RISK MANAGEMENT
Market Maker Risk Management
ISE Holdings leads the industry in offering a comprehensive portfolio of risk management
capabilities to Market Makers for the utmost control and confidence when quoting on
ISE and ISE GeminiTM. Our offerings include mandatory risk management parameters,
automatically deployed exchange protections, and a suite of elective features to allow
Market Makers to customize their risk exposure and controls.
For more information on any of
these features or for assistance
in establishing or adjusting your
risk settings, please contact the
Business Development Team
at bizdev@ise.com.
Mandatory Risk Management Features
Interface:
DTI (API),
FIX, PrecISE
Feature
Description
Trigger
Market Maker
Curtailments
(Speed Bumps)
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When triggered, speed bump inactivates all quotes in a symbol for the Business Unit
Quotes are manually reactivated via separate DTI transaction
Established per symbol for each instrument type: simple or complex
All Curtailment Parameters must be set
–– Cumulative Count – total contracts traded
–– Percentage Count – traded quantity as percentage of total quantity
–– Delta – long vs. short, evaluated as absolute value put & call
–– Vega – bought vs. sold, evaluated as absolute value
• Adjustable time intervals – configurable in milliseconds, from 500ms to 30 seconds
• All settings adjustable in real-time
DTI
Automatic
(Configured by
Member)
Market-Wide
Speed Bump
(MWSB)
• When triggered, MWSB inactivates all quotes and prevents new or existing quotes from
being activated
• Quote reactivation and re-entry into the market requires action by ISE Market Operations
• Curtailment parameter is aggregate curtailment events (MM Curtailments) within a
specified time period across the entire market
• Thresholds are established and calculated independently for the ISE and ISE Gemini
markets
• Cross Market Speed Bump (CMSB): allows a common threshold to be set across ISE and
ISE Gemini
DTI
Automatic*
Interface:
DTI (API),
FIX, PrecISE
Trigger
*Configured by ISE.
Elective Risk Management Features
Feature
Description
Kill Switch
• Simultaneously cancel all orders and prevent new orders from being accepted via DTI, FIX,
or PrecISE
–– Does not require disconnect to be triggered
• PrecISE can be used to activate Kill Switch for DTI, FIX and PrecISE Business Units
All
Member
Initiated
Delete All Quotes
• Delete all quotes for all series in one symbol with one transaction
• Can target specific Business Unit or MM user
DTI
Member
Initiated
MM Quote Inactivation
• Manually inactivate all quotes in a symbol, a list of symbols, or market wide with a single
transaction for the entire Business Unit
• Quotes are manually reactivated using same DTI transaction
DTI
Member
Initiated
Delete All Orders
Request
• Delete all orders in a series, symbol, list of symbols, partition, or market wide with a single
transaction for the entire Business Unit
• Can target specific Business Unit or MM user
DTI
Member
Initiated
Order and Trade
Drop-Copy Reporting
• FIX Order and Trade Drop Copy reports are available for orders routed via DTI, FIX, and
PrecISE, allowing for enhanced risk management and more efficient order and trade
information maintenance
All
Automatic*
Daily Products and
Instruments Files
• Provides an independent resource for validating data integrity between member and ISE
reference data, including product and series information
DTI
Member
Initiated
Cancel on Disconnect
• All orders for a session are automatically deleted when that session disconnects
DTI, FIX
Automatic*
CONTINUED
.
Interface:
DTI (API),
FIX, PrecISE
Elective Risk Management Features (CONTINUED)
Feature
Description
Trigger
Do Not Trade Through (DNTT)
• Non-crossing multi-leg orders designated as DNTT will not trade through
the NBBO on any leg of the order, including stock
All
Automatic (Configured
by Member or ISE)
MM Protections Report
• Daily report posted to the FTP site reflecting MM protection settings
DTI
Automatic
Coming Soon:
Underlying Price Contingency
(UPC) for Complex Orders
• Complex orders entered with underlying price contingencies will only
execute if the underlying instrument is trading within the specified
price range
All
Automatic (Configured
by Member)
*Configured by ISE.
ISE’s innovative trading architecture T7™ automatically provides additional risk management features on ISE and ISE Gemini.
Interface:
DTI (API),
FIX, PrecISE
Automatic Risk Management Features
Trigger
Feature
Description
Trade-Against-Order
Protection
• Prevents regular MM IOC orders from matching against MM quotes from the same Business
Unit
• Prevents quotes from the same Business Unit from crossing
DTI
Automatic
Price Limit Check
• Regular or Complex orders entered through the exchange BBO by the greater of $1.00 or 1%
during the regular market trading state will be rejected
All
Automatic
Market Order Lock
• Remaining quantity of a Customer market order will be locked to the PMM for controlled order
handling if it exhausts the ISE or ISE Gemini book. Professional Customer and non-Customer
orders are cancelled.
All
Automatic
Limit Up Limit Down
Protections (LULD)
• Prevents Market orders from executing and Stop orders from triggering during Limit Up Limit
Down states
All
Automatic
Vertical Spread Check
• Non-crossing vertical spreads entered with a negative limit price will be rejected
• Non-crossing vertical spreads to sell are prevented from legging if the net trade would result
in a negative price
• Non-crossing vertical spreads with a net price greater than the value of the higher strike price
minus the lower strike price will be rejected
• Non-crossing vertical spreads entered as market orders to buy will not execute at a price that
is greater than the value of the higher strike price minus the lower strike price
All
Automatic
Calendar Spread Check
• Non-crossing calendar spreads entered with a net price less than zero will be rejected
• Non-crossing calendar spreads entered as market orders to sell will not execute at a price
that is less than zero. A pre-set price buffer may be applied to the net price value.
All
Automatic
Spread Trade
Through Limit
• Individual spread legs will not trade through the NBBO by more than $0.05 per leg, including
stock
All
Automatic
Away Market
Better Lock
• A Limit or Market order that would execute through the away market BBO will not trade upon
entry. Orders for all client categories are eligible to be routed away via linkage.
All
Automatic
Three-Tick Lock
• A Limit or Market order that would execute at multiple prices upon entry will trade a
maximum of three consecutive price ticks.
For Priority Customer orders, remaining quantity
is locked to the PMM for controlled order handling. Remaining quantity for Professional
Customer and non-Customer orders is cancelled.
All
Automatic
Session Disconnect
• All quotes for a session are automatically deleted when that session disconnects
DTI
Automatic
ISE Business Development
EMAIL: bizdev@ise.com
PHONE: 212-897-8171
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