What is the Consolidated Audit Trail?

The SEC, FINRA and the exchanges currently rely on ad hoc aggregation of disparate sources of information to conduct market oversight, investigation and enforcement.

The CAT will collect daily order and trade data for equities and options, across all trading venues, into a single database. Data will be submitted daily by broker-dealers and exchanges.

Click here to see our Presentation about the CAT NMS Plan Overview

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