Notice2025-07908

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend Functionality Relating to the Processing of Auction Responses

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May 7, 2025

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 7, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19330-19334]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-102966; File No. SR-CBOE-2025-031]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe Exchange, Inc.; Notice of 
Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend 
Functionality Relating to the Processing of Auction Responses

May 1, 2025.
    Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
(the ``Act''),\1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given 
that on April 29, 2025, Cboe Exchange, Inc. (the ``Exchange'' or ``Cboe 
Options'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the 
``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in Items I and II 
below, which Items have been prepared by the Exchange. The Exchange 
filed the proposal as a ``non-controversial'' proposed rule change 
pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A)(iii) of the Act \3\ and Rule 19b-
4(f)(6) thereunder.\4\ 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.
    \3\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(iii).
    \4\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6).
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance 
of the Proposed Rule Change

    The Exchange proposes increase the maximum auction response 
processing time for non-FLEX SPX options to 1000 milliseconds 
(including the length of the auction response period) until December 
31, 2025. The text of the proposed rule change is provided in Exhibit 
5.
    The text of the proposed rule change is also available on the 
Exchange's website (<a href="http://www.cboe.com/AboutCBOE/CBOELegalRegulatoryHome.aspx">http://www.cboe.com/AboutCBOE/CBOELegalRegulatoryHome.aspx</a>), at the Exchange's Office of the 
Secretary, 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 currently offers a variety of auction mechanisms which 
provide price improvement opportunities for eligible orders. 
Particularly, the Exchange offers the following auction mechanisms: 
Complex Order Auction (``COA''),\5\ Step Up Mechanism (``SUM''),\6\ 
Automated Improvement Mechanism (``AIM''),\7\ Complex AIM (``C-
AIM''),\8\ Solicitation Auction Mechanism (``SAM''),\9\ and Complex SAM 
(``C-SAM'').\10\ The Exchange notes that eligible orders (``auctioned 
orders'') are electronically exposed for an Exchange-determined period 
(collectively referred to herein as ``auction response period'') in 
accordance with the applicable Exchange Rule, during which time Users 
may submit responses (collectively referred to herein as ``auction 
responses'' or ``auction response messages'') to an auction message.
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    \5\ See Rule 21.20(d).
    \6\ See Rule 21.18.
    \7\ See Rule 21.19.
    \8\ See Rule 21.22.
    \9\ See Rule 21.21.
    \10\ See Rule 21.23.
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    In June 2023, in order to provide responses to these auctions with 
increased opportunities to participate in the auction, even during 
periods of high message traffic, and thus potentially provide customers 
with additional opportunities for price improvement, the Exchange 
adopted new functionality that applies across all of its auction 
mechanisms to increase the likelihood that timely submitted auction 
responses may participate in the applicable auction, even during 
periods of high message traffic.\11\ Under this functionality, at the 
time an auction response period ends, the System continues to process 
its inbound queue for any messages that were received by the System 
before the end of the auction period (including auction responses) for 
up to an Exchange-determined period of time, not to exceed 100 
milliseconds (which the Exchange may determine on a class-by-class 
basis which would apply to all auction mechanisms and which would be 
announced with reasonable advanced notice via Exchange Notice).\12\ 
That is, any auction responses that were in the queue before the 
conclusion of the auction (as identified by the Network Interface Card 
(``NIC'') timestamp on the message) would be processed as long as the 
Exchange-determined time on a class-by-class basis (not to exceed 100 
milliseconds) is not exceeded. Only auction responses received prior to 
the execution of the applicable auction are eligible to be processed 
for that auction. The applicable auction will execute once all 
messages, including auction responses, received before the end time of 
the auction response period have been processed or the Exchange-
determined maximum time limit of up to 100 milliseconds has elapsed, 
whichever occurs first. This continuation of processing the queue for 
an additional amount of time for messages that were received before the 
end of the auction allows for auction responses that would otherwise 
have been canceled due to the conclusion of the auction response period 
to still have an opportunity to participate in the auction.
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    \11\ See Rule 5.25(c); see also Securities Exchange Act Release 
No. 97738 (June 15, 2023), 88 FR 40878 (June 22, 2023) (SR-CBOE-
2022-051). This functionality applies to COA, SUM, AIM, SAM, C-AIM, 
C-SAM, FLEX Auction Process, FLEX AIM, and FLEX SAM.
    \12\ The auction response processing time is currently set to 
100 milliseconds for all classes. See Cboe Exchange Notice 
C2024111903, available at <a href="https://www.cboe.com/notices/content/?id=51420">https://www.cboe.com/notices/content/?id=51420</a>.
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    The Exchange proposes to increase the permissible maximum length of 
this Exchange-determined time period with respect to S&P 500 Index 
options (``SPX options'').\13\ Specifically, the Exchange proposes to 
amend Rule 5.25(c) to provide that with respect to SPX options, this 
Exchange-determined period of time for this continuation of auction 
response processing plus the length of the auction response or exposure 
period, as applicable,\14\ may not exceed 1000 milliseconds (which the 
Exchange will continue to announce with reasonable advance notice via 
Exchange Notice).\15\ For example, Rule

