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2026Q2 2026Q1

CRD #7691 Review Period: 2026Q1 Filing: Direct 606 filer

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED (CRD #7691) — Quarterly Rule 606 vs. Amended Rule 605 Competing Market Review

Name: MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED (CRD #7691) 2026Q1 Execution Quality Benchmark
Creator: Execution Reports
License: https://executionreports.com/methodology

• 0 COMPETING-MARKET EXCEPTIONS DETECTED (>1.0 BPS THRESHOLD)

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Primary Routed Venues (606)

1. BofA Securities, Inc.(450.9%)

2. NYSE ARCA OPTIONS(130.4%)

3. Level Markets, LLC(82.6%)

Top routed order shares

Disclosed PFOF / Rebates

$5,010,189.52

Avg 32.23 ¢

Competing-Market Exceptions

0 of 0

Scored cells with >1.0 bps shortfall

Data Coverage

0 mo • 0 builds

Amended 605 builds

Rule 5310.09 Exceptions Preview (0 Total)

All scored order size and routing buckets where venue net price improvement trailed mix-adjusted peers by > 1.0 bps.

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No statistically significant competing-market shortfalls exceeding 1.0 bps were detected in this quarter’s scored cells.

FINRA Rule 5310.09 Review Packet

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

CRD Number: 7691 • Quarter: 2026Q1 • Generated: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 20:20:28 GMT

Methodology: exq-2

Status: CLOSED QUARTER

Resolved Rule 606 Source Filings

Author / Clearing Firm	CRD	Variant / Context	Version	SHA-256 Digest	Source Document
MLCO.GWIM_NEW	7691	GWIM	V1	957c4c6ce3fe1b059803f1be75ab0720f41ea933c310866e44f4fd84105faa8d	Download XML ↗

1. SEC Rule 606(a)(1) Order Routing

Quarterly non-directed customer order routing shares and net PFOF/rebates by section and venue.

