NYSE Arca Equities Membership

Overview Equity Trading Permit Directory

Broker Dealers interested in obtaining NYSE Arca Membership must complete the customary application and agreements in order to trade on NYSE Arca and become an Equity Trading Permit (ETP) holder. An ETP issued by NYSE Arca is required to obtain NYSE Arca Membership.

The NYSE Arca document checklist outlines the relevant forms and documents that apply to different entities. 
  Document Checklist (pdf)

Below are the NYSE Arca New Member Firm forms and documents that need to be completed:       
 NYSE Arca ETP Applications and Agreements (pdf)
 NYSE Arca Equities Sponsored Participant Application (pdf)

Completed applications or requests for hard copy of the contract package, should be directed to:
Client Relationship Services
crs@nyx.com.
888.689.7739, ext. 3.

An institutional investor can gain direct access to NYSE Arca by becoming a sponsored participant. To become a sponsored participant, the institution must enter into a Sponsorship Arrangement with an Equity Trading Permit (ETP) holder. Both ETP holders and sponsored participants must enter into a User Agreement with NYSE Arca. 

Individual Investors
Retail participants cannot become direct participants of NYSE Arca. Retail investors may contact their brokerage firm to inquire if that form routes orders to NYSE Arca. A retail investor can gain entry to NYSE Arca only through a direct access brokerage firm.

NYSE Arca Equity Lead Market Making Firms:

  1. B&E Trading, LLC
  2. Banc of America Specialist, Inc.
  3. Blue Fire Capital, LLC
  4. Bluefin Specialists, LLC
  5. Cohen Capital Group, LLC
  6. DRW Securities, LLC
  7. Eucalyptus Partners LLC
  8. Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing, LP
  9. Goldman, Sachs & Company
  10. IMC-Chicago, LLC
  11. Jane Street Capital, LLC
  12. Jane Street Trading LLC
  13. Jump Trading LLC
  14. Kellogg Capital Markets, LLC
  15. Knight Equity Markets, L.P.
  16. LaBranche & Co. LLC
  17. LaBranche Structured Products LLC
  18. Octeg, LLC
  19. OTA, LLC
  20. Sun Trading LLC
  21. Susquehanna Capital Group
  22. Timber Hill LLC