Notice2024-08807
Self-Regulatory Organizations; MIAX PEARL LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend Exchange Rule 404, Series of Option Contracts Open for Trading To Amend the Short Term Option Series Program
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April 26, 2024
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 82 (Friday, April 26, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32480-32485]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08807]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Release No. 34-99997; File No. SR-PEARL-2024-21]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; MIAX PEARL LLC; Notice of Filing
and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend Exchange
Rule 404, Series of Option Contracts Open for Trading To Amend the
Short Term Option Series Program
April 19, 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 18, 2024, MIAX PEARL, LLC (``MIAX Pearl'' or ``Exchange'')
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') the
proposed rule change as described in Items I and II 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\ 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 is filing a proposal to amend the Short Term Option
Series Program.
The text of the proposed rule change is available on the Exchange's
website at <a href="https://www.miaxglobal.com/markets/us-equities/pearl-equities/rule-filings">https://www.miaxglobal.com/markets/us-equities/pearl-equities/rule-filings</a>, at MIAX Pearl's principal office, 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 Interpretations and Policies .02 of
Exchange Rule 404, ``Series of Options Contracts Open for Trading.''
The Exchange proposes to expand the Short Term Option Series program to
permit the listing and trading of options series with Tuesday and
Thursday expirations for options on iShares Russell 2000 ETF (``IWM''),
specifically permitting two expiration dates for the proposed Tuesday
and Thursday expirations in IWM. These proposed rule changes are based
on a similar proposal submitted by Nasdaq ISE, LLC (``ISE'') and
approved by the Commission.\3\
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\3\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 99946 (April 11,
2024), File No. SR-ISE-2024-06 (Order Approving a Proposed Rule
Change to Amend the Short Term Option Program).
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Currently, Table 1 in Interpretations and Policies .02 of Exchange
Rule 404 specifies each symbol that qualifies as a Short Term Option
Daily Expiration.\4\ Today, Table 1 permits the listing and trading of
Monday Short Term Option Daily Expirations and Wednesday Short Term
Option Daily Expirations for IWM. At this time, the Exchange proposes
to expand the Short Term Option Series Program to permit the listing
and trading of no more than a total of two IWM Short Term Option Daily
Expirations beyond the current week for each of Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, and Thursday expirations at one time.\5\
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The listing and trading of Tuesday and Thursday Short Term Option Daily
Expirations would be subject to Interpretations and Policies .02 of
Exchange Rule 404.
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\4\ The Exchange may open for trading on any Thursday or Friday
that is a business day series of options on that class that expire
at the close of business open each of the next five Fridays that are
business days and are not Fridays in which standard expiration
options series, Monthly Options Series, or Quarterly Options Series.
Of these series of options, the Exchange may have no more than a
total of five Short Term Option Expiration Dates. In addition, the
Exchange may open for trading series of options on certain symbols
that expire at the close of business on each of the next two
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, respectively, that are
business days beyond the current week and are not business days in
which standard expiration options series, Monthly Options Series, or
Quarterly Options Series expire (``Short Term Option Daily
Expirations''). See Interpretations and Policies .02 of Exchange
Rule 404.
\5\ The Exchange would amend the Tuesday and Thursday
expirations for IWM in Table 1 in Interpetations and Policies .02 of
Exchange Rule 404 from ``0'' to ``2'' to permit Tuesday and Thursday
expirations for options on IWM listed pursuant to the Short Term
Option Series. The Exchange notes that Cboe Exchange, Inc.
(``Cboe'') began listing Tuesday and Thursday expirations in the
Russell 2000 Index Weeklys[reg] (``RUTW'') and Mini-Russell 2000
Index Weeklys[reg] (``MRUT'') on January 8, 2024. See Securities
Exchange Act Release No. 98621 (September 28, 2023), 88 FR 68896
(October 4, 2024) (SR-CBOE-2023-054) (a Proposed Rule Change To
Amend Rule 4.13); Securities Exchange Act Release No. 98957
(November 15, 2023), 88 FR 81130 (November 21, 2023) (SR-CBOE-2023-
054) (Order Approving a Proposed Rule Change To Amend Rule 4.13 To
Expand the Nonstandard Expirations Program To Include P.M.-Settled
Options on Broad-Based Indexes That Expire on Tuesday or Thursday);
See also Cboe Global Markets, Inc., Cboe To Offer Daily Expiries For
Russell 2000 Index Options Suite, Beginning January 8, 2024,
available at <a href="https://ir.cboe.com/news/news-details/2023/Cboe-TO-OFFER-DAILY-EXPIRIES-FOR-RUSSELL-2000-INDEX-OPTIONS-SUITE-BEGINNING-JANUARY-8-2024/default.aspx">https://ir.cboe.com/news/news-details/2023/Cboe-TO-OFFER-DAILY-EXPIRIES-FOR-RUSSELL-2000-INDEX-OPTIONS-SUITE-BEGINNING-JANUARY-8-2024/default.aspx</a> (last visit February 14, 2024).
