the member’s trading activity: (1) the date of the annual reconstitution of the Russell Investments Indexes; (2) the dates on which stock options, stock index options, and stock index futures expire (i.e., the third Friday of March, June, September, and December); (3) the dates of the rebalance of the MSCI Equities Indexes (i.e., on a quarterly basis); (4) the dates of the rebalance of the S&P 400, S&P 500, and S&P 600 Indexes (i.e., on a quarterly basis); and (5) the date of the annual reconstitution of the Nasdaq-100 and Nasdaq Biotechnology Indexes. The removal of days for purposes of determining options tier calculations under this section will be pursuant to Options 7, Section 2(5)(b) of The Nasdaq Options Market rules.

(k) For the final five trading days of the month in which a member begins providing liquidity directly to Nasdaq that previously had been provided to Nasdaq via a sponsored access relationship, Nasdaq shall calculate liquidity provider rebates for the switching member for the entire month based upon the average daily liquidity provided by that Sponsored access provider for that month. Members may invoke this provision only once, and they must notify Nasdaq in a form specified by Nasdaq five days in advance of beginning to provide liquidity directly to Nasdaq.

(l) For purposes of all calculations under Equity 7, Section 118 for the month of December 2011, Nasdaq will exclude December 27, 2011 if doing so will allow a member to achieve more favorable pricing under the rule.

(m) Excess Order Fee

(1) To deter members from inefficient order entry practices that place excessive burdens on the systems of Nasdaq and other members and that may negatively impact the usefulness of market data, Nasdaq imposes an Excess Order Fee on members with an "Order Entry Ratio" of more than 100. The Order Entry Ratio is calculated, and the Excess Order Fee imposed, on a monthly basis. All calculations under the rule will be based on orders received by Nasdaq during regular market hours (generally, 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.) and will exclude orders received at other times, even if they execute during regular market hours.

(2) For each member, the Order Entry Ratio is the ratio of (i) the member's Weighted Order Total to (ii) the greater of one (1) or the number of displayed, non-marketable orders sent to Nasdaq by the member that execute in full or in part. The Weighted Order Total is the number of displayed, non-marketable orders sent to Nasdaq by the member, as adjusted by a "Weighting Factor." The applicable Weighting Factor is applied to each order based on its price in comparison to the national best bid or best offer ("NBBO") at the time of order entry:

Order's Price versus NBBO at Entry

Weighting Factor

Less than 0.20% away

0x

0.20% to 0.99% away

1x

1.00% to 1.99% away

2x

2.00% or more away

3x

Thus, in calculating the Weighted Order Total, an order that was more than 2.0% away from the NBBO would be equivalent to three orders that were 0.50% away. Due to the applicable Weighting Factor of 0x, orders entered less than 0.20% away from the NBBO would not be included in the Weighted Order Total, but would be included in the "executed" orders component of the Order Entry Ratio if they execute in full or part. Orders sent by market makers in securities in which they are registered, through the market participant identifier ("MPID") applicable to the registration, are excluded from both components of the ratio. The following example illustrates the calculation of the Order Entry Ratio:

• A member enters 35,000,000 displayed, liquidity-providing orders:

• The member is registered as a market maker with respect to 20,000,000 of the orders. These orders are excluded from the calculation.

• 10,000,000 orders are entered at the NBBO. The Weighting Factor for these orders is 0x.

• 5,000,000 orders are entered at a price that is 1.50% away from the NBBO. The Weighting Factor for these orders is 2x.

• Of the 15,000,000 orders included in the calculation, 90,000 are executed.

• The Weighted Order Total is (10,000,000 x 0) + (5,000,000 x 2) = 10,000,000. The Order Entry Ratio is 10,000,000 / 90,000 = 111

(3) If a member has an Order Entry Ratio of more than 100, the Order Entry Fee will be calculated by determining the member's Excess Weighted Orders. Excess Weighted Orders are calculated by subtracting (i) the Weighted Order Total that would result in the member having an Order Entry Ratio of 100 from (ii) the member's actual Weighted Order Total.

In the example above, the Weighted Order Total that would result in an Order Entry Ratio of 100 is 9,000,000, since 9,000,000 / 90,000 = 100. Accordingly, the Excess Weighted Orders would be 10,000,000 - 9,000,000 = 1,000,000.

The Excess Order Fee charged to the member will then be determined by multiplying the Applicable Rate by the number of Excess Weighted Orders. The Applicable Rate is determined based on the member's Order Entry Ratio.

Order Entry Ratio

Applicable Rate

101 - 1,000

$0.005

More than 1,000

$0.01

In the example above, the Applicable Rate would be $0.005, based on the member's Order Entry Ratio of 111. Accordingly, the monthly Excess Order Fee would be 1,000,000 x $0.005 = $5,000.

(4) Notwithstanding the foregoing, a member will not be subject to the Excess Order Fee if: (i) it has a daily average Weighted Order Total of less than 100,000 during the month; or (ii) as a registered Nasdaq market maker, the member is registered in a daily average of 100 or more issues in a given month.

(n) For purposes of all Consolidated Volume and ADV calculations under this Section for the month of December 2023, Nasdaq will exclude December 13, 2023, if doing so will allow a member to achieve more favorable pricing under the rule.

Adopted Jan. 13, 2006 (SEC Release 34-53128); amended July 31, 2006 (SR-NASDAQ-2006-023), operative Aug. 1, 2006; amended Jan. 4, 2007 (SR-NASDAQ-2006-055), operative Nov. 1, 2006; amended Nov. 28, 2006 (SR-NASDAQ-2006-051), operative Dec. 1, 2006; amended Dec. 28, 2006 (SR-NASDAQ-2006-068), operative Jan. 2, 2007; amended Jan. 29, 2007 (SR-NASDAQ-2007-003), operative Feb. 1, 2007; amended Feb. 28, 2007 (SR-NASDAQ-2007-017), operative Mar. 1, 2007; amended Mar. 22, 2007 (SR-NASDAQ-2007-026); amended Mar. 30, 2007 (SR-NASDAQ-2007-036), operative Apr. 2, 2007; amended Apr. 3, 2007 (SR-NASDAQ-2007-038), operative Mar. 5, 2007; amended May 29, 2007 (SR-NASDAQ-2007-055), operative June 1, 2007; amended June 21, 2007 (SR-NASDAQ-2007-062), operative July 1, 2007; amended July 2, 2007 (SR-NASDAQ-2007-064); amended July 18, 2007 (SR-NASDAQ-2007-061), operative Aug. 1, 2007; amended Sep. 4, 2007 (SR-NASDAQ-2007-077); amended Oct. 1, 2007 (SR-NASDAQ-2007-082); amended Nov. 1, 2007 (SR-NASDAQ-2007-089); amended Oct. 31, 2007 (SR-NASDAQ-2007-087), operative Nov. 1, 2007; amended Nov. 30, 2009 (SR-NASDAQ-2007-095), operative Dec. 3, 2007; amended Jan. 2, 2008 (SR-NASDAQ-2008-001); amended Feb. 1, 2008 (SR-NASDAQ-2008-009); amended Mar. 31, 2008 (SR-NASDAQ-2008-029), operative Apr. 1, 2008; amended Apr. 24, 2008 (SR-NASDAQ-2008-036), operative May 1, 2008; amended May 30, 2008 (SR-NASDAQ-2008-048), operative June 2, 2008; amended Aug. 15, 2008 (SR-NASDAQ-2008-070), operative Sep. 1, 2008; amended Feb. 19, 2009 (SR-NASDAQ-2009-013), operative Mar. 2, 2009; amended Mar. 25, 2009 (SR-NASDAQ-2009-029), operative Apr. 1, 2009; amended Apr. 14, 2009 (SR-NASDAQ-2009-035), operative Apr. 15, 2009; amended May 1, 2009 (SR-NASDAQ-2009-041); amended June 4, 2009 (SR-NASDAQ-2009-051); amended July 1, 2009 (SR-NASDAQ-2009-067); amended July 9, 2009 (SR-NASDAQ-2009-068); amended July 24, 2009 (SR-NASDAQ-2009-072); amended July 31, 2009 (SR-NASDAQ-2009-074), operative Aug. 3, 2009; amended Aug. 28, 2009 (SR-NASDAQ-2009-082), operative Sep. 1, 2009; amended Oct. 22, 2009 (SR-NASDAQ-2009-088), operative Oct. 1, 2009; amended Oct. 29, 2009 (SR-NASDAQ-2009-096), operative Nov. 2, 2009; amended Nov. 23, 2009 (SR-NASDAQ-2009-101); amended Jan. 26, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-014), operative Feb. 1, 2010; amended Jan. 29, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-020), operative Feb. 1, 2010; amended Feb. 26, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-029), operative Mar. 1, 2010; amended Mar. 26, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-015), operative July 24, 2009; amended Mar. 30, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-044), operative Apr. 1, 2010; amended Apr. 13, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-049), operative Apr. 15, 2010; amended May 3, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-058); amended May 14, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-059); operative May 17, 2010; amended June 1, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-064); amended July 28, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-095), operative Aug. 2, 2010; amended Aug. 25, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-106), operative Sep. 1, 2010; amended Sep. 7, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-113); amended Sep. 28, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-121), operative Oct. 1, 2010; amended Oct. 1, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-128); amended Dec. 9, 2010 (Sr-NASDAQ-2010-164); amended Jan. 3, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-003); amended Dec. 30, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-166), operative Jan. 3, 2011; amended Jan. 24, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-004), operative Feb. 7, 2011; amended Jan. 27, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-017), operative Feb. 1, 2011; amended Feb. 4, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-023), operative Feb. 14, 2011; amended Feb. 10, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-026), operative Feb. 22, 2011; amended Feb. 22, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-028), operative Mar. 1, 2011; amended Apr. 1, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-048); amended Apr. 29, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-062), operative May 2, 2011; amended May 25, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-072), operative June 1, 2011; amended July 27, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-103), operative Aug. 1, 2011; amended Aug. 25, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-120), operative Sep. 1, 2011; amended Nov. 1, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-150); amended Nov. 30, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-165), operative Dec. 1, 2011; amended Dec. 28, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-175); amended Jan. 27, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-020), operative Feb. 1, 2012; amended Mar. 23, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-040), operative Apr. 2, 2012; amended Mar. 30, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-047), operative Apr. 2, 2012; amended Apr. 25, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-053), operative May 1, 2012; amended Apr. 30, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-056), operative May 1, 2012; amended Apr. 30, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-055), operative June 1, 2012; amended May 22, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-064), operative July 2, 2012; mended June 25, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-073), operative July 2, 2012; amended June 28, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-079), operative July 2, 2012; amended July 31, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-093), operative Aug. 1, 2012; amended Aug. 31, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-103), operative Sept. 4, 2012; amended Oct. 1, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-115); amended Nov. 30, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-135), operative Dec. 3, 2012; amended Dec. 31, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-149), operative Jan. 2, 2013; amended Jan. 31, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-023), operative Feb. 1, 2013; amended Feb. 26, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-038), operative Feb. 27, 2013; amended Mar. 1, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-042); amended Mar. 27, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-057), operative Mar. 28, 2013; amended Apr. 1, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-063); amended May 1, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-075); amended June 3, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-081); amended May 24, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-080), operative June 14, 2013; amended July 25, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-100), operative Aug. 1, 2013; amended Aug. 29, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-114), operative Sep. 1, 2013; amended Sep. 27, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-129), operative Oct. 1, 2013; amended Nov. 1, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-138); amended Nov. 29, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2103-150), operative Dec. 2, 2013; amended Dec. 30, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-166), operative Jan. 2, 2014; amended Jan. 31, 2014 (SR-NASDAQ-2014-015), operative Feb. 3, 2014; amended Mar. 13, 2014 (SR-NASDAQ-2014-026); amended Apr. 2, 2014 (SR-NASDAQ-2014-031); amended Apr. 30, 2014 (SR-NASDAQ-2014-049), operative May 1, 2014; amended July 1, 2014 (SR-NASDAQ-2014-069); amended Aug. 1, 2014 (SR-NASDAQ-2014-078); amended Aug. 28, 2014 (SR-NASDAQ-2014-089), operative Sep. 2, 2014; amended Sep. 29, 2014 (SR-NASDAQ-2014-096), operative Oct. 1, 2014; amended Nov. 12, 2014 (SR-NASDAQ-2014-108); amended Nov. 12, 2014 (SR-NASDAQ-2014-107); amended Dec. 15, 2014 (SR-NASDAQ-2014-124), operative Jan. 1, 2015; amended Dec. 19, 2014 (SR-NASDAQ-2014-128), operative Feb. 2, 2015; amended Jan. 27, 2015 (SR-NASDAQ-2015-006); amended Feb. 2, 2015 (SR-NASDAQ-2015-008); amended Feb. 2, 2015 (SR-NASDAQ-2015-010); amended Apr. 1, 2015 (SR-NASDAQ-2015-032); amended Apr. 30, 2015 (SR-NASDAQ-2015-048), operative May 1, 2015; amended May 7, 2015 (SR-NASDAQ-2015-052), operative May 1, 2015; amended June 15, 2015 (SR-NASDAQ-2015-062), operative June 1, 2015; amended July 1, 2015 (SR-NASDAQ-2015-073); amended July 13, 2015 (SR-NASDAQ-2015-081), operative July 1, 2015; amended June 24, 2015 (SR-NASDAQ-2015-066), operative July 24, 2015; amended Aug. 12, 2015 (SR-NASDAQ-2015-099), operative Aug. 3, 2015; amended Sept 1, 2015 (SR-NASDAQ-2015-105); amended Oct. 9, 2015 (SR-NASDAQ-2015-119), operative Oct. 1, 2015; amended Oct. 22, 2015 (SR-NASDAQ-2015-126), operative Oct. 1, 2015; amended Nov. 3, 2015 (SR-NASDAQ-2015-137); amended Nov. 30, 2015 (SR-NASDAQ-2015-147), operative Dec. 1, 2015; amended Feb. 22, 2016 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-027), operative Feb. 10, 2016; amended Feb. 10, 2016 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-020), operative Feb. 1, 2016; amended Feb. 29, 2016 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-031), operative Mar. 1, 2016; amended Mar. 7, 2016 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-037); amended Apr. 12, 2016 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-054), operative Apr. 1, 2016; amended June 8, 2016 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-083), operative June 1, 2016; amended July 13, 2016 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-102), operative July 1, 2016; amended Aug. 10, 2016 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-115), operative Aug. 1, 2016; amended Sept. 28, 2016 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-132), operative Sept. 1, 2016; amended Jan. 3, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-002); amended Feb. 1, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-011); amended Feb. 9, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-016); amended Mar. 1, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-026); amended June 1, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-056); amended Oct. 18, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-111); amended Nov. 1, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-120); amended Jan. 2, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-001); amended Feb. 1, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-009); amended Feb. 13, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-013); Mar. 9, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-021); amended Mar. 29, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-025), operative Apr. 2, 2018; amended May 31, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-042), operative June 1, 2018; amended June 12, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-047); amended July 2, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-053); amended July 12, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-057); amended Aug. 1, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-064); amended Oct. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-068), operative Oct. 29, 2018; amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098); amended Dec. 21, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-108); amended Dec. 26, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-111), operative Jan. 2, 2019; amended Jan. 31, 2019 (SR-NASDAQ-2019-003); amended Mar. 1, 2019 (SR-NASDAQ-2019-012); amended Mar. 12, 2019 (SR-NASDAQ-2019-015); amended Mar. 28, 2019 (SR-NASDAQ-2019-023), operative Apr. 1, 2019; amended May 1, 2019 (SR-NASDAQ-2019-036); amended May 13, 2019 (SR-NASDAQ-2019-038); amended July 25, 2019 (SR-NASDAQ-2019-062), operative Aug. 1, 2019; amended Aug. 27, 2019 (SR-NASDAQ-2019-068), operative Sept. 3, 2019; amended Aug. 28, 2019 (SR-NASDAQ-2019-069); amended Sept. 3, 2019 (SR-NASDAQ-2019-071); amended Sept. 9, 2019 (SR-NASDAQ-2019-076); amended Sept. 18, 2019 (SR-NASDAQ-2019-080); amended Nov. 27, 2019 (SR-NASDAQ-2019-094), operative Dec. 2, 2019; amended Dec. 23, 2019 (SR-NASDAQ-2019-101), operative Jan. 2, 2020; amended June 1, 2020 (SR-NASDAQ-2020-029); amended June 10, 2020 (SR-NASDAQ-2020-030); amended July 1, 2020 (SR-NASDAQ-2020-040); amended July 9, 2020 (SR-NASDAQ-2020-041); amended Aug. 3, 2020 (SR-NASDAQ-2020-048); amended Aug. 17, 2020 (SR-NASDAQ-2020-053); amended Aug. 28, 2020 (SR-NASDAQ-2020-058); amended Aug. 31, 2020 (SR-NASDAQ-2020-059); amended Sep. 1, 2020 (SR-NASDAQ-2020-061); amended Sep. 15, 2020 (SR-NASDAQ-2020-063); amended Sep. 28, 2020 (SR-NASDAQ-2020-064); amended Oct. 1, 2020 (SR-NASDAQ-2020-067); amended Oct. 1, 2020 (SR-NASDAQ-2020-066); amended Nov. 2, 2020 (SR-NASDAQ-2020-074); amended Dec. 7, 2020 (SR-NASDAQ-2020-087); amended January 4, 2021 (SR-NASDAQ-2021-001); amended January 12, 2021 (SR-NASDAQ-2021-003); amended Feb. 1, 2021 (SR-NASDAQ-2021-006); amended Mar. 1, 2021 (SR-NASDAQ-2021-011); amended Apr. 1, 2021 (SR-NASDAQ-2021-015); amended Apr. 12, 2021 (SR-NASDAQ-2021-020); amended May 19, 2021 (SR-NASDAQ-2021-043); amended June 22, 2021 (SR-NASDAQ-2021-053); amended July 1, 2021 (SR-NASDAQ-2021-056); amended July 8, 2021 (SR-NASDAQ-2021-058); amended Sep. 1, 2021 (SR-NASDAQ-2021-068); amended Sep. 14, 2021 (SR-NASDAQ-2021-072); amended Oct. 1, 2021 (SR-NASDAQ-2021-078); amended October 13, 2021 (SR-NASDAQ-2021-081); amended Nov. 1, 2021 (SR-NASDAQ-2021-088); amended Dec. 1, 2021 (SR-NASDAQ-2021-096); amended Dec. 10, 2021 (SR-NASDAQ-2021-100); amended Jan. 3, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-002); amended Jan. 18, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-005) (withdrawn); amended Jan. 24, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-008) (withdrawn); amended Jan. 25, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-009) (withdrawn); amended Jan. 27, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-011); amended Feb. 1, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-013); amended Mar. 1, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-019); amended Mar. 9, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-025); amended Apr. 1, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-030); amended Apr. 12, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-032); amended Jun. 1, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-036); amended Jul. 1, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-039); amended Aug. 1, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-046); amended Sep. 1, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-050); amended Oct. 3, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-053); amended Nov. 1, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-062); amended Nov. 4, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-063); amended Dec. 1, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-070); amended May 1, 2023 (SR-NASDAQ-2023-012); amended May 2, 2023 (SR-NASDAQ-2023-013); amended Jun. 1, 2023 (SR-NASDAQ-2023-015); amended Aug. 1, 2023 (SR-NASDAQ-2023-028); amended Nov. 1, 2023 (SR-NASDAQ-2023-043); amended Dec. 21, 2023 (SR-NASDAQ-2023-056); amended Feb. 1, 2024 (SR-NASDAQ-2024-005).

