Notice2026-08479

Self-Regulatory Organizations: Miami International Securities Exchange, LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend Exchange Rule 531

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 84 (Friday, May 1, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23479-23483]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-08479]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-105326; File No. SR-MIAX-2026-15]


Self-Regulatory Organizations: Miami International Securities 
Exchange, LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a 
Proposed Rule Change To Amend Exchange Rule 531

April 28, 2026.
    Pursuant to the provisions of Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act''),\1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ notice 
is hereby given that on April 15, 2026, Miami International Securities 
Exchange, LLC (``MIAX'' or ``Exchange'') filed with the Securities and 
Exchange Commission (``Commission'') a proposed rule change as 
described in Items I and II below, which Items have been prepared by 
the Exchange. The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit

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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 Exchange Rule 531(d), the Purge 
Liquidity Taker Report (the ``Report''), to update the timeframe used 
by the Exchange for the time difference between the time the first 
response that executes against the resting quote was received by the 
Exchange and the time that the purge message that was sent by the 
Recipient Member (described below) to cancel that resting quote was 
received by the Exchange.
    The text of the proposed rule change is available on the Exchange's 
website at <a href="https://www.miaxglobal.com/markets/us-options/all-options-exchanges/rule-filings">https://www.miaxglobal.com/markets/us-options/all-options-exchanges/rule-filings</a> and at MIAX's principal office.

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

    In its filing with the Commission, the Exchange included statements 
concerning the purpose of and basis for the proposed rule change and 
discussed any comments it received on the proposed rule change. The 
text of these statements may be examined at the places specified in 
Item IV below. The Exchange has prepared summaries, set forth in 
sections A, B, and C below, of the most significant aspects of such 
statements.

