registered exchange

Registered Exchange

A securities exchange with sufficient trading volume and other activity to require registration with the SEC. Most exchanges about which one hears in the news are registered exchanges. A prominent example is the New York Stock Exchange.

registered exchange

A securities exchange that has filed, and has had accepted, a registration statement with the SEC. All the larger securities exchanges in the United States are registered with the SEC, as required by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Compare unregistered exchange.