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NASDAQ BX TotalView-ITCH
System Description
NASDAQ BX TotalView-ITCH (“BX TotalView”) provides every single quote and order at every
price level in NASDAQ-, NYSE-, Amex- and regional-listed securities on NASDAQ BX.*
Please note that pricing for the BX TotalView data feed is not yet available.
To order BX TotalView, please mail, fax or email this completed form to:
NASDAQ OMX Global Data Products
9600 Blackwell Road, Suite 500
Rockville, MD 20850
Fax: 301.978.5295
Email: DataAdmin@nasdaqomx.com
Please complete a separate system description for each entitlement system controlling
the BX TotalView data feed.
Please note that your firm will also have to complete and submit a Distributor Agreement
or Subscriber Agreement relevant to NASDAQ BX data. Please contact your NASDAQ OMX
Global Data Products Account Manager for additional details.
I. OVERVIEW AND SYSTEM INFORMATION
Date:
Firm Name:
Name of Service/System:
Installation Address for the Billing Address for the data feed (if
data feed (required): different than the installation address):
Contact Name Contact Name
Street Address Street Address
City, State Zip Code City, State Zip Code
Phone Number Phone Number
Email Address Email Address
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Please provide contact information for the following notifications:
Primary/Business Contact Technical Contact:
(required):
Contact Name Contact Name
Street Address Street Address
City, State Zip Code City, State Zip Code
Phone Number Phone Number
Email Address Email Address
Administrative Contact
(reporting, policies, etc.):
Contact Name
Street Address
City, State Zip Code
Phone Number
Email Address
a. Describe your intended use of the market data:
b. Provide the name and address of the organization that will supply the data feed:
Data Feed Provider(s) Account Number(s)
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c. How will your firm distribute the data?
Method of Distribution Real-Time Delayed
Dedicated Landline/ Satellite/FM Broadcast
LAN/WAN
Internet
Internet – Co-Branding Other Firm’s Website
Intranet
If you are distributing market data via the internet, please provide the following
information:
Website Address(es):
Demo ID(s) and Passwords:
d. To whom will your firm distribute the market data?
Recipients Real-Time Delayed
Internal Users
External Professional Users
External Non-Professional Users
Retransmission Data Feed
Non-Display/Derived Data
Software Development Only
e. Will your firm utilize the market data for purposes other than the display of data
(i.e., automated trading, Blackbox/program trading, limit order routing, analysis,
order verification surveillance programs, etc.)?
Yes1 No
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Non-display usage is defined as any device that a distributor allows to access the BX TotalView information or that
communicates with the distributor so as to cause the distributor to access such information. Non-display usage of the
BX TotalView data is fee liable. If a controlled non-display device is part of an electronic network between computers,
the burden will be on the Distributor to demonstrate that the particular controlled device should not have to pay for a
BX TotalView entitlement. Examples of non-display usage include, but are not limited to, the following: operations
control programs, program trading, investment analysis, order verification, surveillance programs, risk management
and order routing activities.
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f. What is the display software information (if applicable)?
In-House
Display Software Application:
Provider: Version:
g. Distributors providing real-time data to external subscribers are required to:
Administer the relevant Subscriber Agreement to each subscriber, or
Choose to indemnify NASDAQ BX and its affiliates.
How will your firm offer the Subscriber Agreement to real-time data subscribers?
Vendor Indemnification — Distributor includes language in its own legally valid and
enforceable contract with the Subscriber that protects NASDAQ BX to the same extent as if
Distributor had administered the Subscriber Agreement to the Subscriber.
Online Subscriber Agreement — Distributor offers the Subscriber Agreement via the
internet. Completion of the Online Subscriber Agreement Application and the Online
Subscriber Agreement Amendment are required.
Incorporation by Reference — Distributor adds specific language into its own agreement
with the Subscriber. Submission of a copy of this agreement is required.
Stand Alone/Hard Copy Agreement — Distributor provides subscriber with a hard copy
of the Subscriber Agreement. Distributor retains executed originals but does not submit
the documents to NASDAQ BX.
II. ENTITLEMENT SYSTEM
a. Provide the name and version number of your firm’s entitlement system and the
associated provider(s) of the entitlement system used to control distribution of
market data to your display devices/users.
In-House
Entitlement System Application:
Provider: Version:
b. The Distributor Agreement requires that monthly usage reports be maintained on file
for at least three years. Does your firm have this capability?
Yes No
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c. How will the entitlement history data be maintained?
Hard Copy
Electronic File
Other:
d. How will device entitlement be controlled? (Please check all that apply.)
User ID/Password
Terminal ID
Other:
e. How much time is necessary to entitle new end users?
Within Market Hours
Overnight
Other:
f. Does your data feed/network system provide an audit trail, identifying each
transaction (i.e., additions, deletions, etc.)?
Yes No
g. Please describe how your entitlement system operates and how your firm will
administer user IDs and passwords. Please be specific regarding whether your data
feed provider will add and delete users or if your firm will have these capabilities in-
house. (Please provide attachments if necessary.)
h. How does your system prevent the unauthorized use or concurrent sharing of IDs?
(Please provide attachments if necessary.)
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I certify that the information I am providing in this document is true and accurate.
Signature Title
Print Name Firm Name
Date
For questions, please contact your NASDAQ OMX Global Data Products Account Manager, or call
301.978.5307.
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* The availability of the data referenced on this system description is subject to Securities and
Exchange Commission (“SEC”) approval of the acquisition of Boston Stock Exchange,
Incorporated (“BSE”) by The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc., the closing of that acquisition, and SEC
approval of revised rules governing equity trading through BSE.
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