Notice2026-05126

Self-Regulatory Organizations; 24X National Exchange LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Adopt the Initial Fees and Rebates Applicable to Retail Orders

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 51 (Tuesday, March 17, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12845-12848]
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. 34-104979; File No. SR-24X-2026-07]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; 24X National Exchange LLC; Notice 
of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Adopt 
the Initial Fees and Rebates Applicable to Retail Orders

March 12, 2026.
    Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) \1\ of the Securities Exchange Act of 
1934 (``Act'') \2\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\3\ notice is hereby given 
that, on February 27, 2026, 24X National Exchange LLC (``24X'' 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 self-regulatory 
organization. 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\ 15 U.S.C. 78a.
    \3\ 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 adopt the initial fees and rebates 
applicable to retail orders \4\ executed by Retail Member Organizations 
(``RMOs'') \5\ of the Exchange pursuant to Exchange Rule 15.1(a) and 
(c). The proposed rule change is available on the Exchange's website at 
<a href="https://equities.24exchange.com/regulation">https://equities.24exchange.com/regulation</a> and at the principal office 
of the Exchange.
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    \4\ See Exchange Rule 11.24(a)(2).
    \5\ See Exchange Rule 11.24(a)(1).
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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 self-regulatory organization 
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 those 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 parts of such statements.

A. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and the 
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change

1. Purpose
    Below is a description of the fees and rebates that the Exchange 
intends to impose on retail orders, which will be applicable in all 
trading sessions. Under the proposed amended fee schedule (``Fee 
Schedule''), the Exchange will continue to operate a ``Maker-Taker'' 
model whereby it provides rebates to RMOs that provide liquidity and 
charges fees to those that remove liquidity, as further described 
below. The Exchange does not initially propose to charge different fees 
or provide different rebates depending on the number of retail orders 
submitted to, or executed on or through, the Exchange. Accordingly, all 
fees and rebates described below are applicable to all RMOs, regardless 
of the overall volume of an RMO's trading activities on the Exchange.
(1) Standard Fee for Removed Volume
    The Exchange proposes to charge a standard fee of $0.00295 per 
share for executions of retail orders that remove liquidity from the 
24X Book \6\ (``Removed Volume'') in all securities traded on the 
Exchange priced at or above $1.00 per share.\7\
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    \6\ ``24X Book'' refers to the Exchange system's electronic file 
of orders. See Exchange Rule 1.5(a).
    \7\ Such executions will be indicated by the following fee codes 
in execution reports provided by the Exchange: ``102'' for Removed 
Volume retail orders (described in the Fee Schedule as ``Removed 
volume''), ``160'' for Removed Volume retail orders that remove 
liquidity from the Exchange upon entry into the System (see Exchange 
Rule 1.5(hh)) (described in the Fee Schedule as ``Removed volume on 
entry''), and ``161'' for Removed Volume retail orders that result 
in immediate removal of the midpoint (described in the Fee Schedule 
as ``Removed volume--immediate Midpoint removed'').
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(2) Standard Rebate for Added Displayed Volume
    The Exchange proposes to provide a standard rebate of $0.0038 per 
share in all securities traded on the Exchange priced at or above $1.00 
per share for executions of retail orders that are displayed on the 24X 
Book and add liquidity to the Exchange (``Added Displayed Volume'').\8\ 
The proposed standard rebate for Added Displayed Volume would apply to 
the Reserve Quantity \9\ of a retail order such that any replenishment 
amount of the Reserve Quantity of an order that is executed against 
would be treated as Added Displayed Volume even though such portion of 
the order was not displayed on the 24X Book prior to the order being 
replenished in accordance with the RMO's instructions and the 
Exchange's rules. The entire portion of the Reserve Quantity of an 
order would be eligible for this rebate, but an RMO would only receive 
such rebate for any portions of the Reserve Quantity that are executed 
against.
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    \8\ Such executions will be indicated by the following fee codes 
in execution reports provided by the Exchange: ``101'' for Added 
Displayed Volume retail orders (described in the Fee Schedule as 
``Added displayed volume''), ``153'' for Added Displayed Volume 
retail orders that improve the National Best Bid/Offer (``NBBO'') 
(described in the Fee Schedule as ``Added displayed volume--NBBO 
improved''), ``154'' for Added Displayed Volume retail orders that 
join the NBBO (described in the Fee Schedule as ``Added displayed 
volume--NBBO joined''), and ``162'' for Added Displayed Volume 
retail orders that result in price improvement (described in the Fee 
Schedule as ``Added displayed volume--price improvement'').
    \9\ ``Reserve Quantity'' refers to the portion of an order that 
includes a Non-Displayed instruction in which a portion of that 
order is also displayed on the 24X Book. See Exchange Rule 11.6(k).
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(3) Standard Rebate for Added Non-Displayed Volume
    The Exchange proposes to provide a standard rebate of $0.0025 per 
share for executions of retail orders that add liquidity to the 
Exchange, are not displayed on the 24X Book, and do not include a 
Midpoint Peg instruction (``Added Non-Displayed Volume''), in all 
securities traded on the Exchange priced at or above $1.00 per 
share.\10\ The proposed amended Fee Schedule will also provide a 
standard rebate of $0.0025 per share for Added Non-Displayed Volume 
retail transactions that include a Midpoint Peg instruction (``Added 
Midpoint Volume'') in all securities traded on the Exchange priced at 
or above $1.00 per share.\11\
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    \10\ Such executions will be indicated by the following fee 
codes in execution reports provided by the Exchange: ``151'' for 
Added Non-Displayed Volume retail orders (described in the Fee 
Schedule as ``Added non-displayed volume'') and ``163'' for Added 
Non-Displayed Volume retail orders that result in price improvement 
(described in the Fee Schedule as ``Added non-displayed volume--
price improvement'').
    \11\ Such executions will be indicated by fee code ``152'' in 
execution reports provided by the Exchange and described as ``Added 
Midpoint'' in the Fee Schedule.
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    The Exchange proposes to provide a higher rebate for executions of 
Added Displayed Volume retail transactions than for executions of Added 
Non-Displayed Volume retail transactions to incentivize displayed 
liquidity over non-displayed liquidity on the Exchange, including 
retail orders with a

