Top Participants - April 2013

The NASDAQ Stock Market thanks our top participants for their continued support and commitment to providing the highest levels of liquidity and volume for NASDAQ–, NYSE– and NYSE Arca–listed securities. Choosing NASDAQ as your trading venue contributes to overall market efficiency and reliability, while ensuring access to stable prices and a growing concentration of liquidity.

NASDAQ Securities

Top Ten NASDAQ Liquidity Providers in
NASDAQ Securities
Top Ten 'Total Volume' in NASDAQ Securities
Rank MPID Firm Name Rank MPID Firm Name
1 MLCO Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith INC. 1 MSCO Morgan Stanley & CO, INC.
2 MSCO Morgan Stanley & CO, INC. 2 MLCO Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith INC.
3 WEDB Wedbush Securities INC. 3 CDRG CITADEL SECURITIES LLC
4 UBSS UBS Securities, LLC 4 FBCO Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
5 FBCO Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC 5 WEDB Wedbush Securities INC.
6 CDRG CITADEL SECURITIES LLC 6 UBSS UBS Securities, LLC
7 BCAP Barclays Capital 7 BCAP Barclays Capital
8 INCA Instinet, LLC 8 JPMS J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
9 NITE Knight Capital Americas, L.P. 9 INCA Instinet, LLC
10 JPMS J.P. Morgan Securities LLC 10 NITE Knight Capital Americas, L.P.

NYSE Securities

Top Ten NASDAQ Liquidity Providers in
NYSE Securities
 Top Ten 'Total Volume' in NYSE Securities
Rank MPID Firm Name Rank MPID Firm Name
1 MSCO Morgan Stanley & CO, INC. 1 MSCO Morgan Stanley & CO, INC.
2 MLCO Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith INC. 2 CDRG CITADEL SECURITIES LLC
3 BCAP Barclays Capital 3 MLCO Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith INC.
4 CDRG CITADEL SECURITIES LLC 4 BCAP Barclays Capital
5 WEDB Wedbush Securities INC. 5 FBCO Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
6 FBCO Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC 6 WEDB Wedbush Securities INC.
7 NITE Knight Capital Americas, L.P. 7 JPMS J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
8 INCA Instinet, LLC 8 UBSS UBS Securities, LLC
9 JPMS J.P. Morgan Securities LLC 9 INCA Instinet, LLC
10 UBSS UBS Securities, LLC 10 NITE Knight Capital Americas, L.P.

NYSE Arca Securities

Top Ten NASDAQ Liquidity Providers in
NYSE ARCA Securities
 Top Ten 'Total Volume' in
NYSE ARCA Securities
Rank MPID Firm Name Rank MPID Firm Name
1 MLCO Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith INC. 1 CDRG CITADEL SECURITIES LLC
2 UBSS UBS Securities, LLC 2 MLCO Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith INC.
3 CDRG CITADEL SECURITIES LLC 3 MSCO Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
4 MSCO Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC 4 UBSS UBS Securities, LLC
5 WEDB Wedbush Securities INC. 5 FBCO Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
6 FBCO Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC 6 WEDB Wedbush Securities INC.
7 NITE Knight Capital Americas, L.P. 7 NITE Knight Capital Americas, L.P.
8 BCAP Barclays Capital 8 BCAP Barclays Capital
9 IMCC IMC Chicago, LLC 9 INCA Instinet, LLC
10 INCA Instinet, LLC 10 JPMS J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

 

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Liquidity provider is defined as the market participant whose quote or order is accessed via NASDAQ. This list includes consenting market participants. The above ranking is provided by NASDAQ’s Economic Research Department.

For NASDAQ-listed securities, liquidity provider ranking is calculated based on shares of NASDAQ-listed securities executed on NASDAQ. All market participants with at least one registered market maker ID and with active market maker positions in at least 350 NASDAQ- or other exchange-listed issues are ranked by volume, including ECNs. For NYSE-listed securities, liquidity provider ranking is calculated based on shares of NYSE-listed securities executed on NASDAQ. All market participants are ranked by volume.

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