FINRA Testing Protocol Reminders

FINRA reminds ORF and TRACE clients that test function partners should be arranged with other street-side firms when needing to conduct trade matching, new trade entries or allege versions of cancels/corrections and reversal transactions in the Nasdaq Test Facility (NTF) region.  FINRA Client and System Management can only perform contra testing actions as a last resort for clients who need a counter party for ORF and TRACE testing. 

In addition, please note that NTF is not a mirror of the production region, therefore testing clients should check the NTF security scan or API security master for available active securities.  Clients can use https://newissue.ct.finra.org to add new securities for their testing.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.