Notice2026-09124

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Adopt a Stock Loan Inventory Functionality for Silexx

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 89 (Friday, May 8, 2026)]
[Notices]
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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. 34-105369; File No. SR-CBOE-2026-045]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe Exchange, Inc.; Notice of 
Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Adopt a 
Stock Loan Inventory Functionality for Silexx

May 5, 2026.
    Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
(the ``Act''),\1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given 
that on April 28, 2026, 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 
Exchange filed the proposal as a ``non-controversial'' proposed rule 
change pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A)(iii) of the Act \3\ and Rule 
19b-4(f)(6) thereunder.\4\ The Commission is publishing this notice to 
solicit comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \3\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(iii).
    \4\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6).
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance 
of the Proposed Rule Change

    The Exchange proposes to add a real-time broker stock loan 
inventory functionality for Silexx.
    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 (<a href="https://www.cboe.com/us/options/regulation/rule_filings/bzx/">https://www.cboe.com/us/options/regulation/rule_filings/bzx/</a>), 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 proposes to add a real-time broker stock loan 
inventory functionality to Silexx (the ``Short Locate Service''). As 
discussed further below, the Short Locate Service is a new FIX 
connectivity offering that a broker utilizing Silexx (a ``Silexx 
broker'') may provide to its customers utilizing Silexx (a ``Silexx 
user''). This allows for the Silexx broker to provide its Silexx users 
with a real-time view of the Silexx broker's inventory. This Short 
Locate Service will be requested, and purchased, by the Silexx broker 
and provided to its Silexx users. The Exchange believes that the 
integration of the Short Locate Service into a Silexx user's interface 
will create a more efficient process for Silexx users and brokers 
alike.
    By way of background, the Silexx platform consists of a ``front-
end'' order entry and management trading platform (also referred to as 
the ``Silexx terminal'') for listed stocks and options that supports 
both simple and complex orders, and a ``back-end'' platform which 
provides connection to the infrastructure network. The Silexx

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platform (collectively, the front-end and back-end platform) has the 
capability to send options orders to the U.S. options exchanges, send 
stock orders to the U.S. stock exchanges (and other trading centers), 
and input parameters to control the size, timing, and other variables 
of their trades. The Silexx platform can also provide users with access 
to real-time options and stock market data, as well as access to 
certain historical data. The Silexx platform is designed so that a 
Silexx user may enter orders into the platform to send to a Silexx 
broker (including Trading Permit Holders (``TPHs'')) of its choice and 
such Silexx broker will then send the orders to Cboe Options (if the 
broker is a TPH) or other U.S. exchanges (and trading centers) in 
accordance with the Silexx user's instructions. The Silexx platform is 
a software application that is installed locally on a user's desktop. 
Silexx grants users licenses to use the platform, and a firm or 
individual does not need to be a TPH to license the platform.
    As noted above, Silexx users may utilize the Silexx platform to 
send stock orders to the U.S. stock exchanges as well as other trading 
centers. Amongst other order types, Silexx users may choose to enter 
short sell orders into the Silexx platform. A short sale is the sale of 
a security which the seller does not own or any sale which is 
consummated by the delivery of a security borrowed by, or for the 
account of, the seller.\5\ Short sales are governed by Regulation 
SHO,\6\ which, amongst other things, mandates that prior to effecting a 
short sale in a stock, that the executing broker has (i) borrowed the 
security, (ii) entered into a bona-fide arrangement to borrow the 
security, or (iii) has reasonable grounds to believe that the security 
can be borrowed so that it can be delivery on the date delivery is due 
(the ``Locate Requirement'').\7\ However, there are exceptions to the 
Locate Requirement under Regulation SHO.
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    \5\ See 17 CFR 242.200--Definition of ``short sale'' and marking 
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    \6\ See Regulation SHO, Regulation of Short Sales, 17 CFR 
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    \7\ See Regulation SHO, Borrowing and delivery requirements, 17 
CFR 242.203(b)(1)-(2).
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    Specifically that the Locate Requirement does not apply to (i) a 
broker or dealer that has accepted a short sale order from another 
registered broker or dealer that is required to comply with the Locate 
Requirement, unless the broker or dealer relying on this exception 
contractually undertook responsibility for compliance with the Locate 
Requirement; (ii) any sale of a security that a person is deemed to own 
pursuant to Sec.  242.200, provided that the broker or dealer has been 
reasonably informed that the person intends to deliver such security as 
soon as all restrictions on delivery have been removed; if the person 
has not delivered such security within 35 days after the trade date, 
the broker-dealer that effected the sale must borrow securities or 
close out the short position by purchasing securities of like kind and 
quantity; (iii) short sales effected by a market maker in connection 
with bona-fide market making activities in the security for which this 
exception is claimed; and (iv) transactions in security futures.\8\
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    \8\ See 17 CFR $242.203(b)(2).
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    Today, when a Silexx user enters a short sale order into the Silexx 
platform, they may either (if they are a broker-dealer) route that 
order directly to a U.S. stock exchange, or another trading venue 
(e.g., an off-exchange trading venue such as an alternative trading 
system). Alternatively, a Silexx user (both broker-dealers and non-
broker-dealers) may choose to route their short sale order to a Silexx 
broker with which the Silexx user has a pre-existing relationship. To 
comply with the Locate Requirement, the Silexx user must locate the 
security to be sold short. Today, the manner in which a Silexx user 
satisfies the Locate Requirement depends on whether the security to be 
sold short is easy to borrow (``ETB'') \9\ or hard to borrow 
(``HTB'').\10\ In either case, the Silexx user must ensure that their 
short sale order ticket is populated with a locate ID, which is a value 
identifying the broker-dealer the Silexx user has located as the source 
from which they can borrow the security to be sold short. If a sell 
short order does not have a valid locate ID, Silexx will not allow the 
order to proceed to an exchange or trading center, or to an executing 
broker.\11\
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    \9\ For the sake of clarity, the term ``easy to borrow'' or 
``ETB'' is generally understood to refer to stocks that are 
typically highly liquid and as such, are often readily available for 
borrowing.
    \10\ For the sake of clarity, the term ``hard to borrow or 
``HTB'' is generally understood to refer to stocks that are not easy 
to borrow.
    \11\ The Locate ID represents the lending entity and documents 
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Current ETB Short Sale Workflow

