Notice2022-04673
Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE American LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Change To Amend the NYSE American Options Proprietary Market Data Fee Schedule
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March 7, 2022
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Abstract
An End of Day Volume Summary market data product and an Intra-Day Volume Summary market data product. The Exchange will initially offer the End of Day Volume Summary market data product and the purpose of this filing is to adopt fees for the End of Day Volume Summary market data product.\6\ The End of Day Volume Summary provides a volume summary of trading activity on the Exchange at the option level by origin (Customer, Professional Customer, Firm, Broker-Dealer, and Market Maker \7\), side of the market (buy or sell), contract volume, and transaction type (opening or closing). The Customer, Professional Customer, Firm, Broker-Dealer, and Market Maker volume is further broken down into trade size buckets (less than 100 contracts, 100-199 contracts, greater than 199 contracts). The NYSE Options Open-Close Volume Summary is proprietary Exchange trade data and does not include trade data from any other exchange. It is also a historical data product and not a real-time data feed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 44 (Monday, March 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12748-12752]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04673]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Release No. 34-94334; File No. SR-NYSEAMER-2022-11]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE American LLC; Notice of
Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Change To Amend the NYSE
American Options Proprietary Market Data Fee Schedule
March 1, 2022.
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) \1\ of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (``Act'') \2\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\3\ notice is hereby given
that, on February 23, 2022, NYSE American LLC (``NYSE American'' or the
``Exchange'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in Items I, II,
and III below, which Items have been prepared by the self-regulatory
organization. The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit
comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons.
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\1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
\2\ 15 U.S.C. 78a.
\3\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance
of the Proposed Rule Change
The Exchange proposes to amend the NYSE American Options
Proprietary Market Data Fee Schedule (``Fee Schedule'') to adopt fees
for the NYSE Options Open-Close Volume Summary market data product,
effective March 1, 2022. The proposed change is available on the
Exchange's website at <a href="http://www.nyse.com">www.nyse.com</a>, at the principal office of the
Exchange, and at the Commission's Public Reference Room.
II. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change
In its filing with the Commission, the self-regulatory organization
included statements concerning the purpose of, and basis for, the
proposed rule change and discussed any comments it received on the
proposed rule change. The text of those statements may be examined at
the places specified in Item IV below. The Exchange has prepared
summaries, set forth in sections A, B, and C below, of the most
significant parts of such statements.
A. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and the
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change
1. Purpose
The Exchange proposes to amend the Fee Schedule to adopt fees for
the NYSE Options Open-Close Volume Summary,\4\ which will be available
for purchase by any market participant, i.e., members \5\ and non-
members. The Exchange proposes to implement fees for the NYSE Options
Open-Close Volume Summary market data product on March 1, 2022. The
proposed fees would be applied equally to all market participants and
all market participants would receive the same information in the data
feed.
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\4\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 93803 (December 16,
2021), 86 FR 72647 (December 22, 2021) (SR-NYSEAmerican-2021-46)
(Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule
Change To Adopt a New Historical Market Data Product To Be Known as
the NYSE Options Open-Close Volume Summary) (``Product Filing'').
\5\ Members of the Exchange are member organizations, members,
ETP Holders and ATP Holders.
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Background
By way of background, pursuant to the Product Filing, the Exchange
adopted two versions of the NYSE Options Open-Close Volume Summary: An
End of Day Volume Summary market data product and an Intra-Day
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Volume Summary market data product. The Exchange will initially offer
the End of Day Volume Summary market data product and the purpose of
this filing is to adopt fees for the End of Day Volume Summary market
data product.\6\ The End of Day Volume Summary provides a volume
summary of trading activity on the Exchange at the option level by
origin (Customer, Professional Customer, Firm, Broker-Dealer, and
Market Maker \7\), side of the market (buy or sell), contract volume,
and transaction type (opening or closing). The Customer, Professional
Customer, Firm, Broker-Dealer, and Market Maker volume is further
broken down into trade size buckets (less than 100 contracts, 100-199
contracts, greater than 199 contracts). The NYSE Options Open-Close
Volume Summary is proprietary Exchange trade data and does not include
trade data from any other exchange. It is also a historical data
product and not a real-time data feed.