Section 119. Market Data Distributor Fees

(a) Nasdaq Market Data Distributors shall be assessed the following annual administrative fee:

 

 

Delayed distributor

$250

0-999 real-time terminals

$500

1,000-4,999 real-time terminals

$1,250

5,000-9,999 real-time terminals

$2,250

10,000+ real-time terminals

$3,750

Nasdaq may waive all or part of the foregoing charges.

(b) The charge to be paid by Distributors of the following Nasdaq Market Center real time data feeds shall be:

 

 

 

 

 

Monthly Direct Access Fee

Monthly Internal Distributor Fee

Monthly External Distributor Fee

Issue Specific Data

 

 

 

Dynamic Intraday

 

 

 

Nasdaq-listed security depth entitlements

$2,000

$1,000

$2,500

Non Nasdaq-listed security depth entitlements

$1,000

$500

$1,250

(c) A "distributor" of Nasdaq data is any entity that receives a feed or data file of Nasdaq data directly from Nasdaq or indirectly through another entity and then distributes it either internally (within that entity) or externally (outside that entity). All distributors shall execute a Nasdaq distributor agreement. Nasdaq itself is a vendor of its data feed(s) and has executed a Nasdaq distributor agreement and pays the distributor charge.

(d) "Direct Access" means a telecommunications interface with Nasdaq for receiving Nasdaq data, or receiving a Nasdaq data feed within the Nasdaq co-location facility, or receiving Nasdaq data via an Extranet access provider or other such provider that is fee-liable under Equity 7, Section 125.

Adopted Jan. 13, 2006 (SEC Release 34-53128); amended Apr. 1, 2007 (SR-NASDAQ-2007-032); amended Aug. 20, 2008 (SR-NASDAQ-2008-019); amended Nov. 3, 2008 (SR-NASDAQ-2008-018); amended Sep. 3, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-110), operative Sep. 1, 2010; amended Nov. 24, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-152), operative Dec. 1, 2010; amended Dec. 9, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-165), operative Jan. 1, 2011; amended May 20, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-071); amended Oct. 18, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-111); amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098).

Section 120. Automated Voice Response Service Fee

The monthly charge to be paid by the subscriber for access to Nasdaq Level 1 Service and Last Sale Information Service through automated voice response services shall be $21.25 for each voice port.

Adopted by SEC Release 34-53128 (Jan. 13, 2006); amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098).

Section 121. Nasdaq Report Center

The charge to be paid by a Nasdaq Member for each entitled user receiving Nasdaq Report Center via NasdaqTrader.com is $250 per month, per MPID (monthly maximum of 100 reports accessed listed under (b) - (f)).* The Nasdaq Report Center includes the following reports (accessing a report listed under (g) - (k) does not count against the monthly report limit):

(a) Reserved

(b) Historical Research Reports

(c) Nasdaq Order Execution and Routing

(d) Market Recap

(e) QView Historical Reports

(f) Real-Time Registered Market Maker Report

(g) Execution Invoice Detail

(h) Month to Date Invoice Summary

(i) Excessive Messaging Invoice Detail

(j) Investor Support Program Invoice Detail

(k) Qualified Market Maker Invoice Detail

Nasdaq may modify the contents of the Nasdaq Report Center from time to time based on subscriber interest.

* Nasdaq is in the process of transitioning to a new platform for the reports under Rule 7021. The Rule 7021 reports available on this new platform, Report HQ, will be provided at no additional cost to subscribers. Members currently subscribed to Nasdaq Report Center seeking reports that include FINRA/Nasdaq TRF Chicago historical data must complete a Report HQ Request Form and register with Nasdaq Trading Services so that access may be granted to the Report HQ. All new subscribers to Nasdaq Report Center will also be provided access to Report HQ. All new subscribers to Report HQ seeking to receive reports listed under Rule 7021 will also be provided access to Nasdaq Report Center platform and be subject to the fees under this rule. Unlike Nasdaq Report Center, where each user is provided permission to reports for a single MPID, a Report HQ user may be provided permission to reports for multiple MPIDs. This simplifies access to reports, but will not alter fee liability for access to reports for an individual MPID. Nasdaq will eventually transfer all reports under this rule to Report HQ and phase out the old platform. During the transition period a member may access up to a total of 100 reports under paragraphs (b) - (f) on each platform.

Adopted by SEC Release 34-53128 (Jan. 13, 2006); amended by SR-NASDAQ-2006-024 eff. July 31, 2006; amended Dec. 23, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-173), operative Feb. 1, 2012; amended Dec. 5, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2014-121), operative Jan. 2, 2015; amended Oct. 18, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-111); amended Sept. 6, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-073); amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098).

Section 122. Historical Research and Administrative Reports

(a) The charge to be paid by the purchaser of an Historical Research Report regarding a Nasdaq security through the NasdaqTrader.com website shall be determined in accordance with the following schedule:

 

 

 

 

 

Number of fields of information in the report

 

1-10

11-15

16 or more

A. Market Summary Statistics

 

 

 

For a day

$10

$15

$20

For a month, quarter, or year

$15

$20

$25

B. Reserved

 

 

 

C. Nasdaq Issues Summary Statistics

 

 

 

For a security for a day

$10

$15

$20

For a security for a month, quarter, or year

$20

$30

$40

For all issues for a day

$50

$75

$100

For all issues for a month, quarter or year

$100

$150

$200

D. Intra-Day Quote and Intra-Day Time and Sales Data

 

 

 

For a security and/or a market participant for a day

$15

$25

$35

For all market participants for a day or for all securities for a day

$30

$40

$50

E. Member Trading Activity Reports

 

 

 

For a security and a market participant for a day

$15

$25

$50

For all securities for a market participant for a day

$30

$50

$75

F. Nasdaq may, in its discretion, choose to make a report that purchasers wish to obtain every trading day available on a subscription discount basis. In such cases, the price for a subscription to receive a report every trading day in a month shall be the applicable rate to receive the report for a day times 20; the price for a subscription to receive a report every trading day in a quarter shall be the applicable rate to receive the report for a day times 60; and the price for a subscription to receive a report every trading day in a year shall be the applicable rate to receive the report for a day times 240.

(b) The charge to be paid by the purchaser of an Historical Research Report regarding a Nasdaq security that wishes to obtain a license to redistribute the information contained in the report to subscribers shall be determined in accordance with the following schedule:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of subscribers

 

1-500

501-999

1,000-4999

5,000-9,999

10,000+

A. Market Summary Statistics

 

 

 

 

 

More often than once a month

$250

$350

$450

$550

$750

Once a month, quarter, or year

$125

$175

$225

$275

$375

B. Reserved

 

 

 

 

 

C. Reserved

 

 

 

 

 

D. Intra-Day Quote and Intra-Day Time and Sales Data

 

 

 

 

 

For a security and/or a market participant for a day

$200

$300

$400

$500

$700

For all market participants for a day or for all securities for a day

$1,000

$1,500

$2,500

$3,500

$5,000

(c) The Short Interest Report is available from Nasdaq for $500 per month. Distributors may distribute the report to an unlimited number of internal Subscribers for $1,000 per month, or to external Subscribers according to the following schedule, which includes the right to distribute data internally:

 

 

Monthly Fee

External Subscribers

$2,500

1-499

$5,000

500-9,999

$7,500

10,000+ or open website

Distributors that purchase enterprise licenses at Equity 7, Section 123(c)(3), Equity 7, Section 147(b)(5), or Equity 7, Section 147(b)(6), or that expend $5,000 or more on any product offered at Equity 7, Section 139 in a particular month, excluding distributor fees at Equity 7, Section 139(c), may distribute the Short Interest Report to an unlimited number of external Subscribers or on an open website for $1,500 per month.

(d) Administrative Reports - $25 per user, per month.

(e) The charge to be paid by the purchaser for a license to receive Daily List and Fundamental Data information is $1,750 per month for any purchaser who has access to these reports during the month.

