The BIDS ATS is open to all sell-side firms and their institutional clients, subject to basic credit and regulatory requirements.

BIDS Trading is a Broker-Sponsored Model

BIDS Trading supports a broker-sponsored model. This means the following:

• Your buy-side clients will direct 100% of their commission dollars to the sponsoring broker-dealers of their choice.
• BIDS Trading will never appear on the buy-side’s commission run.
• Any broker-dealer can become a sponsor in BIDS – A direct connection to the BIDS ATS is not required.

Sponsoring Brokers

*MWVBE Certified Broker

• Academy Securities, Inc.*
• American Veterans Group, PBC*
• B. Riley FBR, Inc.
• Bancroft Capital, LLC*
• Bank of America/Merrill Lynch
• Barclays
• Blaylock Van LLC*
• BMO Capital Markets
• Cabrera Capital Markets, LLC*
• Canaccord Genuity Inc.
• Capis*
• CastleOak Securities*
• Citi
• CLSA Americas, LLC
• Cowen & Co.
• Daiwa Capital Markets America Inc.
• Drexel Hamilton*
• FBN Securities, Inc.
• Great Pacific Securities*
• Guggenheim Securities, LLC
• Guzman & Company*
• H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC
• Instinet, LLC
• Itau BBA Securities
• J.P. Morgan
• Jefferies
• JonesTrading
• Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
• Kepler Capital Markets Inc.
• KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.
• Loop Capital Markets*
• Mischler Financial Group, Inc.*
• Monness, Crespi, Hardt & Co.
• Morgan Stanley
• North South Capital LLC*
• Penserra Securities*
• Piper Sandler & Co.
• Redburn (USA) LLC
• Roberts & Ryan Inc.*
• Rosenblatt Securities
• Roth MKM
• Samuel A. Ramirez & Co.*
• San Blas Securities
• Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC*
• Stern Brothers & Co*
• Stifel Nicolaus
• StoneX Financial
• Strategas Securities
• Sturdivant & Co., Inc.*
• Susquehanna Financial
• Telsey Advisory Group*
• The Vertical Group
• Themis Trading LLC
• Tigress Financial Partners LLC*
• UBS
• Virtu Financial
• Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
• Westminster Research
• William Blair & Co.

For more information on our sponsorship model, download our Sponsorship Fact Sheet.

To become a sponsoring broker, please contact us at info@bidstrading.com.