District Coverage and Jurisdiction
FINRA FINRA District 6 — Dallas covers broker-dealer operations in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico. District examination staff conduct periodic reviews of member firms' supervisory systems, trade execution practices, and compliance programs.
Citadel Securities in This Region
FINRA District 6 covers the South-Central region, including Texas — the state with the third-largest retail investor population. District 6 examination staff oversees broker-dealers serving millions of Texas retail investors whose orders are routed to Citadel Securities through PFOF arrangements.
FINRA's Self-Regulatory Limitations
FINRA is a private, membership-funded organization whose largest member firms — including Citadel Securities — help fund its operations. This structural conflict means that FINRA examination and enforcement may be less aggressive toward systemically important firms like Citadel than an independent government regulator would be. The SEC, as the government regulator that oversees FINRA, bears ultimate responsibility for ensuring that FINRA supervision is adequate.
What Investors in This Region Can Do
Retail investors in Texas and Oklahoma and other states in this FINRA district can file complaints with:
- FINRA at finra.org/investors/have-problem
- SEC at sec.gov/tcr
- Their state securities regulator (find at nasaa.org)