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Dynamic Market Monitoring Device

Dynamic Market Monitoring Device is a specific Regulation NMS display-service definition, not a generic label for any market monitor.

Quick answer

Regulation NMS defines a dynamic market monitoring device as a vendor display service for real-time monitoring that retains the latest relevant transaction, last-sale or quotation information until updated.

Key details

Canonical FormDynamic Market Monitoring Device
Core MeaningA Regulation NMS-defined vendor service on an interrogation or other display that permits dynamic real-time monitoring and keeps the most recent transaction, last-sale or quotation information displayed until superseded.

Further guidance

History Boundary

This page reflects the current reviewed § 242.600(b)(33) definition.

Meaning

The definition requires real-time dynamic monitoring of transaction reports, last-sale data or quotations for a security and display of the most recent item until a newer item supersedes or supplements it.

Usage Boundary

Keep the vendor/display-device elements and the specific § 242.600 definition; do not generalize this into every market-monitoring screen.

Sources and evidence

Sources are shown with the role they play in this guide. Historical or style-sensitive claims are kept within the evidence boundary described above.

  1. 17 CFR § 242.600 — NMS security designation and definitions (opens in a new tab)Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School · Current e-CFR text for Regulation NMS definitions, including average midpoint and spread metrics, protected quotation and trade-through terms.

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