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Daily MP Position Report and Plus Report Data Fields & Definitions

The MP (market participant) position report, available via the web and historically by subscription, can be viewed by issue or by market participant for the previous trading day.

Issue-Specific Data Fields & Definitions - Web Page

Requests by issue symbol will return a list of all market participants that have a status within the requested issue.

Column Heading Definition
MPID The four character identifier of the market participant.
Firm Name The company name of the market particpant.
MP Type The type of the MP Position.

 

Allowed values:

  • C - Electronic Communications Network (ECN)
  • M - Registered Market Maker
  • NR - Non Registered MP, generally Order Entry only
Status The end-of-day status of the market participant's registration position within the issue, from the Previous Day.

 

Allowed values:

  • A or Active - A quoting or order entering participant in the issue.
  • E or Excused Withdrawn - The market participant has requested to be removed temporarily from the issue for special circumstances, such as a religious holiday, compliance requirement, system failure, etc. Also, ECN's assume this state when they do not have size at the inside.
  • F or Functionally Excused - The status of a MP when registered in a CQS issue, and is temporarily not quoting the issue. (CQS Issues Only.)
  • S or Suspended - The market participant has been suspended from the issue. Suspensions are usually imposed by NASDAQ® Market Operations and occur across the board for all issues in which a market participant is registered.
  • W or Withdrawn - Market participant no longer wish to make a market in the particular security, at least for a period of time and has self withdrawn from the quoting of the security.

Market Participant-Specific Data Fields & Definitions - Web Page

Requests by market participant will return all of the issues for which a firm has a status.

Column Heading Definition
Symbol The four character identifier of the market participant.
Security Name The company name of the market particpant.
Market Category The market category of the issue.
  • Q - NASDAQ Global Select MarketSM
  • G - NASDAQ Global MarketSM
  • S - NASDAQ Capital MarketSM
  • I - Other Exchange Listed Securities
MP Type The type of the MP Position

 

Allowed values:

  • C - Electronic Communications Network (ECN)
  • M - Registered Market Maker
  • NR - Non Registered MP, generally Order Entry only
Status The state of the market participant's registration position within the issue.

 

Allowed values:

  • A or Active - A quoting or order entering participant in the issue.
  • E or Excused Withdrawn - The market participant has requested to be removed temporarily from the issue for special circumstances, such as a religious holiday, compliance requirement, system failure, etc. Also, ECN's assume this state when they do not have size at the inside.
  • F or Functionally Excused - The status of a MP when registered in a CQS issue, and is temporarily not quoting the issue. (CQS Issues Only.)
  • S or Suspended - The market participant has been suspended from the issue. Suspensions are usually imposed by NASDAQ® Market Operations and occur across the board for all issues in which a market participant is registered.
  • W or Withdrawn - Market participant no longer wish to make a market in the particular security, at least for a period of time and has self withdrawn from the quoting of the security.

Issue Specific Position Report Data Fields & Definitions - Download File Version

Requests by issue symbol will return a list of all market participants that have a status within the requested issue.

Column Heading Definition
MPID Market Participant ID - the Market Participant registered in the Issue. For Market Participant Names, users can perform a query on the Symbol Directory using the given MPID.
Market Participant Name The organizational or firm name of the market participant.
Market Category The market category of the issue.

 

Allowed values effective July 3, 2006

  • Q - NASDAQ Global Select MarketSM
  • G - NASDAQ Global MarketSM
  • S - NASDAQ Capital MarketSM
  • I - Other Exchange Listed Securities

Allowed values prior to July 3, 2006

  • Q - NASDAQ Market Market®
  • S - NASDAQ SmallCap MarketSM
  • I - Other Exchange Listed Securities
Status The state of the market participant's registration position within the issue.

 

Allowed values:

  • A or Active - A quoting or order entering participant in the issue.
  • E or Excused Withdrawn - The market participant has requested to be removed temporarily from the issue for special circumstances, such as a religious holiday, compliance requirement, system failure, etc. Also, ECN's assume this state when they do not have size at the inside.
  • F or Functionally Excused - The status of a MP when registered in a CQS issue, and is temporarily not quoting the issue. (CQS Issues Only.)
  • S or Suspended - The market participant has been suspended from the issue. Suspensions are usually imposed by NASDAQ® Market Operations and occur across the board for all issues in which a market participant is registered.
  • W or Withdrawn - Market participant no longer wish to make a market in the particular security, at least for a period of time and has self withdrawn from the quoting of the security.
MP Type The type of the MP Position

 

Allowed values:

  • C - Electronic Communications Network (ECN)
  • M - Registered Market Maker
  • NR - Non Registered MP, generally Order Entry only
The following fields are displayed at the bottom of the file, with one record for each field
Report Date The report date requested. Displayed in mm/dd/yyyy format.
Issue The identifier of the security.
Total MPIDs Number of MPIDs included in the file.

