Effective May 1, 2017
- TSX Participating Organization Membership Fees1
Initial Application Fee: $5,000 Registration Fee
(trading applicant):$60,000 *$45,000 of the registration fee will be applied as a credit towards the first year's trading fees
Registration Fee
(non‐trading applicant):$15,000 *$45,000 will be applied as a trading registration upgrade fee with the trading activation of a PO number
*$45,000 of the registration upgrade fee will be applied as a credit towards the first year's trading feesMonthly Membership Fee: $1,500 1 Initial application and registration fees for new participating organizations and monthly membership fees are subject to GST/HST.
- TSX Trading Fees2
Opening Trades: $0.0030 / share / side up to a maximum of $30 / trade / side
Monthly fee cap at maximum $100,000 per firmMust Be Filled (MBF): $0.0030 / share / side up to a maximum of $90 / trade / side Market on Close (MOC): $0.0030 / share / side up to a maximum of $30 / trade / side Extended Trading: $0.0010 / share / side Minimum Guaranteed Fill (MGF): $0.0004 per share where trade price is under $1
$0.0030 per share where trade price is $1 or over for interlisted equities3
$0.0017 per share where trade price is $1 or over for non-interlisted equities4
$0.0017 per share where trade price is $1 or over for ETFs
Applies to trades executed against the Market Maker guaranteed fill serviceOdd Lot Fill: $0.00025 per share where trade price is under $1
$0.0005 per share where trade price is $1 or over
Applies to trades auto-executed against the Market Maker during Post-Open Continuous trading and in the MOCMGF Cancellations: $100 per cancellation
Attributed to the participant responsible for causing an MGF trade to be cancelledSpecial Settlement Terms: $0.0010 / share / side up to a maximum of $100 / trade / side Cross Printing Facility: Free
Unintentional crosses are billed according to fees for Post-Open Continuous tradesSpecialty Crosses: Free
Basis, VWAP, Contingent, Special Trading Session, Internal crossesNotes/Debentures: $0.10 per $1000 par value / side 1 Initial application and registration fees for new participating organizations and monthly membership fees are subject to GST/HST.
2 Other than as otherwise noted, TSX Trading Fees are GST/HST exempt.
3 A list of interlisted equities for which interlisted rates will apply during the given month will be made available on the TSX website at the beginning of
each month. For ETFs that are interlisted, the ETF rates shall apply.4 Rates apply to any other traded products for which rates have not been otherwise specified.
TSX Post-Open Continuous Trades in Equities and Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs):5,6
Where trade price per share is:
<$0.10 $0.10–$0.99 ≥$1.00 for Interlisted Equities7 ≥$1.00 for Non-Interlisted Equities ≥$1.00 for ETFs Removing Displayed Order Volume8 $0.000025 $0.000075 $0.0027 $0.0015 $0.0015 Providing Displayed Order Volume $0.000025 $0.000075 ($0.0023) ($0.0011) ($0.0011) Removing Dark Order Volume $0.000025 $0.000075 $0.0010 $0.0010 $0.0010 Providing Dark Order Volume9 $0.000025 $0.000075 $0 $0 $0 TSX Market Maker Trading Fees on Symbols of Responsibility:10,11
Symbol Credits: A Tier B symbol credit of $100 per symbol of responsibility per month is awarded to Market Makers who meet their monthly performance scores and who have at least one execution during the month on their symbol of responsibility.
A Market Maker symbol credit of $20 per symbol of responsibility per month is awarded to all Market Makers. This $20 credit is in addition to the above Tier B symbol credit.