    Currently, Silexx users wishing to sell short a security rely on 
ETB lists to satisfy the Locate Requirement.\12\ An ETB list is a 
catalogue of securities that a Silexx broker has in its inventory, and 
the quantity that is available to be borrowed by a market participant 
that seeks to sell short a stock. Today, Silexx brokers upload their 
ETB Lists to Silexx on a daily basis, and Silexx users who have 
relationships with these Silexx brokers may use these ETB lists to 
locate a Silexx broker from which the security can be borrowed. A 
Silexx user may have access to one or several ETB lists, depending on 
the number of Silexx brokers with which they maintain relationships. 
Once the Silexx user enters a short sale order the Silexx platform will 
utilize the ETB list(s) the Silexx user has access to, and should the 
security appear on an ETB list, Silexx will populate the Silexx user's 
short sale order with a relevant locate ID.
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    \12\ See ``Division of Market Regulation: Responses to 
Frequently Asked Questions Concerning Regulation SHO,'' Question 
4.2: How may broker-dealers use Easy to Borrow lists?'' available 
at: <a href="https://www.sec.gov/rules-regulations/staff-guidance/trading-markets-frequently-asked-questions-8">https://www.sec.gov/rules-regulations/staff-guidance/trading-markets-frequently-asked-questions-8</a>.
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    Currently, the inventory, quantity, and borrowing costs of 
securities on ETB lists are static, and do not update in real-time. As 
such, a Silexx user may inadvertently sell short a security based on an 
inaccurate view of the available quantity of a security a Silexx broker 
has available to lend, and/or based on an inaccurate understanding of 
the cost of borrowing a security at the time of the transaction.

Current HTB Short Sale Workflow

    Silexx users cannot rely on the ETB workflow for HTB securities. 
Instead, Silexx users utilize processes and systems outside of Silexx 
to locate a broker-dealer from which the subject security can be 
borrowed. Once that locate is identified the Silexx user must then 
manually enter the locate ID into their order ticket. If no locate ID 
is populated, Silexx will not allow the order to proceed. These manual 
processes can make short selling in Silexx more time consuming and less 
efficient than necessary.
Proposed Short Sale Workflow
    Based on Silexx broker feedback, the Exchange now seeks to enhance 
Silexx's short sale workflows by implementing functionality providing 
Silexx users with a real-time view of the stock loan inventory of a 
Silexx broker with which they have a stock lending relationship 
(``Short Locate Service''). Under the new proposed Silexx offering, a 
Silexx broker may permission its users to have a live view into its 
inventory (including both ETB and HTB stocks). The inventory will note 
both the quantity available and the fee at which a Silexx broker will 
loan the security. A Silexx user may also automatically send a request 
using this Silexx offering to its broker to borrow the stock in 
question, which the broker can respond to. After

