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    Nasdaq Canada

    Smart Router

    Fully customize your orders with smart routing.

    Fully Customize Your Orders With Smart Routing

    With custom strategies, you can:

    • Choose one or more ping destinations to capture hidden mid-point liquidity

    • Choose one or more posting destinations

    • Use directed strategies to route directly to all other major market centers

    • Customize the routing table

    • Choose Dynamic Re-spray to pullback resting orders to take tradable liquidity at away markets

    Custom Routing Fee to post at these destinations:

    • Omega

    • Lynx

    • CSE (Pure)

    • Aequitas

    • Alpha

    • Match Now

    Free Strategies

    See below for free strategies related to CXC.

    SMART CXC - Ping PureStream AON, ping CXD AON, spray all protected markets, post any remaining on CXC.

    SMART CXC DYNAMIC - Ping PureStream AON, ping CXD AON, spray all protected markets, post any remaining on CXC, dynamic re-spray.

    SMART CXC DARK - Ping PureStream AON, ping CXD, CX2 Dark, CXC Dark, ping Match Now, spray all protected markets, post any remaining on CXC.

    SMART CXC DARK DYNAMIC - Ping PureStream AON, ping CXD, CX2 Dark, CXC Dark, ping Match Now, spray all protected markets, post any remaining on CXC, dynamic re-spray.

    SWEEP AND CROSS - Allows participants to sweep all protected quotes and print a cross order in one step by sending IOC bypass orders to all protected venues before printing the cross on CXC.

    FEE SENSITIVE - Ping PureStream AON, ping CXD AON, route based on best execution fee, posting any residual quantity to CXC.

    DEPTH-FINDER - Takes advantage of price improvement opportunities by taking liquidity with an iterative depth-of-book spray, capturing hidden portion of iceberg orders. Any residual is posted to CXC.

    SWEEP AND POST - Aggressively takes liquidity with a depth-of-book spray in a single pass and books any residual to CXC.

    See below for free strategies related to CX2.

    SMART CX2 - Ping PureStream AON, ping CXD AON, spray all protected markets, post any remaining on CX2.

    SMART CX2 DYNAMIC - Ping PureStream AON, ping CXD AON, spray all protected markets, post any remaining on CX2, dynamic re-spray.

    SMART CX2 DARK - Ping PureStream AON, ping CXD, CX2 Dark, CXC Dark, ping Match Now, spray all protected markets, post any remaining on CX2.

    SMART CX2 DARK DYNAMIC - Ping PureStream AON, ping CXD, CX2, CXC Dark, ping Match Now, spray all protected markets, post any remaining on CX2, dynamic re-spray.

    See below for free strategies related to TSX.

    SMART X - Ping PureStream AON, Ping CXD AON, spray all protected markets, post any remaining on TSX.

    SMART X DYNAMIC - Ping PureStream AON, ping CXD AON, spray all protected markets, post any remaining on TSX, dynamic re-spray.

    SMART X DARK - Ping PureStream AON, ping CXD, CX2 Dark, CXC Dark, ping Match Now, spray all protected markets, post any remaining on TSX.

    SMART X DARK DYNAMIC - Ping PureStream AON, ping CXD, CX2, CXC Dark, ping Match Now, spray all protected markets, post any remaining on TSX, dynamic re-spray.

    See below for free strategies related to Multi-Post.

    CXC & TSX - Nasdaq Canada Smart Router will attempt to split the shares evenly between CXC & TSX.

    CXC & ALPHA - Nasdaq Canada Smart Router will attempt to split the shares evenly between CXC & ALPHA.

    CXC, TSX & ALPHA - Nasdaq Canada Smart Router will attempt to split the shares evenly between CXC, TSX & ALPHA.

    Contact Us

    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

    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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    EXECUTION FACILITY

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