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\6\ The Exchange intends to offer the Intra-Day Volume Summary
market data product when the NYSE American options market
transitions to the Pillar trading platform, anticipated for Q4 2022.
The Exchange will submit a separate proposed rule change to
establish fees for the Intra-Day Volume Summary market data product
prior to its launch.
\7\ The terms Customer, Professional Customer, Firm and Market
Maker are defined in Rule 900.2NY. Definitions.
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The Exchange anticipates a wide variety of market participants to
purchase the End of Day Volume Summary data product, including, but not
limited to, individual customers, buy-side investors, and investment
banks. The Exchange believes the End of Day Volume Summary would
provide subscribers data that should enhance their ability to analyze
options trade and volume data, and to create and test trading models
and analytical strategies. The Exchange believes the End of Day Volume
Summary will be a valuable tool that subscribers can use to gain
comprehensive insight into the trading activity in a particular options
series. The End of Day Volume Summary is a completely voluntary
product, in that the Exchange is not required by any rule or regulation
to make this data available and that potential subscribers may purchase
it only if they voluntarily choose to do so. The Exchange notes that
other exchanges offer a similar product.\8\
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\8\ See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 89497 (August 6,
2020), 85 FR 48747 (August 12, 2020) (SR-CboeBZX-2020-059); 89498
(August 6, 2020), 85 FR 48735 (August 12, 2020) (SR-Cboe-EDGX-2020-
36);85817 (May 9, 2019), 84 FR 21863 (May 15, 2019) (SR-CBOE-2019-
026); 89496 (August 6, 2020), 85 FR 48743 (August 12, 2020) (SR-C2-
2020-010); 89586 (August 17, 2020), 85 FR 51833 (August 21, 2020)
(SR-C2-2020-012); 62887 (September 10, 2010), 75 FR 57092 (September
17, 2010) (SR-Phlx-2010-121); 65587 (October 18, 2011), 76 FR 65765
(October 24, 2011) (SR-NASDAQ-2011-144); 61317 (January 8, 2010), 75
FR 2915 (January 19, 2010) (SR-ISE-2009-103); 81632 (September 15,
2017), 82 FR 44235 (September 21, 2017) (SR-GEMX-2017-42); 91963
(May 21, 2021), 86 FR 28662 (May 27, 2021) (SR-EMERALD-2021-18);
91964 (May 21, 2012), 86 FR 28667 (May 27, 2021) (SR-PEARL-2021-24);
and 91965 (May 21, 2021), 86 FR 28665 (May 27, 2021) (SR-MIAX-2021-
18).
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The End of Day Volume Summary is subject to direct competition from
similar end of day options trading summaries offered by other options
exchanges.\9\ All of these exchanges offer essentially the same end of
day options trading summary information. The options trading summary
files offered by the Exchange's competitors are substitutes, not
complements. The End of Day Volume Summary provides data on options
market activity which can be used to infer longer-term trends. The
information provided by one exchange is generally similar to that
provided by other exchanges because order flow can move from one
exchange to another, and market sentiment trends that appear on one
exchange are likely to be similar to the sentiment trends on other
exchanges. The key differentiator in the quality of the data depends on
the volume of transactions on a given exchange. The greater the volume
of transactions, the greater the value of the data.
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\9\ See note 8, supra.
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Proposed Rule Change
The Exchange proposes to adopt subscription fees for the purchase
of the End of Day Volume Summary on a monthly basis. The Exchange
proposes to assess a fee of $750 per month for subscribing to the End
of Day Volume Summary. The Exchange also proposes that for mid-month
subscriptions, new subscribers will be charged for the full calendar
month for which they subscribe and will be provided NYSE Options Open-
Close Volume Summary data for each trading day of the calendar month in
which they subscribed. The proposed monthly fees will apply to all
market participants. The Exchange notes that other exchanges provide
similar data products that may be purchased on a monthly basis and are
comparably priced.\10\
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\10\ See Price List--U.S. Derivatives Data for Nasdaq PHLX, LLC
(``PHLX''), The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC (``Nasdaq''), Nasdaq ISE,
LLC (``ISE''), and Nasdaq GEMX, LLC (``GEMX''), available at <a href="http://www.nasdaqtrader.com/Trader.aspx?id=DPPriceListOptions#web">http://www.nasdaqtrader.com/Trader.aspx?id=DPPriceListOptions#web</a>.
