Fails-to-Deliver Data Guide

Read SEC fails-to-deliver files while separating outstanding balances from new daily fails.

Fails-to-Deliver Data Guide is a 4-page PDF field guide. Settlement dates, outstanding balances and SEC data limitations.

• Read settlement date, identifier and aggregate fail quantity in SEC FTD files.

• Distinguish outstanding balances from newly created daily fails.

• Account for delayed publication and changes in security identifiers.

• Check claims without treating FTD data as proof of illegal short selling.

Includes a quick-reference workflow and primary-source notes.

Educational information only. Verify current official sources and your own circumstances. No trading return, ranking, citation, traffic or business outcome is guaranteed.