ASSENT CONNECTIVITY TO EXECUTION VENUES

Assent LLC's integrated trading platform is specifically engineered to provide the Assent trading community with ultra fast, secure and reliable connectivity to the major exchanges and direct access market centers.

ASSENT CONNECTIVITY TO EXECUTION VENUES

We consider our focus on technology and leveraging the latest communications related innovations to be one of Assent's core strengths. We've specifically designed our secure network to allow us to continue to apply the latest innovations as they become available. We have invested significant resources in setting up extensive, extremely robust connectivity to each REG NMS compliant market center. Within our highly advanced communications network, our trading software is designed to efficiently optimize opportunities for our trading community to succeed. We recognize that certain configurations require customized solutions and our highly trained support associates stand ready to provide whatever assistance or support you may need.

We are always evaluating which order execution avenues offer liquidity for trading opportunities. Accordingly, the list of secure high speed connections to the major exchanges and ECNs evolves and changes over time. Nonetheless, a current list of such liquidity sources available to Assent traders includes those below (sorted alphabetically).

Equity & Options Exchange Affiliations We Maintain:

1. BATS
2. BeX
3. CBOE
4. CSX
5. ISE
6. NASDAQ
7. NSX
8. NYSE Alternext
9. NYSE Euronext (includes NYSE ARCA)
10. PHLX

ECN’s We Subscribe To:

1. BOOK (formerly BTRADE)
2. EDGA
3. EDGX
4. LAVAFLOW
5. TRAC

ATS’s/Additional Liquidity Pools We Connect To:

1. ATD Liquidity Ping
2. GOLDMAN SACHS SIGMA X

3. KNIGHT*
4. MILLENIUM*
5. NYFIX*
6. PIPELINE*

* Under development

The last grouping represents just some of the several other “liquidity pools” Assent has direct or indirect access to. Liquidity pools typically do not have as extensive a flow of order volume as do the major exchanges and ECN’s, so they are not currently required to publicly display their books. In most, but not all instances, liquidity pools require more substantial minimum order sizes than exchanges and ECN’s. As noted, certain ECN’s we route to, in turn, have access to such liquidity pools, which ensures that Assent LLC traders whose trading strategies require such access, have an extensive selection of execution venues to route orders through.

The Assent Trade Support Desk (201) 356 - 1423, can assist you with any related questions you may have.