Adopted Jan. 13, 2006 (SEC Release 34-53128); amended May 21, 2007 (SR-NASDAQ-2007-039); amended Jan. 10, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-009); amended Aug. 22, 2014 (SR-NASDAQ-2014-086); amended Nov. 11, 2014 (SR-NASDAQ- 2014-106), operative Jan. 1, 2015; amended Dec. 15, 2016 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-175), operative Jan. 1, 2017; amended June 29, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-064), operative July 1, 2017; amended July 13, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-071); amended July 25, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-077; amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098); amended January 31, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-014), operative February 1, 2022; amended February 14, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-016); amended February 28, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-018); amended Mar. 9, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-024).

Section 123. Nasdaq Depth-of-Book Data

(a) Definitions applicable to this Section.

(1) Depth-of-Book refers to data feeds containing price quotations at more than one price level. The Depth-of-Book data feeds are:

(A) Nasdaq Level 2 means, with respect to stocks listed on Nasdaq, the best-priced orders or quotes from each Nasdaq member displayed in the Nasdaq Market Center; and

(B) Nasdaq TotalView means, with respect to stocks listed on Nasdaq and on an exchange other than Nasdaq, all orders and quotes from all Nasdaq members displayed in the Nasdaq Market Center as well as the aggregate size of such orders and quotes at each price level in the execution functionality of the Nasdaq Market Center.

(2) Display/Non-Display Usage refers to the method by which Subscribers access Depth-of-Book data.

(A) Display Usage means any method of accessing Depth-of-Book data that involves the display of such data on a screen or other visualization mechanism for access or use by a natural person or persons, and

(B) Non-Display Usage means any method of accessing Depth-of-Book data that involves access or use by a machine or automated device without access or use of a display by a natural person or persons.

(3) Professional/Non-Professional Subscriber refers to the classification of types of Subscribers.

(A) A Non-Professional Subscriber is a natural person who is not:

(1) registered or qualified in any capacity with the Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, any state securities agency, any securities exchange or association, or any commodities or futures contract market or association;

(2) engaged as an "investment adviser" as that term is defined in Section 201(11) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (whether or not registered or qualified under that Act); or

(3) employed by a bank or other organization exempt from registration under federal or state securities laws to perform functions that would require registration or qualification if such functions were performed for an organization not so exempt.

(B) A Professional Subscriber is any Subscriber other than a Non-Professional Subscriber.

(4) Distributor refers to any entity that receives a feed or data file of Depth-of-Book data directly from Nasdaq or indirectly through another entity and then distributes it to one or more Subscribers.

(A) Internal Distributors are Distributors that receive a Depth-of-Book feed or data file and then distribute that feed or data file to one or more Subscribers within the Distributor's own entity.

(B) External Distributors are Distributors that receive a Depth-of-Book feed or data file and then distribute that feed or data file to one or more Subscribers outside the Distributor's own entity.

All Distributors shall execute a Nasdaq Distributor Agreement. Nasdaq itself is a vendor of its Depth-of-Book data feed(s) and has executed a Nasdaq Distributor Agreement and pays the Distributor charge.

(5) Direct/Indirect Access refers to the manner in which a Distributor or Subscriber receives or accesses Nasdaq Depth-of-Book data.

(A) Direct Access has the same meaning as set forth in Nasdaq Equity 7, Section 119(d).

(B) Indirect Access means any means of accessing Nasdaq Depth-of-Book data other than Direct Access.

(6) A Controlled Device is any device that a Distributor of Nasdaq Depth-of-Book data permits to: (1) access the Depth-of-Book information or (2) communicate with the Distributor so as to cause the Distributor to access the Depth-of-Book data.

Where a Controlled Device is part of an electronic network between computers used for investment, trading or order routing activities, the Distributor must demonstrate that the particular Controlled Device should not have to pay for an entitlement. For example, in some Display systems the Distributor gives the Subscribers the choice to view the data or not; a Subscriber that chooses not to view it would not be charged. Similarly, in a Non-Display system, users of Controlled Devices may have a choice of basic or advanced computerized trading or order routing services, where only the advanced version uses the information. Customers of the basic service would not be charged.

(7) The term "Trading Platform" shall mean any execution platform operated as or by a registered National Securities Exchange (as defined in Section 3(a)(1) of the Exchange Act), an Alternative Trading System (as defined in Rule 300(a) of Regulation ATS), or an Electronic Communications Network (as defined by Rule 600(b)(23) of Regulation NMS).

(b) Subscriber Fees.

(1) Nasdaq Level 2

(A) Non-Professional Subscribers pay a monthly fee of $14 each;

(B) Professional Subscribers pay a monthly fee of $70 each for Display Usage based upon Direct or Indirect Access, or for Non-Display Usage based upon Indirect Access only;

(C) Professional Subscribers pay a monthly fee as set forth in subsection (3) below for Non-Display Usage based upon Direct Access;

(D) The fees for Nasdaq Level 2 are separate from the fees for Nasdaq Level 1 as set forth in the Nasdaq UTP Plan; and

(E) Direct Access has the same meaning as set forth in Nasdaq Equity 7, Section 119(d).

(2) Nasdaq TotalView

(A) Non-Professional Subscribers pay a monthly fee of $15 each;

(B) Professional Subscribers pay a monthly fee of $76 each for any Display Usage, or for Non-Display Usage based upon Indirect Access; and

(C) Professional Subscribers pay a monthly fee as set forth in subsection (3) below for Non-Display Usage based upon Direct Access.

(3) Professional Subscribers pay a monthly fee for Non-Display Usage based upon Direct Access to Nasdaq Level 2 or Nasdaq TotalView:

 

 

Subscribers

Monthly Fee

1-39

$375 per Subscriber

40-99

$15,000.00 per firm

100-249

$30,000.00 per firm

250+

$75,000.00 per firm

The Professional Subscriber fee for Non-Display Usage via Direct Access applies to any Subscriber that accesses any data elements included in any Depth-of-Book data feed.

(c) Enterprise License Fees

(1) A Distributor that is also a broker-dealer pays a monthly fee of $25,000 for the right to provide Nasdaq TotalView for Display Usage for Internal Distribution, or for External Distribution to both Professional and Non-Professional Subscribers with whom the firm has a brokerage relationship. This Enterprise License fee shall be in addition to a monthly fee of $9 for each Non-Professional Subscriber and a monthly fee of $60 for each Professional Subscriber for Display Usage based upon Direct or Indirect Access.

(2) As an alternative to subsection (1), a Distributor that is also a broker-dealer may pay a monthly fee of $500,000 to provide Nasdaq Level 2 or Nasdaq TotalView for Display Usage by Professional or Non-Professional Subscribers with whom the firm has a brokerage relationship. This Enterprise License shall not apply to relevant Level 1 or Depth Distributor fees.

(d) Trading Platform Fee. There shall be a minimum monthly fee for entities that operate Trading Platforms that utilize Nasdaq Depth-of-Book Data on a non-display basis and that pay less than $15,000 per month in aggregate fees for Depth-of-Book Data. The fee shall be $5,000 per month per Trading Platform up to a maximum of three Trading Platforms.

Adopted Jan. 13, 2006 (SEC Release 34-53128); amended Dec. 7, 2006 (SR-NASDAQ-2006-052); amended Mar. 30, 2007 (SR-NASDAQ-2007-033); amended Mar. 30, 2007 (SR-NASDAQ-2007-034); amended Mar. 30, 2007 (SR-NASDAQ-2007-035); amended Jan. 21, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-010), operative Feb. 20, 2010; amended Mar, 5, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-034) operative Apr. 4, 2010; amended Sep. 3, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-111); amended Sep. 30, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-125); amended Feb. 1, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-021); amended Mar. 28, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-042); amended Mar. 30, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-044); amended June 12, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-069), operative July 1, 2012; amended Dec. 10, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-133), operative Jan. 1, 2013; amended Nov. 14, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-142), operative Jan. 1, 2014; amended July 1, 2014 (SR-NASDAQ-2014-070); amended Dec. 19, 2014 (SR-NASDAQ-2014-125); amended Nov. 28, 2014 (SR-NASDAQ-2014-111), operative Jan. 1, 2015; amended Dec. 18, 2015 (SR-NASDAQ-2015-157), operative Jan. 1, 2016; amended Dec. 14, 2015 (SR-NASDAQ-2015-152), operative Jan. 4, 2016; amended Apr. 18, 2016 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-058), operative Mar. 23, 2016; amended Dec. 28, 2016 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-184), operative Jan. 1, 2017; amended Jan. 10, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-004); amended May 26, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-054), operative Sep. 1, 2017; amended July 21, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-075); amended Oct. 18, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-111); amended Nov. 30, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-126); amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098); amended Apr. 12, 2019 (SR-NASDAQ-2019-030); amended Apr. 25, 2019 (SR-NASDAQ-2019-033); amended Jun. 14, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-037); amended Jul. 19, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-042).

Section 123-IM-1 U.S. Non-Display Information

(a) Devices (or servers) used in the transportation, dissemination or aggregation of data (distribution) are not necessarily fee liable, but the Distributor should be able to identify such Devices that exist within the market data infrastructure and identify how many Devices are used for distribution separate and apart from the Devices that are used for the reasons listed in the examples below.

(b) Unit of Count

For purposes of counting Non-Display Devices, Distributors are required to report the greater of (i) the number of Subscribers that can modify the application in real-time, or (ii) the number of Devices (usually servers) that receive and benefit from the information.

(1) "Subscriber" is defined as a device or computer terminal or an automated service which is entitled to receive Information. Nasdaq may also use the terms "Interrogation Device" or "Device" or "Access".

If the Distributor is unable to count the physical number of Subscribers or the number of Devices, then the Distributor may submit usage reports for (i) the number of IP addresses, or (ii) the number of hosts that have access to Nasdaq U.S. Information.

(2) Distributors should have a quantifiable and auditable procedure in place to count and exclude all Devices that are non-fee liable. For clarification purposes, the following are considered Devices and should be reported unless otherwise excluded:

(A) Blade server (a type of server);

(B) Rack server; or

(C) FPGA may not necessarily be a server, but if an FPGA is run on a server that server may be fee liable.

(3) Nasdaq does not recognize the following terms to determine whether a device is fee liable for Non-Display purposes:

(A) Cores. Nasdaq understands that Devices may utilize multiple cores or processors to handle market data and trading. If two or more cores sit on the same physical device then Nasdaq would require the Distributor to report one Subscriber.

(B) GPU, Xeon Phi cards, memory or chassis linked to a server utilizing these hardware devices that is already counted.

(C) Virtual machines run on the same Device (whether one or multiple cores) would be reported as one Subscriber.

(c) Non-Display Examples

Examples of fee-liable Non-Display use include, but are not limited to, what is described below. Nasdaq provides these examples to help Distributors understand how Non-Display may be applied.

(1) Automated trading

(A) All automated trading programs, applications, and scripts. Nasdaq recognizes that many programs including, but not limited to workbook software and applications and third party software and applications with auto-quoting/pegging (e.g. Microsoft Excel, GoogleDocs, Numbers for Mac or other third party software) may be utilized to implement an automated trade, and such use would be considered Non-Display. Other similar use cases would also require payment of the Non-Display license.

(B) Orders that are created or delivered via an automated order handling logic.

(C) Automated conditional orders, or complex order chain building whereby an algorithm responds to certain pre-set conditions.

(D) Automated order/quote generation and/or order/quote pegging.

(E) Price referencing for use in algorithmic trading.

(F) Price referencing for use in smart order routing.

(2) Program trading and high frequency trading

(A) The use of automated programs to trade instruments.

(3) Order Verification

(A) An Order Verification program that calculates estimated costs.

(B) An Order Verification program that provides warning/informational messages such as an order at a defined percentage threshold away from the quote.

(4) Automated surveillance programs

(5) Risk management that encompasses auto stop loss/position exiting functions

(A) Risk management, the process of identification and analysis of investment decision making, occurs whenever a person, bank, or other such interested party analyzes and attempts to determine their potential gain or loss and takes the appropriate action depending on their investment objectives.

(B) Automatic order cancellation, or automatic error discovery.

(6) Clearing and settlement activities

(7) Account maintenance (e.g. controlling margin for a customer account)

(8) Hot disaster recovery

(d) For avoidance of doubt, Non-Display is fee liable regardless of whether the Order Management System, Execution Management System, or trading infrastructure is:

(1) Hosted by a vendor or sub vendor;

(2) Located in the cloud;

(3) Installed locally within your own data center;

(4) Enterprise; or

(5) Locally on an individual's desktop or device.

Note: the Non-Display fee structure and reporting requirements may vary depending upon the Nasdaq U.S. Information, but the Non-Display Policy and Unit of Count are consistent across all Nasdaq U.S. Information products.

(e) Non-Display Exclusions

(1) Non-Display does not include any use of Nasdaq U.S. Information that merely enables and in actuality results in output of such use or distribution of the Nasdaq U.S. Information solely in a display. Examples include, but are not limited to:

(A) If an application is updating a portfolio and exposes such Information on the display, this use is not considered Non-Display.

(B) For example, calculating VWAPs or other derived information for use in a Display is not considered Non-Display.

(C) If an application is updating a risk management officer on a trader's position and exposing that information on a display, this is not considered Non-Display (provided there are no automated risk management/position exiting functions).

(D) Authorization and entitlement.

(E) Transportation and cold disaster recovery servers - Distributor needs to identify and show that servers used in this process are only used for transportation of market data or trades, and are not utilized for any other fee-liable purpose identified above. Further, disaster recovery servers utilized in a cold environment are non-fee liable, but hot disaster recovery servers are fee-liable because they are typically optimized for load balancing.

(F) Devices (or servers) used in the transportation, dissemination or aggregation of data (distribution) are not considered Non-Display. The Distributor should be able to identify such Devices that exist within the market data infrastructure and identify how many Devices are used for distribution separate and apart from the Devices that are used for the reasons listed above.

(f) Reporting Examples of Non-Display

(1) Below are some reporting examples of Non-Display:

(A) The Device only displays data with no Non-Display - report one Display Subscriber.

(B) The Device supports both Non-Display and Display - report one Non-Display Subscriber and one Display Subscriber.

