Form BDCO cancellations of broker-dealer registration by Commission order

Form BDCO: Commission orders cancelling the registration of broker-dealers, recorded on EDGAR in 2002 and 2003.

423filings on EDGAR

2002first filed

2003-10-09latest filing

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $SECFEED_KEY" \
  "https://secfeedapi.com/v1/filings?query=formType:%22BDCO%22&size=2"

import os, requests

r = requests.get(
    "https://secfeedapi.com/v1/filings",
    params={'query': 'formType:"BDCO"', 'size': '2'},
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['SECFEED_KEY']}"},
)
print(r.json())

What is BDCO?

EDGAR titles BDCO "Cancellation of Registered Brokers or Dealers by Commission Order". The SEC can cancel the registration of a broker-dealer that is no longer in existence or has ceased to do business, and these records were posted under each firm's CIK.

The series covers only 2002 and 2003 and is made of scanned paper documents, often many firms cancelled on the same day.

Who files

Filed by the SEC under the CIKs of broker-dealers whose registration it cancelled.

When it is filed

When the Commission issued the cancellation order.

Filings per year

Every BDCO filing on EDGAR, counted from the SecFeed index. Updated daily.

What is inside

Section	Contents
Firm	The broker-dealer whose registration was cancelled.
Order	The Commission order cancelling the registration.

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Latest BDCO filings

Company	Form	Filed
TOCKS JOHN HOUNSLEY /BD	`BDCO`	2003-10-09	EDGAR ↗
JAMES WHEELER & CO. INVESTMENTS, INC.	`BDCO`	2003-10-09	EDGAR ↗
D.L. CROMWELL INVESTMENTS, INC.	`BDCO`	2003-10-09	EDGAR ↗
A M RAZO & CO SECURITIES INC /BD	`BDCO`	2003-10-09	EDGAR ↗
WHITESTONE CAPITAL MARKETS L P	`BDCO`	2003-10-09	EDGAR ↗
SVR SECURITIES, INC.	`BDCO`	2003-10-09	EDGAR ↗
SAND CASTLE TRADING LLC /BD	`BDCO`	2003-10-09	EDGAR ↗
EADIE JR SAMUEL LOFTIS /BD	`BDCO`	2003-10-09	EDGAR ↗

Use cases

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FAQ

Why would the SEC cancel a broker-dealer registration?

Typically because the firm no longer exists or has stopped doing business.

Is BDCO still used?

It appears on EDGAR only in 2002 and 2003.

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