ACCESSING VENUE DATABASE
Querying 114 venues across 1,045 filings
ACCESSING VENUE DATABASE
Querying 114 venues across 1,045 filings
// SAPINOVER INSTITUTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
Year-to-Date 2026 | Venue Clustering | Gradient Boost Analysis
Data period: Mar 02, 2026 - Aug 24, 2026 | Generated: 10/1/2026
INCR leads the period with 16.1% market share: 1.3x UBSA
54.1B shares, Institutional Core
Prior-week volume explains 96% of weekly ATS flow variance (R²=0.997): institutional flow persistence confirmed
26 weeks of data, 35 venues
3 extended-hours venues (BLUE, BOSS, MOON) combined for 16.9B over the period, high CV signals session-constrained flow
Avg CV: 0.96
K-means separates 35 ATSs into 3 structural archetypes (silhouette=0.602): institutional core, algo/mid-touch, block/OTC, and overnight/niche
Institutional Core: 23 · Overnight: 8 · Block: 4
// REPORT ARCHIVE
Across 26 reporting weeks (Mar-Aug 2026), the U.S. equity ATS landscape processed 335.0 billion shares across 35 registered venues. Intelligent Cross (INCR) commanded the largest single-venue market share at 16.1%, outpacing UBS ATS (12.5%) and LeveL Markets ATS (8.3%).
K-means cluster analysis reveals four structurally distinct venue archetypes. Gradient Boost modeling of weekly volume identifies prior-week volume as the dominant predictor (R² = 0.997), consistent with institutional flow persistence dynamics.
// ATS MARKET SHARE BY VENUE (%)
| # | MPID | SHARES | SHARE% | AVG SIZE | CLUSTER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | INCR | 54.1B | 16.14% | 78 | INSTITUTIONAL |
| 2 | UBSA | 41.8B | 12.49% | 76 | INSTITUTIONAL |
| 3 | EBXL | 27.9B | 8.33% | 41 | INSTITUTIONAL |
| 4 | SGMT | 24.0B | 7.17% | 60 | INSTITUTIONAL |
| 5 | MLIX | 20.1B | 6.01% | 101 | INSTITUTIONAL |
| 6 | MSTX | 19.1B | 5.69% | 41 | INSTITUTIONAL |
| 7 | MSPL | 16.8B | 5.01% | 190 | INSTITUTIONAL |
| 8 | CGXS | 14.6B | 4.36% | 100 | INSTITUTIONAL |
| 9 | BLUE | 14.5B | 4.33% | 124 | OVERNIGHT |
| 10 | BIDS | 14.4B | 4.30% | 589 | INSTITUTIONAL |
// VENUE CLUSTER MAP: log(avg trade size) vs market share
High aggregate volume, medium avg trade sizes (70-120 shares). Dominant consistent institutional order flow.
INCR, UBSA, EBXL, SGMT, MLIX, MSTX ...
Small avg trade sizes (<55 shares), high trade counts. Optimized for algo-driven, high-frequency crossing.
Very large avg trade sizes (500-110,000+ shares), low trade counts. Classic block crossing and negotiation.
DLTA, BLKX, LQNT, LMNX
High week-over-week CV (0.7-1.0+). Volume concentrated in overnight or extended-hours sessions.
BLUE, BOSS, MOON, IEOS, CODA, STFX ...
// FEATURE IMPORTANCE: PREDICTING WEEKLY ATS VOLUME
Gradient Boost regression trained on all active ATS venues using weekly volume data across 26 reporting periods.
Prior-week volume dominates feature importance at 95.8%, confirming institutional flow persistence: large venues attract large volumes via a self-reinforcing mechanism.
// NVDA — NVIDIA — TOP ATSs BY VOLUME %
// VENUE BREAKDOWN
| ATS | SHARES | % VOL | TRADES |
|---|---|---|---|
| UBSA | 277M | 13.1% | 4538K |
| INCR | 250M | 11.8% | 3377K |
| IATS | 181M | 8.5% | 1602K |
| EBXL | 162M | 7.6% | 4240K |
| SGMT | 150M | 7.1% | 2272K |
| BIDS | 119M | 5.6% | 288K |
| MLIX | 116M | 5.5% | 1099K |
| PURE | 96M | 4.5% | 1511K |
3 venues operate exclusively in extended-hours sessions, with combined volume of 16.9B shares over the period, about 5.0% of total ATS volume. High week-over-week CV indicates session-constrained activity.
