User Acceptance Test FINRA TRACE Corporate/Agency Replatform and Data Feed Protocol Changes

As part of its Transparency Services improvement initiative, beginning Monday, September 9, 2024, FINRA will re-platform the TRACE Corporate and Agency product to a new Linux-based operating system.

FINRA will sponsor a production User Acceptance Test (UAT) on Saturday, July 20, 2024, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET. Clients who wish to participate in this test must register with FINRA Market Operations or at 866.776.0800 no later than noon on Thursday, July 18, 2024. 

Any client who chooses to test should connect to their production systems on that day; the trading day will be Saturday, July 20, 2024.  The TRACE data feeds will operate via production ports and IP Addresses during this test. FINRA will clear out all transactions at the end of the test. 

The UAT will start at approximately 9 a.m. ET and end at approximately 12 p.m. ET. 

TRACE UAT Meeting Details:

Time: Jul 20, 2024 09:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
 

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Please email FINRA Client and Systems Management with questions regarding this notice.