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Version: 8.4.12.1

Stripes

Ticker Key Stripes

The SpiderRock Connect system organizes TickerKeys into stripe sets to help balance processing through the platform. Stripes allow data processing to be distributed across multiple processes, both from load balancing and geographical data management. In general, any TickerKey can be associated with a single (native) stripe and data subscriptions can be made for one or more native stripes. To help simplify data subscriptions we have also created compound stripes for use in data subscriptions. Compound stripes are simply groups of native stripes and can be used interchangeably with native stripes in subscription strings.

Note that some native stripes are defined using specific ticker symbols and some are defined as ranges of tickers. The more specific ticker symbol stripes take precedence when determining which stripe a ticker is associated with. For example, QQQ-NMS-EQT is in the M1 stripe and not in the F2 stripe.

Note that stripes are exclusive, if a ticker is found within a specific stripe, it will not be available in another. When defined as a range, the symbol ending the range is not included in the stripe.

SpiderRock Connect picks stripes and stripe boundaries, in part, to balance internal normalized data flows. As a result, we do periodically change stripe boundaries as flow patterns change.

Native Stripes

US SPX Market Stripe

StripeTickerSrcSymbols
SNMSSPX, SPXW, XSP, VIX, VIXW

US Index/ETF Market Stripes

StripeTickerSrcSymbols
M1NMSNDX, NDXP, RUT, RUTW, MRUT
M2NMSSPY, VXX
M3NMSQQQ
M4NMSIWM

NMS Market Stripes

US NMS equity and option stripes

StripeTickerSrcStartSymbolEndSymbol
A1NMSAAMZN
A2NMSAMZNCOIN
B1NMSCOINENQZZ
B2NMSENQZZGOOGL
C1NMSGOOGLEIWM
C2NMSIWMLRCX
D1NMSLRCXMETAA
D2NMSMETAANFLX
E1NMSNFLXNVDA
E2NMSNVDANVDAA
F1NMSNVDAAQQQ
F2NMSQQQQQQA
G1NMSQQQASPY
G2NMSSPYSPYA
H1NMSSPYATSLAA
H2NMSTSLAAZZZZZZ

Spot Index Stripes

StripeTickerSrcSymbol
I1NMSCDIX
I2NMSDJI
I3NMSRUT
I4NMSMIAX

Exchange Specific Stripes

StripeTickerSrcSymbol
VCFEall
X1CMEall
X2CBOTall
X3NYMEXall
X4COMEXall

OTC / Mutual Fund / Other Source Stripes

StripeTickerSrc
J1OTCall
J2MFQSall
J3CUSIPall
J4ISINall
J5SRall

Compound Stripes

StripeNative Stripes
AA1, A2
BB1, B2
CC1, C2
DD1, D2
EE1, E2
FF1, F2
GG1, G2
HH1, H2
II1, I2, I3, I4
JJ1, J2, J3, J4
MM1, M2, M3, M4
XX1, X2, X3, X4