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

1. Purpose
    The Exchange proposes to amend Exchange Rule 531(d) for the Report 
to update the timeframe used by the Exchange for the time difference 
between the time the first response that executes against the resting 
quote \3\ was received by the Exchange and the time that the purge \4\ 
message that was sent by the Recipient Member to cancel that resting 
quote was received by the Exchange.
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    \3\ See Exchange Rule 100.
    \4\ Purge messages are sent over purge ports, which support only 
quote mass cancel messages. See MIAX Options Exchange User Manual, 
Version 1.0.0, Section 5.01 (dated December 12, 2023), available at 
<a href="https://www.miaxglobal.com/miax_options_user_manual.pdf">https://www.miaxglobal.com/miax_options_user_manual.pdf</a>.
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    The Exchange recently filed a proposed rule change with the 
Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') to establish the 
Report.\5\ On March 26, 2026, the Exchange issued an alert announcing 
that the Report would become available for subscription beginning April 
1, 2026.\6\ On March 31, 2026, the Exchange filed a proposed rule 
change with the Commission to, among other things, establish fees for 
the Report.\7\ The Report is an optional product available to Market 
Makers.\8\
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    \5\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 104778 (February 6, 
2026), 91 FR 6276 (February 11, 2026) (SR-MIAX-2026-05).
    \6\ See Trading Alert, MIAX Exchange Group--Options Markets--
Purge Liquidity Taker Report Launching April 1, 2026, available at 
<a href="https://www.miaxglobal.com/alert/2026/03/26/miax-exchange-group-optionsmarkets-purge-liquidity-taker-report-launching-2?nav=all">https://www.miaxglobal.com/alert/2026/03/26/miax-exchange-group-optionsmarkets-purge-liquidity-taker-report-launching-2?nav=all</a>.
    \7\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 105232 (April 14, 
2026) (SR-MIAX-2026-14) (not yet published in the Federal Register).
    \8\ See Exchange Rule 100.
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Report Content, Current Timeframes, and Scope
    The Report is a daily report that provides a Market Maker (referred 
to as the ``Recipient Member'') with the liquidity response/taker time 
details for executions against quotes entered by the Recipient Member 
that are resting on the Simple Order Book \9\ that occur before and 
after the receipt of a purge message sent by the Recipient Member, 
where that Recipient Member attempted to cancel such resting quote 
within certain timeframes. The content of the Report is specific to the 
Recipient Member and the Report does not include any information 
related to any Member \10\ other than the Recipient Member, other than 
certain information about the resting quote. The Exchange restricts all 
other market participants, including the Recipient Member, from 
receiving another market participant's data.
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    \9\ See Exchange Rule 518(a)(17).
    \10\ See Exchange Rule 100.
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    Resting Quote and Contra-Side Response Information. Exchange Rule 
531(d)(1)(i) provides that the following information is included in the 
Report regarding the resting quote and contra-side response: (A) the 
time of execution of a contra-side response against a resting quote; 
(B) symbol; (C) origin type (e.g., Priority Customer,\11\ Market 
Maker); (D) side (buy or sell); (E) displayed price and size of the 
resting quote;\12\ (F) resting liquidity identification number (a 
unique reference number assigned to a new quote at the time of 
receipt); and (G) trade reference number (unique reference number 
assigned to a trade at the time of execution).
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    \11\ See Exchange Rule 100.
    \12\ The Exchange notes that the displayed price and size are 
also disseminated via the Exchange's proprietary data feeds and the 
Options Price Reporting Authority (``OPRA''). The Exchange also 
notes that the displayed price of the resting order may be different 
than the ultimate execution price. This may occur when a resting 
order is displayed and ranked at different prices upon entry to 
avoid a locked or crossed market.
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    Execution Against the Resting Quote Information. Exchange Rule 
531(d)(1)(ii) provides that the following information is included in 
the Report regarding the execution of the resting quote: (A) MBBO \13\ 
at the time of the execution;\14\ and (B) the ABBO \15\ at the time of 
execution.\16\
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    \13\ The term ``MBBO'' means the best bid or offer on the 
Exchange. See Exchange Rule 100.
    \14\ Exchange Rule 531(d)(1)(ii)(A) further provides that if 
multiple contra-side responses execute against a resting quote, only 
the MBBO at the time of the execution against the first response 
will be included.
    \15\ The term ``ABBO'' or ``Away Best Bid or Offer'' means the 
best bid(s) or offer(s) disseminated by other Eligible Exchanges 
(defined in Exchange Rule 1400(g)) and calculated by the Exchange 
based on market information received by the Exchange from OPRA. See 
Exchange Rule 100.
    \16\ Exchange Rule 531(d)(1)(ii)(B) further provides that if 
multiple contra-side responses execute against a resting quote, only 
the ABBO at the time of the execution against the first response 
will be included.
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    Purge Message(s) Sent by Recipient Member Information. Exchange 
Rule 531(d)(1)(iii) provides that the following information is included 
in the Report regarding the purge message(s) sent by the Recipient 
Member to cancel the resting quote: (A) Recipient Member identifier; 
(B) the time a purge message was received by the Exchange; (C) the time 
difference between the time the first response that executes against 
the resting quote was received by the Exchange and the time that the 
purge message that was sent by the Recipient Member to cancel that 
resting quote was received by the Exchange; (D) the time difference 
between the time the purge message that was sent by the Recipient 
Member to cancel the resting quote was received by the Exchange and the 
time of the next response that executes against a resting quote was 
received by the Exchange, after the initial purge message; (E) size and 
type of each response submitted by the contra-side that executes 
against the resting quote before and after the purge message is sent by 
the Recipient Member; and (F) purge message identifier (a unique 
identifier attached to the purge message sent by the Recipient Member).
Timeframes for Data Included in Report
    Exchange Rule 531(d)(2)(i) provides that for the purge message sent 
by the Recipient Member to cancel the resting quote after the response 
that executes against that resting quote is received by the Exchange 
pursuant to paragraph