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Month	Section	Execution Venue	605 Reporter	Route %	Market %	Mkt Limit %	Non-Mkt %	PFOF Mkt (¢/100)	PFOF Limit (¢/100)
202601	options	NYSE ARCA OPTIONS	Unmapped	43.5%	0.0%	15.9%	62.3%	0.00 ¢	44.30 ¢
202601	options	Nasdaq PHLX LLC	Unmapped	8.4%	0.0%	2.3%	11.5%	65.23 ¢	8.90 ¢
202601	options	The NASDAQ Options Market LLC	Unmapped	7.6%	0.0%	1.9%	11.4%	0.00 ¢	-14.90 ¢
202601	options	CITADEL SECURITIES LLC	CDRG	5.8%	37.8%	13.5%	1.4%	0.00 ¢	0.00 ¢
202601	options	Global Execution Brokers, LP	Unmapped	5.2%	35.8%	10.9%	1.6%	0.00 ¢	0.00 ¢
202601	options	Cboe Exchange, Inc.	Unmapped	4.7%	0.0%	3.9%	3.4%	-48.40 ¢	-6.11 ¢
202601	options	MIAX SAPPHIRE LLC	Unmapped	4.0%	0.0%	16.6%	0.4%	0.00 ¢	41.73 ¢
202601	options	Dash/IMC Financial Markets	Unmapped	3.6%	26.4%	2.6%	1.3%	0.27 ¢	19.45 ¢
202601	options	BOX Exchange LLC	Unmapped	1.9%	0.0%	4.0%	0.4%	0.00 ¢	-1.13 ¢
202601	options	Cboe EDGX Exchange, Inc.	Unmapped	1.8%	0.0%	3.3%	0.4%	0.00 ¢	24.88 ¢
202601	other_stocks	BofA Securities, Inc.	Unmapped	77.0%	56.5%	88.5%	96.9%	-0.20 ¢	-5.68 ¢
202601	other_stocks	Level Markets, LLC	Unmapped	12.4%	25.6%	0.0%	0.0%	-7.00 ¢	0.00 ¢
202601	other_stocks	CITADEL SECURITIES LLC	CDRG	2.0%	4.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.00 ¢	0.00 ¢
202601	other_stocks	Virtu Americas, LLC	NITE	2.0%	4.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.00 ¢	0.00 ¢
202601	other_stocks	Jane Street Capital	JNST	1.5%	3.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.00 ¢	0.00 ¢
202601	other_stocks	Two Sigma Securities, LLC	Unmapped	1.2%	2.4%	0.1%	0.0%	0.00 ¢	0.00 ¢
202601	other_stocks	G1 Execution Services, LLC	ETMM	1.0%	2.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.00 ¢	0.00 ¢
202601	other_stocks	UBS Securities, LLC	Unmapped	0.7%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.00 ¢	0.00 ¢
202601	other_stocks	NYSE Arca, Inc.	Unmapped	0.6%	0.2%	3.4%	0.9%	-15.02 ¢	-14.52 ¢
202601	other_stocks	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC	Unmapped	0.6%	0.1%	2.7%	0.9%	-3.93 ¢	-21.55 ¢
202601	sp500	BofA Securities, Inc.	Unmapped	73.0%	50.2%	87.0%	96.2%	-0.38 ¢	-2.85 ¢
202601	sp500	Level Markets, LLC	Unmapped	15.5%	31.0%	0.0%	0.0%	-7.00 ¢	0.00 ¢
202601	sp500	CITADEL SECURITIES LLC	CDRG	2.2%	4.3%	0.1%	0.0%	0.00 ¢	0.00 ¢
202601	sp500	Virtu Americas, LLC	NITE	2.1%	4.2%	0.3%	0.0%	0.00 ¢	0.00 ¢
202601	sp500	Jane Street Capital	JNST	1.6%	3.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.00 ¢	0.00 ¢
202601	sp500	NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, INC.	Unmapped	1.3%	0.4%	7.3%	2.0%	-2.04 ¢	-2.33 ¢
202601	sp500	Two Sigma Securities, LLC	Unmapped	1.3%	2.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.00 ¢	0.00 ¢
202601	sp500	G1 Execution Services, LLC	ETMM	1.1%	2.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.00 ¢	0.00 ¢
202601	sp500	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC	Unmapped	1.0%	0.2%	5.0%	1.7%	-2.51 ¢	-4.01 ¢
202601	sp500	UBS Securities, LLC	Unmapped	0.7%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.00 ¢	0.00 ¢
202602	options	NYSE ARCA OPTIONS	Unmapped	43.2%	0.0%	15.3%	63.3%	0.00 ¢	47.65 ¢
202602	options	Nasdaq PHLX LLC	Unmapped	8.6%	0.0%	2.1%	11.9%	65.95 ¢	7.73 ¢
202602	options	The NASDAQ Options Market LLC	Unmapped	7.3%	0.0%	1.8%	11.1%	0.00 ¢	-9.71 ¢
202602	options	CITADEL SECURITIES LLC	CDRG	5.8%	37.3%	13.7%	1.4%	0.00 ¢	0.00 ¢
202602	options	Global Execution Brokers, LP	Unmapped	5.2%	35.5%	10.9%	1.6%	0.00 ¢	0.00 ¢
202602	options	Cboe Exchange, Inc.	Unmapped	4.5%	0.0%	4.3%	3.2%	-43.00 ¢	-5.85 ¢
202602	options	MIAX SAPPHIRE LLC	Unmapped	4.0%	0.0%	17.1%	0.4%	0.00 ¢	42.41 ¢
202602	options	Dash/IMC Financial Markets	Unmapped	3.5%	27.2%	2.6%	1.3%	0.15 ¢	20.49 ¢
202602	options	BOX Exchange LLC	Unmapped	2.0%	0.0%	4.2%	0.3%	0.00 ¢	0.27 ¢
202602	options	Nasdaq ISE, LLC	Unmapped	1.9%	0.0%	1.9%	0.8%	0.00 ¢	-22.65 ¢
202602	other_stocks	BofA Securities, Inc.	Unmapped	77.3%	55.7%	87.8%	96.8%	-0.23 ¢	-5.68 ¢
202602	other_stocks	Level Markets, LLC	Unmapped	12.2%	26.1%	0.0%	0.0%	-7.00 ¢	0.00 ¢
202602	other_stocks	CITADEL SECURITIES LLC	CDRG	2.0%	4.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.00 ¢	0.00 ¢
202602	other_stocks	Virtu Americas, LLC	NITE	1.9%	4.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.00 ¢	0.00 ¢