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5.37(c)(3) permits the Exchange to determine the length of the AIM 
auction period, which may be no less than 100 milliseconds and no more 
than three seconds (i.e., 3000 milliseconds).\16\ Currently, the 
Exchange has set the length of the AIM auction period as 500 
milliseconds for SPX options; therefore, as proposed, the length of the 
auction response processing time may be no longer than 500 
milliseconds. If, for example, the Exchange reduced the length of the 
AIM auction period for SPX options to 100 milliseconds, the length of 
the auction response processing time may be no longer than 900 
milliseconds. The Exchange believes the proposed maximum amount of 
additional time for processing will result in more auction responses 
being executed in auctions for SPX options, particularly in times of 
high message traffic as has occurred in recent weeks.
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    \13\ The Exchange currently lists SPX options on a group basis 
pursuant to Rule 4.13(f), with a.m.-settled SPX options trading 
under symbol SPX and p.m.-settled SPX options trading under symbol 
SPXW. Pursuant to Rule 1.5(c), the proposed rule change would apply 
to both groups.
    \14\ Current lengths of auction response and exposure periods 
are available at cboe_options_product_configurations.xlsx. The COA 
and AIM/C-AIM auction response periods are currently set to 500 
milliseconds for SPX options (other auctions are not currently 
activated for SPX).
    \15\ The proposed rule change also deletes the second reference 
to the maximum auction response processing time, as it is redundant, 
and makes other nonsubstantive changes to the sentence structure of 
the rule text to accommodate the proposed change. Additionally, the 
Exchange proposes that this increase in processing time will be in 
place until December 31, 2025. The Exchange may submit additional 
rule filings in the future to extend this timeframe or make the 
change permanent.
    \16\ The proposed rule change does not lengthen the auction 
response or exposure period itself but rather increases the length 
of time after that period ends that the System may continue 
processing auction responses that were received before the end of 
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2. Statutory Basis
    The Exchange believes the proposed rule change is consistent with 
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the ``Act'') and the rules and 
regulations thereunder applicable to the Exchange and, in particular, 
the requirements of Section 6(b) of the Act.\17\ Specifically, the 
Exchange believes the proposed rule change is consistent with the 
Section 6(b)(5) \18\ requirements that the rules of an exchange be 
designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices, to 
promote just and equitable principles of trade, to foster cooperation 
and coordination with persons engaged in regulating, clearing, 
settling, processing information with respect to, and facilitating 
transactions in securities, 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. Additionally, 
the Exchange believes the proposed rule change is consistent with the 
Section 6(b)(5) \19\ requirement that the rules of an exchange not be 
designed to permit unfair discrimination between customers, issuers, 
brokers, or dealers.
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    \17\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
    \18\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
    \19\ Id.
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    In particular, the Exchange believes the proposed rule change will 
remove impediments to a free and open market, as it will allow the 
Exchange's System to potentially process more, if not all, timely 
submitted auction responses for SPX options auctions, particularly in 
times of volatility and high message traffic. This may provide further 
opportunities for auctioned SPX option orders to receive price 
improvement, which ultimately benefits investors. In particular, the 
Exchange believes the proposed rule change will continue to 
appropriately balance providing investors with timely processing of 
their SPX options quote and order messages and providing investors who 
submit SPX orders that are auctioned with additional liquidity. Indeed, 
the proposed rule change may allow more investors additional 
opportunities to receive price improvement through an auction mechanism 
for their SPX orders. Additionally, because the proposed functionality 
may provide liquidity providers that submit auction responses with 
additional execution opportunities in auctions, the Exchange believes 
they may be further encouraged to submit more auction responses, which 
may contribute to a deeper, more liquid auction process that provides 
investors with additional price improvement opportunities for their SPX 
orders. The Exchange believes the proposal will continue to allow the 
Exchange to set each SPX auction response period or exposure time to an 
amount of time that provides Trading Permit Holders submitting 
responses with sufficient time to respond to, compete for, and provide 
price improvement for orders, but also continues to provide auctioned 
orders with improved execution opportunities and minimal impact on 
market and execution risk.
    The Exchange believes the proposed rule change will result in 
increased execution opportunities for liquidity providers that submit 
auction responses and enhance the potential for price improvement for 
SPX orders submitted to each mechanism to the benefit of investors and 
public interest. The proposed rule change will permit the Exchange, 
with respect to SPX options, to set a longer time period in which the 
System may process auction responses the System receives before the end 
of an auction response or exposure period (as identified by each 
auction response message's NIC timestamp). The Exchange believes the 
proposed increase in maximum time will increase the possibility that 
timely submitted auction responses are processed by the Exchange and 
have an opportunity for execution in the applicable auction mechanism, 
even if there is a deep pending message queue. The Exchange believes 
the proposed maximum amount of additional time for processing will 
permit the Exchange to respond to times of high message traffic. Given 
recent volatility in the market, the Exchange has experienced 
significant increases in SPX volumes and message traffic, given those 
options may assist investors in achieving broad market protection in 
times of volatility. As a result, the Exchange has observed deeper 
pending message queues, resulting in an increased number of auction 
responses that were received and timestamped before the conclusion of 
the auction or exposure period but not processed as part of the 
execution at the conclusion of an auction. Based on these observations, 
the Exchange believes the proposed maximum time for SPX options will 
significantly increase the number of timely received auction responses 
that may execute against an auction order.\20\
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    \20\ The Exchange has undertaken various steps to improve the 
performance (including to reduce latency) of the matching engine on 
which SPX trades. For example, the Exchange recently made hardware 
and software upgrades. See <a href="https://www.cboe.com/notices/content/?id=53830">https://www.cboe.com/notices/content/?id=53830</a>. The Exchange continues to evaluate other potential means 
that may improve performance and reduce latency for SPX options. The 
sunset period will permit the Exchange to evaluate whether a longer 
auction response processing time will continue to be appropriate in 
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    While the proposed increase is significant, the Exchange notes that 
the combined maximum length of the auction response or exposure period 
plus the auction response processing period is the same length as the 
longest maximum permissible auction response or exposure period for the 
applicable auctions.\21\ Therefore, the Commission has already 
determined that letting a price improvement auction occur for up to 
3,000 milliseconds was (at that time) consistent with the Act (which 
would permit the combined maximum auction response period plus maximum 
auction response processing time to be 3,100

