Notice2024-07641
Self-Regulatory Organizations; Nasdaq BX, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Amend the Exchange's Pricing Schedule at Options 7, Section 2(1)
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 71 (Thursday, April 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25677-25681]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07641]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Release No. 34-99913; File No. SR-BX-2024-012]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; Nasdaq BX, Inc.; Notice of Filing
and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Amend the
Exchange's Pricing Schedule at Options 7, Section 2(1)
April 5, 2024.
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(``Act''),\1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given that
on April 1, 2024, Nasdaq BX, Inc. (``BX'' or ``Exchange'') filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (``SEC'' or ``Commission'') the
proposed rule change described in Items I, II, and III below, which
Items have been prepared by the Exchange. 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\ 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 Exchange's Pricing Schedule at
Options 7, Section 2(1).
The text of the proposed rule change is available on the Exchange's
website at <a href="https://listingcenter.nasdaq.com/rulebook/bx/rules">https://listingcenter.nasdaq.com/rulebook/bx/rules</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 Exchange 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 these 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 aspects of such
statements.
A. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change
1. Purpose
The Exchange proposes to amend its Pricing Schedule at Options 7,
Section 2(1) to establish a number of incentives for Lead Market Makers
(``LMMs''),\3\ Market Makers (``MMs''),\4\ and Customers.\5\
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\3\ The term ``Lead Market Maker'' or (``LMM'') applies to a
registered BX Options Market Maker that is approved pursuant to
Options 2, Section 3 to be the LMM in an options class (options
classes).
\4\ The term ``BX Options Market Maker'' or (``M'') is a
Participant that has registered as a Market Maker on BX Options
pursuant to Options 2, Section 1, and must also remain in good
standing pursuant to Options 2, Section 9. In order to receive
Market Maker pricing in all securities, the Participant must be
registered as a BX Options Market Maker in at least one security.
\5\ The term ``Customer'' or (``C'') applies to any transaction
that is identified by a Participant for clearing in the Customer
range at The Options Clearing Corporation (``OCC'') which is not for
the account of broker or dealer or for the account of a
``Professional'' (as that term is defined in Options 1, Section
1(a)(48)).
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Today, the Exchange assesses the following fees and rebates in
Penny and Non-Penny Symbols:
Penny Symbols
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Market participant Maker rebate Taker fee
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Lead Market Maker....................... ($0.24) $0.50
Market Maker............................ (0.20) 0.50
Non-Customer............................ (0.12) 0.50
Firm.................................... (0.12) 0.50
Customer................................ (0.30) 0.40
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Non-Penny Symbols
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Maker rebate/
Market participant fee Taker fee
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Lead Market Maker....................... ($0.45) $1.25
Market Maker............................ (0.40) 1.25
Non-Customer............................ 0.45 1.25
Firm.................................... 0.45 1.25
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Customer................................ (1.10) 0.79
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Note 2 Incentive
The Exchange now proposes to establish new incentives in note 2,
which is currently reserved, that would be in addition to the Penny and
Non-Penny Symbol Maker Rebates currently provided to LMMs and MMs.
Specifically, note 2 would provide:
Lead Market Makers and Market Makers that either (1) execute
more than 0.45% Customer Total Consolidated Volume (``TCV'') per day
which adds liquidity in a given month (excluding Lead Market Maker
and Market Maker volume which adds liquidity in SPY), or (2)
increase their combined Lead Market Maker and Market Maker volume
which adds liquidity in a given month by at least 70% above their
March 2024 volume as measured by a percentage of TCV (excluding Lead
Market Maker and Market Maker volume which adds liquidity in SPY),
will receive the following incentives: (i) an additional $0.05 per
contract Maker Rebate in Penny Symbols excluding SPY, (ii) an
additional $0.01 per contract Maker Rebate in SPY, and (iii) an
additional $0.24 per contract Maker Rebate in Non-Penny Symbols.
Lead Market Makers and Market Makers with no volume in the add
liquidity segment for the month of March 2024 may qualify for the
additional Maker Rebates by having any new volume (excluding SPY
volume) considered as added volume. This note 2 incentive will be
available through September 30, 2024.