Particularly, PHLX offers ``Nasdaq PHLX Options Trade Outline
(PHOTO)'' and assesses $750 per month for an end of day
subscription; Nasdaq offers the ``Nasdaq Options Trade Outline
(NOTO)'' and assesses $500 per month for an end of day subscription;
ISE offers the ``Nasdaq ISE Open/Close Trade Profile'' and assesses
$750 per month for an end of day subscription; and GEMX offers the
``Nasdaq GEMX Open/Close Trade Profile'' and assesses $500 per month
for an end of day subscription. Cboe EDGX Exchange, Inc. (``EDGX'')
assesses $500 per month for an end of day subscription and Cboe BZX
Exchange, Inc. (``BZX'') assesses $500 per month for an end of day
subscription. See EDGX fee schedule available at <a href="http://markets.cboe.com/us/options/membership/fee_schedule/edgx/">http://markets.cboe.com/us/options/membership/fee_schedule/edgx/</a>; and BZX
fee schedule available at <a href="http://markets.cboe.com/us/options/membership/fee_schedule/bzx/">http://markets.cboe.com/us/options/membership/fee_schedule/bzx/</a>. Miami International Securities
Exchange, LLC (``MIAX''), MIAX Emerald, LLC (``Emerald'') and MIAX
PEARL, LLC (``PEARL'') each assesses $600 per month for an end of
day subscription. See MIAX Fee Schedule, available at <a href="https://www.miaxoptions.com/sites/default/files/fee_schedule-files/MIAX_Options_Fee_Schedule_09282021.pdf">https://www.miaxoptions.com/sites/default/files/fee_schedule-files/MIAX_Options_Fee_Schedule_09282021.pdf</a>; Emerald Fee Schedule,
available at <a href="https://www.miaxoptions.com/sites/default/files/fee_schedule-files/MIAX_Emerald_Fee_Schedule_09282021.pdf">https://www.miaxoptions.com/sites/default/files/fee_schedule-files/MIAX_Emerald_Fee_Schedule_09282021.pdf</a>; and PEARL
Fee Schedule, available at <a href="https://www.miaxoptions.com/sites/default/files/fee_schedule-files/MIAX_Pearl_Options_Fee_Schedule_092821.pdf">https://www.miaxoptions.com/sites/default/files/fee_schedule-files/MIAX_Pearl_Options_Fee_Schedule_092821.pdf</a>.
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2. Statutory Basis
The Exchange believes that the proposed rule change is consistent
with Section 6(b) of the Act,\11\ in general, and furthers the
objectives of Section 6(b)(5) of the Act,\12\ in particular, in that it
is designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices,
to promote just and equitable principles of trade, to remove
impediments to and perfect the mechanism of a free and open market and
a national market system, and to protect investors and the public
interest, and that it is not designed to permit unfair discrimination
among customers, brokers, or dealers. The Exchange also believes that
its proposal to adopt fees for the End of Day Volume Summary market
data product is consistent with Section 6(b) of the Act \13\ in
general, and furthers the objectives of Section 6(b)(4) of the Act \14\
in particular, in that it is an equitable allocation of dues, fees and
other charges among its members and other recipients of Exchange data.
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\11\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
\12\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
\13\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
\14\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4).
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In adopting Regulation NMS, the Commission granted self-regulatory
organizations (``SROs'') and broker-dealers increased authority and
flexibility to offer new and unique market data to the public. It was
believed that this authority would expand the amount of data available
to users and consumers of such data and also spur innovation and
competition for the provision of market data. Particularly, the End of
Day Volume Summary further broadens the availability of U.S. options
market data to investors consistent with the principles of Regulation
NMS.
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Subscribers to the data may also be able to enhance their ability to
analyze options trade and volume data and create and test trading
models and analytical strategies. The Exchange believes the End of Day
Volume Summary would provide a valuable tool that subscribers can use
to gain comprehensive insight into the trading activity in a particular
series, but also emphasizes such data is not necessary for trading.
Moreover, other exchanges offer a similar data product.\15\
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The Exchange operates in a highly competitive market. Indeed, there
are currently 16 registered options exchanges competing for order flow.
