TDN

Trade Data Network

Sell Side Annual Subscription – Full Roles (Clearing & Executing Broker)

2025 Pricing Terms

  • Customers select a tier based on expected volume use and pay quarterly in arrears for the tier
  • Charges will apply from the Effective Date of Opt-in
  • Customers will default to the Small Broker tier unless they formally elect otherwise
  • Any overage charges incurred are charged quarterly
  • Minimum contract term of 1 year with auto renewal for additional 1 year terms unless customer notice is served in accordance with the terms of the agreements
  • Customers may upgrade to a higher tier during the term, in advance of the next quarter.
    • Tier upgrades apply at the beginning of the subsequent quarter

2024 Pricing Terms

  • Customers select a tier based on expected volume use and pay quarterly in arrears for the tier
  • Customers will default to the Small Broker tier unless they formally elect otherwise
  • Any overage charges incurred are charged quarterly
  • Current tier selection carries over each calendar year unless customer notices Company
  • Minimum contract term of 1 year with auto renewal for additional 1 year terms unless customer cancels
  • Customers may upgrade to a higher tier at any time to reduce overage charges if desired.
    • Tier upgrades apply at the beginning of the subsequent quarter
    • Tier upgrades requested within 15 days of invoice will apply to current quarter
    • Tier downgrades apply at the first renewal term and then at the beginning of each following calendar year

Quarterly Fees by Tier

Tier Min Quarterly Volume (Contracts) Max Quarterly Volume (Contracts) Quarterly Fee
Small Broker 1,000,000 $12,000
Medium Broker 1,000,001 10,000,000 $60,000
Large Broker 10,000,001 20,000,000 $75,000
X Large Broker 20,000,001 Unlimited $105,000

 

Per Contract Overage Fees

Tier Overage Fee
Small Broker $0.0100
Medium Broker $0.0050
Large Broker $0.0025
X Large Broker $0.0000

Sell Side Annual Subscription – Executing Broker Role Only

2025 pricing

  • Customers select a tier based on expected volume use and pay quarterly in arrears for the tier.
  • Charges will apply from the first quarter in which volume is submitted to TDN.
  • Any overage fees incurred are charged quarterly in arrears.
  • Customers may upgrade to a higher tier during the term, in advance of the next quarter.
    • Tier upgrades will apply at the beginning of the subsequent quarter
    • Any customer that commits to the Medium Broker (or higher) tier for 2025 before 31st December 2024 will have their fees capped at that tier price for 2025, regardless of volume

Quarterly Fees by Tier

Tier Min Quarterly Volume (Contracts) Max Quarterly Volume (Contracts) Quarterly Fee
Small Broker 1,000,000 Free
Medium Broker 1,000,001 10,000,000 $7,500
Large Broker 10,000,001 20,000,000 $9,375
X Large Broker 20,000,001 Unlimited $13,125

Per Contract Overage Fees

Tier Overage Fee
Small Broker $0.0100
Medium Broker $0.0050
Large Broker $0.0025
X Large Broker $0.0000
  • Per Client Pricing – Available to any customer who has opted-in before 31st December 2024.
  • $10,000 annual subscription per client, first two clients free.
  • No cap
  • Pro-rata annual billing for each new client for the remainder of the calendar year.
  • Billing is quarterly.
  • Minimum contract term of 1-year with auto renewal for additional 1-year terms.

2024 pricing

  • $10,000 annual subscription per client, first two clients free.
  • Pro-rata annual billing for each new client for the remainder of the calendar year.
  • Billing is quarterly.
  • Minimum contract term of 1-year with auto renewal for additional 1-year terms.

Buy Side Pricing

  • Fees are charged at $0.01 per contract, up to a quarterly cap of $16,500, and invoiced quarterly in arrears.
  • Charges will apply following the completion of the initial implementation.

Atlantis Pricing

ETD Settlement Fees

The ETD Per-Contract Settlement Fee is $0.015 and applies to both executing and clearing sides based on the number of Billable Contracts. Billable Contracts is the number of contracts included in each trade processed in the system and settles in each monthly processing cycle, with the following exceptions:

  • Trades that match agreements where either executing broker or clearing broker are not a participant in the system
  • Zero Fees contracts are free for executing brokers if settled within the first three months of their trade month and the trades are unadjusted. Executing brokers are not charged for trades that match and settle if the executing broker affirms that zero fees are due to them or another party.