Proposed note 2 would provide LMMs and MMs two separate paths to
receive the additional Maker Rebates described above. The first path
would be based on liquidity adding volume on BX as a percentage of
Customer Total Consolidated Volume, which will be defined as the total
national volume cleared at The Options Clearing Corporation in the
Customer range in equity and ETF options in that month.\6\ The Exchange
is proposing to base the first path on a percentage of industry volume
in recognition of the fact that the volume executed by a Member may
rise or fall with industry volume.
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\6\ The Exchange will add this definition in Options 7, Section
1(a). The Exchange notes the proposed language is based on
substantially similar definitions in the Pricing Schedules of its
affiliates Nasdaq ISE (``ISE'') and Nasdaq MRX (``MRX''). See ISE
Options 7, Section 1(c) and MRX Options 7, Section 1(c).
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The second path would be a growth incentive aimed at rewarding LMMs
and MMs to grow the extent of their liquidity adding activity on the
Exchange over time, relative to a benchmark month. LMMs and MMs who did
not have any combined Lead Market Maker and Market Maker add liquidity
volume for the month of March 2024 (and therefore lack March 2024
baseline volume against which to measure subsequent growth) would meet
the proposed growth requirement through whatever volume of LMM and MM
add liquidity activity (excluding in SPY) during the first month of
use.\7\ Growth incentives in general are designed to further encourage
Members to increase their order flow to the Exchange, which contributes
to a deeper, more liquid market and provides even more execution
opportunities for market participants. Increased overall order flow
benefits all market participants by contributing towards a robust and
well-balanced market ecosystem. Other options exchanges have adopted
substantially similar growth incentives.\8\
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\7\ As discussed below, the Exchange will sunset the note 2
incentives (including the growth incentive) on September 30, 2024
and will use this time period to evaluate the proposed growth
incentive criteria to determine whether the parameters are
appropriately designed to incentivize LMMs and MMs in the intended
manner.
\8\ See, e.g., Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 97148 (March
15, 2023), 88 FR 17068 (March 21, 2023) (SR-MRX-2023-07)
(establishing growth incentive for MRX Market Makers); and 97440
(May 5, 2023), 88 FR 30370 (May 11, 2023) (SR-MRX-2023-08) (adding
an expiration date for the MRX growth incentive). MRX subsequently
eliminated this growth incentive upon reaching the expiration date.
See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 97800 (June 26, 2023), 88 FR
42409 (June 30, 2023) (SR-MRX-2023-11).
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The Exchange notes that it will exclude LMM and MM liquidity adding
volume in SPY from both paths because SPY is the most actively traded
symbol on BX, and Exchange believes that LMMs and MMs will continue to
be incentivized to bring SPY liquidity adding volume on BX despite the
exclusion of SPY volume from the note 2 qualifications. Further, the
Exchange is encouraging SPY liquidity adding volume separately through
the proposed additional $0.01 per contract Maker Rebate in SPY
described above.
The proposed note 2 incentives will be available through September
30, 2024. The Exchange believes that this would ensure that the note 2
incentives--notably the growth incentive using the benchmark month
(i.e., March 2024) against which LMM and MM growth would be measured--
are timely and meet the intended purpose of encouraging increased order
flow and liquidity adding activity.
Note 4 Incentive
The Exchange also proposes to establish a growth incentive in new
note 4 of Options 7, Section 2(1) that would have similar
qualifications as the growth incentive proposed in new note 2 above in
that Members would be measured relative to a benchmark month.
Specifically, Members that increase their executed Customer volume
which removes liquidity in a given month by at least 70% above their
March 2024 volume as measured by a percentage of TCV will receive a
Taker Fee discount of $0.05 per contract in Penny Symbols excluding
SPY, QQQ, and IWM. Accordingly, qualifying Members would pay a Customer
Taker Fee of $0.35 (instead of $0.40) per contract in Penny Symbols.
The Exchange is proposing to exclude SPY, QQQ, and IWM from the note 4
incentive because Members are already paying lower Customer Taker Fees
of $0.33 per contract for those symbols today.\9\
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\9\ See Options 7, Section 2(1), note 1.
