How Our Market Works

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Innovation & Technology

As the largest U.S. electronic stock market, NASDAQ is constantly innovating, always setting the bar of trading technology as high as possible to bring issuers and investors improved execution quality on a faster, more efficient trading platform. Over the years, NASDAQ has consistently invested a great deal in its trading system to further its position as technology leader among the global equity markets. NASDAQ's superior technology offers unparalelled speed and capacity.

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Speed & Performance

Increasingly companies expect superior performance from their listing market because they know that a better performing market benefits investors with lower costs, tighter spreads and more certainty of getting the price they expect.On all these measures, NASDAQ tops the competition and these differences add up to savings for investors. On average, orders in NASDAQ-listed stocks receive faster executions than orders in comparable NYSE-listed stocks. Faster executions reduce investor uncertainty and decrease the likelihood of the market moving away from the investor's price. Our average effective spreads for NASDAQ-listed companies are better than their NYSE-listed comparables. Lower effective spreads mean lower trading costs for investors. Average quoted spreads for NASDAQ-listed securities are lower than their NYSE equivalents, which benefits both traders and investors accessing liquidity.

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Leadership & Visibility

Since its inception in 1971, NASDAQ has led the way in defining what a stock market can be. At that time, every market in the world was floor based. Over the years, NASDAQ’s superior competitive electronic market model has become the standard that all major markets in Europe, Asia and the U.S have followed. Thriving on competition, NASDAQ committed itself to continuous innovation in both trading technology and the service and value of its listing product. NASDAQ has uniquely positioned itself to be a true business partner to its listed companies, helping them be the best public companies they can be in the most efficient and cost-effective ways possible.

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Market Intelligence Desk

Your number-one priority is to run your company. And while you know your stock, you can't watch it every minute of the day. That's why NASDAQ offers you free access to our Market Intelligence Desk ("MID"). Call anytime during market hours to check on your stock's activity. From time to time, we may also contact you to discuss trends or alert you of certain trading patterns. NASDAQ's Market Intelligence Desk is designed to provide you with a critical touch-point for timely trading analysis and market information. The Desk consists of a team of market professionals, all working to keep your company on top of the market with up-to-the-minute information.