Definitions
In plain terms
The same security can have different venue relationships or local trading lines. A listing connects the instrument to the venue, symbol, currency, and active dates.
Technical
A listing record should preserve security identity, venue or segment, display symbol, trading currency, status, and valid-time intervals rather than using ticker alone as a key.
Scope
Listing does not guarantee continuous liquidity, current eligibility, or fungibility with every other line.
Examples
- A security listed in two markets can have two symbols and two trading currencies.
Common misconceptions
- A listing is not the issuer and is not necessarily a distinct share class.
Concept relationships
Prerequisites
Broader concepts
Required by
Where this concept is used
- ImportantPermanent Security Identifier Mapping: Scoped, Effective-Dated CrosswalksD02-F03-A01
- PrerequisiteTicker-Change Chain ResolutionD02-F03-A02
- ImportantShare-Class Relationship Mapping: Same Issuer Does Not Mean Same SecurityD02-F03-A03
- ImportantDelisting Return Reconstruction: Separate Observed Proceeds from EstimatesD02-F03-A05
- ImportantIPO Availability Timestamping: Separate Listing Events from Research KnowledgeD02-F04-A03
- ImportantEligibility ScreenD03-F06-A01
- ImportantIPO Fast-Entry RuleD03-F06-A04
Evidence and governance
- Nasdaq Symbol Directory Definitions Nasdaq Trader · official exchange
Supports: preferred label, short definition, technical definition
Limits: Current directories are not complete historical identity chains, and symbols are not globally unique permanent identifiers.
- Fintech Builder Glossary Definition Contract The Fintech Builder · internal governed contract
Supports: variant distinction
Limits: Defines governed platform behavior rather than claiming these policies are universally prescribed by external McClellan methodology.
- Reviewed by
- fintech-builder-owner-approved
- Last reviewed
- 2026-07-26
- Next review
- 2027-07-26
- Record status
- published