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milliseconds for those auctions). The proposed maximum timeframe is 
well below this amount of time. Given that the current length of the 
auctions applicable to SPX options is 500 milliseconds, the proposed 
rule change would increase the total maximum processing time (auction 
response period plus response processing) by 400 milliseconds. The 
proposed rule change provides the Exchange with flexibility to increase 
the number of auction responses for SPX options that can participate in 
an auction without increasing the length of an auction (and may permit 
the Exchange to reduce the length of an auction). While the Exchange 
may increase the length of auction response periods to accommodate more 
auction responses, the Exchange believes shifting some of the already 
permissible auction response or exposure period time to the auction 
response processing time that may occur after the conclusion of the 
auction response or exposure period better addresses the issue of 
missed auction responses. Particularly, the Exchange believes the 
proposed rule change will accommodate more auction responses while also 
mitigating some of the market risk that may accompany a longer auction 
period by setting the length of an auction response period to a 
timeframe that both allows an adequate amount of time for Trading 
Permit Holders to respond to an auction message and provides the 
auctioned order with fast executions.
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    \21\ See Rules 5.33(d)(3), 5.37(c)(3), and 5.38(c)(3) (which 
permits the Exchange to set the length of the COA, AIM, and C-AIM, 
respectively, auction response periods up to three seconds). The 
maximum auction response or exposure period for SUM, SAM, and C-SAM 
is one second (see Rule 5.35(b)(1), 5.39(c)(3), and 5.40(c)(3)), 
which would make the maximum length of the auction response 
processing period two seconds (note these auctions are not activated 
for SPX options). Given the much longer length of FLEX auctions, 
which may last three seconds to five minutes (see Rules 
5.72(c)(1)(F), 5.73(c)(3), and 5.74(c)(3)), the Exchange believes an 
increase in auction response processing is unnecessary, which is why 
the Exchange proposes to exclude FLEX SPX options from the proposal. 
Current lengths of auction response and exposure periods are 
available at cboe_options_product_configurations.xlsx.
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    Additionally, the Exchange understands some Trading Permit Holders 
choose to submit auction responses towards the end of an auction 
response period to better ensure the response is at a price that the 
market participant is willing to trade given the market at the time the 
auction response period concludes. This is particularly true during 
times of higher volatility, as have recently occurred, which times also 
result in higher message traffic and thus makes it more likely these 
auction responses will not participate in the auction. As such, 
extending the auction response period in each auction would not itself 
prevent auction responses from continuing to miss the auction 
notwithstanding being timely submitted. Therefore, the Exchange 
believes extending the auction response processing time is preferable 
to extending the auction response or exposure period, which the 
Exchange believes would not prevent auction responses from continuing 
to miss the auction notwithstanding being timely submitted.
    The Exchange believes the proposed increase in maximum auction 
response processing time for SPX options will provide an adequate 
amount of time to provide pending auction responses with execution 
opportunities in times of high message traffic and will continue to 
have a de minimis impact on other message traffic. Even in times of 
high message traffic, auction responses continue to represent a small 
percentage of volume on the Exchange. Auction responses account for a 
small fraction of message traffic submitted to the Exchange. The 
Exchange believes the processing of such a small amount of message 
traffic, even after the conclusion of an auction response period, would 
therefore continue to have de minimis, if any, impact on the processing 
of non-auction response messages waiting in the queue, even if that 
processing occurs over a longer timeframe. The Exchange also notes that 
all messages are currently processed one at a time by the System. 
Therefore, the System still needs to ``process'' all pending auction 
responses, regardless of whether that processing involves canceling the 
pending auction response because it wasn't processed in time to 
participate in the auction or actually processing the response to 
participate in the auction. Either way, the non-auction response 
messages will still have to wait for processing of any pending 