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The proposed note 4 incentive is aimed at rewarding Members to grow
the extent of their Customer liquidity removing activity on the
Exchange over time, relative to a benchmark month. The Exchange also
proposes to make clear that Members with no Customer volume in the
remove liquidity segment for the month of March 2024 may qualify for
the Taker Fee discount by having any new volume considered as added
volume. Similar to the note 2 incentive proposed above, Members who did
not have the requisite volume for the month of March 2024 (and
therefore lack March 2024 baseline volume against which to measure
subsequent growth) would meet the proposed growth requirement through
whatever volume in the required segment during the first month of use.
The Exchange believes that the proposed growth incentive in note 4 will
encourage increased Customer order flow to the Exchange, which
contributes to a deeper, more liquid market and provides even more
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execution opportunities for market participants.
Similar to the proposed note 2 incentive above, the Exchange
proposes to sunset the new note 4 incentive on September 30, 2024. The
Exchange believes that this would ensure that the proposed growth
incentive is timely and meets the intended purpose of encouraging
increased order flow and Customer liquidity removing activity.
Technical Amendments
Lastly, the Exchange proposes a number of non-substantive,
technical edits in Options 7. First, the Exchange proposes to title
paragraph (a) in Options 7, Section 1 as ``Definitions'' to more
clearly identify the applicable rules within this paragraph. Second,
the Exchange proposes to amend Options 7, Section 2(1) to correct a
formatting error by adding parentheses around the note 1 and note 3
references appended to the Customer Taker Fee in Penny Symbols and
Customer Maker Rebate in Non-Penny Symbols, respectively.
2. Statutory Basis
The Exchange believes that its proposal is consistent with Section
6(b) of the Act,\10\ in general, and furthers the objectives of
Sections 6(b)(4) and 6(b)(5) of the Act,\11\ in particular, in that it
provides for the equitable allocation of reasonable dues, fees and
other charges among members and issuers and other persons using any
facility, and is not designed to permit unfair discrimination between
customers, issuers, brokers, or dealers.
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\10\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
\11\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4) and (5).
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The Exchange's proposed changes to its schedule of credits are
reasonable in several respects. As a threshold matter, the Exchange is
subject to significant competitive forces in the market for options
securities transaction services that constrain its pricing
determinations in that market. The fact that this market is competitive
has long been recognized by the courts. In NetCoalition v. Securities
and Exchange Commission, the D.C. Circuit stated as follows: ``[n]o one
disputes that competition for order flow is `fierce.' . . . As the SEC
explained, `[i]n the U.S. national market system, buyers and sellers of
securities, and the broker-dealers that act as their order-routing
agents, have a wide range of choices of where to route orders for
execution'; [and] `no exchange can afford to take its market share
percentages for granted' because `no exchange possesses a monopoly,
regulatory or otherwise, in the execution of order flow from broker
dealers'. . . .'' \12\
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\12\ NetCoalition v. SEC, 615 F.3d 525, 539 (D.C. Cir. 2010)
(quoting Securities Exchange Act Release No. 59039 (December 2,
2008), 73 FR 74770, 74782-83 (December 9, 2008) (SR-NYSEArca-2006-
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The Commission and the courts have repeatedly expressed their
preference for competition over regulatory intervention in determining
prices, products, and services in the securities markets. In Regulation
NMS, while adopting a series of steps to improve the current market
model, 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.'' \13\
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\13\ Securities Exchange Act Release No. 51808 (June 9, 2005),
70 FR 37496, 37499 (June 29, 2005) (``Regulation NMS Adopting
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Numerous indicia demonstrate the competitive nature of this market.
For example, clear substitutes to the Exchange exist in the market for
options security transaction services. The Exchange is only one of
seventeen options exchanges to which market participants may direct
their order flow. Within this environment, market participants can
freely and often do shift their order flow among the Exchange and
competing venues in response to changes in their respective pricing
schedules. As such, the proposal represents a reasonable attempt by the
Exchange to increase its liquidity and market share relative to its
competitors.
Note 2 Incentive
The Exchange believes that the proposed note 2 incentives are
reasonable for several reasons. As discussed above, note 2 would
provide LMMs and MMs two separate paths to receive the proposed
additional Maker Rebates of (i) $0.05 per contract in Penny Symbols
excluding SPY,\14\ (ii) $0.01 per contract in SPY,\15\ and (iii) $0.24
per contract in Non-Penny Symbols.\16\ The first path would be based on
liquidity adding volume on BX as a percentage of Customer Total
Consolidated Volume (i.e., TCV).\17\ The Exchange believes that the
total industry percentage threshold is reasonable in order to align
with increasing LMM and MM activity on BX over time. The Exchange is
proposing to base the first path on a percentage of industry volume in
recognition of the fact that the volume executed by a Member may rise
or fall with industry volume. A percentage of industry volume
calculation allows the proposed qualifications in note 2 to be
calibrated to current market volumes rather than requiring a static
amount of volume regardless of market conditions. The proposed
threshold of 0.45% Customer Total Consolidated Volume is generally
intended to reward LMMs and MMs for executing more liquidity adding
volume on BX. To the extent such activity is increased by this
proposal, market participants may increasingly compete for the
opportunity to trade on Exchange to the benefit of all market
participants. As noted above, total industry percentage thresholds are
established concepts within the Pricing Schedules of BX's
affiliates.\18\
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\14\ Accordingly, qualifying LMMs and MMs would receive a total
of $0.29 per contract (LMMs) and $0.25 per contract (MMs) in Penny
Symbols excluding SPY.
\15\ Accordingly, qualifying LMMs and MMs would receive a total
of $0.25 per contract (LMMs) and $0.21 per contract (MMs) in SPY.
\16\ Accordingly, qualifying LMMs and MMs would receive a total
of $0.69 per contract (LMMs) and $0.64 per contract (MMs) in Non-
Penny Symbols.
\17\ In particular, LMMs and MMs that execute more than 0.45%
Customer Total Consolidated Volume (``TCV'') per day which adds
liquidity in a given month (excluding Lead Market Maker and Market
Maker volume which adds liquidity in SPY) would receive the proposed
note 2 incentives.
\18\ See supra note 6.
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As discussed above, the second path would be a growth incentive
that would provide LMMs and MMs with the additional Maker Rebates
outlined above if they increase their combined LMM and MM volume which
adds liquidity in a given month by at least 70% above their March 2024
volume as measured by a percentage of TCV (excluding LMM and MM volume
which adds liquidity in SPY). The Exchange believes that its proposal
is reasonable because it will provide extra incentives to LMMs and MMs
to engage in substantial amounts of liquidity adding activity on the
Exchange, as well as to substantially grow the extent to which they do
so relative to a recent benchmark month. The Exchange believes that if
the proposed growth incentive is effective, any ensuing increase in
liquidity adding activity on BX will improve the quality of the market
overall, to the benefit of all market participants. The Exchange also
believes that it is reasonable to consider any new add liquidity volume
(excluding SPY volume) for LMMs and MMs with no such volume for the
month of March 2024 in order for those market participants to receive
the proposed additional Maker Rebates in note 2. The proposed growth
incentive is designed to attract additional liquidity from new LMMs and
MMs as well as existing LMMs and MMs who
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may not have a large footprint on BX today. To the extent this proposal
attracts such LMM and MM add liquidity volume to BX, all market
participants should benefit through more trading opportunities and
tighter spreads. An overall increase in activity would deepen the
Exchange's liquidity pool, support the quality of price discovery,
promote market transparency and improve market quality for all
investors. As discussed above, the Exchange intends for the proposed
note 2 incentives, including the growth incentive, to sunset on
September 30, 2024, and will use this time to evaluate suitable
parameters for such market participants in the targeted segment. The
Exchange believes that this will ensure that the proposed incentives
are timely and meet the intended purpose of encouraging increased order
flow and liquidity adding activity. As noted above, other options
exchanges (including the Exchange's affiliate) have previously adopted
substantially similar growth incentives.\19\
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The Exchange further believes that it is reasonable to exclude LMM
and MM liquidity adding volume in SPY from both paths because SPY is
the most actively traded symbol on BX, and Exchange believes that LMMs
and MMs will continue to be incentivized to bring SPY liquidity adding
volume on BX despite the exclusion of SPY volume from the note 2
qualifications. Further, the Exchange is encouraging SPY liquidity
adding volume separately through the proposed additional $0.01 per
contract Maker Rebate in SPY described above.
