Exchanges
A "national securities exchange" is a securities exchange that has registered with the SEC under Section 6 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Following is a list of exchanges registered with the SEC under Section 6(a) of the Exchange Act as national securities exchanges:
- NYSE MKT LLC (formerly NYSE AMEX and the American Stock Exchange)
- Bats BZX Exchange, Inc. (formerly BATS Exchange, Inc.)
- Bats BYX Exchange, Inc. (formerly BATS Y-Exchange, Inc.)
- BOX Options Exchange LLC
- NASDAQ BX, Inc. (formerly NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc.; Boston Stock Exchange)
- C2 Options Exchange, Incorporated
- Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated
- Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.
- Bats EDGA Exchange, Inc. (formerly EDGA Exchange, Inc.)
- Bats EDGX Exchange, Inc. (formerly EDGX Exchange, Inc.)
- International Securities Exchange, LLC
- The Investors Exchange LLC
- ISE Gemini
- ISE Mercury
- Miami International Securities Exchange
- MIAX PEARL, LLC
- The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
- National Stock Exchange, Inc.
- New York Stock Exchange LLC
- NYSE Arca, Inc.
- NASDAQ PHLX LLC (formerly NASDAQ OMX PHLX, LLC; Philadelphia Stock Exchange)
Certain exchanges are also registered with the SEC through a notice filing under Section 6(g) of the Exchange Act for the purpose of trading security futures.
- Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc.
- CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC
- Chicago Mercantile Exchange
- One Chicago, LLC
- The Island Futures Exchange, LLC (formerly registered)
- NQLX LLC (formerly registered)
There are also two exchanges that the SEC has exempted from registration as national securities exchanges on the basis of a limited volume of transactions:
- Arizona Stock Exchange (no longer operating pursuant to an exemption from registration as a national securities exchange)
- SWX Europe Limited (f/k/a Virt-x; no longer operating pursuant to an exemption from registration as a national securities exchange)
Recently Approved Exchange Applications
- The Investors Exchange LLC
- ISE Gemini
- ISE Mercury
- Miami International Securities Exchange
- BOX Options Exchange LLC
- Bats BYX Exchange, Inc. (formerly BATS Y-Exchange, Inc.)
- Bats EDGA Exchange, Inc. (formerly EDGA Exchange, Inc.)
- Bats EDGX Exchange, Inc. (formerly EDGX Exchange, Inc.)
- C2 Options Exchange, Incorporated
- Bats BZX Exchange, Inc. (formerly BATS Exchange, Inc.)
- The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC