Notice2025-15067

Self-Regulatory Organizations; MEMX LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend the Exchange's Fee Schedule Concerning Options Transaction Pricing

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 151 (Friday, August 8, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38538-38542]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15067]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-103633; File No. SR-MEMX-2025-24]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; MEMX LLC; Notice of Filing and 
Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend the 
Exchange's Fee Schedule Concerning Options Transaction Pricing

August 5, 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 July 31, 2025, MEMX LLC (``MEMX'' or the ``Exchange'') filed 
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the ``Commission'') the 
proposed rule change as 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\ 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 with the Commission a proposed rule change 
to amend the Exchange's fee schedule applicable to Members \3\ (the 
``Fee Schedule'') pursuant to Exchange Rules 15.1(a) and (c). As is 
further described below, the Exchange proposes to (i) decrease the 
transaction rebate for executions of contracts where the

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underlying security of the applicable option is in the Penny Interval 
program which add liquidity to the MEMX Options Book and which are made 
in the Professional, Firm, Away Market Maker or Broker-Dealer 
capacities, and (ii) introduce a tiered pricing structure applicable to 
the rebate provided for executions of contracts in Penny options which 
add liquidity and are made in the Professional capacity. The Exchange 
proposes to implement the changes to the MEMX Options Fee Schedule (the 
``Options Fee Schedule'') pursuant to this proposal on August 1, 2025. 
The text of the proposed rule change is provided in Exhibit 5.
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    \3\ See Exchange Rule 1.5(p).
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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 purpose of the proposed rule change is to amend the Options Fee 
Schedule to (i) decrease the transaction rebate for executions of 
contracts where the underlying security of the applicable option is in 
the Penny Interval program (``Penny options'') \4\ which add liquidity 
to the MEMX Options Book \5\ and which are made in the Professional,\6\ 
Firm,\7\ Away Market Maker \8\ or Broker-Dealer \9\ capacities, and 
(ii) introduce a tiered pricing structure applicable to the rebate 
provided for executions of contracts in Penny options which add 
liquidity and are made in the Professional capacity, each as further 
described below.
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    \4\ MEMX Options provides Fee Code ``P'' for transactions in 
Penny options. Fee Codes are provided by the Exchange on the monthly 
invoices provided to Options Members.
    \5\ MEMX Options provides Fee Code ``D'' for transactions which 
add liquidity to the MEMX Options Book.
    \6\ As set forth on the Fee Schedule, ``Professional'' applies 
to any order for the account of a Professional. The term 
``Professional'' means any person or entity that (A) is not a broker 
or dealer in securities; and (B) places more than 390 orders in 
listed options per day on average during a calendar month for its 
own beneficial account(s). All Professional orders shall be 
appropriately marked by Options Members. See Exchange Rule 16.1. 
MEMX Options provides fee qualifier ``p'' for professional 
transactions.
    \7\ As set forth on the Fee Schedule, ``Firm'' applies to any 
order for the proprietary account of an OCC clearing member. MEMX 
Options provides fee qualifier ``f'' for firm transactions.
    \8\ As set forth on the Fee Schedule, ``Away Market Maker'' 
applies to any order for the account of a market maker on another 
options exchange. MEMX Options provides fee qualifier ``a'' for away 
market maker transactions.
    \9\ As set forth on the Fee Schedule, ``Broker Dealer'' applies 
to any order for the account of a broker-dealer, including a foreign 
broker dealer. MEMX Options provides fee qualifier ``b'' for broker-
dealer transactions.
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    The Exchange first notes that it operates in a highly competitive 
market in which market participants can readily direct order flow to 
competing venues if they deem fee levels at a particular venue to be 
excessive or incentives to be insufficient. The Exchange is one of only 
17 options venues to which market participants may direct their order 
flow. Based on publicly available information, no single options 
exchange has more than approximately 18.1% of the market share and 
currently the Exchange represents only approximately 3.7% of the market 
share.\10\ In such a low-concentrated and highly competitive market, no 
single options exchange, including the Exchange, possesses significant 
pricing power in the execution of option order flow. The Exchange 
believes that the ever-shifting market share among the exchanges from 
month to month demonstrates that market participants can shift order 
flow, discontinue, or reduce use of certain categories of products in 
response to fee changes. Accordingly competitive forces constrain the 
Exchange's transaction fees, and market participants can readily trade 
on competing venues if they deem pricing levels at those other venues 
to be more favorable. The Exchange's Fee Schedule sets forth standard 
rebates and rates applied per contract.
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    \10\ Market share percentage calculated as of July 29, 2025. The 
Exchange receives and processes data made available through the 
consolidated data feeds (i.e., OPRA).
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Reduced Transaction Rebate for Executions of Penny Options in the 
Professional, Firm, Away Market Maker, and Broker Dealer Capacity Which 
Add Liquidity to the MEMX Options Book
    Currently, the Exchange provides a standard transaction rebate of 
$0.42 per contract for executions of Penny options (as defined above) 
in the Professional, Firm, Away Market Maker, and Broker Dealer 
capacities which add liquidity to the MEMX Options Book. Now, the 
Exchange proposes to reduce the standard transaction rebate on such 
contracts from $0.42 per contract to $0.40 per contract. The purpose of 
reducing the rebate is for business and competitive reasons as the 
Exchange believes that reducing such rebate would decrease the 
Exchange's expenditures with respect to its transaction pricing in a 
manner that is still consistent with the Exchange's overall pricing 
philosophy of encouraging executions which add liquidity to the MEMX 
Options Book. The Exchange believes that the reduced rebate continues 
to be in line with or exceeds the rebates provided by other national 
securities exchanges and will continue to incentivize Members to route 
order flow to the Exchange.\11\
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    \11\ See, e.g., the Nasdaq Options pricing schedule (available 
at: <a href="https://listingcenter.nasdaq.com/rulebook/nasdaq/rules/nasdaq-options-7">https://listingcenter.nasdaq.com/rulebook/nasdaq/rules/nasdaq-options-7</a>), which reflects rebates ranging from $0.10 to $0.47 per 
contract to add liquidity in Penny symbols as a Professional, Firm, 
Broker-Dealer, or Non-NOM Market Maker, depending on the amount of 
volume transacted by the market participant. See also, the MIAX 
Pearl fee schedule, (available at: <a href="https://www.miaxglobal.com/markets/us-options/pearl-options/fees">https://www.miaxglobal.com/markets/us-options/pearl-options/fees</a>), which reflects rebates 
ranging from $0.25 per contract to $0.48 per contact to add 
liquidity in Penny symbols as Non-Priority Customer, BD, and Non-
MIAX Pearl Market Maker, depending on the amount of volume 
transacted by the market participant.
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Adoption of Volume Tier
    The Exchange is also proposing to introduce a tiered pricing 
structure applicable to the rebate provided for executions that add 
liquidity in Penny options that are made in the Professional capacity 
(``Added Professional Penny Volume'').\12\ Under this structure, the 
Exchange will provide enhanced rebates for Members that meet certain 
volume criteria. Specifically, under the proposed Volume Tier 1, the 
Exchange is proposing to provide an enhanced rebate of $0.47 per 
contract for executions of Added Professional Penny Volume for Members 
that qualify for Volume Tier 1 \13\ by achieving an ADAV \14\ in the 
Customer, Professional,

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Firm, Away Market Maker, and/or Broker-Dealer capacities in Penny 
symbols that is equal to or greater than 0.125% of the equity and ETF 
option TCV.\15\ As proposed, ADAV will be calculated on a monthly 
basis, and Members that qualify for the Volume Tier by achieving the 
specified ADAV threshold in a particular month will receive the 
proposed enhanced rebate of $0.47 per contract for all executions of 
Added Professional Penny Volume in that month.
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    \12\ In connection with the adoption of its first volume-based 
tier as proposed herein, the Exchange is proposing to add language 
under a new ``Notes'' section indicating: ``To the extent a Member 
qualifies for multiple fees/rebates with respect to a particular 
transaction, the lowest fee/highest rebate shall apply.''
    \13\ Executions of Added Professional Penny Volume for Members 
that qualify for the Volume Tier 1 receive a Fee Code of ``Dp1P'' 
for such executions on the monthly invoices provided to Members. The 
Exchange is proposing to add a note under the Volume Tier pricing 
table on the Fee Schedule that contains this information.
    \14\ As proposed, the term ``ADAV'' means the average daily 
added volume calculated as the number of contracts added per day. 
ADAV is calculated on a monthly basis. The Exchange is proposing to 
add this definition under the ``Definitions'' section of the Fee 
Schedule.
    \15\ As proposed, the term ``TCV'' means the total consolidated 
volume calculated as the volume reported by all exchanges to the 
consolidated transaction reporting plan for the month for which the 
fees apply. The Exchange is also proposing to add this definition 
under the ``Definitions'' section of the Fee Schedule.
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    The Exchange proposes to exclude from the calculation of ADAV and 
TCV any trading day that the Exchange's system experiences a disruption 
that lasts for more than 60 minutes during regular trading hours and on 
any day with a scheduled early market close, and the Exchange is 
proposing to add this information to a new ``Notes'' section of the Fee 
Schedule which will be placed directly following the existing 
``Definitions'' section.\16\ The Exchange believes that Exchange system 
disruptions and/or early market closes could preclude Members from 
participating on the Exchange to the extent that they might have 
otherwise participated on such days, and thus, the Exchange believes it 
is appropriate to exclude such days when determining whether a Member 
qualifies for the Volume Tier to avoid penalizing Members that might 
otherwise have met the applicable volume threshold.
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    \16\ The Exchange is also proposing to move the existing text 
which appears under the current ``Definitions'' section to the new 
``Notes'' section: ``All references to ``per contract'' mean ``per 
contract executed.''
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    The Exchange believes that the proposed tiered pricing structure 
provides an incremental incentive for Members to strive for higher ADAV 
on the Exchange to receive the proposed enhanced rebate for executions 
of Added Professional Penny Volume. As such, the proposed Volume Tier 
is designed to encourage Members that provide liquidity on the Exchange 
to maintain or increase their order flow, thereby contributing to a 
deeper and more liquid market to the benefit of all market participants 
and enhancing the attractiveness of the Exchange as a trading venue. 
Further, as noted above,\17\ the Exchange notes that other options 
exchanges maintain tiered pricing structures whereby enhanced rebates 
are provided for members that meet certain volume requirements, and at 
least one other exchange maintains a similar tier with a rebate 
applicable to Added Professional Penny Volume.\18\
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    \17\ See supra note 11.
    \18\ See Nasdaq Options Pricing Schedule, Section 2 Nasdaq 
Options Market--Fees and Rebates, (available at: <a href="https://listingcenter.nasdaq.com/rulebook/nasdaq/rules/nasdaq-options-7">https://listingcenter.nasdaq.com/rulebook/nasdaq/rules/nasdaq-options-7</a>) 
Tier 6 (providing a $0.47 rebate for transactions of Added 
Professional Penny Volume for a Participant that adds Customer, 
Professional, Firm, Non-NOM Market Maker and/or Broker-Dealer 
liquidity in Penny Symbols and/or Non-Penny Symbols above 0.70% or 
more of total industry customer equity and ETF option ADV contracts 
per day in a month, or Participant: (1) adds Customer and/or 
Professional liquidity in Penny Symbols and/or Non-Penny Symbols of 
0.10% or more of total industry customer equity and ETF option ADV 
contracts per day in a month, and (2) has added liquidity in all 
securities through one or more of its Nasdaq Market Center MPIDs 
that represent 1.00% or more of Consolidated Volume in a month or 
qualifies for MARS).
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2. Statutory Basis
    The Exchange believes that its proposal to amend its Options Fee 
Schedule is consistent with the provisions of Section 6 of the Act,\19\ 
in general, and with Sections 6(b)(4) and 6(b)(5) of the Act,\20\ in 
particular, in that it provides for the equitable allocation of 
reasonable dues, fees and other charges among Options Members and other 
persons using its facilities. The Exchange also believes the proposal 
furthers the objectives of Section 6(b)(5) of the Act 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 and is not designed to permit unfair discrimination 
between customers, issuers, brokers, or dealers.
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    \19\ 15 U.S.C. 78f.
    \20\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4) and (5).
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    MEMX Options operates in a highly fragmented and competitive market 
in which market participants can readily direct order flow to competing 
venues if they deem fee levels at a particular venue to be excessive or 
incentives to be insufficient, and the Exchange represents only a small 
percentage of the overall market. 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, 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.'' \21\
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    \21\ Securities Exchange Act Release No. 51808 (June 9, 2005), 
70 FR 37496, 37499 (June 29, 2005).
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    Accordingly, competitive forces constrain the Exchange's 
transaction fees and rebates, and market participants can readily trade 
on competing venues if they deem pricing levels at those other venues 
to be more favorable. The Exchange believes the proposal reflects a 
reasonable and competitive pricing structure which the Exchange 
believes would promote price discovery and enhance liquidity and market 
quality on the Exchange to the benefit of all Members and market 
participants.
    The Exchange believes that the proposed change to reduce the rebate 
for executions on Penny options in the Professional, Firm, Away Market 
Maker and Broker-dealer capacities that add liquidity to the Exchange 
to $0.40 per contract is reasonable and equitable because it is 
designed to decrease the Exchange's expenditures with respect to its 
transaction pricing in a manner that is still consistent with the 
Exchange's overall pricing philosophy of encouraging executions which 
add liquidity to the MEMX Options Book in Penny options. The Exchange 
believes that the proposed change is equitable and not unfairly 
discriminatory because the reduced rebate will apply to all market 
participants who make executions of Penny options in a Professional, 
Firm, Away Market Maker and/or Broker dealer capacity which add 
liquidity to the MEMX Options Book.
    The Exchange further believes the proposed reduced rebate is 
appropriate because it exceeds or is comparable to, and competitive 
with, the rebates provided by other exchanges for executions in the 
same capacities in Penny options which add liquidity.\22\
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    \22\ See supra note 11.
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    As noted above, Volume Tiers like that proposed in this filing have 
been widely adopted by options exchanges and are equitable are 
equitable and not unfairly discriminatory because they are open to all 
members on an equal basis and provide rebates that are reasonably 
related to the value to an exchange's market quality associated with 
higher levels of market activity, such as higher levels of liquidity 
provision and introduction of higher volumes of orders into the price 
and volume discovery process.\23\ The Exchange believes the proposed 
Volume Tier is equitable and not unfairly discriminatory for these

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same reasons, as it is open to all Members and is designed to encourage 
Members that provide liquidity on the Exchange to maintain or increase 
their order flow in this regard, thereby contributing to a deeper and 
more liquid market to the benefit of all market participants and 
enhancing the attractiveness of the Exchange as a trading venue. 
Additionally, the Exchange believes the proposed enhanced rebate for 
executions of Added Professional Penny Volume for qualifying Members 
(i.e., $0.47 per contract) is reasonable, as it is in line with what 
other exchanges offer under similar volume tiers.\24\ Thus, the 
Exchange believes that it is reasonable, consistent with an equitable 
allocation of fees, and not unfairly discriminatory to pay such higher 
rebate for executions of Added Professional Penny Volume to Members 
that qualify for the Volume Tier in comparison with the standard rebate 
in recognition of benefits to the Exchange and market participants 
described above, particularly as the magnitude of the additional rebate 
is not unreasonably high and is, instead, reasonably related to the 
enhanced market quality it is designed to achieve.
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    \23\ Id.
    \24\ See supra note 18.
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    Additionally, the Exchange believes that excluding days when the 
Exchange closes early or when there is a Exchange system disruption 
lasting longer than 60 minutes when determining whether a Member 
qualifies for the proposed Volume Tier during a month is reasonable, 
equitable, and non-discriminatory because, as explained above, the 
Exchange believes doing so would help to avoid penalizing Members that 
might otherwise have met the requirements to qualify for the proposed 
Volume Tier due to Exchange system disruptions and/or abnormal market 
conditions. The Exchange notes that the exclusion of Exchange system 
disruption days and days with a scheduled early market close is 
consistent with the methodologies used by other exchanges when 
calculating certain member trading and other volume metrics for 
purposes of determining whether members qualify for certain pricing 
incentives, including calculations of ADAV for Volume Tiers 
specifically.\25\
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    \25\ See supra note 11.
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    For the reasons discussed above, the Exchange submits that its 
proposed change to the Options Transaction Fee Schedule satisfies the 
requirements of Sections 6(b)(4) and 6(b)(5) of the Act \26\ in that it 
provides for the equitable allocation of reasonable dues, fees and 
other charges among its Members and other persons using its facilities 
and are not designed to unfairly discriminate between customers, 
issuers, brokers, or dealers. As described more fully below in the 
Exchange's statement regarding burden on competition, the Exchange 
believes that its transaction pricing is subject to significant 
competitive forces, and that the proposed rebate described herein is 
appropriate to address such forces.
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    \26\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4) and (5).
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B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition

    The Exchange does not believe that the proposal will result in any 
burden on competition that is not necessary or appropriate in 
furtherance of the purposes of the Act. Instead, as discussed above, 
the proposal is intended to decrease the Exchange's expenditures, 
generate additional revenue with respect to its transaction pricing, 
and incentivize market participants to direct additional order flow to 
the MEMX Options platform, which the Exchange believes would promote 
price discovery and enhance liquidity and market quality on the 
Exchange to the benefit of all Members and market participants. 
Further, MEMX Options' proposed reduced rebate and proposed new Volume 
Tier are both in line with rebates assessed by other options 
exchanges.\27\ As a result, the Exchange believes that the proposal 
furthers the Commission's goal in adopting Regulation NMS of fostering 
competition among orders, which promotes ``more efficient pricing of 
individual stocks for all types of orders, large and small.'' \28\
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    \27\ See supra notes 11 and 18.
    \28\ See supra note 11.
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Intramarket Competition
    The Exchange does not believe that the proposed rule change will 
impose any burden on intramarket competition that is not necessary or 
appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the Act because the 
proposed reduced rebate and Volume Tier apply equally to all Options 
Members. The proposed reduced rebate for executions of added volume in 
Penny options made in a Professional, Firm, Away Market Maker or Broker 
Dealer capacity is intended to decrease the Exchange's expenditures and 
generate additional revenue with respect to its transaction pricing, in 
a manner that is comparable with the rebates offered by other exchanges 
for executions in the same capacities that add liquidity in Penny 
options. Similarly, the opportunity to qualify for the Volume Tier and 
thus received an enhanced rebate for executions of Added Professional 
Penny Volume would be available to all Members that meet the associated 
volume requirement in any month. The Exchange believes the volume 
requirement of the Volume Tier is attainable for several market 
participants who execute Added Professional Volume on the Exchange and 
is reasonably related to the enhanced market quality that the Volume 
Tier is designed to promote. As such, the Exchange does not believe the 
proposed changes would impose any burden on intramarket competition 
that is not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of 
the Act.
Intermarket Competition
    The Exchange does not believe that the proposed rule change will 
impose any burden on intermarket competition that is not necessary or 
appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the Act. As previously 
discussed, the Exchange operates in a highly competitive market. 
Members have numerous alternative venues that they may participate on 
and direct their order flow, including 16 other options exchanges and 
off-exchange venues. Therefore, no exchange possesses significant 
pricing power in the execution of option order flow. To the contrary, 
the Exchange believes that the proposal will increase competition and 
is intended to encourage market participants to trade on the exchange 
by providing rebates and a new Volume Tier that is comparable to those 
offered by other exchanges, which the Exchange believes will help to 
encourage Members to send orders to the Exchange to the benefit of all 
Exchange participants.
    Additionally, the Commission has repeatedly expressed its 
preference for competition over regulatory intervention in determining 
prices, products, and services in the securities markets. Specifically, 
in Regulation NMS, the Commission highlighted the importance of market 
forces in determining prices and SRO revenues and, also, recognized 
that current regulation of the market system ``has been remarkably 
successful in promoting market competition in its broader forms that 
are most important to investors and listed companies.'' \29\ The fact 
that this market is competitive has also long been recognized by the 
courts. In NetCoalition v. SEC, 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-

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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'. . . .''.\30\ Accordingly, 
the Exchange does not believe its proposed pricing changes impose any 
burden on competition that is not necessary or appropriate in 
furtherance of the purposes of the Act.
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    \29\ Id.
    \30\ 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-NYSE-2006-21)).
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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

    The foregoing rule change has become effective pursuant to Section 
19(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the Act \31\ and Rule 19b-4(f)(2) \32\ thereunder.
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    \31\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(ii).
    \32\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(2).
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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 change 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#93e1e6fff6bef0fcfefef6fde7e0d3e0f6f0bdf4fce5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="097b7c656c246a6664646c677d7a497a6c6a276e667f">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>. Please include 
file number SR-MEMX-2025-24 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-MEMX-2025-24. 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 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-MEMX-2025-24 and should be submitted on 
or before August 29, 2025.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\33\
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    \33\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-15067 Filed 8-7-25; 8:45 am]
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