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displayed component and a non-displayed component (i.e., orders with a 
Reserve Quantity), in order to encourage and facilitate price discovery 
and price formation, which the Exchange believes benefits all Members 
\12\ and investors.
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    \12\ See Exchange Rule 1.5(u).
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(4) Standard Fee for Routed Removed Volume
    The Exchange proposes to charge a standard fee of $0.0030 per share 
for all retail orders routed to another market that are executed on an 
away market and remove liquidity from the market to which they were 
routed (``Routed Removed Volume''), in all securities traded on the 
Exchange priced at or above $1.00 per share.\13\ All charges by the 
Exchange for routing are applicable only in the event that a retail 
order is executed; there is no charge for orders that are routed away 
from the Exchange but are not filled. The Exchange notes that the fees 
for routing relate to retail orders routed through the Exchange's 
third-party broker-dealers. Routing services offered by the Exchange 
are completely optional and market participants can readily select 
between various providers of routing services, including other 
exchanges and broker-dealers.
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    \13\ Such executions will be indicated by fee code ``103'' in 
execution reports provided by the Exchange and described as ``Routed 
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(5) Securities Priced Below $1.00 per Share
    The Exchange proposes to charge a standard fee of 0.15% of the 
total dollar value of any retail transaction in securities priced below 
$1.00 per share (``Sub-Dollar Securities'') that removes liquidity from 
the Exchange (``Removed Sub-Dollar Volume'').\14\ The Exchange also 
proposes to provide a standard rebate of 0.15% of the total dollar 
value of any retail transaction in Sub-Dollar Securities that adds 
displayed liquidity to the Exchange (``Added Sub-Dollar Volume'').\15\ 
The Exchange also proposes to provide a standard rebate of 0.065% of 
the total dollar value of any retail transaction in Sub-Dollar 
Securities that adds non-displayed liquidity to the Exchange and does 
not include a Midpoint Peg instruction (``Added Non-Displayed Sub-
Dollar Volume'').\16\ The Exchange also proposes to provide a standard 
rebate of 0.065% of the total dollar value of any retail transaction in 
Sub-Dollar Securities that adds non-displayed liquidity to the Exchange 
and includes a Midpoint Peg instruction (``Added Midpoint Sub-Dollar 
Volume'').\17\ The Exchange also proposes to charge a standard fee of 
0.30% of the total dollar value of any retail transaction in Sub-Dollar 
Securities that is routed to and executed at another market center 
(``Routed Removed Sub-Dollar Volume'').\18\
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    \14\ Such executions correspond to fee codes ``102,'' ``160,'' 
and ``161.'' See supra note 7.
    \15\ Such executions correspond to fee codes ``101,'' ``153,'' 
``154,'' and ``162.'' See supra note 8.
    \16\ Such executions correspond to fee codes ``151'' and 
``163.'' See supra note 10.
    \17\ Such executions correspond to fee code ``152.'' See supra 
note 11.
    \18\ Such executions correspond to fee code ``103.'' See supra 
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    The proposed rebate for executions of Added Sub-Dollar Volume is 
intended to promote retail order flow in Sub-Dollar Securities to the 
Exchange by incentivizing RMOs to increase the liquidity-providing 
retail orders in Sub-Dollar Securities they submit to the Exchange, 
which would support price discovery on the Exchange and provide 
additional liquidity for incoming orders.
    The proposed rule change does not include different fees or rebates 
for retail transactions in Sub-Dollar Securities that depend on the 
number of orders submitted to, or transactions executed on or through, 
the Exchange. Accordingly, all fees and rebates described above are 
applicable to all RMOs, regardless of the overall volume of an RMO's 
trading activities on the Exchange.
2. Statutory Basis
    The Exchange believes that the proposed rule change is consistent 
with the provisions of Section 6(b) \19\ of the Act in general, and 
furthers the objectives of Section 6(b)(4) \20\ of the Act, in 
particular, in that it is designed to provide for the equitable 
allocation of reasonable dues, fees, and other charges among its 
Members and other persons using its facilities. Additionally, the 
Exchange believes that the proposed fees and rebates are consistent 
with the objectives of Section 6(b)(5) \21\ of the Act in that they are 
designed 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 national market 
system, and, in general, to protect investors and the public interest, 
and, particularly, are 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).
    \21\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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    The Exchange 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 believes that the proposed 
amended Fee Schedule reflects a simple and competitive pricing 
structure designed to incentivize market participants to add 
aggressively priced displayed liquidity and direct their retail order 
flow to the Exchange, which the Exchange believes would promote price 
discovery and price formation and deepen liquidity that is subject to 
the Exchange's transparency, regulation, and oversight as an exchange, 
thereby enhancing market quality to the benefit of all Members and 
investors.
    The Commission and the courts have repeatedly expressed their 
preference for competition over regulatory intervention in determining 
prices, products, and services in the securities markets. In Regulation 
NMS, while adopting a series of steps to improve the current market 
model, the Commission highlighted the importance of market forces in 
determining prices and SRO revenues, and also recognized that current 
regulation of the market system ``has been remarkably successful in 
promoting market competition in its broader forms that are most 
important to investors and listed companies.'' \22\
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    \22\ Securities Exchange Act Release No. 51808 (June 9, 2005), 
70 FR 37496, 37499 (June 29, 2005) (``Regulation NMS Adopting 
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    The Exchange believes that it is appropriate, reasonable, and 
consistent with the Act to charge a standard fee of $0.00295 per share 
for Removed Volume retail transactions, and a standard fee of 0.15% of 
the total dollar value for Removed Sub-Dollar Volume retail 
transactions, because they are comparable to the retail transaction 
fees charged by other exchanges for removing liquidity.\23\ The 
Exchange further believes that these fees are equitably allocated and 
not unfairly discriminatory because they apply equally to all RMOs and, 
when coupled with higher rebates for adding retail liquidity, as 
described below, are designed to facilitate increased activity

