IEX Daily Lists with CUSIP Access

IEX Trading Alert #2017 - 050

Overview

IEX plans to become a primary listing exchange and support its first IEX-listed company in early 2018. For IEX-listed securities, IEX will generate and distribute daily list files providing an IEX-listed symbol directory, as well as corporate actions, dividend, and next day ex-date information (collectively, "IEX Daily Lists"). Each file will be available with or without CUSIP information, but only participants with a proper license may download files containing CUSIP data. All historical versions of these files will be available for download from the IEX website. Daily list data will also be available via the IEX API.

IEX Daily Lists

The following daily lists will be available on the IEX public website to view or download free of charge:

  1. IEX-Listed Symbol Directory Daily List: Provides a list of all IEX-listed securities and their corresponding data fields
  2. IEX Corporate Actions Daily List: Lists new issues, symbol and name changes, deleted issues, new firms, name changes, and deleted firms for IEX-listed securities
  3. IEX Dividends Daily List: Details: Details upcoming dividend information and other corporate actions, such as stock splits, for IEX-listed securities
  4. IEX Next Day Ex-Date Daily List: Provides advance notification of dividend declarations impacting IEX-listed securities

The IEX-Listed Symbol Directory Daily List is initially generated and posted to the IEX website at 8:30 p.m. ET before each trading day, and then once per hour from 9 p.m. until 6 p.m. ET the following day. The IEX Corporate Actions, IEX Dividends, and IEX Next Day Ex-Date Daily Lists are generated and posted to the IEX website once per hour from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. ET on each trading day. To have the most up-to-date information during the trading day, market data distributors should process each of the updated files for all Daily Lists.

For more details about each file, please review the IEX Daily List File Specification. IEX is currently publishing daily lists for test IEX-listed securities (ZIEXT, ZEXIT, ZXIET), and sample daily list files can be found on the Daily List page.

CUSIP Access

CUSIP numbers are the property of the American Bankers Association ("ABA") and are administered by Standard & Poor's. Since IEX neither owns nor controls CUSIP numbers, distributors cannot be authorized to receive the daily list data including CUSIP data unless they have a license in place with CUSIP. Please note that IEX is not responsible for obtaining written approval from CUSIP prior to authorizing data distributors to externally redistribute CUSIP data; it is the responsibility of the data distributor to obtain such CUSIP permission for their downstream customers.

Participants who wish to access the CUSIP version of the IEX Daily Lists must provide their CUSIP license information when creating an IEX Account. Access to download the CUSIP version will be granted only after IEX has verified licensing. Access to download the CUSIP version will be granted only after IEX has verified licensing. Please see the Appendix of the IEX Daily List File Specification for step-by-step instructions to create an IEX Account and request CUSIP access, or simply follow the instructions below.

  1. Go to iextrading.com and click "Log In"
  2. Click "Create an Account"
  3. Enter your company email address and click "Verify email"
  4. Check your email for the verification code. Enter the code, choose a password, click "Create my account"
  5. In the Account Dashboard, enter your information and click "Save" for each field
    • Before requesting access to CUSIP data, you must enter the following fields:
      • First name
      • Last name
      • Phone
      • Company name (full legal entity name)
  6. Once first name, last name, phone, and company name have been saved, click "Request CUSIP access"
  7. In the Verification form, enter your information and agree to the CGS CUSIP Electronic Distribution Agreement, then click "Submit" only once
  8. Wait for the green bar to appear. You may now safely logout and return to the home page.

Once submitted, IEX will contact CUSIP Global Services ("CGS") to verify the firm has the appropriate license to receive CUSIP data. Once IEX receives approval, the user will receive an email notification. Please note that approval times vary between 24-48 hours.

IEX Daily Lists via the IEX API

The latest and historical IEX Daily Lists are each available at a dedicated URL. The version with CUSIP information is available to authenticated users, while the other is open to the public. Each IEX Daily List is available in the following formats: JSON (default), pipe separated, or comma separated.

IEX-Listed Symbol Directory Daily List

IEX Corporate Actions Daily List

IEX Dividends Daily List

IEX Next Day Ex-Date Daily List

Users may access specific dates or formats by applying one or more parameters to the URL. For more details about the supported URL parameters, please review the IEX Daily List File Specification.

More Information

Please contact IEX Market Operations, Listing Operations, or Sales with any questions:

About IEX

IEX is on a mission to build fairer markets. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York City, IEX introduced its first trading venue in 2013 and launched as a U.S. stock exchange in 2016. IEX is the stock exchange that believes that every investor has the right to trade on equal and fair terms, on every trade. Learn more at: iextrading.com.