Definitions
In plain terms
A venue supplies rules and infrastructure for market activity. It may be an exchange, an alternative platform, or a reporting facility, depending on the market.
Technical
Venue identity should use a governed code and, where relevant, distinguish an operating market from a market segment so records are not mixed across contexts.
Scope
This definition is broader than exchange and does not imply that every venue performs the same functions.
Examples
- A governed dataset records trading venue explicitly instead of inferring it from an ambiguous field.
Common misconceptions
- Trading Venue does not have one universal meaning without its stated market, source, and time context.
Concept relationships
Narrower concepts
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Required by
Where this concept is used
- ImportantCrossed/Locked Market DetectorD01-F02-A06
- PrerequisiteExchange-Calendar AlignmentD01-F03-A04
- ImportantPermanent Security Identifier Mapping: Scoped, Effective-Dated CrosswalksD02-F03-A01
- ImportantTicker-Change Chain ResolutionD02-F03-A02
- ImportantIPO Availability Timestamping: Separate Listing Events from Research KnowledgeD02-F04-A03
- ImportantEligibility ScreenD03-F06-A01
- ImportantLiquidity ScreenD03-F06-A02
Evidence and governance
- ISO 10383 Market Identifier Codes SWIFT as ISO 10383 Registration Authority · official standard
Supports: preferred label, short definition, technical definition
Limits: A MIC identifies a market or segment, not a security, issuer, listing, or trading symbol.
- 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