responses ahead of it, regardless of the length of the auction response 
processing time. Further, updates to prices in the market will still be 
processed in the same order, and thus executions of the responses at 
the end of the buffer will not trade through the market at that time. 
The Exchange notes the proposed rule change makes no changes to how the 
auction response processing functionality will work (or how any 
auctions work). Additionally, all message traffic (including auction 
responses) will continue to be processed in time-priority. Therefore, 
the Exchange believes any impact of processing additional auction 
responses for inclusion in an auction rather than cancelling those 
responses will have minimal impact on message traffic behind them.
    The Exchange continues to believe in the vast majority of cases, 
the additional time needed after the conclusion of an auction response 
period, if any, to process all pending auction responses will be 
shorter than the proposed maximum. This is a further benefit of being 
able to increase the length of the auction response processing time 
rather than the length of an auction response period. Unlike an auction 
response period, which must run in its entirety, the auction response 
processing is adaptable. For example, if the System is ``caught up'' 
and processes all auction responses received prior to the completion of 
a 100 millisecond auction response period within 50 milliseconds after 
the end of the auction period, the total processing time would be 150 
milliseconds. The System only uses the portion of the auction response 
processing time it needs to process responses with timestamps prior to 
the end of the auction period (and uses no part of that time if 
unnecessary to do so). To the extent the Exchange determines a lesser 
amount of time would be sufficient for SPX options, the Exchange could 
implement an additional amount of time for processing auction responses 
that is less than the combined time of 1,000 milliseconds, which time 
would be announced with reasonable advance notice to market 
participants via Exchange Notice.\22\ Additionally, in practice, the 
Exchange generally discusses with market participants potential changes 
to the length of auction response or exposure periods and to the 
auction response processing timer (in which discussions the Exchange is 
currently engaged). Further, given the advanced notice that will be 
provided of any change, market participants may contact the Exchange to 
discuss any proposed changes.
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    \22\ The Exchange generally gives notice one to two weeks in 
advance of implementation for changes such as this; however, shorter 
notice may be provided if the Exchange believes it is necessary to 
maintain fair and orderly markets. The Exchange notes several 
customers have requested a longer auction response period and has 
engaged in discussions regarding potential changes to the length of 
the response period.
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    The markets have experienced high volatility and market volatility 
in recent weeks, which has resulted in increased market traffic, 
particularly in SPX. The Exchange has observed during these higher 
market traffic times an increase in the number of auction responses not 
being able to participate in auctions, notwithstanding being timely 
submitted within the auction response period. The Exchange believes 
permitting an increased auction response processing time would better 
provide market participants with additional opportunities for price 
improvements with very little, if any, impact to non-auction response 
message traffic, thereby removing impediments to a free and open market 
and ultimately protecting and benefiting investors. Additionally, 
because the proposed rule change may provide liquidity providers that 
submit auction responses with additional execution opportunities in 
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may be further encouraged to submit more auction responses, which may 
contribute to a deeper, more liquid auction process that provides 
investors with additional price improvement opportunities.
    Given the current maximum auction response processing time, 
investors may miss out on opportunities to receive price improvement 
through the Exchange's auction mechanisms, even if such responses were 
timely submitted but not processed due to the System being otherwise 
occupied processing messages in queue ahead of it. The Exchange 
therefore believes its proposal will make it more likely that the 
System processes timely submitted auction responses and includes them 
in applicable auctions during periods of high message traffic, thus 
providing them with more opportunities to execute against auctioned 
orders.