Contract Settlement Fee Cap

  • Settlement Caps are annual based on January – December settlement volume and reset each calendar year
  • Fees still have an individual Contract Settlement Fee Cap “Settlement Cap” or “Settlement Caps” for executing and clearing business separately.
  • The 2025 Settlement Caps on Atlantis per global participating firm are:
    • Clearing business, USD $250,000
    • Executing business, USD $275,000
  • For 2023 and 2024 Settlement Caps on Atlantis per global participating firm are: Clearing business, USD $230,000 and Executing business, USD $240,000

New for 2025!
Full-Service brokerage firms can pre-pay for an Atlantis Subscription License that allows unlimited settlement of ETD and Blocks clearing and executing brokerage for USD$500,000 for 2025. Subscription terms run calendar year, with annual auto-renew on January 1.

Block Settlement Fees

FIA Tech offers the ability to settle Block Trade brokerage on Atlantis.

2025 pricing terms

Payers: Blocks Settlement is included in the ETD Clearing brokerage (CB) Settlement Cap. Price is USD $0.015 per contract settled.

Small Receivers: Pay Monthly
Small Receivers can select one of two “Pay Monthly” pricing plans at the start of the term:

  • Pay monthly – 1.5% of brokerage fees settled, up to a cap of $250,000 per calendar year
  • Pay monthly – USD$0.015 per contract settled, up to a cap of $250,000 per calendar year
  • Terms run calendar year. Annual auto-renewal on January 1.
  • Switching from “Pay Monthly” to “Annual Subscription” for next term requires providing notice at least 60-day before the start of a new term.

Large Receivers: Annual Subscription

  • Large Receivers can opt-in to an Annual Subscription License, in return for unlimited block brokerage settlement.
  • This is a prepaid annual fee of USD$150,000. The initial invoice for the annual fee will be prorated from the first day of the first monthly settlement cycle of block trades on Atlantis.
  • Terms run calendar year. Annual auto-renewal on January 1.

2023/2024 ETD pricing terms, subject to submitting an Opt-In Form:

  • The Settlement Cap is through the current yearend and resets each calendar year on an annual basis
  • Bank Payers: For ETD Clearing business (CB), the Settlement Cap increases an additional $50k to enable Block Settlement. Per-contract settlement fee remains consistent with the rest of ETD at $0.015 per billable contract
  • IDB Receivers: IDBs may opt to enable unlimited Blocks Settlement through the current yearend for a $150k separate standalone fee paid upfront
  • Non-Bank Payers: Rolling out program for non-bank payers (corporates) which will be subject to a different pricing that is forthcoming

US Listed Options Brokerage Settlement

US Listed Options Brokerage Settlement

FIA Tech offers the ability to settle OCC Options/US Listed Options on Atlantis subject to the following fees:

  • USLO fees charge 1.5% of USD brokerage settled up to the annual fee cap
  • Annual fee cap includes settlement each month for both execution and clearing activity
  • The 2025 USLO annual fee cap is $225,000 per each global participating firm
  • The 2023 and 2024 USLO annual fee cap is $225,000 per each global participating firm
  • Brokerage settled using the Cash Adjustments functionality will be invoiced as settled brokerage

Introductory Pricing

To encourage broader platform adoption, customers who’s settlement volume in each asset class is less than the trailing six-month averages below are not subject to fees. The trailing average includes both clearing and executing settlement volume.

  • ETD 50,000 contracts per month
  • US Listed Options 30,000 contracts per month

ETD Maintenance & Bulk Settlement Fees

ETD Maintenance Fees:

  • ETD Maintenance Fees are charged monthly until all applicable contracts settle to the Responsible Party determined by the Responsible Party Matrix
  • ETD Maintenance Fees has increasing rates for unsettled contracts over six months
  • Each rate tier is determined by the age of unsettled, eligible to settle contracts outstanding at the end of each monthly settlement cycle
Time in Backlog ETD Maintenance Fee Rate
6-12 Months $0.001 per contract
12-18 Months $0.002 per contract
18+ months $0.003 per contract

Large Backlog Surcharge

  • Firms who have over 10 million aged unsettled contracts in aggregate will incur a surcharge of USD $3,000 at the end of each monthly settlement cycle until their aged backlog falls below the threshold.
  • Aged unsettled contracts are defined as outstanding eligible to settle contracts that have been 6+ months in the backlog. The Responsible Party Matrix determines which firm is the responsible party for each aged unsettled contract at the end of each monthly settlement cycle.
  • The Large Backlog Surcharge is exclusive of the ETD Maintenance Fee Cap.