Based on publicly-available information, and excluding index-based
options, no single exchange has more than 16% of the market share of
executed volume of multiply-listed equity and ETF options trades.\16\
Therefore, currently no exchange possesses significant pricing power in
the execution of multiply-listed equity and ETF options order flow.
More specifically, in November 2021, the Exchange had less than 8%
market share of executed volume of multiply-listed equity and ETF
options trades.\17\
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\16\ The Options Clearing Corporation (``OCC'') publishes
options and futures volume in a variety of formats, including daily
and monthly volume by exchange, available here: <a href="https://www.theocc.com/Market-Data/Market-Data-Reports/Volume-and-Open-Interest/Monthly-Weekly-Volume-Statistics">https://www.theocc.com/Market-Data/Market-Data-Reports/Volume-and-Open-Interest/Monthly-Weekly-Volume-Statistics</a>.
\17\ Based on OCC data for monthly volume of equity-based
options and monthly volume of ETF-based options, see id., the
Exchange's market share in multiply-listed equity and ETF options
was 9.09% for the month of November 2020 and 7.06% for the month of
November 2021.
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The Commission has repeatedly expressed its preference for
competition over regulatory intervention in determining prices,
products, and services in the securities markets. Specifically, in
Regulation NMS, the Commission highlighted the importance of market
forces in determining prices and SRO revenues, and also recognized that
current regulation of the market system ``has been remarkably
successful in promoting market competition in its broader forms that
are most important to investors and listed companies.'' \18\
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\18\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 51808 (June 9,
2005), 70 FR 37496, 37499 (June 29, 2005).
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With respect to market data, the decision of the United States
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in NetCoalition
v. SEC upheld the Commission's reliance on the existence of competitive
market mechanisms to evaluate the reasonableness and fairness of fees
for proprietary market data:
In fact, the legislative history indicates that the Congress
intended that the market system ``evolve through the interplay of
competitive forces as unnecessary regulatory restrictions are
removed'' and that the SEC wield its regulatory power ``in those
situations where competition may not be sufficient,'' such as in the
creation of a ``consolidated transactional reporting system.'' \19\
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\19\ NetCoalition v. SEC, 615 F.3d 525, 535 (D.C. Cir. 2010)
(quoting H.R. Rep. No. 94-229 at 92 (1975), as reprinted in 1975
U.S.C.C.A.N. 323).
The court agreed with the Commission's conclusion that ``Congress
intended that `competitive forces should dictate the services and
practices that constitute the U.S. national market system for trading
equity securities.' '' \20\
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\20\ Id. at 535.
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More recently, the Commission confirmed that it applies a ``market-
based'' test in its assessment of market data fees, and that under that
test:
The Commission considers whether the exchange was subject to
significant competitive forces in setting the terms of its proposal
for [market data], including the level of any fees. If an exchange
meets this burden, the Commission will find that its fee rule is
consistent with the Act unless there is a substantial countervailing
basis to find that the terms of the rule violate the Act or the
rules thereunder.\21\
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\21\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 34-90217 (October
16, 2020), 85 FR 67392 (October 22, 2020) (SR-NYSENAT-2020-05)
(internal quotation marks omitted), quoting Securities Exchange Act
Release No. 59039 (December 2, 2008), 73 FR 74770, 74781 (December
9, 2008) (ArcaBook Approval Order).
Making similar historic data products available to market
participants fosters competition in the marketplace, and constrains the
ability of exchanges to charge supra-competitive fees. In the event
that a market participant views one exchange's data product as more or
less attractive than the competition they can and do switch between
similar products. The proposed fees are a result of the competitive
environment, as the Exchange seeks to adopt fees to attract purchasers
of the End of Day Volume Summary data product.
The Exchange believes the proposed fees are reasonable as they are
comparable to the fees assessed by other exchanges that provide similar
data products.\22\ Indeed, proposing fees that are excessively higher
than established fees for similar data products would simply serve to
reduce demand for the Exchange's data product, which as noted, is
entirely optional. Like the End of Day Volume Summary, other exchanges
offer similar data products that each provide insight into trading on
those markets and may likewise aid in assessing investor sentiment.