(C) The Device supports Display but also Non-Display on a separate server-report one Non-Display Subscriber and one Display Subscriber. Only count the separate Non-Display server once, not with every use of Display.

(D) The Device supports Display but also Non-Display use where the Nasdaq Information for the Non-Display solely originates from another third party distributor - report one Display Subscriber.

(E) The Device supports Display but automated trading is built into the Display-report one Non-Display Subscriber and one Display Subscriber.

(F) The Device supports Display with automated trading functions on a third party software that the Display connects to via an API, DDE or similar solution-report one Non-Display Subscriber and one Display Subscriber.

Note: if a Distributor receives the Information via Direct Access, they do not need to report both a Non-Display Subscriber and a Display Subscriber. They only need to report the Non-Display Subscriber. However, if the Display is on a separate device, remote desktop or similar service then both Non-Display and Display are fee liable.

Adopted Mar. 4, 2016 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-036); amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098).

Section 124. Clearly Erroneous Module

The Clearly Erroneous Module, which provides real-time clearly erroneous surveillance alerts and reports, is available to subscribers for a fee of $400 per MPID, per month for the first 15 MPIDs subscribed, and for a fee of $100 per MPID, per month for each MPID subscribed in excess of 15.

Adopted by SEC Release 34-53128 (Jan. 13, 2006); amended by SR-NASDAQ-2006-007 eff. May 8, 2006; amended by SR-NASDAQ-2008-048 eff. June 2, 2008; amended Oct. 7, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-130), operative Oct. 11, 2010; amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098).

Section 125. Access and Redistribution Fee

(a) Definitions: For purposes of this Section 125:

(1) The term "Equipment Configuration" shall mean any line, circuit, router package, or other technical configuration used to provide a connection to the Exchange market data feeds.

(2) The term "Extranet Provider" shall mean any entity that has signed the Nasdaq Extranet Connection Agreement and that establishes a telecommunications connection in the Exchange's co-location facility.

(3) The term "Distributor" shall have the meaning set forth in Equity 7, Section 119(c).

(b) Extranet Providers that establish a connection with the Exchange to offer direct access connectivity to market data feeds shall be assessed a monthly access and redistribution fee of $1,000 per Equipment Configuration. If an Extranet Provider uses multiple Equipment Configurations to provide Exchange market data feeds to recipients, the access and redistribution fee shall apply to each such Equipment Configuration. Extranet Providers that use the same Equipment Configuration for the receipt of equities and options Exchange market data feeds will be assessed a single fee for that Equipment Configuration.

(c) Distributors (other than Extranet Providers) that utilize a Direct Circuit Connection to the Exchange pursuant to General 8, Section 2(a) to receive Exchange market data feeds shall be assessed a monthly access and redistribution fee of $1,000 per Direct Circuit Connection. If a Distributor (other than an Extranet Provider) uses multiple Direct Circuit Connections to receive market data feeds, the monthly fee shall apply to each. Distributors that use the same Direct Circuit Connection for the receipt of equities and options Exchange market data feeds will be assessed a single fee for that Direct Circuit Connection.

(d) The access and redistribution fees set forth above will not be charged for connectivity to market data feeds containing only consolidated data. For purposes of this rule, consolidated data includes data disseminated by the Securities Information Processor for the Nasdaq UTP Plan.

Adopted by SEC Release 34-53128 (Jan. 13, 2006); amended by SR-NASDAQ-2006-024 eff. July 31, 2006); amended Dec. 18, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-159), operative Jan. 2, 2014; amended Jan. 2, 2015 (SR-NASDAQ-2015-002); amended Sep. 29, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-104); amended Oct. 2, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-106); amended Oct. 12, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-109); amended Oct. 25, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-114); amended June 5, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-045); amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098).

Section 126. Distribution Models

(a) Display Solutions

(1) Enhanced Display Solution ("EDS") (optional delivery method)

(A) The charges to be paid by Distributors for offering EDS Subscribers of Nasdaq Depth Information with access to an API or similar solution shall be:

 

 

 

Number of Downstream EDS Subscribers

Monthly Enhanced Display Solution Fee per Distributor for the right to offer an API or similar solution

1-399 users = $4,000/month 400-999 users = $7,500/month 1,000 users or more = $15,000/month

Distributors that subscribe to the enterprise license fees described in Nasdaq Equity 7, Section 123(c) are exempt from this fee, and shall pay any Professional and Non-Professional Subscriber fees set forth in that subsection in lieu of the Professional and Non-Professional Subscriber fees set forth in this section.

(B) The monthly fee per Professional EDS Subscriber for utilizing Nasdaq Level 2 or Nasdaq TotalView data on a product with access to an API or similar solution is $80 per month.

The monthly fee per Non-Professional EDS Subscriber for utilizing Nasdaq Level 2 or Nasdaq TotalView data on a product with access to an API or similar solution is the applicable Nasdaq Level 2 or Nasdaq TotalView rate.

(C) EDS Enterprise License: EDS Distributors may elect to purchase an Enterprise License for $33,500 per month. Such Enterprise License shall entitle the EDS Distributor to distribute to an unlimited number of Professional EDS Subscribers for a monthly fee of $76 for TotalView and/or Level 2, notwithstanding the fees set forth in subsection (B) above.

(2) The term "Non-Professional" shall have the same meaning as set forth in Nasdaq Equity 7, Section 111(b).

(3) The term "Distributor" shall have the same meaning as set forth in Equity 7, Section 119(c).

(b) Managed Data Solutions

The charges to be paid by Distributors and Subscribers of Managed Data Solutions products containing Nasdaq Depth data (non-display use only) shall be:

 

 

Fee schedule for Managed Data Solutions

Price

Managed Data Solution Administration Fee (for the right to offer Managed Data Solutions to client organizations)

$2,500/mo. Per Distributor

Nasdaq Depth Data Professional Subscriber Fee
( Internal Use Only and includes TotalView and Level 2)

$375/mo. Per Subscriber

Nasdaq Depth Data
Non-Professional Subscriber ( Internal Use Only and includes
TotalView and Level 2)

$60/mo. Per Subscriber

(c) Hardware-Based Delivery of Nasdaq Depth data

(1) The charges to be paid by Distributors for processing Nasdaq Depth data sourced from a Nasdaq hardware-based market data format shall be:

 

 

Hardware-Based Delivery of Nasdaq Depth data

Monthly Fee

Internal Only Distributor

$25,000 Per Distributor

External Only Distributor

$2,500 Per Distributor

Internal and External Distributor

$27,500 Per Distributor

Managed Data Solution Administration Fee

$5,000 for the first Subscriber $750 for each additional Subscriber

(2) "Hardware-Based Delivery" means that a distributor is processing data sourced from a Nasdaq hardware coded market data format such as TotalView-ITCH FPGA.

(3) Distributors of Nasdaq Depth data also are subject to the market data fees as set forth in this section, Nasdaq Equity 7, Section 119(b) and Nasdaq Equity 7, Section 123.

Adopted Jan. 13, 2006 ( SEC Release 34-53128); amended July 7, 2006 (SR-NASDAQ-2006-014); reserved Aug. 9, 2007 (SR-NASDAQ-2007-043); amended Oct. 25, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-138); amended Nov. 10, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-146); amended Jan. 5, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-005); amended June 15, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-063), operative July 15, 2012; amended Aug. 16, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-106); amended Nov. 25, 2014 (SR-NASDAQ-2014-117); amended Dec. 18, 2015 (SR-NASDAQ-2015-158), operative Jan. 1, 2016; amended Jan. 30, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-007), operative Feb. 1, 2017; amended May 26, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-054), operative Sep, 1, 2017; amended July 21, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-075); amended Oct. 18, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-111); amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098); amended Jun. 14, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-037); amended Jul. 19, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-042).

Section 126-IM-1 U.S. Non-Display Information

For information regarding U.S. non-display policies, refer to Equity 7, Section 123-IM-1. U.S. Non-Display Information.

Adopted Mar. 4, 2016 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-036); amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098).

Section 127. Aggregation of Activity of Affiliated Members

(a) For purposes of applying any provision of the Equity 7 Series where the charge assessed, or credit provided, by Nasdaq depends upon the volume of a member's activity, a member may request that Nasdaq aggregate its activity with the activity of its affiliates.

(1) A member requesting aggregation of affiliate activity shall be required to certify to Nasdaq the affiliate status of entities whose activity it seeks to aggregate prior to receiving approval for aggregation, and shall be required to inform Nasdaq immediately of any event that causes an entity to cease to be an affiliate. Nasdaq shall review available information regarding the entities, and reserves the right to request additional information to verify the affiliate status of an entity. Nasdaq shall approve a request unless it determines that the certification is not accurate.

(2) If two or more members become affiliated on or prior to the sixteenth day of a month, and submit the required request for aggregation on or prior to the twenty-second day of the month, an approval of the request by Nasdaq shall be deemed to be effective as of the first day of that month. If two or more members become affiliated after the sixteenth day of a month, or submit a request for aggregation after the twenty-second day of the month, an approval of the request by Nasdaq shall be deemed to be effective as of the first day of the next calendar month.

(b) For purposes of applying any provision of the Equity 7 Series where the charge assessed, or credit provided, by Nasdaq depends upon the volume of a member's activity, references to an entity (including references to a "member," a "participant," or a "Nasdaq Quoting Market Participant") shall be deemed to include the entity and its affiliates that have been approved for aggregation.

(c) For purposes of this Equity 7, Section 127, the term "affiliate" of a member shall mean any member under 75% common ownership or control of that member.

Adopted Jan. 13, 2006 ( SEC Release 34-53128); amended July 1, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-093); amended Aug. 29, 2014 (SR-NASDAQ-2014-083), operative Dec. 1, 2014; amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098).

Section 128. Special Options

 

 

 

Receive only Printer

 

$100/month

Local Posting

Permits subscriber to use Nasdaq Level 3 terminals to enter quotations simultaneously into an internal computer system.

$ 10/month

Dual Keyboard

 

$ 15/month

Non-Continuous Access to Nasdaq Level 1 and Last Sale information

Permits vendor to process and distribute Level 1 and LastSale to its subscribers on a non-continuous or Information query-response basis.

$.005/query

Adopted by SEC Release 34-53128 (Jan. 13, 2006); amended by SR-NASDAQ-2006-024 eff. July 31, 2006; amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098).

Section 129. Installation, Removal or Relocation

Upon installation, removal, relocation of terminal and related equipment, or combination thereof, the subscriber shall pay charges incurred by Nasdaq, on behalf of the subscriber for the work being performed by the maintenance organization retained by Nasdaq.

Adopted by SEC Release 34-53128 (Jan. 13, 2006); amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098).

Section 130. Other Services

(a) Daily Reports to Newspapers

Reports for regular public release, such as a list of closing quotations or market summary information for newspaper publication, shall be produced in a format acceptable to most publishers without charge. Should such information be transmitted to another location at the request of any firm, a charge may be imposed for such services by Nasdaq.

(b) Other Requests for Data

Nasdaq may impose and collect compensatory charges for data Nasdaq supplied upon request, where there is no provision elsewhere in this Equity 7 Series or General 8, Sections 1-2 for charges for such service or sale.

(c) Correspondents

The charge for registration and display of a correspondent firm for a registered market maker shall be $3.50 per month for each correspondent displayed per security.

(d) Nasdaq Testing Facilities

Nasdaq operates two test environments. One is located in Ashburn, Virginia and the other in Carteret, New Jersey. Unless otherwise noted, reference to the "Nasdaq Testing Facility" or "NTF" applies to both environments.

(1) The following fees are assessed for access to the Nasdaq Testing Facility:

(A) Users that conduct tests of the computer-to-computer interface (CTCI) and the Financial Information Exchange (FIX) interface to ACT and ACES access protocols through the Nasdaq Testing Facility (NTF) shall pay the following charges:

 

 

$285/hour

For Active Connection

(B) Subscribers that conduct tests of all Nasdaq access protocol connections not included in paragraph (A) above or of market data vendor feeds through the Nasdaq Testing Facility shall pay $300 per port, per month1.

(C) Subscribers to the Nasdaq Testing Facility located in Carteret, New Jersey shall pay a fee of $1,055 per hand-off, per month for connection to the NTF. The hand-off fee includes either a 1Gb or 10Gb switch port and a cross connect to the NTF. Subscribers shall also pay a one-time installation fee of $1,055 per handoff.

The connectivity provided under this section also provides connectivity to the other test environments of Nasdaq BX, Inc., Nasdaq PHLX, LLC, Nasdaq ISE, LLC, Nasdaq MRX, LLC, and Nasdaq GEMX, LLC.

(2)

(A) An "Active Connection" commences when the user begins to send and/or receive a transaction to and from the NTF and continues until the earlier of disconnection or the commencement of a Period of Inactivity.

(B) A "Period of Inactivity" is any uninterrupted period of time that occurs while a user is connected to the NTF and when the NTF is neither receiving from nor sending to the user any transactions. With respect to any particular user, each Period of Inactivity is billable at the Active Connection rate after the first 10 minutes thereof and up to a maximum amount of 60 minutes for all Active Connections that the user experiences per day.

(3) The foregoing fees shall not apply to testing occasioned by:

(A) enhanced services and/or software provided by Nasdaq, except if more than 30 calendar days has elapsed since the subscriber notified Nasdaq of the commencement of testing of such Nasdaq service and/or software;

(B) modifications to software and/or services initiated by Nasdaq in response to a contingency, except if more than 30 calendar days have elapsed since the subscriber notified Nasdaq of the commencement of testing of such Nasdaq service and/or software; or

(C) testing by a subscriber of a Nasdaq service that the subscriber has not used previously, except if more than 60 calendar days have elapsed since the subscriber notified Nasdaq of the commencement of testing of such Nasdaq service.