202602	other_stocks	Jane Street Capital	JNST	1.5%	3.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.00 ¢	0.00 ¢
202602	other_stocks	Two Sigma Securities, LLC	Unmapped	1.1%	2.4%	0.1%	0.0%	0.00 ¢	0.00 ¢
202602	other_stocks	G1 Execution Services, LLC	ETMM	1.0%	2.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.00 ¢	0.00 ¢
202602	other_stocks	NYSE Arca, Inc.	Unmapped	0.7%	0.2%	3.5%	1.0%	-15.05 ¢	-15.97 ¢
202602	other_stocks	UBS Securities, LLC	Unmapped	0.7%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.00 ¢	0.00 ¢
202602	other_stocks	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC	Unmapped	0.6%	0.1%	2.9%	1.0%	-3.48 ¢	-20.33 ¢
202602	sp500	BofA Securities, Inc.	Unmapped	74.0%	50.9%	86.3%	96.1%	-0.42 ¢	-2.61 ¢
202602	sp500	Level Markets, LLC	Unmapped	14.7%	30.4%	0.0%	0.0%	-7.00 ¢	0.00 ¢
202602	sp500	CITADEL SECURITIES LLC	CDRG	2.1%	4.3%	0.1%	0.0%	0.00 ¢	0.00 ¢
202602	sp500	Virtu Americas, LLC	NITE	2.0%	4.2%	0.3%	0.0%	0.00 ¢	0.00 ¢
202602	sp500	Jane Street Capital	JNST	1.6%	3.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.00 ¢	0.00 ¢
202602	sp500	NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, INC.	Unmapped	1.3%	0.4%	7.3%	1.9%	-2.24 ¢	-2.40 ¢
202602	sp500	Two Sigma Securities, LLC	Unmapped	1.2%	2.5%	0.1%	0.0%	0.00 ¢	0.00 ¢
202602	sp500	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC	Unmapped	1.1%	0.3%	5.4%	1.8%	-2.69 ¢	-6.68 ¢
202602	sp500	G1 Execution Services, LLC	ETMM	1.1%	2.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.00 ¢	0.00 ¢
202602	sp500	UBS Securities, LLC	Unmapped	0.7%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.00 ¢	0.00 ¢
202603	options	NYSE ARCA OPTIONS	Unmapped	43.7%	0.0%	15.4%	63.3%	0.00 ¢	40.83 ¢
202603	options	Nasdaq PHLX LLC	Unmapped	8.8%	0.0%	2.2%	12.1%	61.52 ¢	11.10 ¢
202603	options	The NASDAQ Options Market LLC	Unmapped	7.3%	0.0%	1.8%	11.1%	0.00 ¢	-7.97 ¢
202603	options	CITADEL SECURITIES LLC	CDRG	5.7%	37.4%	13.3%	1.4%	0.00 ¢	0.00 ¢
202603	options	Global Execution Brokers, LP	Unmapped	5.1%	35.2%	10.5%	1.6%	0.00 ¢	0.00 ¢
202603	options	Cboe Exchange, Inc.	Unmapped	4.6%	0.0%	4.5%	3.2%	-43.00 ¢	-9.50 ¢
202603	options	MIAX SAPPHIRE LLC	Unmapped	4.0%	0.0%	17.3%	0.3%	0.00 ¢	39.50 ¢
202603	options	Dash/IMC Financial Markets	Unmapped	3.6%	27.3%	2.6%	1.4%	0.29 ¢	19.05 ¢
202603	options	BOX Exchange LLC	Unmapped	1.9%	0.0%	4.5%	0.2%	0.00 ¢	-0.06 ¢
202603	options	Cboe EDGX Exchange, Inc.	Unmapped	1.7%	0.0%	3.4%	0.1%	0.00 ¢	24.37 ¢
202603	other_stocks	BofA Securities, Inc.	Unmapped	76.9%	54.3%	88.5%	96.8%	-0.22 ¢	-5.70 ¢
202603	other_stocks	Level Markets, LLC	Unmapped	12.5%	27.2%	0.0%	0.0%	-7.00 ¢	0.00 ¢
202603	other_stocks	CITADEL SECURITIES LLC	CDRG	2.0%	4.3%	0.1%	0.0%	0.00 ¢	0.00 ¢
202603	other_stocks	Virtu Americas, LLC	NITE	1.9%	4.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.00 ¢	0.00 ¢
202603	other_stocks	Jane Street Capital	JNST	1.5%	3.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.00 ¢	0.00 ¢
202603	other_stocks	Two Sigma Securities, LLC	Unmapped	1.1%	2.5%	0.1%	0.0%	0.00 ¢	0.00 ¢
202603	other_stocks	G1 Execution Services, LLC	ETMM	1.0%	2.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.00 ¢	0.00 ¢
202603	other_stocks	NYSE Arca, Inc.	Unmapped	0.7%	0.2%	3.5%	1.0%	-15.06 ¢	-15.98 ¢
202603	other_stocks	UBS Securities, LLC	Unmapped	0.7%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.00 ¢	0.00 ¢
202603	other_stocks	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC	Unmapped	0.6%	0.1%	2.6%	1.0%	-2.43 ¢	-20.08 ¢
202603	sp500	BofA Securities, Inc.	Unmapped	72.7%	47.0%	85.3%	95.7%	-0.39 ¢	-1.95 ¢
202603	sp500	Level Markets, LLC	Unmapped	15.3%	32.6%	0.0%	0.0%	-7.00 ¢	0.00 ¢
202603	sp500	CITADEL SECURITIES LLC	CDRG	2.2%	4.7%	0.1%	0.0%	0.00 ¢	0.00 ¢
202603	sp500	Virtu Americas, LLC	NITE	2.2%	4.6%	0.3%	0.0%	0.00 ¢	0.00 ¢
202603	sp500	Jane Street Capital	JNST	1.6%	3.5%	0.1%	0.0%	0.00 ¢	0.00 ¢
202603	sp500	NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, INC.	Unmapped	1.4%	0.4%	7.6%	2.1%	-1.96 ¢	-2.21 ¢
202603	sp500	Two Sigma Securities, LLC	Unmapped	1.3%	2.8%	0.1%	0.0%	0.00 ¢	0.00 ¢
202603	sp500	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC	Unmapped	1.3%	0.2%	5.9%	2.1%	-2.42 ¢	-9.05 ¢
202603	sp500	G1 Execution Services, LLC	ETMM	1.1%	2.3%	0.1%	0.0%	0.00 ¢	0.00 ¢
202603	sp500	UBS Securities, LLC	Unmapped	0.7%	1.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.00 ¢	0.00 ¢

