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Overview

About us

BATS Global Markets, Inc. (BATS) is a leading operator of securities markets in the U.S. and Europe. BATS develops and operates electronic markets for the trading of listed cash equity securities in the U.S. and Europe and listed equity options in the U.S. BATS is currently the third-largest equities exchange operator both in the U.S. and globally.

In the U.S. BATS operates two stock exchanges, the BATS BZX Exchange and BYX Exchange, and BATS Options, an equity options market. In December 2011, BATS launched a U.S. primary listings business enabling it to list exchange-traded products (ETPs) on the BATS BZX Exchange. In Europe, BATS Chi-X Europe is the largest pan-European equities exchange by market share and value traded.

Each of these markets is powered by BATS’ innovative and proprietary technology, which customers rely upon to execute their trading activities in today's capital markets.

Investor Education

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Competition and technology have significantly improved financial markets around the world in recent years. The BATS Investor Education Center is designed to help investors better understand how markets are structured and how trading works.

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