This report is derived from 20M+ rows of FINRA ATS issue-level data, 35 venue profiles with 150+ attributes, SEC ATS-N filing analysis, and 100+ days of proprietary overnight session data across three venue partners.
| MPID | VENUE | SHARES | MKT% | AVG SIZE | CV | CLUSTER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INCR | Intelligent Cross | 54.1B | 16.14% | 78 | 0.15 | Institutional Core |
| UBSA | UBS ATS | 41.8B | 12.49% | 76 | 0.16 | Institutional Core |
| EBXL | LeveL Markets ATS | 27.9B | 8.33% | 41 | 0.15 | Institutional Core |
| SGMT | Goldman Sachs SIGMA X2 | 24.0B | 7.17% | 60 | 0.16 | Institutional Core |
| MLIX | Instinct X | 20.1B | 6.01% | 101 | 0.10 | Institutional Core |
| MSTX | MS TRAJECTORY CROSS (ATS-1) | 19.1B | 5.69% | 41 | 0.13 | Institutional Core |
| MSPL | MS POOL (ATS-4) | 16.8B | 5.01% | 190 | 0.10 | Institutional Core |
| CGXS | OneChronos | 14.6B | 4.36% | 100 | 0.20 | Institutional Core |
| BLUE | Blue Ocean ATS | 14.5B | 4.33% | 124 | 0.94 | Overnight / Niche |
| BIDS | BIDS ATS | 14.4B | 4.30% | 589 | 0.13 | Institutional Core |
| IATS | IBKR ATS | 10.1B | 3.01% | 138 | 0.30 | Institutional Core |
| PURE | PureStream | 10.0B | 2.98% | 34 | 0.29 | Institutional Core |
| JPMX | JPM-X | 9.3B | 2.79% | 92 | 0.19 | Institutional Core |
| KCGM | Virtu MatchIt ATS | 9.2B | 2.74% | 118 | 0.20 | Institutional Core |
| LATS | The Barclays ATS | 7.6B | 2.27% | 110 | 0.16 | Institutional Core |
| JPBX | JPB-X | 7.5B | 2.23% | 82 | 0.20 | Institutional Core |
| ITGP | POSIT | 6.8B | 2.04% | 291 | 0.14 | Institutional Core |
| XSTM | CrossStream | 6.1B | 1.83% | 284 | 0.19 | Institutional Core |
| ICBX | CBX | 5.0B | 1.48% | 87 | 0.17 | Institutional Core |
| BNPX | BNPP CORTEX ATS | 3.0B | 0.91% | 97 | 0.26 | Institutional Core |
| ONEC | Citi-ONE ATS | 2.6B | 0.78% | 112 | 0.19 | Institutional Core |
| LQNA | Liquidnet H2O ATS | 2.0B | 0.59% | 490 | 0.16 | Institutional Core |
| MSRP | MS RPOOL (ATS-6) | 2.0B | 0.58% | 81 | 0.40 | Institutional Core |
| BOSS | Bruce ATS | 1.7B | 0.52% | 105 | 0.91 | Overnight / Niche |
| DLTA | DealerWeb | 1.3B | 0.40% | 114,163 | 0.53 | Block / OTC Negotiated |
| BLKX | Instinet BlockCross | 997M | 0.30% | 4,096 | 0.16 | Block / OTC Negotiated |
| MOON | Moon ATS | 638M | 0.19% | 109 | 1.03 | Overnight / Niche |
| ALPX | TMX Alpha US ATS | 633M | 0.19% | 100 | 0.23 | Institutional Core |
| LQNT | Liquidnet Negotiation ATS | 510M | 0.15% | 27,340 | 0.24 | Block / OTC Negotiated |
| IEOS | IBKR EOS ATS | 386M | 0.12% | 122 | 0.83 | Overnight / Niche |
| CODA | CODA Markets ATS | 52M | 0.02% | 144 | 0.41 | Overnight / Niche |
| STFX | Stifel X | 36M | 0.01% | 97 | 0.53 | Overnight / Niche |
| LMNX | Luminex ATS (LMNX) | 35M | 0.01% | 31,012 | 0.39 | Block / OTC Negotiated |
| CODX | CODA Markets ATS (CODX) | 8M | 0.00% | 112 | 1.02 | Overnight / Niche |
| MOAT | Mosaic ATS | 5M | 0.00% | 130 | 1.12 | Overnight / Niche |