The Exchange believes that the proposed note 2 incentives are
equitable and not unfairly discriminatory for the reasons that follow.
As a general matter, the Exchange believes that it is equitable and not
unfairly discriminatory to provide the note 2 incentives to only LMMs
and MMs because these market participants have different requirements
and additional obligations to the Exchange that other market
participants do not (such as quoting requirements). As noted above,
LMMs would ultimately receive higher Maker Rebates than MMs when
combining the current base rebates with the proposed additional
rebates.\20\ Nevertheless, the Exchange continues to believe that it is
equitable and not unfairly discriminatory to provide more favorable
pricing to LMMs compared to MMs given that LMMs are subject to
heightened quoting obligations compared to Market Makers.\21\ The
higher rebates therefore recognize the differing contributions made to
the liquidity and trading environment on the Exchange by LMMs. Overall,
the Exchange believes that incentivizing both LMMs and MMs to provide
greater liquidity benefits all market participants through the quality
of order interaction.
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\20\ See supra notes 14-16.
\21\ See Options 2, Section 4(j) (setting forth the 90% or
higher quoting obligations for LMMs) and Section 5(d) (setting forth
the 60% or higher quoting obligations for MMs).
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The Exchange also believes that it is equitable and not unfairly
discriminatory to consider any new add liquidity volume (excluding SPY
volume) for LMMs and MMs with no such volume in March 2024 in order for
those market participants to receive the proposed additional Maker
Rebates because this is designed to attract additional liquidity and
order flow from new and existing LMMs and MMs to the Exchange, as
discussed above. In turn, this additional liquidity should benefit all
market participants through increased liquidity and order interaction.
Furthermore, the proposed growth incentive will be temporary and sunset
on September 30, 2024 to ensure that the incentive is timely and meets
the intended purpose of encouraging increased order flow and liquidity
adding activity.
Note 4 Incentive
The Exchange believes that the proposed growth incentive in new
note 4 of Options 7, Section 2(1) is reasonable for the reasons that
follow. As discussed above, Members that increase their executed
Customer volume which removes liquidity in a given month by at least
70% above their March 2024 volume as measured by a percentage of TCV
will receive a Taker Fee discount of $0.05 per contract in Penny
Symbols excluding SPY, QQQ, and IWM. Accordingly, qualifying Members
would pay a Customer Taker Fee of $0.35 (instead of $0.40) per contract
in Penny Symbols excluding SPY, QQQ, and IWM. The Exchange believes it
is reasonable to exclude SPY, QQQ, and IWM from the note 4 incentive
because Members are already paying lower Customer Taker Fees of $0.33
per contract for those symbols today.\22\
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\22\ See Options 7, Section 2(1), note 1.
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The Exchange believes that the proposed growth incentive is
reasonable because it will provide extra incentives to Members to
engage in substantial amounts of Customer liquidity removing activity
on the Exchange, as well as to substantially grow the extent to which
they do so relative to a recent benchmark month. The Exchange believes
that if the proposed growth incentive is effective, any ensuing
increase in liquidity removing activity on BX will increase trading
opportunities for all market participants. The Exchange also believes
that it is reasonable to consider any new Customer remove liquidity
volume for Members with no such volume for the month of March 2024 in
order for those Members to receive the proposed Taker Fee discount in
note 4. The proposed growth incentive is designed to attract additional
Customer order flow from new Members as well as existing Members who
may not have a large footprint on BX today. To the extent this proposal
attracts such order flow to BX, all market participants should benefit
through more trading opportunities. As discussed above, the Exchange
intends for the proposed growth incentive in note 4 to sunset on
September 30, 2024, and will use this time to evaluate suitable
parameters for such market participants in the targeted segment. The
Exchange believes that this will ensure that the proposed incentive is
timely and meets the intended purpose of encouraging increased order
flow and Customer liquidity removing activity. As noted above, other
options exchanges (including the Exchange's affiliate) have previously
adopted similar growth incentives.\23\
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\23\ See supra note 8.