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(d)(1)(iii)(C) above, the Report includes the data listed in paragraph 
(d)(1) of Exchange Rule 531 within 100 microseconds from the time the 
resting quote was executed against to the Exchange's receipt of the 
purge message. Exchange Rule 531(d)(2)(ii) provides that for the purge 
message sent by the Recipient Member to cancel the resting quote before 
the next response that executes against that resting quote was received 
by the Exchange pursuant to paragraph (d)(1)(iii)(D) above, the Report 
includes the data listed in paragraph (d)(1) of Exchange Rule 531 
within 200 microseconds from the time the Exchange received the purge 
message to when the Exchange receives the next execution.
Scope of Data Included in the Report
    Exchange Rule 531(d)(3) provides that the Report only includes 
trading data related to the Recipient Member and will not include any 
other Member's trading data other than that listed in paragraphs (1)(i) 
and (ii) of Exchange Rule 531(d), as described above.
Historical Data
    Exchange Rule 531(d)(4) specifies that the Report contains 
historical data from the previous trading day and will be available 
after the end of the trading day, generally on a T+1 basis.
Proposal
    The Exchange proposes to amend Exchange Rule 531(d)(2)(i) to 
increase the timeframe for the time difference between the time the 
first response that executes against the resting quote was received by 
the Exchange and the time that the purge message that was sent by the 
Recipient Member to cancel that resting quote was received by the 
Exchange. In particular, the Exchange proposes to amend Exchange Rule 
531(d)(2)(i) to provide that for the purge message sent by the 
Recipient Member to cancel the resting quote after the response that 
executes against that resting quote is received by the Exchange 
pursuant to paragraph (d)(1)(iii)(C) above, the Purge Liquidity Taker 
Report will include the data listed in paragraph (d)(1) of Exchange 
Rule 531 within 500 microseconds (instead of 100 microseconds) from the 
time the resting quote was executed against to the Exchange's receipt 
of the purge message.\17\
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    \17\ For example, with the proposed change, Market Maker A 
provides two-sided quotes in a particular symbol and Member B, at 
some point thereafter, submits a marketable order to execute against 
Market Maker A's resting quotes. Within 500 microseconds (up from 
100 microseconds) of submission of Member B's order, Market Maker A 
sends a purge message to cancel all or a subset of the quotes. 
Because Member B's order is processed at the matching engine by the 
Exchange before Market Maker A's purge message, Member B's order 
executes against Market Maker A's quotes. The Report would provide 
Market Maker A the data points necessary for that firm to calculate 
by how much time they missed canceling all or a subset of their 
quotes for that particular symbol.
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    The purpose of this change is for subscribers to the Report to see 
additional data points regarding their interactions with the Exchange 
to purge resting quotes when those quotes were executed prior to the 
Exchange receiving the purge message. The proposed increased timeframe 
should provide Recipient Members with a greater understanding of how 
much time their purge message(s) missed canceling a resting quote after 
that quote was executed. As currently provided under Exchange Rule 
531(d)(2)(i), the Recipient Member would only see the information 
provided in the Report if their purge message missed canceling a quote 
in 100 microseconds or less from when that quote was executed. By 
increasing the timeframe, Recipient Members will be able to receive the 
information provided for in the Report within 500 microseconds or less 
from when that quote was executed. The Exchange believes this longer 
timeframe better serves the purpose of the Report by providing Market 
Makers with greater opportunities to improve quote cancel success, 
particularly as market conditions change throughout the day and Market 
Makers seek to update their quotes accordingly.
    The Exchange does not propose to amend the content, any other 
timeframes or scope of the Report and will continue to make the Report 
available after the end of the trading day, generally on a T+1 basis.
2. Statutory Basis
    The Exchange believes the proposed rule change is consistent with 
the Act and the rules and regulations thereunder applicable to the 
Exchange and, in particular, the requirements of Section 6(b) of the 
Act.\18\ Specifically, the Exchange believes the proposed rule change 
is consistent with the Section 6(b)(5) \19\ requirements that the rules 
of an exchange be designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts 
and practices, to promote just and equitable principles of trade, to 
foster cooperation and coordination with persons engaged in regulating, 
clearing, settling, processing information with respect to, and 
facilitating transactions in securities, to remove impediments to and 
perfect the mechanism of a free and open market and a national market 
system, and, in general, to protect investors and the public interest. 
Additionally, the Exchange believes the proposed rule change is 
consistent with the Section 6(b)(5) \20\ requirement that the rules of 
an exchange not be designed to permit unfair discrimination between 
customers, issuers, brokers, or dealers.
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    \18\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
    \19\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
    \20\ Id.
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    The Exchange believes the proposed change to amend the Report to 
increase the timeframe for the time difference between the time the 
first response that executes against the resting quote was received by 
the Exchange and the time that the purge message that was sent by the 
Recipient Member to cancel that resting quote was received by the 
Exchange removes impediments to and perfects the mechanism of a free 
and open market. This is because the proposed increased timeframe 
should further enhance the usefulness of the Report, which is designed 
to aid Market Makers by improving quote cancel success, particularly as 
market conditions change throughout the day and Market Makers seek to 
update their quotes accordingly.
    The Exchange believes that with the proposed change, the Report 
continues to promote just and equitable principles of trade because it 
would provide latency information in a systematized way and 
standardized format to any Member that chooses to subscribe to the 
Report, as proposed to be amended by the increased timeframe. The 
Report will continue to not be a real-time market data product and will 
provide only historical data for the previous trading day, generally on 
a T+1 basis. Further, the data included in the Report, including 
additional data that may be provided with the increased timeframe, 
would continue to be specific to the Recipient Member regarding 
incoming purge messages that failed to cancel resting quotes ahead of 
an execution against those quotes.
    The Report was designed for Market Makers that are interested in 
gaining insight into latency in connection with their purge messages 
that failed to cancel resting quotes. The Exchange believes that 
increasing the timeframe is consistent with facilitating transactions 
in securities, removing impediments to and perfecting the mechanism of 
a free and open market and a national market system, and, in general, 
protecting investors and the public interest because it provides 
additional information and insight to subscribing market participants 
regarding their interactions with the Exchange. More specifically, the 
Report, as proposed to

