TRACE Working Group

The TRACE Working Group will have its next call on Tuesday September 29 at 1 pm ET. The Working Group will discuss a revised draft FIF letter to FINRA and the Federal Reserve Board relating to implementation of the expansion of the TRACE affiliate - principal transaction indicator to transactions with affiliates that are FINRA members.

POSTED Sep 28,2026

Data & Technology Committee

The Data & Technology Committee will have its next call on Wednesday September 30 at 10 am ET to review capacity, latency and volume data for the prior month for the equity, options, currency, crypto and futures markets. The spotlight presenters will be John Ramsay and Chris Twomey of IEX, who will discuss the launch of the IEX Options exchange facility.

POSTED Sep 28,2026

CAT Transaction Reporting and CAT Reference Database Working Groups

FIF has scheduled a joint call for the CAT Transaction Reporting and CAT Reference Database Working Groups for Wednesday September 30 at 2 pm ET. The Working Groups will discuss the CAT Alert and updated Technical Specifications relating to CAT reporting for extended exchange trading hours.

POSTED Sep 28,2026

CAT Monthly Update Working Group Call

The CAT Monthly Update Working Group call for October will be on Thursday October 1 at 2 pm ET. The Working Group will review guidance and updates from CAT LLC and FINRA CAT during the prior month. The Working Group will also review the current areas of focus for FIF members and the current open issues relating to CAT reporting.

POSTED Sep 28,2026

FIF Chicago Event

FIF is excited to announce our annual Chicago event, sponsored by Cboe Global Markets. After opening remarks from Keith Petersen, VP of Market Data, there will be an equities panel and an options/futures panel. The equities panel will focus on topics such as Rule 611, Rule 605, CAT and overnight trading. The options/futures panel will focus on potential topics such as: extended hours trading in options, single stock futures, prediction markets, OPRA dynamic rebalance symbol distribution, crypto options and binary options. The equities panel will be moderated by Tom Jordan of Jordan & Jordan and will include panelists: Gregg Berman of Citadel Securities, Tom Hochleutner of Clear Street and Barry Metzger of DriveWealth. The options/futures panel will be moderated by Derek Lacarrubba of DASH Financial and will include panelists: Patrick Coicou of Cboe Global Markets, Mark Lanctot of Robinhood and Ben Londergan of Simplex Trading. The event will take place on Tuesday October 6th at Cboe's offices at 433 West Van Buren Street, Chicago, IL 60607. Registration in the lobby begins at 2pm CT, the speaking engagement will be from 3-4:30pm CT with refreshments and networking afterwards from 4:30-6pm CT. FIF would like to thank Cboe Global Markets for sponsoring this event. FIF Members may register for free here (sign in the site first, then register), non-members who are interested in attending may contact the program office at fifinfo@fif.com. 

POSTED Sep 21,2026

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