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    Nasdaq Canada

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    Nasdaq Canada offers a variety of tools to help market participants manage risk.

    Controls

    Price Limit

     

    Price limits are determined by a band calculated as a percentage of value from the national last sale price and the national last sale price at one-minute intervals. These settings are predefined at the exchange level in accordance with IIROC's Marketplace Thresholds

    Share Limit

     

    Share limits provide Members with the ability to set a maximum number of shares permitted per order. When an order is entered with a share amount that exceeds this limit, the order will be rejected.

    Notional Limit

     

    Notional limit provide Members with the ability to set the maximum notional value per order. The notional value of a trade is calculated by the number of shares multiplied by the price of the security. When an order is entered with a notional value above this set limit, the order will be rejected.

    Cancel On Disconnect

     

    In the event the FIX session between Nasdaq Canada and a client is disconnected, Nasdaq Canada will cancel all open orders.

    No Self Trade

     

    This feature is enabled on a Trader ID basis and will prevent the Trader ID from trading with itself. The active order will be cancelled back.

    Self-Trade Prevention - Cancel Newest

     

    This feature will prevent a new order from trading against a resting order. The incoming order will be cancelled and the resting order will remain on the Nasdaq Canada book.

    Self-Trade Prevention - Cancel Oldest

     

    This feature will prevent an incoming order from trading against a resting order. The resting order will be cancelled and the incoming order will remain on the Nasdaq Canada book.

    Self-Trade Prevention - Cancel and Decrement

     

    This feature will prevent a new order from trading against a resting order. The larger order will be decremented by the quantity of the smaller order and the remaining balance will rest on the Nasdaq Canada book. If both orders are the same size, they will be cancelled back.

    Contact Us

    Interested in trading Canadian equities with Nasdaq Canada? Contact your dedicated Nasdaq teams.

    Market

    Market Hours

    CXC and CX2 

    Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. EST 

    CXD

    Monday – Friday, 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. EST

    For Questions About

    By Phone or Email

    General Support

    ca.support@nasdaq.com

    Sales Support

    ca.sales@nasdaq.com

    Operations Support

    ca.operations@nasdaq.com

    Media Support 

    Emily Pan

    Emily.Pan@nasdaq.com

    +1 (646) 441-5120

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