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the Silexx broker responds, the locate ID is automatically populated 
for the user when its order is sent.
    Specifically, the Exchange seeks to integrate the Silexx Platform 
with the stock locate systems of Silexx brokers via FIX ports that 
Silexx brokers may purchase from the Exchange, which a Silexx broker 
can then make available to its Silexx users.\13\ By connecting via FIX 
to a Silexx broker's stock locate system, Silexx users will have a tool 
that provides them with real-time visibility into a Silexx broker's 
stock loan inventory,\14\ the quantity available for borrowing, the 
pricing for borrowing a security, as well as acceptance controls to 
secure a locate and potential borrow from the broker-dealer. By 
streamlining sell short workflows within Silexx, Silexx users will be 
able to more efficiently execute short sale transactions in the Silexx 
platform, thereby enhancing their ability to comply with the Locate 
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    \13\ The Exchange will separately submit a fee filing for the 
FIX ports described herein.
    \14\ It is ultimately up to the brokers to communicate the 
inventory to Silexx. When a broker pushes an update of its inventory 
to Silexx, Silexx will reflect that change via the FIX connection to 
the Broker's Silexx users.
    \15\ Silexx users must comply with Regulation SHO, Borrowing and 
delivery requirements, 17 CFR 242.203(b)(1)-(2), regardless of how 
they use the Silexx platform.
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    The proposed functionality will enable Silexx users to view the 
available borrowable quantity of a security on an ETB list, and the 
related borrowing costs, in real-time.\16\ As noted above, the ETB list 
in Silexx, today, is static in nature. As such, a Silexx user may 
inadvertently sell short a security based on an inaccurate 
understanding of the cost of borrowing a security at the time of the 
transaction. By enhancing Silexx to provide a real-time view of ETB 
lists, Silexx users will have a better view of the lending market for a 
security and will be better enabled to comply with the Locate 
Requirement.
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    \16\ The quantity available will decrease upon a user borrowing.
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    The Exchange also seeks to enhance Silexx short sale functionality 
by providing Silexx users with a real-time view into a Silexx broker's 
inventory for securities that are HTB. This functionality will enable 
Silexx users to view the inventory of a Silexx broker, with which they 
have a pre-existing relationship, in real-time, as well as request in 
real-time the cost of obtaining a locate for and borrowing a subject 
security. Once a locate on a security has been identified and agreed 
to, the Silexx platform will populate the Silexx user's short sale 
order ticket with the relevant locate ID and will, based on the Silexx 
user's instruction, either route the order to an exchange or trading 
center, or to a Silexx broker. By eliminating the manual processes that 
exist in Silexx today, Silexx users will have a more efficient and 
expeditious way to execute short transactions in HTB securities.
    To illustrate the proposed enhancements, consider the following 
examples:

Example 1: Current State--ETB

    A Silexx user enters an order into the Silexx platform to sell 
short security, ABC. Upon entry of the short sale order, Silexx will 
use the ETB list(s) to which the Silexx user has access, to verify 
whether ABC is on an ETB list. If ABC is easy to borrow, Silexx will 
populate the Silexx user's short sale order ticket with a relevant 
locate ID. Silexx will then allow the order to proceed to an exchange 
or trading venue for execution, or to an executing broker of the Silexx 
user's choosing. Notably, when accessing the ETB list(s), the Silexx 
user is not viewing in real-time the available quantity a lending 
broker-dealer has in inventory, or the real-time cost of borrowing such 
a security.

Example 2: Proposed State--ETB

    A Silexx user enters an order into the Silexx platform to sell 
short security ABC. Upon entry of the short sale order, Silexx will use 
the ETB list(s) to which the Silexx user has access to verify whether 
ABC is on an ETB list. If ABC is easy to borrow, Silexx will populate 
the Silexx user's short sale order ticket with a relevant locate ID. 
Silexx will then allow the order to proceed to an exchange or trading 
venue for execution, or to an executing broker of the Silexx user's 
choosing. However, with the implementation of the proposed 
functionality, the Silexx user's view of the ETB list(s) will now be in 
real-time, and Silexx will now see a real-time view of the quantity of 
ABC the Silexx broker has in its inventory to lend. As such, the true 
cost of borrowing is known at the time of order entry.