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. The Exchange does not 
believe that the proposed changes will impose any burden on intramarket 
competition that is not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the 
purposes of the Act, as the proposed rule change would apply equally to 
all Trading Permit Holders that submit auction responses in SPX 
options. The Exchange believes it is appropriate to limit the proposed 
rule change to SPX options to address significantly higher message 
traffic within that class, particularly in times of volatility given 
they may assist investors in achieving broad market protection in such 
times. Additionally, as noted above, the Exchange believes the proposed 
increase in the maximum auction response processing time will have 
little to no impact on non-auction response message traffic and 
continues to be designed to prevent trade-throughs given all messages, 
including market price updates, will continue to be processed in time 
priority. The Exchange does not believe the proposed rule change will 
impose any burden on inter-market competition that is not necessary or 
appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the Act, as the proposed 
change affects how the System processes auction responses that may only 
participate in auctions that occur on the Exchange.

C. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Comments on the Proposed 
Rule Change Received From Members, Participants, or Others

    The Exchange neither solicited nor received comments on the 
proposed rule change.

III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for 
Commission Action

    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 \23\ and 
subparagraph (f)(6) of Rule 19b-4 thereunder.\24\
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    \23\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(iii).
    \24\ 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. 
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    A proposed rule change filed under Rule 19b-4(f)(6) normally does 
not become operative prior to 30 days after the date of the filing. 
However, pursuant to Rule 19b-4(f)(6)(iii), the Commission may 
designate a shorter time if such action is consistent with protection 
of investors and the public interest. The Exchange has asked the 
Commission to waive the 30-day operative delay so that the proposed 
rule change may become operative immediately upon filing to address to 
the ``market volatility in recent weeks, which has resulted in 
increased message traffic, particularly in SPX options.'' During those 
periods the Exchange observed ``an increase in the number of auction 
responses not being able to participate in auctions for SPX orders.'' 
The Exchange requests waiver of the operative delay to permit it ``to 
increase the auction response processing time as soon as possible to 
address this higher market traffic, which will benefit investors as the 
System will potentially process more, if not all, timely submitted 
auction responses, thereby provide further opportunities for auctioned 
orders to receive price improvement.'' Further, the Exchange states 
that ``the sunset period will permit the Exchange to evaluate the 
length of the auction response period as it considers other changes to 
improve performance of the SPX options matching engine.'' For those 
reasons, the Commission believes that waiving the 30-day operative 
delay is consistent with the protection of investors and the public 
interest. Accordingly, the Commission designates the proposed rule 
change to be operative upon filing.\25\
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    \25\ For purposes only of waiving the 30-day operative delay, 
the Commission also has 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 this 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.

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#a7d5d2cbc28ac4c8cacac2c9d3d4e7d4c2c489c0c8d1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4230372e276f212d2f2f272c3631023127216c252d34">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>. Please include 
file number SR-CBOE-2025-031 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-CBOE-2025-031. 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

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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-CBOE-2025-031 and should be submitted on or before May 28, 2025.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\26\
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    \26\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-07908 Filed 5-6-25; 8:45 am]
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