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Today, Tuesday Short Term Option Daily Expirations in SPDR S&P 500
ETF Trust (``SPY'') and Invesco QQQ Trust (``QQQ'') may open for
trading on any Monday or Tuesday that is a business day series of
options on the symbols provided in Table 1 that expire at the close of
business on each of the next two Tuesdays that are business days and
are not business days in which standard expiration options series,
Monthly Options Series, or Quarterly Options Series expire (``Tuesday
Short Term Option Expiration Date'').\6\ Also, today, Thursday Short
Term Option Daily Expirations in SPY and QQQ may open for trading on
any Tuesday or Wednesday that is a business day series of options on
the symbols provided in Table 1 that expire at the close of business on
each of the next two Wednesdays that are business days and are not
business days in which standard expiration options series, Monthly
Options Series, or Quarterly Options Series expire (``Wednesday Short
Term Option Expiration Date'').
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\6\ See Interpretations and Policies .02 of Exchange Rule 404.
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In the event that options on IWM expire on a Tuesday or Thursday
and that Tuesday or Thursday is a business day in which standard
expiration options series, Monthly Options Series, or Quarterly Options
Series expire, the Exchange would skip that week's listing and instead
list the following week; the two weeks would therefore not be
consecutive. With this proposal, the Exchange would be able to open for
trading series of options on IWM that expire at the close of business
on each of the next two Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays,
respectively, that are business days beyond the current week and are
not business days in which standard expiration options series, Monthly
Options Series, or Quarterly Options Series expire.\7\
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\7\ Today, IWM may trade on Mondays and Wednesdays in addition
to Fridays, as is the case for all options series.
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The interval between strike prices for the proposed Tuesday and
Thursday IWM Short Term Option Daily Expirations will be the same as
those for Tuesday and Thursday Short Term Option Daily Expirations in
SPY and QQQ, applicable to the Short Term Option Series Program.\8\
Interpretations and Policies .10 of Exchange Rule 404 provides that,
notwithstanding any other provision regarding the interval of strike
prices of series of options on Exchange-Traded Fund Shares in Exchange
Rule 404, the interval of strike prices on options on IWM will be $1 or
greater.\9\ Further, Interpretations and Policies .02(e) of Exchange
Rule 404 provides that the strike price interval for Short Term Option
Series may be $0.50 or greater for option classes that trade in $1
strike price intervals and are in the Short Term Option Series Program.
Therefore, the Tuesday and Thursday IWM Short Term Option Daily
Expirations will have a $0.50 strike interval minimum. As is the case
with other equity options series listed pursuant to the Short Term
Option Series Program, the Tuesday and Thursday IWM Short Term Option
Daily Expiration series will be P.M.-settled.
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\8\ See Interpretations and Policies .10 of Exchange Rule 404.
\9\ Options on SPY, iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (``IVV''), QQQ,
IWM, and the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (``DIA'') are
also subject to Interpretations and Policies .10 of Exchange Rule
404.
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Pursuant to Exchange Rule 100,\10\ with respect to the Short Term
Option Series Program, a Tuesday or Thursday expiration series shall
expire on the first business day immediately prior to that Tuesday or
Thursday, e.g., Monday or Wednesday of that week, respectively, if the
Tuesday or Thursday is not a business day.
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\10\ The term ``Short Term Option Series'' means a series in an
option class that is approved for listing and trading on the
Exchange in which the series is opened for trading on any Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday that is a business day and
that expires on the Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday
of the next business week, or, in the case of a series that is
listed on a Friday and expires on a Monday, is listed one business
week and one business day prior to that expiration. If a Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday or Friday is not a business day, the series may
be opened (or shall expire) on the first business day immediately
prior to that Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, respectively.
