Notice2025-19446

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

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 190 (Friday, October 3, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48094-48098]
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. 34-104159; File No. SR-CBOE-2025-074]


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

September 30, 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 September 30, 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, 
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 proposes to amend its functionality relating to the 
processing of auction responses. The text of the proposed rule change 
is provided in Exhibit 5.
    The text of the proposed rule change is also available on the 
Commission's website (<a href="https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml">https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml</a>), the 
Exchange's website (https://www.cboe.com/us/options/

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regulation/rule_filings/), and at the principal office of the Exchange.

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''),\3\ Step Up Mechanism (``SUM''),\4\ 
Automated Improvement Mechanism (``AIM''),\5\ Complex AIM (``C-
AIM''),\6\ Solicitation Auction Mechanism (``SAM''),\7\ Complex SAM 
(``C-SAM''),\8\ FLEX Auction process,\9\ FLEX AIM,\10\ and FLEX 
SAM.\11\ 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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    \3\ See Rule 5.33(d).
    \4\ See Rule 5.35.
    \5\ See Rule 5.37.
    \6\ See Rule 5.38.
    \7\ See Rule 5.39.
    \8\ See Rule 5.40.
    \9\ See Rule 5.72(c).
    \10\ See Rule 5.73.
    \11\ See Rule 5.74.
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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.\12\ 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).\13\ 
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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    \12\ 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.
    \13\ The auction response processing time is currently set to 
900 milliseconds for S&P 500 Index options (``SPX options'') and 100 
milliseconds for all other classes. See Cboe Exchange Notices 
C2025042903, available at <a href="https://www.cboe.com/notices/content/?id=54332">https://www.cboe.com/notices/content/?id=54332</a>; and 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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    In May 2025, the Exchange increased the permissible maximum length 
of this Exchange-determined time period for SPX options.\14\ 
Specifically, 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,\15\ may not exceed 1000 milliseconds (which the Exchange 
announces with reasonable advance notice via Exchange Notice).\16\ The 
Exchange increased the additional processing time so that more auction 
responses could be executed in auctions for SPX auctions, particularly 
in times of high message traffic. This increase in processing time is 
currently in place until December 31, 2025 and applies to non-FLEX SPX 
options only.
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    \14\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 102966 (May 1, 
2025), 90 FR 19330 (May 7, 2025) (SR-CBOE-2025-031); see also Cboe 
Exchange Notice C2025042903, available at <a href="https://www.cboe.com/notices/content/?id=54332">https://www.cboe.com/notices/content/?id=54332</a>.
    \15\ Current lengths of auction response and exposure periods 
are available at cboe_options_product_configurations.xlsx.
    \16\ The auction response processing time is currently set to 
900 milliseconds (with auction timers set to 100 milliseconds) for 
S&P 500 Index options (``SPX options'')
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    The proposed rule change proposes to make expand the recent 
proposed rule change to all non-FLEX classes,\17\ including SPX 
options, on a permanent basis. Specifically, the Exchange proposes to 
amend Rule 5.25(c) to provide that the Exchange-determined period of 
time \18\ during which the System will, at the conclusion of an auction 
response or exposure period, continue to process any messages in its 
inbound queue that were received by the System before the end of the 
auction response or exposure period (as identified by each message's 
timestamp), plus the length of the auction response or exposure period, 
as applicable, may not exceed 1000 milliseconds. The Exchange believes 
the proposed maximum amount of additional time for processing will 
result in more auction responses being executed in all classes, 
particularly in times of high message traffic.
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    \17\ As proposed, the auction response processing time will no 
longer apply to any FLEX auctions.
    \18\ The Exchange may determine this time period on a class-by-
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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.\19\ Specifically, the 
Exchange believes the proposed rule change is consistent with the 
Section 6(b)(5) \20\ 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

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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) \21\ requirement that the rules 
of an exchange not be designed to permit unfair discrimination between 
customers, issuers, brokers, or dealers.
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    \19\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
    \20\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
    \21\ 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, particularly in times of volatility and 
high message traffic. This may provide further opportunities for 
auctioned 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 options quote and order messages and 
providing investors who submit 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. 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. The Exchange 
believes the proposal will continue to allow the Exchange to set each 
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 
orders submitted to each mechanism to the benefit of investors and 
public interest. The proposed rule change will permit the Exchange to 
set a longer time period in all classes 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. The Exchange generally 
experiences significant increases in volumes and messages traffic when 
the market experiences volatility. As a result, the Exchange has 
observed deeper pending message queues, which results in an increased 
number of timely received auction responses not being processed as part 
of the execution at the conclusion of an auction. Based on these 
observations, the Exchange believes the proposed maximum time may 
increase the number of timely received auction responses that may 
execute against an auction order.\22\
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    \22\ 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 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>. Additionally, the Exchange adopted an excessive mass 
cancel and purge charge to encourage efficient use of network and 
system capacity and reduce the incentive for market participants to 
engage in excessive mass cancellation and purge activity, which may 
create latency and impact other market participants' ability to 
receive timely executions. See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 
103040 (May 14, 2025), 90 FR 21525 (May 20, 2025) (SR-CBOE-2025-
033). The Exchange regularly evaluates other potential means that 
may improve performance and reduce latency for all options.
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    The sunset period permitted the Exchange to evaluate whether a 
longer auction response processing time would continue to be 
appropriate in times of high volatility. For example, in 2025 prior to 
May 12 (the date on which the Exchange implemented the longer auction 
processing response time for SPX options), the percentage of auction 
responses in SPX that were received by the System before the end of the 
auction period (i.e., had received a NIC timestamp) but were rejected 
because the Exchange could not process them before the end of the 
auction response or exposure period, as applicable, plus shorter buffer 
time, reached over 20% on several occasions and averaged approximately 
7.64%. Between May 12 and September 5, this percentage was nearly 0. 
Despite the maximum auction response processing time being 900 
milliseconds, the average length of that time period used since that 
time was only about 14 milliseconds. The data demonstrates the 
effectiveness of the longer auction response processing time for SPX 
options. The proposed rule change would permit the Exchange to retain 
this longer auction response period for SPX and thus retain these 
benefits, as well as extend these benefits to other classes traded on 
the Exchange. Given that times of high volatility are unpredictable, 
and impact all classes, having the longer response processing time 
available at all times will permit the Exchange to continue to achieve 
these results when volatile times do occur. Additionally, given the 
continued increase in options volumes across the industry (and thus all 
classes), the Exchange believes all classes could benefit from the 
additional processing times.
    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 
maximum permissible auction response or exposure period for certain 
auctions.\23\ Therefore, the Commission has already determined that 
letting a price improvement auction occur for up to 1000 milliseconds 
is consistent with the Act (which would permit the combined maximum 
auction response period plus maximum auction response processing time 
to be 1000 milliseconds for auctions). Given that the current length of 
the non-FLEX auctions is 100 milliseconds (except for SUM auctions, for 
which the exposure period is 50 milliseconds), and the auction response 
processing time is 100 milliseconds (except for SPX, for which it is 
900 milliseconds pursuant to the current temporary rule), the proposed 
rule change would increase the total maximum processing time (auction 
response period plus response processing) for all non-FLEX classes 
other than SPX by 800 milliseconds (850 milliseconds for SUM auctions) 
and would keep the maximum

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processing time for non-FLEX SPX options the same. The proposed rule 
change provides the Exchange with flexibility to increase the number of 
auction responses 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 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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    \23\ See Rule 5.35(b)(1), 5.39(c)(3), and 5.40(c)(3) (which 
permit the Exchange to set the length of the SUM, SAM, and C-SAM 
exposure and auction response periods, as applicable, up to one 
second. Rules 5.33(d)(3), 5.37(c)(3), and 5.38(c)(3) permit the 
Exchange to set the length of the COA, AIM, and C-AIM, respectively, 
auction response periods up to three seconds. 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 all 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 (and possibly zero). 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 timestamped prior to the end of the auction period. To the 
extent the Exchange determines a lesser amount of time would be 
sufficient, the Exchange could implement an additional amount of time 
for processing auction responses that is less than the combined time of 
1000 milliseconds, which time would be announced with reasonable 
advance notice to market participants via Exchange Notice.\24\ 
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. 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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    \24\ 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.
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    The markets have experienced periods of high volatility in recent 
weeks, which generally results in increased market traffic. 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, except recently in SPX given the longer 
auction processing time during the current sunset period. This higher 
traffic generally occurs across all classes. The Exchange believes 
permitting an increased auction response processing time in all classes 
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 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.
    Given the current maximum auction response processing time in 
classes and other SPX (and if the current higher time applicable to SPX 
were to sunset), investors may miss out on opportunities to receive 
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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.
    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.
    The Exchange does not believe the proposed functionality raises any 
novel legal or regulatory issues as the proposed maximum auction 
response processing time is significantly shorter than the longest 
maximum auction response or exposure period permissible in the 
Exchange's Rules.\25\ As discussed above, the proposed rule change 
effectively only increases the permissible response time by no more 
than 850 milliseconds. 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, including market price updates, and thus the System is 
designed to prevent trade-throughs. The proposed rule change merely 
shifts some of the 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.
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    \25\ 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). Given 
that the auction response processing time plus the length of the 
auction response or exposure period may not exceed 1000 
milliseconds, the maximum auction response processing time will be 
significantly less than the maximum auction response time currently 
permissible under the Exchange's Rules.
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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. The proposed 
rule change would permit a longer auction processing time for all 
classes on the Exchange, and thus market participants in all classes 
would be able to benefit from this increased processing time, including 
reducing the likelihood that their auction responses are rejected. 
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 intermarket 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

    Within 45 days of the date of publication of this notice in the 
Federal Register or within such longer period up to 90 days (i) as the 
Commission may designate if it finds such longer period to be 
appropriate and publishes its reasons for so finding or (ii) as to 
which the Exchange consents, the Commission will:
    A. by order approve or disapprove such proposed rule change, or
    B. institute proceedings to determine whether the proposed rule 
change should be 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#e795928b82ca84888a8a82899394a7948284c9808891"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b3c1c6dfd69ed0dcdeded6ddc7c0f3c0d6d09dd4dcc5">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>. Please include 
file number SR-CBOE-2025-074 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-2025-074. 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 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-2025-074 and 
should be submitted on or before October 24, 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. 2025-19446 Filed 10-2-25; 8:45 am]
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