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 second production User Acceptance Test (UAT) on Saturday, August 10, 2024, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET. TRACE clients are strongly encouraged to participate in this test to ensure their systems and processes work effectively in the new platform.

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, August 8, 2024.

Any client who chooses to test should connect to their production systems on that day; the trading day will be Saturday, August 10, 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: Aug 10, 2024 09:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join via URL: https://finra.zoom.us/pac/join/3571898127
Passcode: 081024

 Or One tap mobile (US Toll):  +16469313822,,3571898127#,,,,*081024#  or +16694449133,,3571898127#,,,,*081024#

 Or join by phone:
    +1 646 931 3822 (US Toll)
    +1 669 444 9133 (US Toll)
    Conference ID: 357 189 8127
    Passcode: 081024

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