ETD Maintenance Cap:

  • ETD Maintenance Cap is $120,000 per calendar year and is separate from the annual Contract Settlement Fee Cap
  • The ETD Maintenance Cap resets at the beginning of each calendar year
  • The Responsible Party Fees charged for Bulk Settlement and Large Backlog Surcharge are exclusive of the ETD Maintenance Cap

Bulk Settlement Fees:

FIA Tech offers a Bulk Settlement Service to help firms in clearing the rest of the aged, unsettled backlog in Atlantis.

  • Both clearing and executing brokers receive charges of current per-contract settlement fee up to each firm’s annual applicable Contract Settlement Fee Cap
  • Separately, the Responsible Party will pay an additional $0.005 per contract as determined by the Responsible Party Matrix
  • The Responsible Party is determined at the point of the Bulk Settlement Template submission to FIA Tech and considered final

You can Download the Responsible Party Matrix here

Additional Terms Specific to Atlantis

  • Unless explicitly said otherwise, firms receive invoices monthly in arrears for all Billable Contracts settled, with the exception of those that are required to pay in advance
  • Firms that exceeded the annual fee cap and project to exceed the cap in the next year will receive annual invoices in advance rather than monthly in arrears
  • Payments are due 30 days from receipt of their invoice
  • Firms that are more than 90 days behind in payments are excluded from future settlement cycles until their account is current
  • All pricing does not include any applicable Federal, State, or Local use taxes. Any tax obligations of non-US entities resulting from this service remain the sole responsibility of the customer to ensure they comply with their tax authority.

Docs Pricing

The Docs pricing system consists of four components:

  • A Per Agreement Fee for each agreement executed in Docs
  • A quarterly Storage Fee for supporting all past executed agreements in the system
  • An upcharge applies to the Per-Agreement and Storage Fee for agreements that are not wholly electronic
  • Give-In Limit Repository fees apply if subscribed to this service

Storage is required for all institutions that have at least one broker party. The Per-Agreement Fee is assessed to the conformed executing broker; however, if there is no conformed executing broker, then the conformed clearing broker will pay the Per-Agreement Fee. Institutions containing only customer/trader parties have the option of maintaining storage of Docs agreements at their respective tier rate. Customers/traders that choose not to store documents in Docs will have execution only access at absolutely no cost and will have seven days after execution to print agreements.

Storage Fees

Number of Agreements Stored 2024 – Fee per Quarter 2025 – Fee per Quarter
0-50 $175.00 $200.00
51-500 $450.00 $500.00
501-1,000 $800.00 $900.00
1,001-2,000 $1,350.00 $1,500.00
2,001-5,000 $2,000.00 $2,300.00
5,001-10,000 $5,000.00 $5,500.00
10,001-20,000 $6,250.00 $6,900.00
20,001-40,000 $7,500.00 $8,250.00
40,001-60,000 $9,000.00 $10,000.00
More than 60,000 $11,000.00 $12,250.00
Non-STP Agreement Upcharge $1.25 per agreement $1.25 per agreement

Per-Agreement Fees

  • The Standard Give-Up Agreement executed on Docs are charged $30 per agreement.
  • There is a $5.00 upcharge for non-STP agreements.
  • Uploaded Legacy Give-Up Agreements: Legacy uploaded agreements are charged the Per-Agreement Fee to the Institution that uploaded the agreement regardless of its role on the agreement. All institutions that wish to initiate agreements and/or upload Legacy agreements are required to have storage.
  • Give-Up Screening Agreement (GUSA): The Per-Agreement Fee of the Institution is charged to both brokers that are party to the agreement.
  • Customer Limit Screening Agreement (CLSA): There is a $20.00 fee charged to the broker that uploads this agreement.
  • Amended Agreement: Amendments follow the same rules as the Per-Agreement Fee for executing Standard Give-Up Agreements.
  • Transitioned Agreement: There is a $20.00 fee charged, regardless of agreement types, to each broker that is a party to the agreement created as a result of a transition.
    Transition Protocols:

Non-STP Upcharge is on executed agreements that do not support straight-through processing. To promote more STP agreements across the industry, any executed agreement that has a non-conformed broker party, contains a PDF rate schedule absent an eRate, or is an uploaded agreement other than a CLSA will incur an upcharge to the Per–Agreement Fee for execution and a quarterly upcharge to store the Non-STP Agreement.

Please reach out to Docs.Support@fia-tech.com with any questions.

Give–In Limit Repository (GLR)

Current GLR Fees are posted below with all other fees, billing, and legal provisions of the Docs Service will remain unchanged, as specified in the Docs System User Agreement.

