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NYSE Arca, previously known as ArcaEx, an abbreviation of Archipelago Exchange, is an
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on which both stocks and options are traded. It was owned by
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. It merged with the
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(NYSE) in 2006 and now operates as a subsidiary of the NYSE Group, Inc. It is headquartered in
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. Early reports indicated that NYSE Arca may have played a role in the 2010 flash crash.


History

In November 1994, Stuart Townsend and Gerald Putnam founded TerraNova Trading LLC, an electronic securities exchange, in Chicago. Its product, Archipelago, started accepting trading orders on January 20, 1997. In 2005, Archipelago Holdings, the owner of ArcaEx, bought the
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, after what had been a close working relationship since 2001. In 2006, ArcaEx merged with the NYSE and the name was changed to NYSE Arca. On August 22, 2013, the Arca system sent multiple sequences to Nasdaq which overloaded the Securities Information Processor (SIP) caused by reconnection issues to Nasdaq. This in turn caused a chain effect reaction which led to the NASDAQ flash freeze.


See also

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List of stock exchanges A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ...
*
List of stock exchanges in the Americas This is a list of active stock exchanges in the Americas. Stock exchanges in Latin America (where Spanish and Portuguese prevail) use the term ''Bolsa de Valores'', meaning "bag" or "purse" of "values". (compare Börse in German or bourse i ...
* List of stock exchange mergers in the Americas


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NYSE Arca Trading Information
on NYSE * NYSE to merge with Archipelago; NASDAQ to buy Instinet. ''Wikinews'' Arca Financial services companies established in 1994 Stock exchanges in the United States Options exchanges in the United States 2006 mergers and acquisitions {{Stockexchange-stub