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on the Exchange to the benefit of all Members by providing more trading 
opportunities and promoting price discovery.
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    \23\ See, e.g., MEMX LLC (``MEMX'') Equities Fee Schedule, 
available at: <a href="https://info.memxtrading.com/equities-trading-resources/us-equities-fee-schedule/">https://info.memxtrading.com/equities-trading-resources/us-equities-fee-schedule/</a>; MIAX PEARL LLC (``MIAX Pearl'') 
Equities Fee Schedule, available at: <a href="https://www.miaxglobal.com/sites/default/files/fee_schedule-files/MIAX_Pearl_Equities_Fee_Schedule_08012025.pdf">https://www.miaxglobal.com/sites/default/files/fee_schedule-files/MIAX_Pearl_Equities_Fee_Schedule_08012025.pdf</a>. MEMX and MIAX Pearl 
are appropriate comparisons because their market share is similar to 
that of the Exchange.
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    The Exchange believes that it is appropriate, reasonable, and 
consistent with the Act to provide a standard rebate of $0.0038 per 
share for Added Displayed Volume retail transactions, and a standard 
rebate of 0.15% of the total dollar value for Added Sub-Dollar Volume 
retail transactions, because these rebates are comparable to retail 
transaction rebates provided by other exchanges.\24\ The Exchange 
further believes that this rebate structure is equitably allocated and 
not unfairly discriminatory because it applies equally to all RMOs.
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    \24\ Id.
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    The Exchange believes that charging a fee to the liquidity remover, 
and providing a rebate to the liquidity adder, is reasonable, 
equitable, and not unfairly discriminatory because it incentivizes 
liquidity provision on the Exchange. The Exchange also notes that 
several other exchanges charge fees for removing liquidity and provide 
rebates for adding liquidity, and that this aspect of the Exchange's 
proposed amended Fee Schedule does not raise any new or novel issues 
that have not previously been considered by the Commission in 
connection with the fees and rebates of other exchanges.
    The Exchange believes that it is appropriate, reasonable, and 
consistent with the Act to provide a standard rebate of $0.0025 per 
share for Added Non-Displayed Volume and Added Midpoint Volume retail 
transactions, and a standard rebate of 0.065% of the total dollar value 
for Added Non-Displayed Sub-Dollar Volume and Added Midpoint Sub-Dollar 
Volume retail transactions, because they are comparable to the rebates 
provided by other exchanges for similar transactions.\25\
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    \25\ Id.
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    The Exchange also believes that it is reasonable, equitable, and 
not unfairly discriminatory to provide a higher rebate for Added 
Displayed Volume retail transactions than for Added Non-Displayed 
Volume retail transactions, as this rebate structure is designed to 
incentivize RMOs to send the Exchange displayable retail orders, 
thereby contributing to price discovery and price formation, consistent 
with the overall goal of enhancing market quality. Moreover, the 
Exchange notes that there are precedents for exchanges to provide 
rebates that distinguish between displayed and non-displayed volume to 
incentivize displayed orders and facilitate price discovery.\26\
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    \26\ See, e.g., Long-Term Stock Exchange Inc. fee schedule, 
available at: <a href="https://ltse.com/trading/fee-schedules">https://ltse.com/trading/fee-schedules</a>; MIAX Pearl fee 
schedule, available at: <a href="https://www.miaxglobal.com/sites/default/files/fee_schedule-files/MIAX_Pearl_Equities_Fee_Schedule_08012025.pdf">https://www.miaxglobal.com/sites/default/files/fee_schedule-files/MIAX_Pearl_Equities_Fee_Schedule_08012025.pdf</a>.
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    The Exchange notes that under the proposed amended Fee Schedule it 
