Chapter 8- Trading securities 20-25 questions Flashcards
Basics of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (The Exchange Act)
Established the SEC and it’s power to regulate broker/dealers, exchange, and OTC markets to maintain fair and orderly market
Requires registration of exchange members and those who trade
Provides for all the following: Creation of SEC Regulation of exchanges Regulation of OTC Regulation of credit by Fed Reserve Board Registration of broker/dealers Net capital rules Regulation of insider transactions, short sales, and proxies Regulation of trading activities Regulation of client accounts Customer protection rule Filing of 10 K and Qs Regulation of officers directors and principal shareholders
Composition of SEC
Five commissioners appointed by president of US, approved by senate
Registration of Exchanges and Firms
Registration of Exchanges
1934- Requires Exchanges to file with the SEC
Exchanges agree to help enforce act
Copies of the bylaws, constitution, and articles of corporation are required
Must disclose any rule changes to be disclosed
Registration of Firms
Companies trading on exchanges or Some OTC must register with SEC
Must file 10Qs and 10Ks
Exchange Market
Composed of the NYSE and other exchanges.
Is referred to as an auction market
Listed security is any security listed on an exchange
Over the counter market
Second market
Where Securities not listed on the exchange are traded
Internet based
All Municipals and government bonds trade here
Equities are divided into Nasdaq and non Nasdaq
Nasdaq- Global Select Market, Global Market, and Capital Market
Non-Nasdaq- OTC pink and OTC bulletin board
Third Market (Nasdaq intermarket)
Broker dealers must be listed as OTC market makers
Exchange listed securities are traded in OTC as long as they are reported to Consolidated Tape in 10 seconds
Fourth Market
Institutional Investors
Large blocks of stock both unlisted and listed
Unassisted by broker dealers
Take place through Electronic Communication Networks and are open 24/7
Trading hours of the four markets
NYSE= 9:30-4pm OTC= same hours, though market makers remain open till 6:30 in extended hour trading
Larger spreads, Greater volatility due to low amounts of bid and asks in OTC
Trading location and pricing system for listed and OTC
Listed markets like NYSE and others have trading floors and central market places. Double auction market, and participants compete for best prices
OTC markets- less stringent trading criteria. Traded over network, no central marketplace.
Interdealer network- compete to post best bid and ask. Negotiated market
Quoted
Bid- Market maker willing to buy
Ask- willing to sell
Always spread present, bid below ask
Dark Pools of Liquidity
Trading volume or liquidity not openly available to public
Usually occur on crossing networks or Alternative Trading Systems (ATS) that match buy and sell orders without routing order to an exchange
Able to execute large block orders without impacting public prices or exposing investment strategy
Orders Can be placed anonymously
Market transparency is darkened
Trade Reporting Facility
FINRA Trade Reporting Facility (TRF)
Automated trade Reporting system operated on (Automated Confirmation Transaction) ATC
Used to report trades off of trade floor and NASDAQ
Broker
Agents that arrange trades for clients and charge COMMISIONS
Arrange trades between buyers and sellers
Do not effect trades as principal
Dealers or Principals
Buy and sell for own account, called position trading
Charge markups or mark downs to clients from the interdealer price
Trading from own supply
Net price includes the mark upon
Like a car dealer
Filling an Order
A broker/dealer can fill an order by:
- Acting as an agent by finding a seller and arranging the trade
- Buy the securities, mark it up and resell them
- Sell shares from inventory
Dealer must disclose amount of mark up if it is a Nasdaq security
Can a firm say as both the broker and the dealer in the same transaction?
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NYSE listing requirements
NYSE is the most widely known and often called the Big Board
Largest exchange
Stocks listed in NYSE can also be listed on regional exchange like Chicago Stock Exchange
Must meet a minimum size and minimum number of shareholders holding 100+ shares
Delisting
The NYSE reserves the right to delist a security
Reasons:
Failure to meet the minimum maintenance criteria
Bankruptcy
Abnormally low share price or share volume
Corporate actions not deemed in public interest
BOD of a company would have to vote to delist voluntarily
4 different Personnel (NYSE members) who can trade on floor
- Commission House Brokers (floor brokers)- Execute for clients and for own accounts
Now allowed to trade non-NYSE - Two-Dollar Broker- Called on when Commission Brokers are too busy to execute all trades. Charge a commission for services
- Registered Trader- Trade primarily for their own account. If they accept a public customer’s order from a floor broker must give that priority.