For a series listed pursuant to this section for Monday, expiration,
if a Monday is not a business day, the series shall expire on that
first business day immediately following that Monday. See Exchange
Rule 100.
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Currently, for each option class eligible for participation in the
Short Term Option Series Program, the Exchange is limited to opening
thirty (30) series for each expiration date for the specific class.\11\
The thirty (30) series restriction does not include series that are
open by other securities exchanges under their respective weekly rules;
the Exchange may list these additional series that are listed by other
options exchanges.\12\ This thirty (30) series restriction would apply
to Tuesday and Thursday IWM Short Term Option Daily Expiration series
as well.
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\11\ See Interpretations and Policies .02(c) and (d) of Exchange
Rule 404.
\12\ See Interpretations and Policies .02 of Exchange Rule 404.
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With this proposal, Tuesday and Thursday IWM Expirations would be
treated the same as Tuesday and Thursday Expirations in SPY and QQQ.
With respect to standard expiration option series, Short Term Option
Daily Expirations may expire in the same week in which standard
expiration option series on the same class expire. In the case of
Monthly Options Series and Quarterly Options Series, no Short Term
Option Series may expire on the same day as an expiration of a Monthly
Options Series or Quarterly Options Series, respectively, in the same
class.\13\ Therefore, all Short Term Option Daily Expirations would
expire at the close of business on each of the next two Mondays,
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, respectively, that are business
days beyond the current week and are not business days in which
standard expiration options series, Monthly Options Series, or
Quarterly Options Series expire.
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\13\ See Interpretations and Policies .02(b) of Exchange Rule
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The Exchange does not believe that any market disruptions will be
encountered with the introduction of P.M.-settled Tuesday and Thursday
IWM Short Term Option Daily Expirations. The Exchange has the necessary
capacity and surveillance programs in place to support and properly
monitor trading in the proposed Tuesday and Thursday Short Term Option
Daily Expirations. The Exchange currently trades P.M.-settled Short
Term Option Series that expire Tuesday and Thursday for SPY and QQQ and
has not experienced any market disruptions nor issues with capacity.
Today, the Exchange has surveillance programs in place to support and
properly monitor trading in Short Term Option Series that expire
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Tuesday and Thursday for SPY and QQQ.
Impact of Proposal
The Exchange notes that listings in the Short Term Option Series
Program comprise a significant part of the standard listing in options
markets. The below diagram taken from the Nasdaq ISE proposal
demonstrates the percentage of weekly listings as compared to monthly,
quarterly, and Long-Term Option Series in 2023 in the options
industry.\14\ The Exchange notes that during this time period all
options exchanges mitigated weekly strike intervals.
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\14\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 99604 (February 26,
2024), 89 FR 15235 (March 1, 2024) (SRISE-2024-06) (Notice of
Proposed Rule Change to Amend the Short Term Option Series Program).
(ISE sourced this information from The Options Clearing Corporation
(``OCC''). The information includes time averaged data (the number
of strikes by maturity date divided from the number of trading days)
for all 17 options markets through December 8, 2023.)
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Similar to SPY and QQQ, the Exchange would limit the number of
Short Term Option Daily Expirations for IWM to two expirations for
Tuesday and Thursday expirations while expanding the Short Term Option
Series Program to permit Tuesday and Thursday expirations for IWM.
Expanding the Short Term Option Series Program to permit the listing of
Tuesday and Thursday expirations in IWM will account for the addition
of 6.77% of strikes for IWM.\15\ With respect to the impact to the
Short Term Option Series Program on IWM overall, the impact would be a
20% increase in strikes.\16\ With respect to the impact to the Short
Term Options Series Program overall, the impact would be a 0.1%
increase in strikes.\17\
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\15\ See supra note 14. (ISE sourced this information, which are
estimates, from LiveVol[supreg]. The information includes data for
all 17 options markets as of January 3, 2024.)
\16\ See supra note 14. (ISE sourced this information, which are
estimates, from LiveVol[supreg]. The information includes data for
all 17 options markets as of January 3, 2024.)
