PRIME EXECUTIONS

SEC Rule 606 Quarterly Report for the Quarter Ending December 31, 2017

posted : January 14,2018 – Optimal Applications, LLC

Prime Executions has prepared this report pursuant to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule requiring all brokerage firms to make publicly available quarterly reports on their order routing practices. The report provides information on the routing of "non-directed orders, “that is, any order that the customer has not specifically instructed to be routed to a particular venue [market center] for execution. For these non-directed orders, Prime Executions has selected the execution venue on behalf of its customers.

Prime Executions may participate in programs which result in its receipt of remuneration, compensation, or other consideration for the placing of orders with other broker-dealers, exchanges and market centers for execution.

Summary Statistics :

Non-directed orders as percentage of total customer orders 100%

Market orders as percentage of total non-directed orders 79%

Limit orders as percentage of total non-directed orders 21%

Information Concerning Significant Venues (EQUITIES):

New York Stock Exchange Listed Symbols

Venue

% of volume

% of orders - Market

% of orders - Limit

NYSE

96

80

20

CITADEL

3

77

23



American Stock Exchange Listed Symbols

Venue

% of volume

% of orders - Market

% of orders - Limit

NYSE

85

63

37

CITADEL

12

70

30

HSBC

3

80

20



NASDAQ Listed Symbols

Venue

% of volume

% of orders - Market

% of orders - Limit

HSBC

95

90

10

ARCA

2

70

30

NYSE

1

53

47

KNIGHT

1

60

40