- Specialist or Designated Market Maker- Facilitate trading in specific stocks to maintain fair and orderly market.
Act as both broker and dealer, as well as a auctioneer
Receive rebates from trades done whenever their Quotes result in trades
Auction Market (double auction market)
Buying and selling of exchange securities
Both buyers and sellers call out bids
Best bid must be at least $.01 higher than current best
Best offer must be $.01 lower
Highest and lowest bid are always given first considerations
More than one order at the same price
Specialists award trades in following order
- Priority- First order in
- Precendence- largest order of those submitted
- Parity- Random Drawing
Market Wide Circuit Breaker Rules (MWCB)
Protects against volatility
Three Levels of Halt:
Level 1- 7% decline in S&P 500
Before 3:25- 15 minutes
At or after 3:25 pm- Trading continues unless level 3
Level 2 Halt = 13% decline in S&P 500
Before 3:25- 15 minutes
At or after 3:25- Trading continues till level 3
Level 1 and 2 can only happen once a day. So once level 1 is triggered level 2 would be next
Level 3 Halt= 20% decline in S&P 500
Any time- Trading done for the day
Existing orders can be closed during market close
Arbitrage
Profiting from temporary price differences
Could be due to Three types:
1. Market Arbitrage- Trading in more than one market
- Convertible Security Arbitrage- Converting bonds to stock and selling for profit
- Risk Arbitrage- Buying stock in acquired company and selling short the acquiring company’s stock
Additional Roles of the Specialist or Designated Market Maker
Try to minimize price disparity at open of trade by buying and selling from own supply when needed
Act as agents: execute all orders other brokers leave with them. Accept certain orders like limit and stop orders.
Act as Principal: Buy and sell in own accounts to make a market. May not buy stock at a price that would compete with current market.
Must avoid transacting business at opening or reopening that would upset public balance
Must file reports for exchange
May trade for his account between the bid and ask
Supplemental Liquidity Providers
Off-Floor Market Maker operates and competes with Designated Market Maker (DMM)
Must maintain a bid or an offer for 10% of day
Receives rebates as well, but not as large as DMM
May not trade for public customer or agency basis
Trading Posts
Horseshoe shaped trading center surrounded by computer terminals
DMM watches each trade but does not have to participate in all of them
Orders can also be submitted on Super Display Book
Crossing Orders
Two market orders for same stock, one to buy one to sell
Can use one order to fill both
Must first be offered in the trading crowd at a price higher than the bid by at least .01
4 Price restricted orders
Market
Limit
Stop
Stop Limit
Market Orders
Sent immediately to the floor without restrictions or limits
Executed immediately at current market price and has priority over all other orders
Guarantee of Execution
Buy executed at lowest offering price
Sell at highest bid price available
Limited Order
Limit of acceptable purchase or selling price
Executed at specified price or better
Placed on book to be executed if and when market price meets order
Buy Limit- Placed below current market price
Sell Limit- Placed above
Sometimes not executed even if Market temporarily hits price (FIFO)
Can be handled by specialist as a day order, sometime GTC
Order Protection Rule (SEC Regulation NMS)
Firm cannot buy or sell stock at Limit order and not fill a customer Limit order
Can execute partial order but may not deviate from price specified
Created an obligation for the firm to fill order if buying at that price
Stop Order (Stop Loss Order)
Designed to protect a profit or prevent a loss
Becomes a market order when a stock hits or moves through the price unlike a limit
Left with and executed by DMM
No guarantee of execution price
Buy stop orders are entered above current market price
Sell stop are below CMV
Triggered by an order being filled at the price of the Stop
Stop Order trades
Takes two trades to execute
- Trigger- Transaction to activate the trade
- Execution- Execution at next price available
May or may not be accepted depending on Exchange or dealer
Buy stop orders
Protects a profit or limits loss of a short position
Used by technical traders who track support and resistance levels of stock
Support is bottom, resistance is top
Would be executed once a stock traded for a specific price