(4) Subscribers that conduct access protocol or market data vendor feed tests using a dedicated circuit shall pay a monthly fee, in addition to any applicable hourly fee described in section (d)(1) above, in accordance with the following schedule:

 

 

 

Service

Description

Price

NTF Market Data

Test Market Data Vendor Feeds over a 56kb dedicated circuit

$1,100/circuit/month

NTF CTCI/and/or FIX

CTCI and/or FIX service over a 56kb dedicated circuit

$1,100/circuit/month

NTF Test Suite

FIX service and CTCI service over two 56kb circuits (128 kb)

$1,800/2 circuits/month

NTF Circuit Installation

Installation of any service option including SDP configuration

$700/circuit/installation

(5) New NTF subscribers that sign a one-year agreement for dedicated testing service shall be eligible to receive 90-calendar days free dedicated testing service.

(6) "New NTF subscribers" are subscribers that

(A) have never had dedicated testing service; or

(B) have not had dedicated testing service within the last 6 calendar months.

(7) Algo Test Facility. Nasdaq will assess no fees to subscribers, other than the fees specified for NTF subscribers in Equity 7, Section 130(d)(1)(C).

1Temporary 30-Day Fee Waiver for OUCH 5.0 NTF Ports. The Exchange shall offer subscribers a 30-day waiver of the $300 NTF fee in this paragraph (d)(1)(B) of Section 130 for up to five newly added OUCH NTF ports with the updated version of the OUCH Order entry protocol, referred to as “OUCH 5.0.” This fee waiver shall be offered for a three-month period, beginning on a date to be specified by the Exchange in an Equity Trader Alert.

Adopted by SEC Release 34-53128 (Jan. 13, 2006); amended Oct. 29, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-145), operative Nov. 1, 2010; amended Nov. 8, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-137); amended Dec. 23, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-164); amended Oct. 2, 2014 (SR-NASDAQ-2014-097), operative Nov. 1, 2014; amended Apr. 3, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-036); amended Apr. 10, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-037); amended Oct. 18, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-111); amended Sep. 25, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-098), operative Oct. 1, 2017; amended Oct. 2, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-105); amended Oct. 18, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-111); amended June 5, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-045); amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098); amended Oct. 11, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-054); amended Mar. 1, 2024 (SR-NASDAQ-2024-008).

Section 131. Partial Month Charges

Distributors may elect to have the charges for the month of commencement or termination of service be billed on a full month basis or prorated based on the number of trade days in that month.

Adopted by SEC Release 34-53128 (Jan. 13, 2006); amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098).

Section 132. Market Data Enterprise License for Display Usage

(a) A Distributor that is also a broker-dealer or an Investment Adviser may pay a monthly enterprise license fee of $600,000 to distribute, for Display Usage only, Depth-of-Book data and Nasdaq Basic to an unlimited number of internal and external recipients, to be used only in the context of a brokerage relationship with a broker-dealer or an engagement with an Investment Adviser, as well as Nasdaq Basic under the terms and conditions set forth at Equity 7, Section 147(b)(6), and NLS and NLS Plus for unlimited external distribution through one of the mechanisms for the general investing public identified at Equity 7, Section 139(b). Platforms distributing such information shall be pre-approved by the Exchange as reasonably designed to meet the requirements with respect to all products identified herein. The monthly enterprise license fee shall be in lieu of fees for Depth-of-Book data at Equity 7, Section 123(b) and (c), fees for Nasdaq Basic at Equity 7, Section 147(b), fees for the General Investing Public for NLS at Equity 7, Section 139(b), and NLS Plus fees at Equity 7, Section 139(e), whether such fees are paid directly to the Exchange or indirectly through another Distributor.

(b) Alternatively, a Distributor eligible for the enterprise license at Subsection (a) may purchase a full twelve months of the enterprise license in advance for a monthly fee of $500,000, which may be paid in monthly installments.

(c) Definitions

(1) Depth-of-Book shall have the meaning set forth at Equity 7, Section 123(a)(1).

(2) Display Usage shall have the meanings set forth at Equity 7, Sections 123(a)(2), 139(f)(2), and 147(d)(2), as applicable.

(3) Distributor shall have the meanings set forth at Equity 7, Sections 123(a)(4), 139(f)(3), and 147(d)(1), as applicable.

(4) Investment Adviser shall have the meaning set forth at Section 202(a)(11) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.

(5) Nasdaq Basic shall have the meaning set forth at Equity 7, Section 147(a).

(6) NLS shall have the meaning set forth at Equity 7, Section 139(a).

(7) NLS Plus shall have the meaning set forth at Equity 7, Section 139(e).

Adopted by SEC Release 34-53128 (Jan. 13, 2006); deleted Sep. 12, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-105), operative Oct. 12, 2012; adopted July 3, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-055); amended July 17, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-058); amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098); amended January 31, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-014), operative February 1, 2022; amended February 14, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-016); amended February 28, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-018); amended Mar. 9, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-024).

Section 133. Reserved

 

Adopted Jan. 13, 2006 (SEC Release 34-53128); amended July 31, 2006 (SR-NASDAQ-2006-024); amended Dec. 19, 2007 (SR-NASDAQ-2007-093); amended Feb. 19, 2008 (SR-NASDAQ-2007-100); reserved Aug. 20, 2008 (SR-NASDAQ-2008-019); amended May 1, 2009 (SR-NASDAQ-2009-045); amended Dec. 20, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-161), operative Jan. 2, 2014; amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098).

Section 134. Reserved

 

Reserved by SR-NASDAQ-2007-075 eff. Oct. 1, 2007; amended June 28, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-019); amended Oct. 14, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-133); amended Oct. 15, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-135); amended Oct. 26, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-140); amended Mar. 1, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-035); amended May 26, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-074), operative June 1, 2011; amended June 23, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-086); amended June 23, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-087), operative July 1, 2011; amended July 1, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-094); amended Dec. 9, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-160); amended Dec. 20, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-146); amended Feb. 13, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-028); amended Feb. 14, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-025); amended Mar. 6, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-036), operative Apr. 1, 2012; amended Apr. 27, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-054), operative May 1, 2012; amended June 22, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-074), operative July 1, 2012; amended Jan. 2, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-002); amended Jan. 25, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-119); amended June 25, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-088), operative July 1, 2013; amended June 14, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-084), operative July 14, 2013; amended July 25, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-099); amended Sep. 12, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-119); amended Sep. 20, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-125), operative Oct. 1, 2013; amended Nov. 8, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-140); amended Dec. 16, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-157), operative Jan. 2, 2014; amended Sep. 4, 2014 (SR-NASDAQ-2014-092), operative Oct. 1, 2014; amended Apr. 6, 2016 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-053), operative Apr. 1, 2016; amended Mar. 28, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-030), operative Apr. 1, 2017; amended Apr. 28, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-120); amended Oct. 18, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-111); amended Mar. 16, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-022); amended June 5, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-045); amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098).

Section 135. Nasdaq Monthly Administrative Fee

The Nasdaq Monthly Administrative Fee shall be assessed to market data distributors that receive any proprietary Nasdaq data feed product. Each such distributor shall, on a monthly basis, be assessed the higher of the applicable Nasdaq Monthly Administrative Fees:

 

 

Delayed Nasdaq distributor

$50

Real-Time Nasdaq distributor (includes delayed fee, if applicable)

$100

Adopted by SR-NASDAQ-2006-024 eff. July 31, 2006; amended Dec. 14, 2016 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-172), operative Jan. 1, 2017; amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098); amended Apr. 12, 2019 (SR-NASDAQ-2019-030); amended Apr. 25, 2019 (SR-NASDAQ-2019-033).

Section 136. Reserved

 

Adopted by SR-NASDAQ-2006-024 eff. July 31, 2006; amended Oct. 31, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-117); amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098).

Section 137. Nasdaq FilterView Service

The Nasdaq FilterView service shall allow a Distributor to receive a sub-set of an existing real-time data feed distributed by Nasdaq. FilterView service shall be available for a subscription fee of $750 per month per sub-set of data, in addition to the fees associated with the relevant underlying data feed. There shall be no incremental user charges for distributors related to use of the FilterView service.

Adopted by SR-NASDAQ-2006-028 eff. August 4, 2006; amended December 26, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-134), operative January 1, 2018; amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098); amended May 4, 2021 (SR-NASDAQ-2021-039).

Section 137-IM-1 U.S. Non-Display Information

For information regarding U.S. non-display policies, refer to Equity 7, Section 123-IM-1. U.S. Non-Display Information.

Adopted Mar. 4, 2016 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-036); amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098).

Section 138. Step-Outs and Sales Fee Transfers

(a) A Nasdaq member may enter a non-tape, non-clearing submission into the Automated Confirmation Transaction Service ("ACT") for the purpose of transferring all or a portion of the obligation to pay a Equity 7, Section 202 Sales Fee or similar fee of another self-regulatory organization that is associated with a previously executed trade to one or more other Nasdaq members.

(b) A Nasdaq member may enter a non-tape, clearing-only submission into ACT for the purpose of transferring securities from one member to another, provided that the transfer does not constitute a transaction in securities that is otherwise subject to reporting that has not, in fact, been previously and separately reported as a transaction. When submitting a non-tape, clearing-only submission that is used to transfer a position from one member to another member, the submitting member may also indicate that the obligation to pay a Sales Fee or similar fee associated with the position should be transferred.

(c) When ACT is used to transfer a position along with a Sales Fee or similar fee, all parties to the transfer must be Nasdaq members and may be party to an agreement authorizing the transferring party to enter into "locked in" trades on its behalf. When ACT is used to transfer Sales Fees or similar fees without an accompanying transfer of a securities position, the clearing firms for the trades in question must be parties to an agreement authorizing such transfers between themselves and/or the firms on whose behalf they clear trades.

(d) A Nasdaq member is prohibited from using a non-tape, clearing-only ACT submission for the purpose of effecting a transaction required to be trade reported or reporting a trade for regulatory purposes. Submission of non-tape, clearing, or non-tape, non-clearing records into ACT by Nasdaq members does not satisfy any obligation such members may have to report transactions as required by the applicable rules of other self-regulatory organizations.

(e) Each party to a non-tape, clearing-only submission under this section will pay a fee of $0.029. In addition, a party that uses a non-tape, clearing-only submission or a non-tape, non-clearing submission to transfer a Sales Fee or similar fee will pay a fee of 10% of the dollar value of the transferred fee, with a minimum charge of $0.025 and a maximum charge of $0.25.

(f) Parties with or without an agreement between them allowing a transferring party to enter "locked trades" on the other's behalf may use ACT's "match/compare" functionality to transfer a position. Each party to such matched/compared transfer will be assessed a fee of $0.0144 per 100 shares, with a minimum of 400 shares, up to maximum of 7,500 shares, except in cases where the same participant is on both sides of a transfer in which case the applicable per side fees will be assessed once, rather than twice.

Adopted by SR-NASDAQ-2007-058 eff. Aug. 1, 2007; amended by SR-NASDAQ-2007-086 eff. Nov. 5, 2007; amended by SR-NASDAQ-2008-033 eff. September 17, 2008; amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098).

Section 139. Nasdaq Last Sale and Nasdaq Last Sale Plus Data Feeds

(a) Nasdaq Last Sale comprises two proprietary data feeds containing real-time last sale Information for trades executed on Nasdaq or reported to the FINRA/Nasdaq Trade Reporting Facility. "Nasdaq Last Sale for Nasdaq" contains all such transaction reports for Nasdaq-listed stocks, and "Nasdaq Last Sale for NYSE/NYSE American" contains all such transaction reports for NYSE-listed stocks and stocks listed on NYSE American and other Tape B listing venues.

(b) Distribution Models for the General Investing Public. A Distributor is eligible to select from any of the distribution models in this subsection if the conditions under which it distributes Nasdaq Last Sale satisfy the requirements for that distribution model. The fees charged under these distribution models are "stair-stepped," in that Distributors reaching a particular pricing tier are charged lower rates for marginal usage within that tier, but fees are not reduced with respect to usage within a preceding pricing tier.

(1) A Distributor may select a "Per User" model if (i) the Distributor distributes Nasdaq Last Sale solely to Users for Display Usage, (ii) all such Users are either Non-Professionals or Professionals whom the Distributor has no reason to believe are using Nasdaq Last Sale in their professional capacity, and (iii) the Distributor restricts and tracks access to Nasdaq Last Sale using a username/password logon or comparable method of regulating access approved by the Exchange. A Distributor selecting a Per User model will be charged based on the number of Users with the potential to access Nasdaq Last Sale during a month; alternatively, if the Distributor is able to track the number of Users that actually accessed Nasdaq Last Sale during a month, the Distributor will be charged based on the number of such Users.

(A) Nasdaq Last Sale for Nasdaq

 

 

Users

Monthly fee/User

1-9,999

$0.60

10,000-49,999

$0.48

50,000-99,999

$0.36

100,000+

$0.30

(B) Nasdaq Last Sale for NYSE/NYSE American

 

 

Users

Monthly fee/User

1-9,999

$0.30

10,000-49,999

$0.24

50,000-99,999

$0.18

100,000+

$0.15

(2) A Distributor may select a "Per Query" model if (i) the Distributor distributes Nasdaq Last Sale solely to Users for Display Usage, and (ii) the Distributor tracks queries using a method approved by the Exchange. If a Distributor selecting the Per Query model also restricts access using a username/password system, the Distributor may opt to be charged under the Per User model in a particular month if the applicable per query charges that month would exceed the applicable Per User charges.

(A) Nasdaq Last Sale for Nasdaq

 

 

Queries

Fee/query

0-9,999,999

$0.003

10M-19,999,999

$0.0024

20M-29,999,999

$0.0018

30M+

$0.0015

(B) Nasdaq Last Sale for NYSE/NYSE American

 

 

Queries

Fee/query

0-9,999,999

$0.0015

10M-19,999,999

$0.0012

20M-29,999,999

$0.0009

30M+

$0.000725

(3) A Distributor may select a "Per Device" model if (i) it distributes Nasdaq Last Sale for Display Usage in a manner that does not restrict access, and (ii) it tracks the number of unique Devices that access Nasdaq Last Sale during each month using a method approved by the Exchange. A Distributor under the Per Device model will be charged for each unique Device, regardless of whether it is controlled by a single Recipient. Similarly, notwithstanding the inclusion of "simultaneous accesses" within the definition of "Subscriber" in subsection (f), a Distributor under the Per Device model will be charged based on the number of unique Devices without regard to the number of simultaneous accesses by a single Device.

