Notices

Regulatory Notice 26-10 (Mon, 20 Apr 2026)
FINRA has adopted new intraday margin standards to replace in their entirety the outdated day trading margin requirements, including the day trade count requirements for designating a customer as a “pattern day trader” and the $25,000 pattern day trader minimum equity requirement.
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Election Notice - 4/6/2026 (Mon, 06 Apr 2026)
The annual meeting of FINRA firms will take place on or about July 13, 2026, to elect one Large Firm Governor and one Small Firm Governor to the FINRA Board of Governors (FINRA Board). A formal notice of the meeting, including the precise date, time and location, will be mailed to executive representatives on or about June 8, 2026.
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Regulatory Notice 26-09 (Mon, 23 Mar 2026)
In furtherance of the FINRA Forward initiative to support member compliance, FINRA has significantly enhanced Form NMA with improved navigation and document upload capabilities, integrated guidance tools, standardized response fields and clearer questions.
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Regulatory Notice 26-08 (Wed, 18 Mar 2026)
The GASB Accounting Support Fee is collected on a quarterly basis from member firms that report trades to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB). Each member firm’s assessment is based on its portion of the total par value of municipal securities transactions reported by all FINRA member firms to the MSRB during the previous quarter.
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Trading Around the Clock: Inside FINRA's Trade Reporting Enhancements (Tue, 07 Apr 2026)
Every time you check a stock price on your phone or watch a ticker scroll across a screen, you are seeing the result of a complex reporting system most investors never think about. Behind that number is a vast infrastructure capturing and consolidating trades from exchanges and over-the-counter markets in milliseconds—and that system is undergoing major enhancements. On this episode, Chris Stone, FINRA Vice President, Transparency Services, takes us inside the systems that make market transparency possible. Stone explains how FINRA recently extended trade reporting hours to 4 a.m. ET, why the industry is preparing for 23-hour, 5-day-a-week trading by December 2026, and how FINRA’s recently implemented fractional share reporting is eliminating what researchers called "phantom volume." Resources mentioned in this episode: Trade Reporting Facility (TRF) Reg. Notice 25-15: FINRA Adopts Amendments to Extend the Trade Reporting Facilities Operating Hours Trade Reporting Notice 1/14/26: Upcoming Trade Reporting Enhancements for Fractional Share Transactions FINRA Forward Blog Post: FINRA Forward’s Rule Modernization—An Update Blog Post: Vendors, Intelligence Sharing and FINRA’s Mission Blog Post: FINRA Forward Initiatives to Support Members, Markets and the Investors They Serve Blog Post: A Progress Update on Rule Modernization Find us:  LinkedIn / X / YouTube / Facebook / Instagram / E-mail Subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Google Play and by RSS.
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How FINRA Is Streamlining Data Requests (Tue, 03 Mar 2026)
Data is at the heart of everything we do at FINRA—from examining firms to detecting suspicious trading to protecting investors. But the process of requesting, gathering, and analyzing data involves significant effort across the board. So, the question is: How do we work smarter? How do we use technology and collaboration to be more targeted in what we ask for, more efficient in how we use it, and more effective in the oversight we provide? On this episode, Sam Draddy, Senior Vice President of Surveillance and Market Intelligence, and J. Koutros, Senior Vice President of Member Supervision Operations, Procedures, and Standards, explore how FINRA's approach to data requests is evolving. This effort embodies FINRA Forward, our commitment to continuous improvement, regulatory efficiency, and reducing burden while strengthening investor protection and market integrity. Resources mentioned in this episode: FINRA Rule 8210 Electronic Blue Sheets (EBS) FINRA Quarterly Regulatory Policy Agenda FINRA Forward Blog Post: FINRA Forward’s Rule Modernization—An Update Blog Post: Vendors, Intelligence Sharing and FINRA’s Mission Blog Post: FINRA Forward Initiatives to Support Members, Markets and the Investors They Serve Blog Post: A Progress Update on Rule Modernization Find us:  LinkedIn / X / YouTube / Facebook / Instagram / E-mail Subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Google Play and by RSS.
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