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Further, the Exchange believes that the proposed note 4 incentive
is equitable and not unfairly discriminatory for the reasons that
follow. As a general matter, the Exchange believes that it is equitable
and not unfairly discriminatory to provide the note 4 incentive to only
Customer orders because the proposed changes are intended to increase
Customer order follow, particularly Customer remove liquidity order
flow, to BX. An increase in Customer order flow enhances liquidity on
the Exchange to the benefit of all market participants by providing
more trading opportunities, which in turn attracts other market
participants that may interact with this order flow.
The Exchange also believes that it is equitable and not unfairly
discriminatory to consider any new Customer remove liquidity volume for
Members with no such volume in March 2024 in order for those Members to
receive the proposed Taker Fee discount because this is designed to
attract additional liquidity and order flow from new and existing
Members to the Exchange, as discussed above. In turn, this additional
liquidity should benefit
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all market participants through increased liquidity and order
interaction. Furthermore, the proposed growth incentive will be
temporary and sunset on September 30, 2024 to ensure that the incentive
is timely and meets the intended purpose of encouraging increased
Customer order flow and liquidity removing activity.
Technical Amendments
The Exchange believes that the non-substantive, technical edits in
Options 7 are consistent with the Act because they will promote clarity
so that market participants can more easily locate the relevant rules
in the Pricing Schedule, and they are also intended to correct
formatting errors in the Pricing Schedule.
B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition
The Exchange does not believe that the proposed rule change will
impose any burden on competition not necessary or appropriate in
furtherance of the purposes of the Act.
In terms of intra-market competition, the Exchange does not believe
that its proposal will place any category of market participant at a
competitive disadvantage. As it relates to the proposed note 2
incentives offered to LMMs and MMs, the Exchange believes that the
additional Maker Rebates should encourage the provision of liquidity
from both existing and new LMMs and MMs that enhances the quality of
the Exchange's market and increases the number of trading opportunities
on the Exchange for all market participants who will be able to compete
for such opportunities. Similarly, for the proposed note 4 incentive
offered to Customers, the Exchange likewise believes that the Taker Fee
discount should encourage additional Customer order flow from both
existing and new Members, which would enhance BX's market quality and
increase trading opportunities to the benefit of all market
participants.
In terms of inter-market competition, the Exchange notes that it
operates in a highly competitive market in which market participants
can readily favor competing venues if they deem fee levels at a
particular venue to be excessive, or rebate opportunities available at
other venues to be more favorable. In such an environment, the Exchange
must continually adjust its fees to remain competitive with other
options exchanges. Because competitors are free to modify their own
fees in response, and because market participants may readily adjust
their order routing practices, the Exchange believes that the degree to
which fee changes in this market may impose any burden on competition
is extremely limited. In sum, if the changes proposed herein are
unattractive to market participants, it is likely that the Exchange
will lose market share as a result. Accordingly, the Exchange does not
believe that the proposed changes will impair the ability of members or
competing order execution venues to maintain their competitive standing
in the financial markets.
C. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Comments on the Proposed
Rule Change Received From Members, Participants, or Others
No written comments were either solicited or received.
III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for
Commission Action
The foregoing rule change has become effective pursuant to Section
19(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the Act.\24\
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\24\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(ii).
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At any time within 60 days of the filing of the proposed rule
change, the Commission summarily may temporarily suspend such rule
change if it appears to the Commission that such action is: (i)
necessary or appropriate in the public interest; (ii) for the
protection of investors; or (iii) otherwise in furtherance of the
purposes of the Act. If the Commission takes such action, the
Commission shall institute proceedings to determine whether the
proposed rule should be approved or disapproved.
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="https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml">https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml</a>); or
<bullet> Send an email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e092958c85cd838f8d8d858e9493a0938583ce878f96"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5a282f363f77393537373f342e291a293f39743d352c">[email protected]</span></a>. Please include
file number SR-BX-2024-012 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-BX-2024-012. 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="https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml">https://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
a.m. and 3 p.m. Copies of the filing also will be available for
inspection and copying at the principal office of the Exchange. Do not
include personal identifiable information in submissions; you should
submit only information that you wish to make available publicly. We
may redact in part or withhold entirely from publication submitted
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[FR Doc. 2024-07641 Filed 4-10-24; 8:45 am]
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