(A) Nasdaq Last Sale for Nasdaq

 

 

Unique Devices

Monthly Fee/Unique Device

1-99,999

$0.036

100,000-999,999

$0.03

1M+

$0.024

(B) Nasdaq Last Sale for NYSE/NYSE American

 

 

Unique Devices

Monthly Fee/Unique Device

1-99,999

$0.018

100,000-999,999

$0.015

1M+

$0.012

(4) For any customer that would otherwise eligible for the Per User, Per Query, or Per Device fees set forth in subsections (1) through (3) above, excluding any requirement to count or track usage, a Distributor may purchase a monthly enterprise license for $41,500 to distribute Nasdaq Last Sale data to the General Investing Public for Display Usage to an unlimited number of Users or Devices, including, but not limited to, television distribution. To be eligible for the enterprise license, Nasdaq Last Sale must be distributed on platform(s) controlled by the Distributor and pre-approved by the Exchange as providing the Distributor with a reasonable basis to conclude that all Users of such Information are either Non-Professionals or Professionals whom the Distributor has no reason to believe are using Nasdaq Last Sale in their professional capacity. A Distributor that inadvertently exceeds $41,500 in Per User, Per Query or Per Device fees may purchase the enterprise license for the month(s) in which fees exceeded $41,500 without pre-approval.

(c) Distribution Models for Specialized Usage. Distributors that are not eligible for one of the distribution models set forth in subsection (b) must select from any of the fee schedules described in this subsection.

(1) Except as provided in subsections (c)(2) and (c)(3) below, there shall be a per Subscriber monthly charge of $13 for Nasdaq Last Sale for Nasdaq and $13 for Nasdaq Last Sale for NYSE/NYSE American or any Derived Data therefrom.

(2) There shall be a per query fee of $0.0025 of Nasdaq Last Sale for Nasdaq and $0.0015 for Nasdaq Last Sale for NYSE/NYSE American. The per query fees assessed with respect to a Subscriber shall be capped on a monthly basis at the level of the monthly fee as set forth in subsection (c)(1) above.

(3) As an alternative to (c)(1) and (c)(2), a broker-dealer may purchase an enterprise license for internal Subscribers to receive Nasdaq Last Sale or Derived Data therefrom. The fee will be $155,000 per month; provided that the broker-dealer must obtain a separate enterprise license for each external Distributor that controls display of the product if it wishes such external Distributor to be covered by an enterprise license rather than per-Subscriber fees. The enterprise license is in addition to the Distributor Fee listed in (d).

(4) For purposes of calculating the number of Subscribers receiving Nasdaq Last Sale for Display Usage under this subsection (c), the following netting rules will be applied:

(A) A Subscriber that receives access to Nasdaq Last Sale through multiple products controlled by one internal Distributor will be considered one Subscriber.

(B) A Subscriber that receives access to Nasdaq Last Sale through multiple products controlled by one external Distributor will be considered one Subscriber.

(C) A Subscriber that receives access to Nasdaq Last Sale through one or more products controlled by an internal Distributor and also one or more products controlled by one external Distributor will be considered one Subscriber.

(D) A Subscriber that receives access to Nasdaq Last Sale through one or more products controlled by an internal Distributor and also products controlled by multiple external Distributors will be treated as one Subscriber with respect to the products controlled by the internal Distributor and one of the external Distributors, and will be treated as an additional Subscriber for each additional external Distributor. Thus, a Subscriber receiving products through an internal Distributor and two external Distributors will be treated as two Subscribers.

(d) Each Distributor of a Nasdaq Last Sale Data Feed shall also pay a monthly fee of $1,500, unless it is a Distributor under subsection (c) (Distribution Models for Specialized Usage) providing external, or external and internal, distribution, in which case it shall pay a monthly fee of $2,000. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Distributor of two or more products containing Nasdaq Last Sale Information (i.e., Nasdaq Last Sale, Nasdaq Last Sale Plus, or Nasdaq Basic) will be required to pay the highest Distributor fee otherwise applicable to any of the products, but will not be required to pay a Distributor fee with respect to any of the other products.

(e) Nasdaq Last Sale Plus. Nasdaq Last Sale Plus is a comprehensive data feed produced by Nasdaq Information LLC. It provides last sale data from the  Nasdaq U.S. equity markets (The Nasdaq Stock Market ("Nasdaq"), Nasdaq BX ("BX"), and Nasdaq PSX ("PSX")) and the FINRA/Nasdaq Trade Reporting Facility("TRF"). Nasdaq Last Sale Plus also reflects cumulative volume real-time trading activity across all U.S. exchanges for Tape A, B, and C securities. Nasdaq Last Sale Plus also contains the following data from the Nasdaq U.S. equity markets: Trade Price, Trade Size, Sale Condition Modifiers, Adjusted Closing Price, IPO Information, and Bloomberg ID. Additionally, pertinent regulatory Information such as Market Wide Circuit Breaker, Reg SHO Short Sale Price Test Restricted Indicator, Trading Action, and Symbol Directory are included. In addition, Nasdaq Last Sale Plus provides a consolidated end of day trade summary for Tape A, B and C securities. NLS Plus may be received by itself or in combination with Nasdaq Basic.

(1) Firms that receive Nasdaq Last Sale Plus shall pay the monthly administrative fees for Nasdaq Last Sale, BX Last Sale, and PSX Last Sale. Additionally, Internal Distributors or External Distributors shall pay a data consolidation fee of $350 per month. "Internal Distributors" are Distributors that receive Nasdaq Last Sale Plus data and then distribute that data to one or more Subscribers within the Distributor's own entity. "External Distributors" are Distributors that receive Nasdaq Last Sale Plus data and then distribute that data to one or more Subscribers outside the Distributor's own entity.

(2) Firms that receive Nasdaq Last Sale Plus would either be liable for Nasdaq Last Sale fees or Nasdaq Basic fees.

(3) In the event that Nasdaq BX and/or Nasdaq PHLX adopt user fees for BX Last Sale and/or PSX Last Sale, firms that receive Nasdaq Last Sale Plus would also be liable for such fees.

(f) Definitions. The following terms, when used in this Rule, shall have the meanings set forth below:

(1) "Derived Data" shall mean any information generated in whole or in part from Exchange Information such that the information generated cannot be reverse engineered to recreate Exchange Information, or be used to create other data that is recognizable as a reasonable substitute for such Exchange Information.

(2) "Display Usage" shall mean any method of accessing Exchange Information that involves the display of such data on a screen or other mechanism designed for access or use by a natural person or persons. "Non-Display Usage" shall mean any method of accessing Exchange Information other than Display Usage.

(3) "Distributor" shall mean an entity, as identified in the Nasdaq Global Data Agreement (or any successor agreement), that executes such an Agreement and has access to Exchange Information, together with its affiliates having such access.

(4) "FINRA/Nasdaq Trade Reporting Facility" shall mean the FINRA/Nasdaq Trade Reporting Facility ("TRF") Carteret and the FINRA/Nasdaq TRF Chicago.

(5) "Information" shall mean any data or information that has been collected, validated, processed and/or recorded by the Exchange and made available for transmission relating to: (i) eligible securities or other financial instruments, markets, products, vehicles, indicators or devices; (ii) activities of the Exchange; or (iii) other information or data from the Exchange. Information includes, but is not limited to, any element of information used or processed in such a way that Exchange Information or a substitute for such Information can be identified, recalculated or re-engineered from the processed information.

(6) "Non-Professional" shall mean a natural person who is not:

(A) registered or qualified in any capacity with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, any state securities agency, any securities exchange or association, or any commodities or futures contract market or association;

(B) engaged as an "investment adviser" as that term is defined in Section 202(a)(11) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (whether or not registered or qualified under that Act); or

(C) employed by a bank or other organization exempt from registration under federal or state securities laws to perform functions that would require registration or qualification if such functions were performed for an organization not so exempt.

(7) "Professional" shall mean any natural person, proprietorship, corporation, partnership, or other entity whatever other than a Non-Professional.

(8) "Recipient" shall mean any natural person, proprietorship, corporation, partnership, or other entity whatever that has access to Exchange Information.

(9) "Subscriber" shall mean a device, computer terminal, automated service, or unique user identification and password combination that is not shared and prohibits simultaneous access, and which is capable of accessing Exchange Information; "Interrogation Device," "Device" or "Access" have the same meaning as Subscriber. For any device, computer terminal, automated service, or unique user identification and password combination that is shared or allows simultaneous access, Subscriber shall mean the number of such simultaneous accesses.

(10) "User" shall mean a natural person who has access to Exchange Information.

Adopted Oct. 31, 2008 (SR-NASDAQ-2008-086); amended Dec. 30, 2008 (SR-NASDAQ-2008-103); amended Mar. 30, 2009 (SR-NASDAQ-2009-027); amended June 30, 2009 (SR-NASDAQ-2009-062); amended Nov. 12, 2009 (SR-NASDAQ-2009-095); amended Apr. 8, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-045), operative Jan. 1, 2010; amended July 1, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-081); amended Oct. 1, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-129); amended Dec. 29, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-172); amended Mar. 31, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-044); amended June 30, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-92); amended Sept. 27, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-132); amended Dec. 22, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-174); amended Mar. 28, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-045); amended June 27, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-078); amended Sept. 24, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-108); amended Dec. 20, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-145); amended Mar. 20, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-053), operative Mar. 31, 2013; amended June 19, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-089); amended Sep. 25, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-126); amended Dec. 23, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-162); amended Jan. 9, 2014 (SR-NASDAQ-2014-006); amended June 22, 2015 (SR-NASDAQ-2015-055); amended July 24, 2015 (SR-NASDAQ-2015-088); amended Oct. 30, 2015 (SR-NASDAQ-2015-131), operative Oct. 16, 2015; amended Dec. 14, 2015 (SR-NASDAQ-2015-150); Mar. 21, 2016 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-048), operative Apr. 1, 2016; amended Oct. 18, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-111); amended Feb. 2, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-010); amended Sept. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-075; amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098); amended Mar. 14, 2019 (SR-NASDAQ-2019-018); amended Mar. 28, 2019 (SR-NASDAQ-2019-024), operative Mar. 28, 2019; amended Sep. 30, 2020 (SR-NASDAQ-2020-065), operative Oct. 1, 2020; amended Nov. 23, 2020 (SR-NASDAQ-2020-080); amended Dec. 3, 2020 (SR-NASDAQ-2020-085); amended Dec. 7, 2020 (SR-NASDAQ-2020-086); amended February 17, 2021 (SR-NASDAQ-2021-010), operative March 19, 2021; amended April 6, 2021 (SR-NASDAQ-2021-018); amended May 4, 2021 (SR-NASDAQ-2021-039); amended February 17, 2021 (SR-NASDAQ-2021-010), operative May 17, 2021.

Section 139-IM-1 U.S. Non-Display Information

For information regarding U.S. non-display policies, refer to Equity 7, Section 123-IM-1. U.S. Non-Display Information.

Adopted Mar. 4, 2016 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-036); amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098).

Section 140. Nasdaq Share Volume Service

(a) The Nasdaq Share Volume Service is a historical data product that provides aggregated share volume information at the market participant and issue level for all Nasdaq-and non-Nasdaq-listed securities in the Nasdaq Market Center. The Nasdaq Share Volume Service is comprised of two different reports:

(1) Daily Share Volume Report - providing aggregated share volume information on a daily basis. The daily report is available to subscribers the following calendar day for the prior trading day's data.

(2) Monthly Share Volume Report - providing aggregated share volume information on a monthly basis. The monthly report is available to subscribers on the fifth calendar day of every month for the prior month's data.

(b) Access to the underlying data for redistribution shall be available for a fee of $2,500/month.

Adopted by SR-NASDAQ-2007-006 eff. March 13, 2009; amended Oct. 13, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-145); amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098).

Section 141. Nasdaq Regulation Reconnaissance Service

(a) The Nasdaq Regulation Reconnaissance Service shall allow participating subscribers to receive a real-time surveillance alert and report module for a subscription fee of $1,000/MPID/month.

(b) The Clearly Erroneous Viewer will be available to non-Regulation Reconnaissance Service subscribers for a subscription fee of $100 per MPID, per month.

Adopted by SR-NASDAQ-2007-081 eff. Sept. 26, 2007; amended by SR-NASDAQ-2008-056 eff. June 19, 2008; amended by SR-NASDAQ-2008-080 eff. October 6, 2008; amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098).

Section 142. Non-Tape Riskless Submissions

Nasdaq members may make non-tape submissions into the Automated Confirmation Transaction Service ("ACT") to facilitate riskless transactions taking place on national securities exchanges, or over-the-counter, as follows:

(a) For riskless transactions in which a member, after having received an order to buy a security, purchases the security at the same price to satisfy the order to buy or, after having received an order to sell, sells the security at the same price to satisfy the order to sell, the member may submit, for the offsetting "riskless" portion of the transaction either:

(i) a clearing-only report with a capacity indicator of "riskless principal", "agency" or "intra-broker" if a clearing report is necessary to clear the transaction; or

(ii) a non-tape, non-clearing report with a capacity indicator of "riskless principal", "agency" or "intra-broker" if a clearing report is not necessary to clear the transaction.

(b) Nothing in this Section shall relieve any member or other party from its obligation to fully and properly report transactions as required by the applicable rules of other self-regulatory organizations.

Adopted by SR-NASDAQ-2008-033 eff. September 17, 2008; amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098).