will pay a higher rebate for Added Displayed Volume retail transactions 
than the fee it charges for removing such volume for transactions 
priced at or above $1.00 per share, and as such the Exchange will have 
negative net capture with respect to such transactions. As noted above, 
the Exchange operates in a highly competitive market, and the Exchange 
believes this pricing structure will enable it to effectively compete 
with other exchanges by attracting RMOs and retail order flow to the 
Exchange, which will help the Exchange to gain market share for 
executions. The Exchange may determine to modify its pricing structure 
after it has gained sufficient participation from market participants 
to instead be profitable with respect to such transactions. The 
Exchange believes the initial retail pricing structure, including the 
negative net capture for Added Displayed Volume retail transactions 
priced at or above $1.00 per share, is designed to incentivize market 
participants to add aggressively priced displayed liquidity and direct 
their retail order flow to the Exchange, which the Exchange believes 
would promote price discovery and price formation and deepen liquidity 
that is subject to the Exchange's transparency, regulation, and 
oversight as an exchange, thereby enhancing market quality to the 
benefit of all Members and investors. The Exchange does not believe 
that the negative net capture with respect to Added Displayed Volume 
retail transactions priced at or above $1.00 per share will materially 
impact the capitalization of the Exchange or otherwise impair the 
Exchange's ability to operate or regulate itself. The Exchange is well-
capitalized and the Exchange's parent company, 24X US Holdings LLC, has 
agreed to provide adequate funding for the Exchange's operations, 
including the regulation of the Exchange.
    With respect to orders routed to other markets, the Exchange also 
believes that it is appropriate, reasonable, and consistent with the 
Act to charge a standard fee of $0.0030 for Routed Removed Volume 
retail transactions and 0.30% of the total dollar value for Routed 
Removed Sub-Dollar Volume retail transactions because these fees are 
similar to the fees charged by other exchanges for routed orders that 
remove liquidity from the destination market.\27\ This fee is intended 
to be a simple and transparent fee for RMOs that wish to use routing 
services provided by the Exchange. The Exchange reiterates that the 
routing services offered by the Exchange are completely optional and 
that the Exchange operates in a highly competitive market in which 
market participants can readily select between various providers of 
routing services with different product offerings and different 
pricing. The Exchange believes that its flat fee structure for retail 
orders routed to all away venues is a fair and equitable approach to 
pricing, as it will provide certainty with respect to execution fees. 
The Exchange also believes the standard fee for Routed Removed Volume 
retail transactions is an equitable and not an unfairly discriminatory 
allocation of fees because it applies equally to all RMOs.
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    \27\ See supra note 23.
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    In conclusion, the Exchange submits that its proposed retail fee 
structure satisfies the requirements of Sections 6(b)(4) and 6(b)(5) of 
the Act for the reasons discussed above in that it provides for the 
equitable allocation of reasonable dues, fees, and other charges among 
its Members and other persons using its facilities, does not permit 
unfair discrimination between customers, issuers, brokers, or dealers, 
and 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, particularly as the proposal neither targets 
nor will it have a disparate impact on any particular category of 
market participant. As described more fully below in the Exchange's 
statement regarding the burden on competition, the Exchange believes 
that it is subject to significant competitive forces, and that its 
proposed fee and rebate structure is an appropriate effort to address 
such forces.