  • Access to the User Interface as Executing Broker: Free of Charge
  • Access to the User Interface as Clearing Broker: $.50 per executed agreement/quarter (or $2/year)
  • Access to the API as Executing Broker: $1.25 per executed agreement/quarter (or $5/year)
  • Access to the API as Clearing Broker: $1.25 per executed agreement/quarter (or $5/year) and requires a subscription to the Clearing Broker Interface

Implementation Service Fees:

  • Email notifications: Free of Charge
  • REST and FIX API are available. Delivered under SOW.

FIA Tech will invoice System User for other fees quarterly in arrears based on the then-current number of executed agreements in the system multiplied by the relevant fee per contract.

*All pricing does not include any applicable Federal, State, or Local use taxes. Any tax obligations of non-US entities resulting from this service remain the sole responsibility of the customer to ensure they comply with their tax authority.

eRecs Pricing

Environments Per Asset Class

  • $55,000 – Accounts Receivable only
  • $45,000 – Accounts Payable only
  • $95,000 – “Full Service” Reconciliation and Invoicing
  • Firms that require larger processing (e.g., 1 year of reconciled data for manual invoices, additional environments for staging/testing) can opt for a high-capacity AWS environment for $28,000 per calendar year.

Discounted pricing is available for small firms. A small firm is defined as a firm that averages less than 100,000 trade lines a month. Environments are monitored and right-sized at regular intervals to ensure optimal performance.

Small Firm Environment Per Asset Class

  • $36,000 – Accounts Receivable only
  • $27,000 – Accounts Payable only
  • $60,000 – “Full Service” Reconciliation and Invoicing

Additional Payment Terms

  • All license fees are subject to a 25% implementation fee per 90 project days
  • Service period is annually based per calendar year from January, 1st – December, 31st prorated for initial year-end term.
  • All fees and future renewals will be invoiced in annual terms in full prior to renewal
  • Firms already in production will be invoiced annually in advance for their subscription fees. All other firms will be invoiced upon the execution of their service agreement
  • Payments are due 30 days from receipt of invoice
  • Firms 90 days past due are subject to suspension of their service and account access until their account is current

*All pricing does not include any applicable Federal, State, or Local use taxes. Any tax obligations of non-US entities resulting from this service remain the sole responsibility of the customer to ensure they comply with their tax authority.

OCR

OCR Pricing

The OCR Data Service requires an annual subscription fee as shown in the following fee schedule plus a one-time fee for onboarding based on client-specific setup.  FIA Tech uses the following criteria to determine which fee tier applies to your firm.

  • FCM – Large is greater than $2b in customer assets in seg as reported by the CFTC or equivalent regulatory entity
  • FCM – Basic and Non- FCM Clearing Member tiers are for FCMs and Clearing Members with less than $2b in customer assets in seg as reported by the CFTC or equivalent regulatory entity
  • Swap Dealer Only tier is for non-clearing swap dealers and firms who use OCR for their own reporting
Fee Tier 2024 – Annual Subscription Fee 2025 – Annual Subscription Fee
FCM – Large $45,000 $55,000
FCM – Basic $30,000 $35,000
Non-FCM Clearing Member $30,000 $35,000
Swap Dealer Only $25,000 $30,000

FIA Tech’s OCR Service allows for Reporting Firms to acquire data from 3rd party providers such as the Markit Counterparty Manager (MCPM).  Below are the additional fees per reporting firm for the use of these 3rd Party Data Providers via FIA Tech’s OCR Service.

OCR Subscription Tier Annual 3rd Party Data Provider Fee
FCM – Large $5,000 per year
FCM – Basic $3,500 per year
Swap Dealer Only $2,500 per year

Additional Payment Terms

  • The service period is annually per calendar year from January, 01st – December, 31st
  • At signing each invoice is pro-rated through December, 31st of the current year, and all future renewals are invoiced in annual calendar terms in full prior to the renewal
  • Onboarding fees are invoiced at the time of signing and cover the onboarding period until the client is in UAT
  • Payments are due 30 days from receipt of their invoice
  • Firms 90 days past due are subject to suspension of their account access until their account is current

 

*All pricing does not include any applicable Federal, State, or Local use taxes. Any tax obligations of non-US entities resulting from this service remain the sole responsibility of the customer to ensure they comply with their tax authority.

