metadata:
organization: "Apex Capital Management"
department: "Equities Trading"
compliance_frameworks:
- "SOX"
- "Dodd-Frank"
- "MiFID II"
- "SEC"
last_review: "2024-01-15"
approved_by: "Chief Compliance Officer"
trading_limits:
per_trader:
max_single_order_usd: 5_000_000
max_daily_volume_usd: 50_000_000
max_position_size_usd: 25_000_000
max_loss_daily_usd: 500_000
per_desk:
max_daily_volume_usd: 500_000_000
max_gross_exposure_usd: 1_000_000_000
max_net_exposure_usd: 200_000_000
var_limit_99_usd: 10_000_000
automatic_actions:
soft_limit_warning: 0.80 hard_limit_block: 1.00 breach_escalation: "risk_manager"
pre_trade_checks:
enabled: true
max_latency_ms: 5
validations:
- name: "fat_finger_check"
description: "Reject orders >10x average size"
threshold_multiplier: 10
- name: "price_collar"
description: "Reject orders outside price bands"
band_percent: 5
- name: "position_limit"
description: "Check aggregate position limits"
- name: "restricted_list"
description: "Block trading in restricted securities"
- name: "market_hours"
description: "Validate trading within allowed hours"
restricted_list:
update_frequency: "daily"
sources:
- "compliance_team"
- "legal_department"
- "research_restricted"
categories:
insider_trading_blackout:
duration_days: 14
applies_to: ["employees", "affiliates"]
research_restricted:
duration_days: 30
reason: "pending_research_publication"
regulatory_restricted:
permanent: true
reason: "sanctions_or_regulatory_order"
order_handling:
best_execution:
enabled: true
venues_evaluated_minimum: 3
documentation_required: true
order_types_allowed:
- market
- limit
- stop_loss
- iceberg
- twap
- vwap
order_types_prohibited:
- spoofing_patterns
- layering_patterns
audit_trail:
capture_events:
- order_submission
- order_modification
- order_cancellation
- execution
- rejection
- risk_check_failure
retention_years: 7
required_fields:
- timestamp_nanoseconds
- trader_id
- desk_id
- security_identifier
- order_type
- quantity
- price
- side
- venue
- decision_rationale
algo_constraints:
registration_required: true
testing_required:
backtest_months: 24
paper_trading_days: 30
kill_switch:
enabled: true
triggers:
- loss_threshold_usd: 100_000
- error_rate_percent: 5
- latency_spike_ms: 100
human_oversight:
real_time_monitoring: true
approval_for_new_strategies: true
daily_review_required: true
reporting:
internal:
daily_pnl: true
risk_metrics: true
limit_utilization: true
regulatory:
cat_reporting: true form_13f: "quarterly"
mifid_transaction_reports: "t+1"
segregation:
front_office:
- trade_execution
- client_communication
middle_office:
- risk_monitoring
- limit_management
back_office:
- settlement
- reconciliation
compliance:
- surveillance
- reporting
prohibited_combinations:
- ["trade_execution", "settlement"]
- ["risk_monitoring", "limit_override"]