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Butler,
Wick & Co., Inc.
City Centre One, Suite 700
Youngstown, Ohio 44503
Phone: (330) 744-4351
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Required Report on Routing of Customer Orders
Data For Quarters After September 30, 2006
SEC Required Report on Routing of Customer Orders
For Quarter Ending September 30, 2006
Butler, Wick & Co., Inc. 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"- any
order that the customer has not specifically instructed to be routed
to a particular venue for execution on behalf of its customers.
The report is divided into four
sections: one for securities listed on the New York Stock Exchange;
one for securities listed on The FINRAaq Stock Market; one for securities
listed on the American Stock Exchange or regional exchanges; and
one for exchange-listed options. For each section, this report identifies
the venues most often selected by Butler Wick, sets forth the percentage
of various types of orders routed to the venues, and discusses the
material aspects of Butler Wick's relationship with the venue.
Securities Listed
on the New York Stock Exchange
Summary Statistics:
Non-directed orders as percentage of total NYSE
customer orders: 100%
Market orders as a percentage of total NYSE non-directed orders:
75%
Limit orders as percentage of total NYSE non-directed orders: 25%
Venues Receiving Significant
Percentage of NYSE Non-Directed Orders
1. MAX: 44%
2. Trimark Securities, Inc.: 41%
3. Knight Securities, Inc: 14%
Information Concerning Significant
Venues:
1. MAX
Types of Orders Routed to Venue:
Market orders as a percentage of total NYSE market orders: 52%
Limit orders as a percentage of total NYSE limit orders: 21%
Material Aspects of Relationship with Venue: Butler
Wick & Co., Inc. is a member of the Chicago Stock Exchange and
pays fees to the Exchange and/or it's fellow member(s) for trades
executed on the Exchange. Butler Wick receives payment from the
Chicago Stock Exchange for orders routed there for execution.
2. Trimark Securities, Inc.
Types of Orders Routed to Venue:
Market orders as a percentage of total NYSE market orders: 48%
Limit orders as a percentage of total NYSE limit orders: 20%
Material Aspects of Relationship with Venue: Butler
Wick does not receive rebates or other consideration from Trimark
Securities, Inc. for transactions routed there for execution.
3. Knight Securities,
Inc.
Types of Orders Routed to Venue:
Market orders as a percentage of total NYSE market orders: 0%
Limit orders as a percentage of total NYSE limit orders: 55%
Material Aspects of Relationship with Venue: Butler Wick receives
payment from Knight Securities, Inc. for orders routed there for execution.
Securities Listed on the
FINRAaq Stock Market
Summary Statistics:
Non-directed orders as percentage of total FINRAAQ
customer orders: 100%
• Market orders as a percentage of total FINRAAQ non-directed
orders: 71%
• Limit orders as percentage of total FINRAAQ non-directed
orders: 29%
Venues Receiving Significant
Percentage of FINRAAQ Non-Directed Orders
1. Knight Securities, Inc.: 78%
2. UBS PaineWeber Inc.: 18%
3. BRUT ECN: 3%
Information Concerning Significant
Venues
1. Knight Securities,
Inc.
Types of Orders Routed to Venue:
Market orders as a percentage of total FINRAAQ market orders: 77%
Limit orders as a percentage of total FINRAAQ limit order: 81%
Material Aspects of Relationship with Venue: Butler
Wick receives payment from Knight Securities, Inc. for orders routed
there for execution.
2. UBS PaineWebber
Inc.
Types of Orders Routed to Venue:
Market orders as a percentage of total FINRAAQ market orders: 23%
Limit orders as a percentage of total FINRAAQ limit order: 4%
Material Aspects of Relationship with Venue: Butler
Wick does not receive rebates or other consideration
from UBS Painewebber, Inc. for orders routed there for execution.
3. BRUT ECN
Types of Orders Routed to Venue:
Market orders as a percentage of total FINRAAQ market orders: 0%
Limit orders as a percentage of total FINRAAQ limit order: 11%
Material Aspects of Relationship with Venue:Butler Wick does
not receive rebates or other consideration from BRUT ECN
for transactions routed there for execution.
Securities Listed
on the American Stock Exchange
Summary Statistics:
Non-directed orders as percentage of total AMEX
customer orders: 100%
Market orders as a percentage of total AMEX non-directed orders:
59%
Limit orders as percentage of total AMEX non-directed orders: 41%
Venues Receiving Significant
Percentage of AMEX Non-Directed Orders
1. Trimark Securities, Inc.: 40%
2. MAX: 30%
3. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith: 22%
4. Knight Securities, Inc.: 7%
Information Concerning Significant
Venues
1. Trimark Securities, Inc.
Types of Orders Routed to Venue:
Market orders as a percentage of total AMEX market orders: 52%
Limit orders as a percentage of total AMEX limit orders: 22%
Material Aspects of Relationship with Venue: Butler
Wick does not receive rebates or other consideration from Trimark
Securities, Inc. for transactions routed there for execution.
2. MAX
Types of Orders Routed to Venue:
Market orders as a percentage of total AMEX market orders: 34%
Limit orders as a percentage of total AMEX limit orders: 24%
Material Aspects of Relationship with Venue: Butler
Wick & Co., Inc. is a member of the Chicago Stock Exchange
and pays fees to the Exchange and/or it's fellow member(s) for
trades executed on the Exchange. Butler Wick receives payment from
the Chicago Stock Exchange for orders routed there for execution.
3.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Types of Orders Routed to Venue:
Market orders as a percentage
of total AMEX market orders: 14%
Limit orders as a percentage of total AMEX limit order: 35%
Material Aspects of Relationship with Venue: Butler
Wick does not receive rebates or other consideration from Merrill Lynch,
Pierce, Fenner & Smith for orders routed there for execution.
4. Knight Securities,
Inc.
Types of Orders Routed to Venue:
Market orders as a percentage of total AMEX market orders: 0%
Limit orders as a percentage of total AMEX limit orders: 15%
Material Aspects of Relationship with Venue: Butler Wick receives
payment from Knight Securities, Inc. for orders routed there for execution.
Exchange-Listed Options
Summary Statistics:
Non-directed orders as percentage of total customer
orders: 100%
Market orders as a percentage of total Options non-directed orders:
16%
Limit orders as percentage of total Options non-directed orders:
84%
Venue Receiving Significant
Percentage of Non-Directed Orders
1. Broadcort-Merrill Lynch: 98%
2. CBOE: 2%
Information Concerning
Significant Venues
1. Broadcort-Merrill Lynch
Types of Orders Routed to Venue:
Market orders as a percentage of total Options market orders: 100%
Limit orders as a percentage of total limit Options orders: 97%
Material Aspects of Relationship with
Venue: Butler Wick does not receive payments or
other considerations from Broadcort-Merrill Lynch for transactions
routed there for execution.
2. CBOE
Types of Orders Routed to Venue:
Market orders as a percentage of total Options market orders: 0%
Limit orders as a percentage of total limit Options orders: 3%
Material Aspects of Relationship with Venue: Butler
Wick does not receive rebates or other considerations from the CBOE for transactions
routed there for execution.
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