Although each of these similar data products provide only proprietary
trade data and not trade data from other exchanges, it is possible
investors are still able to gauge overall investor sentiment across
different option series based on open and closing interest on any one
exchange. Similarly, market participants may be able to analyze option
trade and volume data, and create and test trading models and
analytical strategies using only the End of Day Volume Summary data
relating to trading activity on one or more of the other markets that
provide similar data products. As such, if a market participant views
another exchange's data as more attractive than the Exchange's data
product, then such market participant can merely choose not to purchase
the Exchange's data product and instead purchase another exchange's
product, which offer similar data points, albeit based on that other
market's trading activity.
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The Exchange also believes the proposed fees are reasonable as they
would support the introduction of a new historic market data product
that is designed to aid investors by providing insight into trading on
the Exchange. Once the End of Day Volume Summary is made available, it
would provide options market participants with valuable information
about opening and closing transactions executed on the Exchange
throughout the trading day, similar to other trade data products
offered by competing options exchanges. In turn, this data would assist
market participants in gauging investor sentiment and trading activity,
resulting in potentially better-informed trading decisions. As noted
above, subscribers may also use such data to create and test trading
models and analytical strategies.
Selling historic market data is also a means by which exchanges
compete to attract business. To the extent that the Exchange is
successful in attracting subscribers to the Exchange's historic data
product, it may earn trading revenues and further enhance the value of
its data products. If the market deems the proposed fees to be unfair
or inequitable, subscribers can diminish or discontinue their use of
the historic data and/or avail themselves of similar products offered
by other exchanges.\23\ The Exchange therefore believes that the
proposed fees reflect the competitive environment and would be properly
and equally assessed to all subscribers. The Exchange also believes the
proposed fees are equitable and not unfairly discriminatory as the fees
would apply
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equally to all subscribers who choose to purchase such data. Nothing in
this proposal treats any category of market participant any differently
from any other category of market participant. The End of Day Volume
Summary is available to all market participants, i.e., members and non-
members, and all market participants would receive the same information
in the data feed.
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\23\ See, note 8, supra.
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As noted above, the Exchange anticipates a wide variety of market
participants to purchase the Exchange's data product, including but not
limited to individual customers, buy-side investors and investment
banks. The Exchange reiterates that the decision as to whether or not
to purchase the End of Day Volume Summary is entirely optional for all
potential subscribers. Indeed, no market participant is required to
purchase the data product, and the Exchange is not required to make the
data product available to market participants. Rather, the Exchange is
voluntarily making the End of Day Volume Summary data product
available, as requested by customers, and market participants may
choose to receive (and pay for) this data based on their own business
needs. Potential subscribers may request the data at any time if they
believe it to be valuable or may decline to purchase such data.
In sum, the fierce competition for order flow constrains any
exchange from pricing its historic market data at a supra-competitive
price, and constrains the Exchange here in setting its fees for the End
of Day Volume Summary data product. As described above, the Exchange's
data product competes head-to-head with numerous products currently
available in the marketplace. These products each serve as reasonable
substitutes for one another as they are each designed to provide data
on options market activity which can be used to infer longer-term
trends. The information provided by one exchange is generally similar
to that provided by other exchanges because order flow can move from
one exchange to another, and market sentiment trends that appear on one
exchange are likely to be similar to the sentiment trends on other
exchanges. The key differentiator in the quality of the data depends on
the volume of transactions on a given exchange. The greater the volume
of transactions, the greater the value of the historic data. The
proposed fees are therefore reasonable because in setting them, the
Exchange is constrained by the availability of numerous substitute
venues offering historic market data products and trading. Such
substitutes need not be identical, but only substantially similar to
the product at hand.
More specifically, in setting fees for the End of Day Volume
Summary, the Exchange is constrained by the fact that, if its pricing
is unattractive to subscribers, subscribers have their pick of an
increasing number of alternative venues to use instead of the Exchange.
The existence of numerous alternatives to the Exchange ensures that the
Exchange cannot set unreasonable fees for historic market data without
suffering the negative effects of that decision in the fiercely
competitive market in which it operates.
B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition
The Exchange does not believe that the proposed rule change will
result in any burden on competition that is not necessary or
appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the Act. The Exchange
also does not believe the proposed fees would cause any unnecessary or
inappropriate burden on intermarket competition as other exchanges are
free to introduce their own comparable historic data product and adopt
fees to better compete with the Exchange's offering. Rather, the
Exchange believes that the proposal will promote competition by
permitting the Exchange to sell a data product similar to those offered
by other competitor options exchanges.\24\ The Exchange is offering the
End of Day Volume Summary in order to keep pace with changes in the
industry and evolving customer needs, and believes the data product
will contribute to robust competition among national securities
exchanges. At least eight other U.S. options exchanges offer a market
data product that is substantially similar to the Exchange's offering.