2. Venue Scorecards (Amended Rule 605)

Execution quality metrics for routed venues benchmarked against mix-adjusted competitors on identical symbols and size tiers.

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Month	Venue	Class	Notional × Lot	Fill Rate	PI Rate	NPI (bps)	Peer Bench (bps)	Coverage	Rank Pctl	Eff Spread	Speed <1s

3. Routing-Weighted Composite Quality

Implied execution quality achieved by the firm’s routing mix across the 24 amended size tiers, compared against the best and median competing venues.

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Month	Class	Notional × Lot	Metric	Firm Composite	Best Competing	Best Venue	Median Competing	Mapped Flow

4. Payment for Order Flow vs. Execution Quality

Addresses FINRA 5310.09 conflicts: comparing PFOF received (¢/100 sh) against net price improvement shortfall vs mix-adjusted peers.

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Month	Venue	Order Class	Route %	606 Net PFOF (¢/100)	NPI (bps)	Peer Bench (bps)	Delta (bps)	Ref Price	Delta (¢/100 sh)	Conflict Flag

Conflict Methodology Note: Quality delta (¢/100 sh) is estimated as Δ_bps × ref_price. A positive PFOF beside a negative delta indicates the firm received payment while the venue delivered less price improvement than competing market centers on identical symbols and size tiers.

5. Material Changes Since Prior Quarter

Changes in routing share (≥ 5 pp), newly added/dropped venues, and PFOF rate shifts since 2025Q4.

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No material shifts (≥ 5 percentage point route share or PFOF rate change) detected relative to 2025Q4.

6. Coverage, Exclusions & Standing Limitations

Mandatory regulatory disclosure of data availability, unmapped destinations, and methodological caveats.

Suppressed Cells

Cells with < 100 covered orders

Unmapped Venues

606 destinations without 605 match

Challenged / Missing 605

Venues missing monthly 605 report

Unmapped Routing Destinations:

BofA Securities, Inc. (name:BOFA SECURITIES), Level Markets, LLC (name:LEVEL MARKETS), NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, INC. (name:NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE), NYSE Arca, Inc. (name:NYSE ARCA), The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (name:THE NASDAQ STOCK MARKET), Two Sigma Securities, LLC (name:TWO SIGMA SECURITIES), UBS Securities, LLC (name:UBS SECURITIES)

Standing Review Limitations:

A venue's Rule 605 statistics describe all flow it handled, not this firm's orders.
606 route shares are per order, not per share, and list only the top 10 venues plus any venue with at least 5% of non-directed orders.
FINRA Rule 5310.09 also requires the firm's own order-level review of its executions.
This report is not legal or compliance advice.
Net price improvement is in basis points of executed notional (quote midpoint × shares). The PFOF comparison converts the difference to ¢/100 sh at the venue's average executed price; it is an estimate.