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EP121 SEC Short Sale Exemption Reasons

This extension covers part of the SEC amendments for Regulation SHO to place further restrictions on short selling. See also EP120. Since the SEC amendment provides exemptions to the rule (broker/dealers may submit “short exempt” orders under certain conditions), it is necessary to enhance FIX messages during the trade lifecycle. In particular, a FIX order...

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EP120 SEC Short Sale Restrictions

This extension covers part of the SEC amendments for Regulation SHO to place further restrictions on short selling. See also EP121. The rules create a “Circuit Breaker” which changes the trading behavior for a security. FIX is utilized in pre-trade dissemination of securities reference data and market data; it follows that FIX needs a method...