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Because stock tickers can vary from source to source, PropReports attempts to gather complete security information directly from your providing DMA platform or clearing firm. If complete information is provided by one of your DMA platforms platform(s) or clearing firmsfirm(s), PropReports will store gather that information and store it as the Security Master.
If we are unable to gather complete information for a security via your DMA platform or clearing firm, the first time an unknown security is traded and your data is uploaded into your instance, we will attempt to fetch the securities information from a central market data server which aggregates the data from multiple vendors.
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