Final Reminder - FINRA TRACE Corporate /Agency Replatform and Data Feed Protocol Changes
As part of its Transparency Services improvement initiative, FINRA will re-platform the TRACE Corporate and Agency product to a new Linux-based operating system. The implementation date for this initiative is Monday, October 21, 2024.
On October 21, 2024, FINRA will introduce a new protocol to the TRACE Corporate and Agency Data feeds – ATDS, BTDS, and BTDS-144A. TRACE data feed clients must adhere to the new protocol and feed changes. The legacy ATDS, BTDS, and BTDS-144A data feed addresses will discontinue publishing after the close of business on Friday, October 18, 2024.
Testing:
NTF: Weekdays 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. ET
Function | Link | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| TRAQS | https://www-ntf.finratraqs.org | |
| FIX - NTF |
| Connect to NTF IP addresses |
| ATDS, BTDS, BTDS-144A - NTF | Connect to ATDS, BTDS, BTDS-144A NTF IP addresses |
Evening Feed Testing: Weekdays 9:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. ET
Function | Link | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ATDS, BTDS, BTDS-144A | Connect to ATDS, BTDS, BTDS-Weeknight IP addresses |
Production Parallel Period: Weekdays 8 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. ET
Legacy ATDS, BTDS, and BTDS-144A multicast and ATDS, BTDS, and BTDS-144A 2.1 (MOLD/UDP) feed versions will concurrently broadcast weekday TRACE transaction production data through October 18. 2024.
FINRA does not recommend using ATDS, BTDS, and BTDS-144A 2.1 (MOLD/UDP) data for presentation into client production data feed engines until October 21, 2024.
Function | Link | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ATDS, BTDS, BTDS-144A | Connect to ATDS, BTDS, BTDS-Production IP addresses |
It is required that all TRACE data feed clients will accommodate the data feed changes by Monday, October 21, 2024.
Please email FINRA Client and System Management with questions regarding this notice.