Databank Pricing

Reference Data Service Reference Data Category Annual Fees* All Subscriptions*
Position Limits Databank (PLD) Global Exchanges + MiFID II $34,500
EMEA Exchanges + MiFID II $25,000
Americas Exchanges $25,000
Asia Exchanges $25,000
Equity Options Position Limits Databank (EOPLD) Global Exchanges $10,000 N/A
Exchange Fees Databank (EFD) Global Exchanges $26,500 N/A
Exchange Event Management Cash and Collateral $25,000 N/A
Corporate Actions Corporate Actions $35,000 N/A
Pricing EOD Pricing $12,000 per exchange/year N/A
Entity Reference Data Broker Code Reports $10,000 N/A
Contract Specs Sell Side
Regulatory Classification (CFTC, SA-CCR, MiFIR, EMIR, CFI) $26,667 25% Discount
Exchange/CCP Hours of Operation & Holiday Hours $26,667
Basic Trading Specification $80,000
Instrument Level Detail $80,000
Settlement and Delivery Calendar (Includes Spot Month Calendar) $26,667
Delivery grade and point $26,667
Buy Side
Regulatory Classification (CFTC, SA-CCR, MiFIR, EMIR, CFI) $10,000 25% Discount
Exchange/CCP Hours of Operation & Holiday Hours $10,000
Basic Trading Specification $10,000
Instrument Level Detail $10,000
Settlement and Delivery Calendar (Includes Spot Month Calendar) $10,000
Delivery grade and point $10,000
Index Classification Sell Side
Foreign Security Futures Data – Broad/Narrow Classification $35,000 N/A
Buy Side
Foreign Security Futures Data – Broad/Narrow Classification $10,000 N/A
Symbology Sell Side
X-Ref for Contract Level Symbols $20,000 per contract level symbol $100,000 all contract level symbols
X-Ref for Instrument Level Symbols $30,000 per instrument level symbol $50,000 all instrument level symbols
Buy Side
X-Ref Symbology $10,000 per symbol $50,000 all symbols

Enterprise pricing is available.  Contact sales@fia-tech.com to get started.

Effective Date: January 01, 2024

*Initial subscriptions auto-renew and annual fees increase by the greater of 3%, or the latest year-ending CPI for the calendar year published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

*FIA Tech, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to increase annual fees upon each renewal per the terms of each Agreement.

*All pricing does not include any applicable Federal, State, or Local use taxes. Any tax obligations of non-US entities resulting from this service remain the sole responsibility of the customer to ensure they comply with their tax authority.

MiFID II Lockbox

$20,000 per year for firms not subscribing to FIA Tech’s OCR service.    

*All pricing does not include any applicable Federal, State, or Local use taxes. Any tax obligations of non-US entities resulting from this service remain the sole responsibility of the customer to ensure they comply with their tax authority.

FCR

Fees & Commissions Repository

FIA Tech offers the Fees & Commissions Repository(FCR) service under the contractual framework of the Docs Adherence Agreement and is subject to those terms and conditions.

To activate the FCR service, a Docs Participant Admin must complete and return the FCR Opt-in form to FIA Tech (by email).

Client Subscription Tiers Buy-side
FCR Read Only

  • Clients can view and download rate schedules created by subscribing brokers 
  • Includes User-interface accessPDF and Excel downloads of fee & commission schedules
$0
FCR + Exchange Fee Management $10,000/quarter (FCR)
Executing Broker/Clearing Broker Subscription Tiers Sell-side
FCR Approval Only:

  • User-interface access (schedule approval only)
  • PDF and Excel export
$0
FCR RateSync:

  • Approved fee & commissions schedules are synced with Docs and generates amended give-up agreements
  • Rate Schedule workstream can also be pre-approved on amended give up agreements with client based your firm’s configuration
$2,500/quarter
FCR + Exchange Fee Management (Full Service):

  • Requires Exchange Fees Databank (EFD) subscription.
$15,000/quarter (FCR)

 

*All pricing does not include any applicable Federal, State, or Local use taxes. Any tax obligations of non-US entities resulting from this service remain the sole responsibility of the customer to ensure they comply with their tax authority.

Contact Us

For general inquiries regarding Accelerate:

Call: 1.202.772.3000

Email General Client Support: clientservices@fia-tech.com

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General inquiries regarding Atlantis

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Email Atlantis Support: atlantis.support@fia-tech.com

General inquiries regarding Docs

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Email Docs Support: docs.support@fia-tech.com

General inquiries regarding OCR

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Email OCR Support: ocr.support@fia-tech.com

General inquiries regarding eRecs

Call: 1.202.772.3000

Email eRecs Support: erecs.support@fia-tech.com

General inquiries regarding Databank

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Email Databank Support: databank@fia-tech.com