Odd Lot Fill: ($0.0000) per share
Rate applies to liquidity provided against auto-execution of odd lots during Post-Open Continuous Trading and in the MOC.Post-Open Continuous Trades on Symbols of Responsibility:
Where trade price per share is:
<$1.00 ≥$1.00 for Interlisted Equities7 ≥$1.00 for Non-Interlisted Equities ≥$1.00 for ETFs Removing Displayed Order Volume8 $0 $0.0027 $0.0015 $0.0015 Providing Displayed Order Volume ($0.00005) ($0.0030) ($0.0019) ($0.0019) Removing Dark Order Volume $0 $0.0010 $0.0010 $0.0010 Providing Dark Order Volume9 ($0.00005) $0 $0 $0 5 Rates are based on share volume executed, including for executions resulting from matches through Self Trade Management. A firm-wide net credit for Post-Open Continuous trades will first be applied to offset the firm's other trading charges. Any remaining net credit will be paid out to the firm.
6 Rates apply to post-open continuous trades in equities, ETFs and any other traded products for which rates have not been otherwise specified.
7 A list of interlisted equities for which interlisted rates will apply during the given month will be made available on the TSX website at the beginning of each month. For ETFs that are interlisted, the ETF rates shall apply.
8 Rates for removing displayed order volume apply when removing both the disclosed and undisclosed portion of iceberg order volume.
9 Rates for providing dark order volume apply to executions of the undisclosed portion of iceberg order volume.
10 Fees waived for opening, Notes and Debentures trades. All other specialty products are billed at regular rates.
11 For a Market Maker other than an ETF Market Maker, the first $20,000 of net monthly fee generated on trading in its symbols of responsibility will be waived.
- Common Technology and Other Fees
(Monthly Charges, except as otherwise stated)12, 13
Technology Fees
Product Applicable to Each of TSX, TSXV, TSXA 1 Gb Connectivity (Demarcation)142 No Charge 10 Gb Connectivity (Demarcation)14 $1,500 for first primary connection
$1,000 for additional primary connection
$1,000 for disaster recovery connectionNew FIX certification $3,000 (one-time) Session bundle set-up $500 per bundle (one-time) Testing Fees
Product Applicable to Each of TSX, TSXV, TSXA General Test Environment (GTE) only $2,000 Base amount for weekend tests $2,500 per test Broadcast Feed Fees
Product - Broadcast Feeds14, 15 TSX TSXV TSX Alpha Exchange Participating Organization / Member – Internal Use License Fees16 Direct – public and own private content $3,000 $2,000 $2,000 Direct – own private content only $600 $400 $400 Indirect – own private content only $400 $250 $250 Vendor – External Use License Fee17 Public and private content $5,500 $4,000 $4,000 Private content only $1,500 $1,000 $1,000 Fee per decryption key / decrypted feed received (by key / for each Participating Organization / Member represented in decrypted private content) $150 $100 $100 12 Technology, testing and broadcast feed fees are subject to GST/HST
13 'Common Technology and Other Fees' apply with respect to access to the common TMX equities marketplace network infrastructure whether accessing one or all of the TMX equities marketplaces. The ‘General Test Environment (GTE) only' fees similarly provide for access to the test environment for all TMX equities marketplaces.
14 Vendor and participating organization / member are responsible for carrier communication costs.
15 All uses of broadcast feeds must be approved by TSX / TSXV / TSX Alpha Exchange in accordance with the terms of the applicable agreement(s). Additional fees may apply under the TMX Datalinx Market Data Distribution Rates and TSX Alpha Exchange Market Data Fees fee schedules, as applicable.
16 Broadcast feed fees applicable to Participating Organizations / Members generally apply where the Participating Organization / Member is directly receiving a broadcast feed for internal use or where directly or indirectly receiving feed containing Participating Organization's / Member's own private content for internal use, as applicable. A Participating Organization / Member in receipt of a decryption key / feeds of decrypted private content pertaining to another Participating Organization / Member will be considered a Vendor for the purposes of the fee schedule.
17 Broadcast feed fees applicable to vendors generally apply where directly receiving a broadcast feed for redistribution and/or where in receipt of a decryption key pertaining to the private content of a third party or in receipt of a feed containing the decrypted private content of a third party.
