Becoming a broker-dealer is a non-trivial process and not all of the portals will make it through.

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This can usually be handled through your broker, and the paperwork will take a few weeks to process.

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Congress should, if it does anything with regard to "fixing the process" in the aftermath of the FS-X deal, ensure that an honest broker is created.

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The next steps in the OpenTCA initiative include branching out from the initial group of broker sponsors to include buy-side and additional sell-side representation in order to establish a process for adoption of best practices.

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For decades the process has worked something like this: A floor manager at a booth relays an order to a floor broker.

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