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be modified herein, will continue to provide greater visibility by 
showing how much time a purge message missed canceling a quote, 
particularly as market conditions change throughout the day and Market 
Makers attempt to cancel and replace quotes in certain symbols.
    Additionally, the proposal would not permit unfair discrimination 
because the Report will continue to be available to all Exchange Market 
Makers and all Market Makers that subscribe will receive the same data 
points for the same timeframe, with the information specific to the 
Recipient Member.

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, as amended. 
Rather, the Exchange believes that the proposal may promote or enhance 
intra-market competition because subscribers to the Report will see 
additional data points regarding their interactions with the Exchange 
to purge resting quotes when those quotes were executed prior to the 
Exchange receiving the purge message. The proposed increased timeframe 
should provide Recipient Members with a greater understanding of how 
much time their purge message(s) missed canceling a resting quote after 
that quote was executed. The Exchange believes this longer timeframe 
may promote intra-market competition by providing Market Makers with 
greater opportunities to improve quote cancel success, particularly as 
market conditions change throughout the day and Market Makers seek to 
update their quotes accordingly. Furthermore, this product offering is 
entirely optional and is available to any Market Maker that believes 
this data will be helpful for their business purposes. As such, the 
Exchange does not believe this proposed rule change places any burden 
on intra-market competition that is not necessary or appropriate in 
furtherance of the purposes of the Act.
    The Exchange also believes this proposal does not place any burden 
on inter-market competition that is not necessary or appropriate in 
furtherance of the purposes of the Act because other exchanges may 
offer similar reports and products that contain similar data points as 
the Report that are applicable to resting quotes and cancel messages of 
market participants of those exchanges. Accordingly, the Exchange 
believes this proposed rule change permits fair competition among 
national securities exchanges.