B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition

    The Exchange does not believe that the proposed rule change will 
result in any burden on competition that is not necessary or 
appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the Act. Rather, as 
discussed above, the Exchange believes that the proposed change would 
encourage the submission of additional retail order flow to a public 
exchange, thereby promoting market depth, execution incentives, and 
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execution opportunities, as well as price discovery and transparency 
for all Members. As a result, the Exchange believes that the proposed 
change 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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    \28\ Regulation NMS Adopting Release at 37499.
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    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. To the contrary, 
the Exchange believes that the proposed pricing structure will increase 
competition and is intended to draw volume to the Exchange. The 
Exchange believes that the ever-shifting market share among the 
exchanges from month to month demonstrates that market participants can 
shift order flow or reduce use of certain categories of products in 
response to new or different pricing structures being introduced into 
the market. 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. As a new exchange, the Exchange faces intense 
competition from other exchanges and non-exchange venues that provide 
markets for equities trading. With respect to the Exchange's initial 
pricing whereby it will operate with negative net capture with respect 
to retail transactions involving Added Displayed Volume priced at or 
above $1.00 per share, the Exchange is proposing this pricing in an 
effort to encourage market participants to join, connect to, and 
participate on the Exchange. The Exchange expects to modify its pricing 
structure after it has gained sufficient participation from market 
participants to eliminate the negative net capture and instead be 
profitable with respect to such transactions.
    Although this pricing incentive is intended to attract liquidity to 
the Exchange, most other exchanges in operation today already offer 
multiple incentives to their participants, including tiered pricing 
that provides higher rebates or discounted executions, and other 
exchanges will be able to modify such incentives in order to compete 
with the Exchange. As noted above, the Exchange's proposed retail fees 
and rebates are comparable to those offered by other national 
securities exchanges.\29\ Accordingly, with respect to a market 
participant deciding to either submit a retail order to add or remove 
liquidity, there are multiple exchanges that will be competitively 
priced for such orders when compared to the Exchange's pricing. 
Further, while pricing incentives do cause shifts of liquidity between 
trading centers, market participants make determinations on where to 
provide liquidity or route orders to take liquidity based on factors 
other than pricing, including technology, functionality, and other 
considerations. Consequently, the Exchange believes that the degree to 
which its retail fees and rebates could impose any burden on 
competition is extremely limited, and does not believe that such fees 
and rebates would burden competition of Members or competing venues in 
a manner that is not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the 
purposes of the Act.
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    \29\ See supra note 23.
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    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 fees and rebates apply equally to all RMOs. The proposed 
pricing structure is intended to encourage market participants to add 
displayed and non-displayed retail liquidity to the Exchange by 
providing rebates that are comparable to those offered by other 
exchanges as well as to provide a competitive rate charged for removing 
retail liquidity, which the Exchange believes will help to encourage 
RMOs to send retail orders to the Exchange to the benefit of all 
Exchange participants. As the proposed rates are equally applicable to 
all market participants, the Exchange does not believe there is any 
burden on intramarket competition.

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

    No written comments were solicited or received with respect to 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) \30\ of the Act and subparagraph (f)(2) of Rule 19b-4 
thereunder,\31\ because it establishes a due, fee, or other charge 
imposed by the Exchange. 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 under Section 19(b)(2)(B) \32\ of the Act to 
determine whether the proposed rule change should be approved or 
disapproved.
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    \30\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
    \31\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(2).
    \32\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2)(B).
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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#146661787139777b7979717a6067546771773a737b62"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="394b4c555c145a5654545c574d4a794a5c5a175e564f">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>. Please include 
file number SR-24X-2026-07 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-24X-2026-07. 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-24X-2026-07 and should be submitted on 
or before April 7, 2026.

    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. 2026-05126 Filed 3-16-26; 8:45 am]
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