Nasdaq Announces the Launch of Retail Trading Activity Tracker

Nasdaq, a global technology company serving the capital markets and other industries, has announced the launch of Retail Trading Activity Tracker, a new dataset that provides reliable information into the trading activity of self-directed retail investors in the U.S. equity market.

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Available via Nasdaq Data Link, a cloud-based technology platform launched in September, the Retail Trading Activity Tracker tracks stocks and exchange traded funds (ETFs) traded by individuals as well as buy/sell ratios per ticker on a daily basis, bringing enhanced transparency into the trading activity of retail investors.

The dataset is developed from publicly available data, the Securities Information Processor (SIP), backed by Nasdaq’s deep markets expertise and delivered through Nasdaq Data Link’s infrastructure, providing all investors insights into individual, self-directed trading activity in the U.S. public equity markets.

“The increased participation of individual investors is rapidly changing market dynamics, and the Retail Trading Activity Tracker is the first of its kind to offer general accessibility to consistent and standardized information on retail trading activity,”said Oliver Albers, Senior Vice President and Head of Data, Investment Intelligence, Nasdaq.

“The release of this new dataset underlines Nasdaq’s mission of providing greater transparency and empowering the investing public with data-driven innovation. Through the expansion of Nasdaq Data Link and its library of datasets, we aim to level the playing field and make data, and by extension, the financial markets, more transparent and accessible to all,”Albers added.