\17\ See supra note 14. (ISE sourced this information, which are
estimates, from LiveVol[supreg]. The information includes data for
all 17 options markets as of January 3, 2024.)
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Members will continue to be able to expand hedging tools because
all days of the week would be available to permit Members to tailor
their investment and hedging needs more effectively in IWM.
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Weeklies comprise 48.30% of the total volume of options
contracts.\18\ The Exchange believes that inner weeklies (first two
weeks) represent high volume as compared to outer weeklies (the last
three weeks) and would be more attractive to market participants.
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\18\ See supra note 14. (The chart represents industry volume in
terms of overall contracts. Weeklies comprise 48.30% of volume while
only comprising 17.22% of the strikes. ISE sourced this information
from OCC. The information includes data for all 17 options markets
through December 8, 2023.)
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The introduction of IWM Tuesday and Thursday expirations will,
among other things, expand hedging tools available to market
participants and continue the reduction of the premium cost of buying
protection. The Exchange believes that IWM Tuesday and Thursday
expirations will allow market participants to purchase IWM options
based on their timing as needed and allow them to tailor their
investment and hedging needs more effectively.
2. Statutory Basis
The Exchange believes that its proposal is consistent with Section
6(b) of the Act,\19\ in general, and furthers the objectives of Section
6(b)(5) of the Act,\20\ in particular, in that it is designed 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, in general to protect investors and the public
interest.
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\19\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
\20\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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The Exchange believes that IWM Tuesday and Thursday Short Term
Daily Expirations will allow market participants to purchase IWM
options based on their timing as needed and allow them to tailor their
investment and hedging needs more effectively. Further, the proposal to
permit Tuesday and Thursday Short Term Daily Expirations for options on
IWM listed pursuant to the Short Term Option Series Program, subject to
the proposed limitation of two nearest expirations, would protect
investors and the public interest by providing the investing public and
other market participants more flexibility to closely tailor their
investment and hedging decisions in IWM options, thus allowing them to
better manage their risk exposure.
In particular, the Exchange believes the Short Term Option Series
Program has been successful to date and that Tuesday and Thursday IWM
Short Term Daily Expirations should simply expand the ability of
investors to hedge risk against market movements stemming from economic
releases or market events that occur throughout the month in the same
way that the Short Term Option Series Program has expanded the
landscape of hedging. Similarly, the Exchange believes Tuesday and
Thursday IWM Short Term Daily Expirations should create greater trading
and hedging opportunities and provide customers the flexibility to
tailor their investment objectives more effectively. The Exchange
currently lists SPY and QQQ Tuesday and Thursday Short Term Daily
Expirations.\21\
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\21\ See Interpretations and Policies .02 of Exchange Rule 404.
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With this proposal, Tuesday and Thursday IWM Expirations would be
treated similar to existing Tuesday and Thursday SPY and QQQ
Expirations and would expire in the same week that standard monthly
options expire on Fridays.\22\ Further, today, Tuesday and Thursday
Short Term Option Daily Expirations do not expire on a business day in
which monthly options series or Quarterly Options Series expire.\23\
Today, all Short Term Option Daily Expirations expire at the close of
business on each of the next two Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and
Thursdays, respectively, that are business days and are not business
days in which monthly options series or Quarterly Options Series
expire. There are no material differences in the treatment of Tuesday
and Thursday SPY and QQQ Short Term Daily Expirations as compared to
the proposed Tuesday and Thursday IWM Short Term Daily Expirations.
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\22\ See Interpretations and Policies .02(b) of Exchange Rule
404.
\23\ See Interpretations and Policies .02 of Exchange Rule 404.
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Finally, the Exchange represents that it has an adequate
surveillance program in place to detect manipulative trading in the
proposed Tuesday and Thursday IWM Short Term Daily Expirations, in the
same way that it monitors trading in the current Short Term Option
Series and trading in Tuesday and Thursday SPY and QQQ Expirations. The
Exchange also represents that it has the necessary systems capacity to
support the new options series. Finally, the Exchange does not believe
that any market disruptions will be encountered with the introduction
of Tuesday and
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Thursday IWM Short Term Daily Expirations.
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 that is not necessary or appropriate
in furtherance of the purposes of the Act.
