There are several ways for buy-side institutions including; money manager, advisors, pension and endowments, hedge funds, mutual fund managers and other institutional investors to participate in the trading-for-charity program.

• Step-out or Give-up trades through your existing executing or clearing brokers
  A “Step out” or “Give up” trade occurs when a brokerage firm executes an order, but gives other firms credit and some of the commission for the trade.


• Directed Orders
  If you are an institutional client high net worth individual, and you use an outside or third-party advisor or money manager, you can “direct” those parties to send a portion of your accounts execution business to an NTCF participating broker dealer.


• Execute US equity orders through an NTCF participating brokers at a discounted rate.
  NTCF brokers offer excellent execution services either through traditional telephone communication, or via advanced direct access execution technology with connections to all ECN’s and exchanges. Trade directly with an NTCF sponsoring broker dealer, or “direct” your advisor or money manager to execute through an NTCF broker.

In addition to having the satisfaction of knowing that each trade is helping children and families in need, buy-side donors receive additional benefits. Learn more.