As a result, the Exchange believes this proposed rule change permits
fair competition among national securities exchanges.
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\24\ Id.
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Furthermore, the Exchange operates in a highly competitive
environment, and its ability to price End of Day Volume Summary is
constrained by competition among exchanges that offer similar data
products to their customers. As discussed above, there are currently a
number of similar products available to market participants and
investors. At least eight other U.S. options exchanges offer a market
data product that is substantially similar to the Exchange's offering,
which the Exchange must consider in its pricing discipline in order to
compete effectively.\25\ For example, proposing fees that are
excessively higher than established fees for similar data products
would simply serve to reduce demand for the Exchange's data product,
which as discussed, market participants are under no obligation to
utilize or purchase. In this competitive environment, potential
purchasers are free to choose which, if any, similar product to
purchase to satisfy their need for market information. As a result, the
Exchange believes this proposed rule change permits fair competition
among national securities exchanges.
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\25\ See, note 10, supra.
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The Exchange does not believe the proposed rule change would cause
any unnecessary or inappropriate burden on intramarket competition.
Particularly, the proposed fees would apply uniformly to any
subscriber, in that the Exchange would not differentiate between
subscribers that purchase the End of Day Volume Summary and all
subscribers would receive the same information in the data feed. The
Exchange believes the proposed fees are set at a modest level that
would allow interested subscribers to purchase such data based on their
business needs.
C. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Comments on the Proposed
Rule Change Received From Members, Participants, or Others
No written comments were solicited or received with respect to the
proposed rule change.
III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for
Commission Action
The foregoing rule change is effective upon filing pursuant to
Section 19(b)(3)(A) \26\ of the Act and subparagraph (f)(2) of Rule
19b-4 \27\ thereunder, because it establishes a due, fee, or other
charge imposed by the Exchange.
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\26\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
\27\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(2).
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At any time within 60 days of the filing of such proposed rule
change, the Commission summarily may temporarily suspend such rule
change if it appears to the Commission that such action is necessary or
appropriate in the public interest, for the protection of investors, or
otherwise in furtherance of the purposes of the Act. If the Commission
takes such action, the Commission shall institute proceedings under
Section 19(b)(2)(B) \28\ of the Act to determine whether the proposed
rule change should be approved or disapproved.
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\28\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2)(B).
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IV. Solicitation of Comments
Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views, and
arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether the proposed rule
change is consistent with the Act. Comments may be submitted by any of
the following methods:
Electronic Comments
<bullet> Use the Commission's internet comment form (<a href="http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml">http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml</a>); or
<bullet> Send an email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ddafa8b1b8f0beb2b0b0b8b3a9ae9daeb8bef3bab2ab"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="deacabb2bbf3bdb1b3b3bbb0aaad9eadbbbdf0b9b1a8">[email protected]</span></a>. Please include
File Number SR-NYSEAMER-2022-11 on the subject line.
Paper Comments
<bullet> Send paper comments in triplicate to Secretary, Securities
and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549-1090.
All submissions should refer to File Number SR-NYSEAMER-2022-11. This
file number should be included on the subject line if email is used. To
help the Commission process and review your comments more efficiently,
please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on
the Commission's internet website (<a href="http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml">http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml</a>).
Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all written
statements with respect to the proposed rule change that are filed with
the Commission, and all written communications relating to the proposed
rule change between the Commission and any person, other than those
that may be withheld from the public in accordance with the provisions
of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be available for website viewing and printing in
the Commission's Public Reference Room, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC
20549 on official business days between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and
3:00 p.m. Copies of the filing also will be available for inspection
and copying at the principal office of the Exchange. All comments
received will be posted without change. Persons submitting comments are
cautioned that we do not redact or edit personal identifying
information from comment submissions. You should submit only
information that you wish to make available publicly. All submissions
should refer to File Number SR-NYSEAMER-2022-11 and should be submitted
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For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\29\
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\29\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-04673 Filed 3-4-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 8011-01-P
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