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

    Written comments were neither solicited nor received.

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

    Because the foregoing proposed rule change does not: (i) 
significantly affect the protection of investors or the public 
interest; (ii) impose any significant burden on competition; and (iii) 
become operative for 30 days after the date of the filing, or such 
shorter time as the Commission may designate, it has become effective 
pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A)(iii) of the Act \21\ and subparagraph 
(f)(6) of Rule 19b-4 thereunder.\22\
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    \21\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(iii).
    \22\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6). In addition, Rule 19b-4(f)(6) 
requires a self-regulatory organization to give the Commission 
written notice of its intent to file the proposed rule change, along 
with a brief description and text of the proposed rule change, at 
least five business days prior to the date of filing of the proposed 
rule change, or such shorter time as designated by the Commission. 
The Exchange has satisfied this requirement.
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    A proposed rule change filed under Rule 19b-4(f)(6) \23\ normally 
does not become operative prior to 30 days after the date of the 
filing. However, pursuant to Rule 19b-4(f)(6)(iii),\24\ the Commission 
may designate a shorter time if such action is consistent with the 
protection of investors and the public interest. The Exchange requests 
that the Commission waive the 30-day operative delay so that the 
proposed rule change may become operative immediately upon filing. The 
Exchange states that the proposed changes will not adversely impact 
investors and will permit the Exchange to immediately offer the Report 
with the increased timeframe to Market Makers. The Exchange also states 
that the proposed increased timeframe should further enhance the 
usefulness of the Report, which is designed to aid Market Makers by 
improving quote cancel success, particularly as market conditions 
change throughout the day and Market Makers seek to update their quotes 
accordingly. Finally, the Exchange states that this product offering is 
entirely optional and is available to any Market Maker that believes 
this data will be helpful for their business purposes. For these 
reasons, and because the proposal raises no new or novel legal or 
regulatory issues, the Commission finds that waiver of the 30-day 
operative delay is consistent with the protection of investors and the 
public interest. Accordingly, the Commission waives the 30-day 
operative delay and designates the proposed rule change to be operative 
upon filing.\25\
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    \23\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6).
    \24\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6)(iii).
    \25\ For purposes only of waiving the 30-day operative delay, 
the Commission has considered the proposed rule's impact on 
efficiency, competition, and capital formation. See 15 U.S.C. 
78c(f).
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    At any time within 60 days of the filing of the proposed rule 
change, the Commission summarily may temporarily suspend such rule 
change if it appears to the Commission that such action is necessary or 
appropriate in the public interest, for the protection of investors, or 
otherwise in furtherance of the purposes of the Act. If the Commission 
takes such action, the Commission shall institute proceedings to 
determine whether the proposed rule should be approved or disapproved.

IV. Solicitation of Comments

    Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views, and 
arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether the proposed rule 
change is consistent with the Act. Comments may be submitted by any of 
the following methods:

Electronic Comments

    <bullet> Use the Commission's internet comment form (<a href="http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml">http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml</a>); or
    <bullet> Send an email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#96e4e3faf3bbf5f9fbfbf3f8e2e5d6e5f3f5b8f1f9e0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ddafa8b1b8f0beb2b0b0b8b3a9ae9daeb8bef3bab2ab">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>. Please include 
File Number SR- MIAX-2026-15 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

    <bullet> Send paper comments in triplicate to Vanessa Countryman, 
Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE, 
Washington, DC 20549-1090.

All submissions should refer to file number SR-MIAX-2026-15. 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.

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    All submissions should refer to file number SR-MIAX-2026-15 and 
should be submitted on or before May 22, 2026.

    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) and (59).
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Vanessa A. Countryman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2026-08479 Filed 4-30-26; 8:45 am]
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