Fee Rules

Fee rules are a concise way to specify an ECN fee schedule or any other schedule that contains a large number of conditional fees.

How the Rules Work

Rules are processed first to last for every execution.
The first rule in the list that matches determines the fee.
If no rule matches, the fee received from the data source is left unchanged.

Important: Make sure the Formula Type is set to "Fee Rules" when creating a plan.

Creating a Rule

Below is a sample rule:

    route=ARCA,ARCAPOP;penny=true;liq=A => 0.003

The left-hand side (everything before =>) specifies the conditions to match. The rule above match any execution where route is ARCA or ARCAPOP and the liquidity flag is A and the price was less than $1.  

The right-hand side specifies the fee to assess if the conditions match. Positive fees are charges, negative fees are rebates. The rule above charges $3 / 1000 shares.

Leaving the condition blank will match every trade (useful as the last rule to provide a catch-all). For example, changing the example above as follows will charge all remaining executions $5 / 1000:

    route=ARCA,ARCA=,ARCAPOP;penny=true;liq=A => 0.003
    => 0.005

Conditions

Unless otherwise specified, conditions are not case sensitive and support a variety of operators: =, != (not equals), >=, >, <=, <

Name	Description	Example
afterHours	Execution occurred on or after 4pm EST	afterHours=true
contra	MPID / identifier of the counterparty.	contra=PFSI
curr	An ISO 4217 (3-character) currency of the trade. (v1.5.92.26 or greater)	curr=EUR
exch	Listing exchange for the security being traded (see list of exchange codes).	exch=NYQ
execBroker	MPID / identifier of the executing broker.	execBroker=PFSI
internalLiq	Indicates the actual liquidity flag when an order is routed via an order desk or another intermediary (when available). Note: This value is case-sensitive.	internalLiq=A
internalRoute	Indicates the actual destination when an order is routed via an order desk or another intermediary (when available).	internalRoute=EDGA
liq	Liquidity flag (see flags for various destinations). Note: This value is case-sensitive.	liq=A
lot	Considers quantity of trade: (ODD = if quantity < 100 on an execution) (EVEN = if quantity divisible by 100) (MIXED = if > 100 and not divisible by 100 evenly)	lot=odd lot=even lot=mixed
penny	Set to true if trade is sub-dollar	penny=true
price	Execution price.	price>2
qty	Quantity of the execution. (v1.5.92.18 or greater)	qty=100
route	Exchange, Route or ECN. Different platforms send can send different values for the same venue (e.g. Sterling: NSDQ vs Laser: ISLD). Furthermore, some platforms can indicate multiple values for the same destination (e.g. Sterling: ARCA, ARCA= to mean ARCA).	route=ARCA
side	Buy or sell	side=buy
source	Where PropReports received the trade from (see list of source ids).	source=1
subType	For equities, this will be either etf or blank	subType=etf
symbol	Ticker symbol of the security being traded	symbol=IBM
tape	Trade reporting facility indicator (e.g. A, B, or C). See Tape Designations.	tape=A
type	Type of instrument being traded (equity, option, future, index, fund, fx, bond)	type=option
underlyingSymbol	For options, the ticker symbol of the underlying security or index.	underlyingSymbol=YHOO
underlyingType	For options, the type of the underlying security (equity, future, index)	underlyingType=index
underlyingSubType	For options, the sub type of the underlying equity (etf or blank)	underlyingSubType=etf

OR-ing conditions

Sometimes you may want to match more than one set of conditions. For example, let's say you want to select trades where either the destination or contra are set to ARCA. Since version 1.5.92.18 you can specify a rule as follows (please note the use of parenthesis):

    (route=ARCA),(contra=ARCA) => 0.003

Fees

Positive fees are charges, negative fees are rebates. There are four ways to assess a fee or rebate:

Method	Example
Per Share	`0.003` (1,000 shares @ $2 is charged 1,000 * 0.003 = $3.00).
Percentage of Value	`0.003%` (1,000 shares @ $2 is charged $2,000 * 0.003 = $6.00).
Fixed Amount per Execution (available in v1.5.92.51.3 or greater)	`[10]` ($10 is charged)
Pass Through (do not change)	blank (the fee will be left as received from the data source)

You can also specify a minimum/maximum of two or three fees (available in PropReports v1.5.91.17 and greater):

Example	Description
max(0.003%, 0.003)	Result will be the highest of : (0.003 * trade value) or (0.003 * quantity)
min(0.003%, 0.003, 3)	Result will be the lowest of : (0.003 * trade value) or (0.003 * quantity) or 3

Blocks

To avoid repeating the same condition you can specify blocks.

Instead of:

route=EDGA;liq=A => -0.002
route=EDGA;liq=B => 0.0002

You can use:

route=EDGA {

liq=A => -0.002

liq=B => 0.0002

}

Blocks can also be nested. For example:

route=EDGA {

penny=true {

liq=A => -0.001%

liq=B => 0.003%

}

liq=A => -0.002

liq=B => 0.0002

}

Comments

Any lines that start with a '#' are ignored. Any text following a '#' at the end of a line will also be ignored. Comments are available in PropReports v1.5.91.17 and greater.

# this Comment line will be ignored

route=EDGA;liq=A => -0.002

route=EDGA;liq=B => 0.002 # another comment that will be ignored