The document provides an overview of exchange operations including trade flow, member registration, order matching mechanisms, and other exchange functions. Key points:
- Trade flow involves clients, trading members, clearing members, and the exchange interacting to place, modify, and execute orders leading to settlement.
- Exchange functions include member registration, a marketplace for order matching, trade capture, market data dissemination, regulation and oversight.
- Order matching uses continuous or auction mechanisms depending on the instrument. Continuous matching fills orders immediately while auction uses an order entry and matching phase to determine a single price.