MPID Specific Position Report Data Fields & Definitions - Download File Version

Requests by market participant identifier (MPID) will return a list of all securities where the MPID has a registered status.

Column Heading Definition
Symbol The identifier representing the security in which a market participant has a position.
Security Name The company name for the security and type of issue.
Market Category The market category of the issue.

 

Allowed values effective July 3, 2006

  • Q - NASDAQ Global Select MarketSM
  • G - NASDAQ Global MarketSM
  • S - NASDAQ Capital MarketSM
  • I - Other Exchange Listed Securities

Allowed values prior to July 3, 2006

  • Q - NASDAQ Market Market®
  • S - NASDAQ SmallCap MarketSM
  • I - Other Exchange Listed Securities
Status The state of the market participant's registration position within the issue.

 

Allowed values:

  • A or Active - A quoting or order entering participant in the issue.
  • E or Excused Withdrawn - The market participant has requested to be removed temporarily from the issue for special circumstances, such as a religious holiday, compliance requirement, system failure, etc. Also, ECN's assume this state when they do not have size at the inside.
  • F or Functionally Excused - The status of a MP when registered in a CQS issue, and is temporarily not quoting the issue. (CQS Issues Only.)
  • S or Suspended - The market participant has been suspended from the issue. Suspensions are usually imposed by NASDAQ® Market Operations and occur across the board for all issues in which a market participant is registered.
  • W or Withdrawn - Market participant no longer wish to make a market in the particular security, at least for a period of time and has self withdrawn from the quoting of the security.
MP Type The type of the MP Position

 

Allowed values:

  • C - Electronic Communications Network (ECN)
  • M - Registered Market Maker
  • NR - Non Registered MP, generally Order Entry only
The following fields are displayed at the bottom of the file, with one record for each field
Report Date The report date requested. Displayed in mm/dd/yyyy format.
MPID Market Participant ID - The market participant identifier.
Total Issues Number of securities included on the file.
Number of NASDAQ Global Select Issues Number of securities listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market
Number of NASDAQ Global Market Issues Number of securities listed on the NASDAQ Global Market
Number of NASDAQ Capital Market Issues Number of securities listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market
Number of Exchange-Listed Issues Number of securities listed on other exchanges.

Daily MP Position Plus Reports Data Fields & Definitions - Download File

The Daily MP Position Report Plus download file contains all of the issues that all market participants had a registered position in for any given date. It includes all end-of-day statuses for all MP Positions (Active, Suspended, Excused Withdrawn, Deleted, Functionally Excused, and Functionally Suspended) for every NASDAQ-Listed and Exchange-Listed Issues.

The first four fields are the columns within the text file, and the last six fields are summaries located at the end of the file.

Due to the large amount of data, the download file is provided in a self-extracting compressed file (.exe). Inside the compressed file is an ASCII text file delimited by pipes (|). These files are easily imported into spreadsheet and database applications. A clearing cycle of days (T+1, T+2, T+3) will be available. A monthly subscription will be necessary to access this data.

 

Column Heading Definition
MPID Market Participant ID - the Market Participant registered in the Issue. For Market Participant Names, users can perform a query on the Symbol Directory using the given MPID.
Symbol The identifier representing the security in which a market participant has a position.
Security Name The company name for the security and type of issue.
Market Category The market category of the issue.

 

  • Q - NASDAQ Global Select MarketSM
  • G - NASDAQ Global MarketSM
  • S - NASDAQ Capital MarketSM
  • I - Other Exchange Listed Securities
Status The state of the market participant's registration position within the issue.

 

Allowed values:

  • Active - A quoting or order entering participant in the issue.
  • Excused Withdrawn - The market participant has requested to be removed temporarily from the issue for special circumstances, such as a religious holiday, compliance requirement, system failure, etc. Also, ECN's assume this state when they do not have size at the inside.
  • Functionally Excused - The status of a MP when registered in a CQS issue, and is temporarily not quoting the issue. (CQS Issues Only.)
  • Suspended - The market participant has been suspended from the issue. Suspensions are usually imposed by NASDAQ® Market Operations and occur across the board for all issues in which a market participant is registered.
  • Functionally Suspended - The status of a MP when registered in a CQS issue that is undergoing a Trading Halt. (CQS Issues Only.)
  • Withdrawn - Market participant no longer wish to make a market in the particular security, at least for a period of time and has self withdrawn from the quoting of the security.
MP Type The type of the MP Position

 

Allowed values:

  • C - Electronic Communications Network (ECN)
  • M - Registered Market Maker
  • NR - Non Registered MP, generally Order Entry only
Report Date The report date requested.