Section 143. Inclusion of Transaction Fees in Clearing Reports Submitted to ACT

(a) Nasdaq members may agree in advance to transfer a transaction fee charged by one member to another member on a transaction effected on an exchange or otherwise, through the submission of a clearing report to the Automated Confirmation Transaction Service ("ACT"). Such report, inclusive of the transaction fee, will be submitted to the National Securities Clearing Corporation for processing. To facilitate the transfer of the transaction fee, the report submitted to ACT shall provide, in addition to all other information required to be submitted, a total per share or contract price amount, inclusive of the transaction fee. Such reports shall only be submitted where there exists a written agreement between the members permitting the submission of fee-inclusive clearing reports between them. Nothing in this paragraph shall relieve a member from its obligations under Nasdaq rules and the federal securities laws. The ability to transfer transaction fees as described above shall be limited to transactions and/or submissions made pursuant to Equity 7, Sections 138 or 142.

(b) The fee for submission of the above shall be $0.03 per side.

Adopted by SR-NASDAQ-2008-033 eff. September 17, 2008; amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098).

Section 144. Reserved

 

Adopted by SR-NASDAQ-2008-016 eff. January 16, 2009; amended Nov. 30, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-126); amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098).

Section 145. Reserved

 

Adopted Oct. 30, 2008 (SR-NASDAQ-2008-072); amended Nov. 16, 2009 (SR-NASDAQ-2009-100); amended Nov. 30, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-126); amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098).

Section 146. Reserved

Adopted Sept. 20, 2016 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-101); amended Sept. 23, 2016 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-124); amended Oct. 11, 2016 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-138); amended Apr. 28, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-045); amended May 10, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-048); amended May 23, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-051); amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098); amended Apr. 12, 2019 (SR-NASDAQ-2019-030); amended Apr. 25, 2019 (SR-NASDAQ-2019-033); amended December 16, 2021 (SR-NASDAQ-2021-102), operative December 31, 2021.

Section 147. Nasdaq Basic

(a) Nasdaq shall offer proprietary data feeds containing real-time market information from the Nasdaq Market Center and the FINRA/Nasdaq Trade Reporting Facility ("TRF").

(1) "Nasdaq Basic for Nasdaq" shall contain Nasdaq's best bid and offer and last sale for Nasdaq-listed stocks from Nasdaq and the FINRA/Nasdaq TRF; and

(2) "Nasdaq Basic for NYSE" shall contain Nasdaq's best bid and offer and last sale for NYSE-listed stocks from Nasdaq and the FINRA/Nasdaq TRF.

(3) "Nasdaq Basic for NYSE American" shall contain Nasdaq's best bid and offer and last sale for stocks listed on NYSE American and other Tape B listing venues from Nasdaq and the FINRA/Nasdaq TRF.

(b) User Fees

(1) Except as provided in (b)(2) through (b)(6), for the Nasdaq Basic product, or Derived Data therefrom, there shall be a per Subscriber monthly charge of: $13 for Nasdaq Basic for Nasdaq, $6.50 for Nasdaq Basic for NYSE, and $6.50 for Nasdaq Basic for NYSE American; or

(2) For each Non-Professional Subscriber, there shall be a per Subscriber monthly charge for the following Nasdaq Basic products or Derived Data therefrom, of: $0.50 for Nasdaq Basic for Nasdaq, $0.25 for Nasdaq Basic for NYSE, and $0.25 for Nasdaq Basic for NYSE American; or

(3) There shall be a per query fee for Nasdaq Basic of $0.0025 for Nasdaq Basic for Nasdaq, $0.0015 for Nasdaq Basic for NYSE, and $0.0015 for Nasdaq Basic for NYSE American. The per query fees assessed to individual Professional and Non-Professional users shall be capped on a monthly basis at the level of the monthly fee for each category of Subscribers as set forth above.

(4) As an alternative to (b)(1), a broker-dealer may purchase an enterprise license for internal Professional Subscribers to receive Nasdaq Basic for Nasdaq, Nasdaq Basic for NYSE, and Nasdaq Basic for NYSE American, or Derived Data therefrom. The fee will be $155,000 per month; provided that the broker-dealer must obtain a separate enterprise license for each External Distributor that controls display of the product if it wishes such External Distributor to be covered by an enterprise license rather than per-Subscriber fees. A broker-dealer that purchases an enterprise license under this provision may also receive, at no additional charge, access to Nasdaq Last Sale data (as described in Equity 7, Section 139) for its own stock price and the stock price of up to ten of its competitors or peers, for display use on the broker-dealer's internal website. The enterprise license is in addition to the Distributor Fee listed in (c)(1).

(5) As an alternative to (b)(1) and (b)(2), a broker-dealer may purchase an enterprise license at a rate of $100,000 per month for the distribution of any Nasdaq Basic Product, or Derived Data therefrom, through any electronic system approved by Nasdaq to an unlimited number of Professional and Non-Professional Subscribers who are natural persons and with whom the broker-dealer has a brokerage relationship. A broker-dealer that purchases this enterprise license will also have the right to distribute Nasdaq Last Sale data to the general investing public for Display Usage without paying the fees set forth in Equity 7, Section 139(b), subject to all of the provisions set forth in Section 139(b)(4), excluding those related to the payment of fees, and to distribute Nasdaq Basic to the general investing public via television, websites, mobile devices, or any other unrestricted means of transmission for Display Usage, without paying the fees set forth in Subsection (b)(6) below, subject to all of the provisions set forth therein. Use of the Nasdaq Basic data obtained through this license by any Professional Subscriber shall be limited to the context of the brokerage relationship between that person and the broker-dealer, except that a Distributor may make Nasdaq Basic data obtained through this license available to up to and including 4,500 internal Subscribers operating on an electronic system approved by Nasdaq, which may be used by Professional Subscribers employed by the broker-dealer in support of brokerage services to investors; any distribution to over 4,500 internal Subscribers, or any usage by Professional Subscribers not in support of brokerage services to investors on an approved platform, would be subject to any applicable fees set forth in Equity 7, Section 147(b). A Professional Subscriber who obtains Nasdaq Basic data through a brokerage relationship with the broker-dealer may not use that data within the scope of any professional engagement or registration identified in Equity 7, Section 147(d)(4). A separate enterprise license would be required for each discrete electronic system for distribution of Nasdaq Basic that is approved by Nasdaq and used by the broker-dealer. The enterprise license would allow distribution of Nasdaq Basic through the approved electronic system, but would not cover distribution through any Distributor other than the broker-dealer obtaining the license and any approved system. The broker-dealer must also pay the Distributor Fee for Nasdaq Basic under paragraph (c)(1), and report the number of Subscribers receiving Nasdaq Basic under this license that are used by: (i) Professional and Non-Professional Subscribers in a brokerage relationship at least once per calendar year; and (ii) Professional Subscribers employed by the broker-dealer on a monthly basis.

(6) As an alternative to (b)(1), (b)(2) and (b)(3), an External Distributor may purchase a monthly Media Enterprise License for $100,000 to distribute all or part of Nasdaq Basic for Display Usage to the general investing public. Information may be made available via television, websites, mobile devices, or any other unrestricted means of transmission for Display Usage, to an unlimited number of Users. An External Distributor may use a Hosted Display Solution to distribute the data, provided that the External Distributor purchases a separate Media Enterprise License for each such Hosted Display Solution. Distribution of Derived Data is not permitted within the license. Data may only be used for informational and non-trading purposes. To be eligible for the enterprise license, Nasdaq Basic may only be distributed on a platform that is pre-approved by the Exchange as providing the External Distributor with a reasonable basis to conclude that all Users of such Information are either Non-Professionals or Professionals whom the Distributor has no reason to believe are using Nasdaq Basic in their professional capacity. The External Distributor will also pay the Distributor Fee for Nasdaq Basic set forth in subparagraph (c)(1) of this Section.

(7) For purposes of calculating the number of Professional Subscribers receiving Nasdaq Basic for Display Usage, the following netting rules will be applied:

(A) A Subscriber that receives access to Nasdaq Basic through multiple products controlled by an Internal Distributor will be considered one Subscriber.

(B) A Subscriber that receives access to Nasdaq Basic through multiple products controlled by one External Distributor will be considered one Subscriber.

(C) A Subscriber that receives access to Nasdaq Basic through one or more products controlled by an Internal Distributor and also one or more products controlled by one External Distributor will be considered one Subscriber.

(D) A Subscriber that receives access to Nasdaq Basic through one or more products controlled by an Internal Distributor and also products controlled by multiple External Distributors will be treated as one Subscriber with respect to the products controlled by the Internal Distributor and one of the External Distributors, and will be treated as an additional Subscriber for each additional External Distributor. Thus, a Subscriber receiving products through an Internal Distributor and two External Distributors will be treated as two Subscribers.

(c) Distributor Fees

(1) Each Distributor of any Nasdaq Basic product, or Derived Data therefrom, shall pay a fee of $1,500 per month for internal distribution and a fee of $2,000 per month for external, or external and internal, distribution.

(2) A Distributor may pay $1,500 per month to create and distribute Derived Data from Nasdaq Basic to an unlimited number of non-professional subscribers. This fee is in addition to the Distributor Fee listed in (c)(1).

(3) A Distributor that employs a Hosted Display Solution to distribute Derived Data taken from Nasdaq Basic shall be liable for a fee of $400 per month for each Hosted Display Solution. The monthly fee shall apply whenever such Hosted Display Solution is employed at any time during the month. This fee shall be in addition to any fee listed in (c)(1) or (c)(2).

(d) Definitions.

(1) The term "Distributor" refers to any entity that receives Nasdaq Basic data directly from Nasdaq or indirectly through another entity and then distributes it to one or more Subscribers.

(A) "Internal Distributors" are Distributors that receive Nasdaq Basic data and then distribute that data to one or more Subscribers within the Distributor's own entity.

(B) "External Distributors" are Distributors that receive Nasdaq Basic data and then distribute that data to one or more Subscribers outside the Distributor's own entity.

(2) "Display Usage" means any method of accessing Nasdaq Basic data that involves the display of such data on a screen or other visualization mechanism for access or use by a natural person or persons.

(3) "FINRA/Nasdaq TRF" shall mean the FINRA/Nasdaq TRF Carteret and the FINRA/Nasdaq TRF Chicago.

(4) "Professional/Non-Professional Subscriber" refers to the classification of types of Subscribers.

(A) A "Non-Professional Subscriber" is a natural person who is not (i) registered or qualified in any capacity with the Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, any state securities agency, any securities exchange or association, or (ii) any commodities or futures contract market or association; engaged as an "investment adviser" as that term is defined in Section 201(11) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (whether or not registered or qualified under that Act); or (iii) employed by a bank or other organization exempt from registration under federal or state securities laws to perform functions that would require registration or qualification if such functions were performed for an organization not so exempt.

(B) A "Professional Subscriber" is any Subscriber other than a Non-Professional Subscriber.

(5) A "Hosted Display Solution" is a product, solution or capability provided by a Distributor in which the Distributor makes available Nasdaq data or Derived Data to an application branded or co-branded with the third-party brand for use by external subscribers of the third-party entity or Distributor. The Distributor maintains control of the data, entitlements and display of the product, solution or capability. Hosted Display Solutions include, but are not limited to: (1) "Widgets" (such as an iframe, applet, or other solution), in which the Hosted Display Solution is a part or a subset of a website or platform hosted or maintained by the third-party entity; and (2) "White Labels," in which the Distributor hosts or maintains the website or platform on behalf of the third-party entity.

(6) "Derived Data" is pricing data or other information that is created in whole or in part from Nasdaq information; it cannot be reverse engineered to recreate Nasdaq information, or be used to create other data that is recognizable as a reasonable substitute for Nasdaq information.

(7) "User" shall mean a natural person who has access to Exchange information.

Adopted Mar. 16, 2009 (SR-NASDAQ-2008-102); amended May, 15, 2009 (SR-NASDAQ-2009-028), operative Apr. 1, 2009; amended July 25, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-091); amended Sep. 30, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-129); amended Sep. 30, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-130); amended Jan. 9, 2014 (SR-NASDAQ-2014-005); amended Jan. 27, 2014 (SR-NASDAQ-2014-011); amended Apr. 23, 2014 (SR-NASDAQ-2014-045); amended July 1, 2014 (SR-NASDAQ-2014-070); amended Aug. 2, 2016 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-109), operative Sept. 1, 2016; amended Oct. 20, 2016 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-144), operative Oct. 6, 2016; amended Nov. 21, 2016 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-162); amended Apr. 20, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-041); amended Aug. 30, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-089), operative Sept. 1, 2017; amended Sept. 12, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-094); amended Sept. 12, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-095); amended Oct. 18, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-111); amended Dec. 26, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-135), operative Jan. 1, 2018; amended Jan. 9, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-004); amended Feb. 2, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-010); amended Sept. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-075); amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098); amended Sep. 30, 2020 (SR-NASDAQ-2020-065), operative Oct. 1, 2020; amended Nov. 23, 2020 (SR-NASDAQ-2020-080); amended Dec. 3, 2020 (SR-NASDAQ-2020-085); amended Dec. 7, 2020 (SR-NASDAQ-2020-086); amended May 4, 2021 (SR-NASDAQ-2021-039); amended April 30, 2021 (SR-NASDAQ-2021-036), operative May 30, 2021; amended January 31, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-014), operative February 1, 2022; amended February 14, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-016); amended February 28, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-018); amended Mar. 9, 2022 (SR-NASDAQ-2022-024).

Section 147-IM-1 U.S. Non-Display Information

For information regarding U.S. non-display policies, refer to Equity 7, Section 123-IM-1. U.S. Non-Display Information.

Adopted Mar. 4, 2016 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-036); amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098).

Section 148. Reserved

 

Adopted by SR-NASDAQ-2006-056 eff. March 13, 2009; amended by SR-NASDAQ-2009-031 eff. March 26, 2009; amended Nov. 30, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-126); amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098).