Similar to SPY and QQQ Tuesday and Thursday Expirations, the
introduction of IWM Tuesday and Thursday Short Term Daily Expirations
does not impose an undue burden on competition. The Exchange believes
that it will, among other things, expand hedging tools available to
market participants and continue the reduction of the premium cost of
buying protection. The Exchange believes that IWM Tuesday and Thursday
Short Term Daily Expirations will allow market participants to purchase
IWM options based on their timing as needed and allow them to tailor
their investment and hedging needs more effectively. The Exchange notes
that Cboe began listing Tuesday and Thursday expirations in RUTW and
MRUT on January 8, 2024.\24\
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\24\ See supra note 5.
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The Exchange does not believe the proposal will impose any burden
on inter-market competition, as nothing prevents other options
exchanges from proposing similar rules to list and trade Short-Term
Option Series with Tuesday and Thursday Short Term Daily Expirations.
The Exchange notes that having Tuesday and Thursday IWM expirations is
not a novel proposal, as SPY and QQQ Tuesday and Thursday Expirations
are currently listed on the Exchange.\25\
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\25\ See Interpretations and Policies .02 of Exchange Rule 404.
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Further, the Exchange does not believe the proposal will impose any
burden on intramarket competition, as all market participants will be
treated in the same manner under this proposal.
C. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Comments on the Proposed
Rule Change Received From Members, Participants, or Others
Written comments were neither solicited nor received.
III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for
Commission Action
The Exchange has filed the proposed rule change pursuant to Section
19(b)(3)(A)(iii) of the Act \26\ and Rule 19b-4(f)(6) thereunder.\27\
Because the foregoing proposed rule change does not: (i) significantly
affect the protection of investors or the public interest; (ii) impose
any significant burden on competition; and (iii) become operative for
30 days from the date on which it was filed, or such shorter time as
the Commission may designate, it has become effective pursuant to
Section 19(b)(3)(A)(iii) of the Act \28\ and subparagraph (f)(6) of
Rule 19b-4 thereunder.\29\
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\26\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(iii).
\27\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6).
\28\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(iii).
\29\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6). In addition, Rule 19b-4(f)(6)(iii)
requires a self-regulatory organization to give the Commission
written notice of its intent to file the proposed rule change, along
with a brief description and text of the proposed rule change, at
least five business days prior to the date of filing of the proposed
rule change, or such shorter time as designated by the Commission.
The Exchange has satisfied this requirement.
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A proposed rule change filed under Rule 19b-4(f)(6) \30\ normally
does not become operative prior to 30 days after the date of the
filing. However, pursuant to Rule 19b-4(f)(6)(iii),\31\ the Commission
may designate a shorter time if such action is consistent with the
protection of investors and the public interest. The Exchange has
requested that the Commission waive the 30-day operative delay so that
the proposal may become operative immediately upon filing. According to
the Exchange, the proposed rule change is a competitive response to a
filing submitted by Nasdaq ISE that was recently approved by the
Commission.\32\ The Exchange has stated that waiver of the 30-day
operative delay would permit the Exchange to implement the proposal at
the same time as at least one other exchange, thus enhancing
competition among exchanges by allowing Tuesday and Thursday IWM
expirations to be traded on multiple exchanges. The Commission believes
that the proposed rule change presents no novel issues and that waiver
of the 30-day operative delay is consistent with the protection of
investors and the public interest. Accordingly, the Commission hereby
waives the 30-day operative delay and designates the proposed rule
change as operative upon filing.\33\
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\30\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6).
\31\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6)(iii).
\32\ See supra note 3.
\33\ For purposes only of waiving the 30-day operative delay,
the Commission has also considered the proposed rule's impact on
efficiency, competition, and capital formation. See 15 U.S.C.
78c(f).
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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 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 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#d3a1a6bfb6feb0bcbebeb6bda7a093a0b6b0fdb4bca5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7002051c155d131f1d1d151e0403300315135e171f06">[email protected]</span></a>. Please include
file number SR-PEARL-2024-21 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-PEARL-2024-21. 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
material that is obscene or subject to copyright protection. All
submissions should refer to file number SR-PEARL-2024-21 and should be
submitted on or before May 17, 2024.
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For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\34\
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\34\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12), (59).
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Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-08807 Filed 4-25-24; 8:45 am]
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