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| <periodOfReport> 2016-11-17 </periodOfReport> |
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| <issuer> |
| | <issuerCik> 0001659228 </issuerCik> |
| | <issuerName> Bats Global Markets, Inc. </issuerName> |
| | <issuerTradingSymbol> BATS </issuerTradingSymbol> |
| | </issuer> |
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| | <reportingOwnerId> |
| | | <rptOwnerCik> 0001672448 </rptOwnerCik> |
| | | <rptOwnerName> KCG Strategic Holdings LLC </rptOwnerName> |
| | | </reportingOwnerId> |
| | <reportingOwnerAddress> |
| | | <rptOwnerStreet1> C/O KCG HOLDINGS, INC. </rptOwnerStreet1> |
| | | <rptOwnerStreet2> 300 VESEY STREET </rptOwnerStreet2> |
| | | <rptOwnerCity> NEW YORK </rptOwnerCity> |
| | | <rptOwnerState> NY </rptOwnerState> |
| | | <rptOwnerZipCode> 10282 </rptOwnerZipCode> |
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| | </reportingOwner> |
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| | <reportingOwnerId> |
| | | <rptOwnerCik> 0001569391 </rptOwnerCik> |
| | | <rptOwnerName> KCG Holdings, Inc. </rptOwnerName> |
| | | </reportingOwnerId> |
| | <reportingOwnerAddress> |
| | | <rptOwnerStreet1> 300 VESEY STREET </rptOwnerStreet1> |
| | | <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2> |
| | | <rptOwnerCity> NEW YORK </rptOwnerCity> |
| | | <rptOwnerState> NY </rptOwnerState> |
| | | <rptOwnerZipCode> 10282 </rptOwnerZipCode> |
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| | <reportingOwnerId> |
| | | <rptOwnerCik> 0001060749 </rptOwnerCik> |
| | | <rptOwnerName> KNIGHT CAPITAL GROUP LLC </rptOwnerName> |
| | | </reportingOwnerId> |
| | <reportingOwnerAddress> |
| | | <rptOwnerStreet1> C/O KCG HOLDINGS, INC. </rptOwnerStreet1> |
| | | <rptOwnerStreet2> 300 VESEY STREET </rptOwnerStreet2> |
| | | <rptOwnerCity> NEW YORK </rptOwnerCity> |
| | | <rptOwnerState> NY </rptOwnerState> |
| | | <rptOwnerZipCode> 10282 </rptOwnerZipCode> |
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| | | <securityTitle> |
| <value> Common Stock </value> |
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| | | <transactionDate> |
| <value> 2016-11-17 </value> |
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| | | <securityTitle> |
| <value> Common Stock </value> |
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| | | <transactionDate> |
| <value> 2016-11-18 </value> |
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| <footnotes> |
| | <footnote id="F1"> The reporting person, a wholly owned subsidiary of KCG Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("KCG") sold the shares of Common Stock at a price per share equal to $31.09, the closing stock price of such shares on the Bats BZX Exchange on November 16, 2016, to an affiliate of General Atlantic, LLC ("General Atlantic") in exchange for 18,709,027 shares of common stock of KCG and 8,094,683 warrants to purchase shares of common stock of KCG held by General Atlantic. The transaction is expected to close by the end of November 2016, except that a portion of the transaction involving the sale by the reporting person of 47,716 shares of Common Stock will be settled in early January 2017. </footnote> |
| | </footnotes> |
| <remarks></remarks> |
| <ownerSignature> |
| | <signatureName> /s/ Robert McQueen, Deputy General Counsel & Assistant Secretary </signatureName> |
| | <signatureDate> 2016-11-18 </signatureDate> |
| | </ownerSignature> |
| <ownerSignature> |
| | <signatureName> /s/ Robert McQueen, Deputy General Counsel & Assistant Secretary </signatureName> |
| | <signatureDate> 2016-11-18 </signatureDate> |
| | </ownerSignature> |
| <ownerSignature> |
| | <signatureName> /s/ Robert McQueen, Deputy General Counsel & Assistant Secretary </signatureName> |
| | <signatureDate> 2016-11-18 </signatureDate> |
| | </ownerSignature> |
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