Section 149. Nasdaq InterACT

Nasdaq InterACT is a surveillance tool that provides summaries of a subscribing member's trade activity for the FINRA/Nasdaq Trade Reporting Facility. Such summaries include the total number of trades that have been reported to the Facility, various statistics associated with those trades reported (including: declines, cancels, stepouts, as-ofs, etc), the total number of trades that must be reviewed for acceptance, and the total number of Regulation NMS trade throughs. "FINRA/Nasdaq Trade Reporting Facility" shall mean the FINRA/Nasdaq TRF Carteret and the FINRA/Nasdaq TRF Chicago.

InterACT is available for a subscription fee of $400 per month, per user, with a maximum fee of $2,400 per month, per member firm.

Adopted by SR-NASDAQ-2009-033 eff. April 9, 2009; amended Dec. 3, 2014 (SR-NASDAQ-2014-120), operative Jan. 2, 2015; amended Oct. 18, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-111); amended Sept. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-075); amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098).

Section 149-A. Nasdaq Real-Time Stats

Nasdaq Real-Time Stats is a surveillance tool that provides summaries of a subscribing member's trade activity for the FINRA/Nasdaq Trade Reporting Facility to support compliance with FINRA rules. Such summaries include the total number of trades that have been reported to the Facility, various statistics associated with those trades reported (including: declines, cancels, stepouts, as-ofs, etc), and the total number of trades that must be reviewed for acceptance. “FINRA/Nasdaq Trade Reporting Facility” shall mean the FINRA/Nasdaq TRF Carteret and the FINRA/Nasdaq TRF Chicago.

Real-Time Stats is available for a subscription fee of $400 per month, per user, with a maximum fee of $2,400 per month, per member firm. For customers using both Nasdaq InterACT and Nasdaq Real-Time Stats, fees for Nasdaq Real-Time Stats will be waived for the first month of service.

Adopted April 20, 2021 (SR-NASDAQ-2021-025).

Section 150. Reserved

Reserved

Adopted Mar. 27, 2008 (SR-NASDAQ-2008-027), operative Mar. 31, 2008; amended Jun. 30, 2008 (SR-NASDAQ-2008-058), operative Jul. 1, 2009; amended Jul. 1, 2008 (SR-NASDAQ-2008-059); amended Jul. 24, 2008 (SR-NASDAQ-2008-066) operative Aug. 1, 2008; amended Aug. 4, 2008 (SR-NASDAQ-2008-055); amended Nov. 21, 2008 (SR-NASDAQ-2008-089), operative Dec. 1, 2008; amended Jan. 9, 2009 (SR-NASDAQ-2009-001), operative Jan. 12, 2009; amended Feb. 5, 2009 (SR-NASDAQ-2009-008), operative Feb. 9, 2009; amended Mar. 4, 2009 (SR-NASDAQ-2009-021); amended Apr. 9, 2009 (SR-NASDAQ-2009-034), operative Apr. 13, 2009; amended July 1, 2009 (SR-NASDAQ-2009-059); amended July 29, 2009 (SR-NASDAQ-2009-073); amended Oct. 30, 2009 (SR-NASDAQ-2009-098), operative Nov. 2, 2009; amended Nov. 23, 2009 (SR-NASDAQ-2009-103), operative Dec. 1, 2009; amended Jan. 27, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-016), operative Feb. 1, 2010; amended Mar. 2, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-027); amended Mar. 25, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-040), operative Apr. 1, 2010; amended Apr. 20, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-051); amended Apr. 30, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-056), operative May 3, 2010; amended May 26, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-063), operative June 1, 2010; amended June 30, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-075), operative July 1, 2010; amended July 22, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-088), operative Aug. 2, 2010; amended July 20, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-090); amended Aug. 18, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-105), operative Sep. 1, 2010; amended Sep. 29, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-124), operative Oct. 1, 2010; amended Oct. 25, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-139), operative Oct. 29, 2010; amended Nov. 24, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-149), operative Dec. 1, 2010; amended Jan. 6, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-006), operative Jan. 3, 2011; amended Mar. 31, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-046), operative Apr. 1, 2011; amended May 3, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-066); amended May 19, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-069), operative June 1, 2011; amended Aug. 1, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-112); amended Sep. 2, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-127); amended Sep. 6, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-124); amended Sep. 15, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-128), operative Oct. 3, 2011; amended Nov. 1, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-147), operative Jan. 3, 2012; amended Nov. 1, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-148); amended Nov. 8, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-151); amended Nov. 29, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-162), operative Dec. 1, 2011; amended Jan. 3, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-001); amended Jan. 3, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-003); renumbered Jan. 6, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-006); amended Nov. 13, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-070); amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098).

Section 151. Reserved

Reserved

Adopted Aug. 9, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-077); amended Apr. 28, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-061), operative May 1, 2011; amended Aug. 31, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-119); amended July 2, 2014 (SR-NASDAQ-2014-071); amended Aug. 1, 2014 (SR-NASDAQ-2014-079), operative Aug. 31, 2014; amended Mar. 26, 2015 (SR-NASDAQ-2015-029), operative Apr. 1, 2015; amended Aug. 5, 2015 (SR-NASDAQ-2015-094); amended Apr. 28, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-120); amended Sept. 18, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-097), operative Oct. 1, 2017; amended Oct. 18, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-111); amended June 5, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-045); amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098).

Section 152. Nasdaq Daily Short Volume and Monthly Short Sale Transaction Files

(a) Daily Short Sale Volume files reflect the aggregate number of shares executed on the Nasdaq market during regular trading hours on a daily basis. At the security level, Nasdaq will show the volume for executed short sale trades, as well as the total trading volume for the Nasdaq market. The file will include short sale data for Nasdaq, NYSE and regional exchange-listed securities.

(b) Monthly Short Sale Transaction files provide a trade-by-trade record of all short sales executed on the Nasdaq execution system and reported to a consolidated tape in Nasdaq, NYSE and regional exchange-listed securities. The file will be provided on a monthly basis, separated into daily files. Historical monthly files are available back to August 2005.

(c) Distributor Fees

(1) The fee for each Distributor of the Short Sale Data Product described in paragraphs (a) and (b) above is $750 per month for the internal distribution of the Short Sale Data Product, and $1,250 per month for the external distribution of that product. This monthly fee allows the distributor access to downloadable FTP files for distribution.

Adopted June 25, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-052); amended June 30, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-080); amended Dec. 12, 2016 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-168), operative Jan. 1, 2017; amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098).

Section 153. Reserved

Reserved.

Adopted Oct. 20, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-136); amended Oct. 28, 2010 (SR-NASDAQ-2010-144), operative Nov. 1, 2010; amended Aug. 10, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-111); amended Nov. 8, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-151); renumbered Jan. 6, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-006); amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098).

Section 154. Reserved

Reserved.

Adopted Jan 10, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-010), operative Jan. 3, 2011; suspended Jan. 31, 2011 (SEC Release No. 34-63796); amended May 31, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-075); amended Nov. 16, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-153); renumbered Jan. 6, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-006); amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098).

Section 155. Short Sale Monitor

(a) The Short Sale Monitor is a real-time surveillance and alert tool that assists member firms with monitoring and post trade analysis of their short sale and short sale exempt trades reported to the FINRA/Nasdaq Trade Reporting Facility (TRF), which includes real-time alerts of covered securities subject to the restrictions of SEC Rule 201, reports of a member firm's trades marked as "short" that are subject to the restrictions of SEC Rule 201, and reports of a member firm's trades marked as "short exempt." "FINRA/Nasdaq Trade Reporting Facility" shall mean the FINRA/Nasdaq TRF Carteret and the FINRA/Nasdaq TRF Chicago.

The Short Sale Monitor is available to each member firm for a fee of $750 per MPID per month.

(b) The Nasdaq Data Add-On service provides an MPID subscribed to the Short Sale Monitor subscription with a record of trades in covered securities executed on Nasdaq that are marked "short exempt." The Nasdaq Data Add-On service is available at no cost for a trial period ending March 31, 2011, and for a fee of $150 per MPID, per month. An MPID subscribed to the Short Sale Monitor of Nasdaq BX or Nasdaq PSX need not subscribe additionally to the Nasdaq Short Sale Monitor to subscribe to the Nasdaq Data Add-On service.

Adopted Feb. 4, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-024); amended Oct. 18, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-111); amended Sept. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-075); amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098); amended Apr. 12, 2019 (SR-NASDAQ-2019-030); amended Apr. 25, 2019 (SR-NASDAQ-2019-033).

Section 156. Reserved

Reserved.

Adopted Nov. 1, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-147), operative Jan. 3, 2012; amended Nov. 30, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-168), operative Dec. 30, 2011; renumbered Jan. 6, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-006); amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098).

Section 157. Nasdaq MatchView Feed

(a) MatchView is a data feed that represents the Exchange's view of best bid and offer data based on certain orders entered on the Exchange and bids and offers from away exchanges received either from the network processor or directly from an exchange that disseminates bids and offers to vendors via a proprietary data feed. The Exchange will reflect bids and offers from another exchange's proprietary data feed only when the Exchange deems the proprietary data feed to be sufficiently reliable and also faster than the network processor. For each security symbol, the feed contains the bid price, ask price, and a time stamp. MatchView shall contain information for Nasdaq, NYSE and AMEX-listed stocks

(b) Distributor Fees

(1) Distributors shall be permitted to distribute MatchView for Internal Distribution only; External Distribution of MatchView is prohibited.

(2) Each Distributor of MatchView shall pay a fee of $5,000 per month for the first server receiving MatchView. Each Distributor of MatchView shall pay a fee of $10,000 per month for two or more servers.

(3) Distributors with access to the data starting October 2011 shall become liable to pay the full Distributor Fee starting October 2011.

(4) The term "Distributor", "Internal Distribution", and "External Distribution" shall have the same meaning as set forth in Equity 7, Section 119.

Adopted Sep. 29, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-139); amended Oct. 18, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-111); amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098).

Section 157-IM-1 U.S. Non-Display Information

For information regarding U.S. non-display policies, refer to Equity 7, Section 123-IM-1. U.S. Non-Display Information.

Adopted Mar. 4, 2016 (SR-NASDAQ-2016-036); amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098).

Section 158. Reserved

 

Adopted Nov. 22, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-157), operative Dec. 1, 2011; amended Mar. 15, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-035); amended Jan. 4, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-005), operative Feb. 4, 2013; amended Aug. 1, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-098); amended Oct. 10, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-108); amended Oct. 20, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-113); amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098); amended Apr. 12, 2019 (SR-NASDAQ-2019-030); amended Apr. 25, 2019 (SR-NASDAQ-2019-033); amended December 14, 2020 (SR-NASDAQ-2020-088).

Section 159. Reserved

 

Adopted Nov. 28, 2011 (SR-NASDAQ-2011-163), operative Jan. 3, 2012; renumbered Jan. 6, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-006); amended Sept. 28, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-110), operative Oct. 1, 2012; amended Dec. 20, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-161), operative Jan. 2, 2014; amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098).

Section 160. Equity Trade Journal for Clearing Firms

The Equity Trade Journal for Clearing Firms service is accessed via NasdaqTrader.com and provides member clearing firms with daily and ad hoc reports of correspondent trading activity associated with the subscribing member firm's clearing number. Equity Trade Journal for Clearing Firms is offered according to the following fee schedule:

 

 

 

Tier

Number of Correspondent MPIDs

Monthly Fee

Tier 1

daily reports for 1-10 correspondent MPIDs

$750/month

Tier 2

daily reports for 11-20 correspondent MPIDs

$1,000/month

Tier 3

daily reports for 21-30 correspondent MPIDs

$1,250/month

Tier 4

daily reports for 31-40 correspondent MPIDs

$1,500/month

Tier 5

daily reports for 41 or more correspondent MPIDs

$1,750/month

A member that is a new subscriber may subscribe at no cost for the month of September 2013. Normal fees will apply to all subscribers beginning October 2013.

Adopted Nov. 15, 2012 (SR-NASDAQ-2012-130); amended Aug. 19, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-111; amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098).

Section 161. Limit Locator

Limit Locator is a tool to assist a member firm in monitoring its trades reported into the FINRA/Nasdaq TRF for compliance with the requirements of the National Market System Plan to Address Extraordinary Market Volatility. The service provides a subscribing member firm with an overview of its trades reported at, or outside of, a designated Limit Up/Limit Down pricing band. The service will provide a total count of the subscribing member firm's trades in each category as well as present this information graphically, on a rolling month basis. A subscribing member firm is able to create custom e-mails alerts to notify users when a trade is reported at, or outside of, a Limit Up/Limit Down pricing band. Limit Locator is accessed through the Nasdaq Workstation or Weblink ACT 2.0 and is offered for a fee of $750 per month/per MPID beginning April 8, 2013. "FINRA/Nasdaq Trade Reporting Facility" shall mean the FINRA/Nasdaq TRF Carteret and the FINRA/Nasdaq TRF Chicago.

Adopted Jan. 28, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-020), operative Feb. 4, 2013; amended Feb. 21, 2013 (SR-NASDAQ-2013-035), operative Apr. 8, 2013; amended Oct. 18, 2017 (SR-NASDAQ-2017-111); amended Sept. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-075); amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098).

Section 200. Minor Modifications in Charges

To facilitate the development of new information services and uses under appropriate terms and conditions, arrangements of limited duration, geography and/or scope may be entered into with Broker/Dealers, Vendors and other persons which may modify or dispense with some or all of the charges contained in this Section or the terms and conditions contained in standard agreements. The arrangements contemplated will permit the testing and pilot operation of proposed new information services and uses to evaluate their impact on and to develop the technical, cost and market research information necessary to formulate permanent charges, terms and conditions for filing with and approval by the Commission.

Adopted by SEC Release 34-53128 (Jan. 13, 200; amended Nov. 19, 2018 (SR-NASDAQ-2018-098).

 
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