Example 3: Current State--HTB

    A Silexx user enters an order to sell short security, XYZ, into the 
Silexx platform. XYZ is HTB, and the Locate Requirement must be 
satisfied in a different manner. The Silexx user then sources a locate 
for security, XYZ, utilizing systems and/or processes that exist 
outside of Silexx. Once the Silexx user has located a broker-dealer 
from which they can borrow XYZ, the Silexx user then manually populates 
their Silexx short sale order ticket with a valid locate ID. With a 
valid locate ID, Silexx allows the order to proceed, and handles the 
order according to the Silexx user's instructions.

Example 4: Proposed State--HTB

    A Silexx user enters an order to sell short security, XYZ, into the 
Silexx platform. XYZ is HTB and the Locate Requirements must be 
satisfied in a different manner. Now, under the proposed functionality, 
rather than utilizing processes and system outside of Silexx, and 
having to manually input the locate ID into the Silexx short sale order 
ticket, the Silexx user can utilize the enhanced Silexx short sale 
functionality. Specifically, upon a Silexx user entering its order to 
sell short, XYZ, Silexx will view the stock loan inventory of Silexx 
brokers with which the Silexx user has a stock lending relationship. In 
doing so, the Silexx user has a real time view of the quantity of a 
security available to borrow, and the real-time cost of locating and 
potentially borrowing such security. Once a Silexx broker has been 
identified as a locate source, Silexx will populate the Silexx user's 
short sale order ticket with the relevant locate ID, and from there, 
will allow the sell short order to proceed.

Connectivity

    As noted above, the use of this service will be through a new FIX 
offering (as opposed to the existing ETB list which is a daily file 
that is integrated into a Silexx user's platform). Silexx brokers will 
pay a monthly fee for this proposed FIX session \17\ which they can 
then permission its users for access to the FIX locate inventory user 
interface (including both ETB and HTB stocks) and Silexx users can 
route short locate requests directly to their Silexx brokers. The 
Exchange notes that there will be no additional connectivity 
requirements for a Silexx broker's Silexx user(s) (i.e., Silexx users 
will not need to pay for any additional connectivity).
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    \17\ The Exchange will submit a fee filing to the Commission 
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    The proposed Short Locate Service, would be a new FIX offering 
separate from the existing FIX offerings \18\ for Cboe Silexx.\19\ This 
FIX connection would be requested by the Silexx

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broker, from which, the Silexx broker can allow its Silexx users access 
to its inventory. These Silexx users would then be permissioned for a 
live view of the Silexx broker's inventory and may also use this FIX 
connection to directly submit an inquiry to the Silexx broker about a 
specific stock through a streamlined process for its inventory. The 
integration of the Short Locate Service into a Silexx user's interface 
will create a more efficient process for Silexx users and brokers 
alike.
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    \18\ Currently in Cboe Silexx, the FIX ports can fulfill a 
variety of purposes, one of which includes sending execution 
messages to customers from their executing brokers, which, in turn, 
allows customers to update positions, risk calculations, and 
streamline back-office functions.
    \19\ See Cboe Exchange, Inc., Silexx Fee Schedule, noting the 
monthly cost for a FIX connection for staged orders, drop copies, 
and order routing functionality for FIX connections. For example, 
the current schedule allows for staged Drop Copies, and Order 
Routing Functionality for FIX Connections for $250/month/FIX 
connection that is paid for by the user.
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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.\20\ Specifically, the 
Exchange believes the proposed rule change is consistent with the 
Section 6(b)(5) \21\ 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) \22\ requirement that the rules of an exchange not be 
designed to permit unfair discrimination between customers, issuers, 
brokers, or dealers.
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    \20\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
    \21\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
    \22\ Id.
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    In particular, the Exchange believes that offering the proposed 
Short Locate Service protects investors and is in the public interest 
because it will allow Silexx users to more efficiently fulfill their 
regulatory obligations under the Locate Requirement. By allowing Silexx 
users access to a tool that provides them with automated real-time 
visibility into its Silexx broker's stock loan inventory, Silexx users 
will be able to streamline their workflows in a more efficient manner. 
By streamlining sell short workflows within Silexx, Silexx users will 
be able to more efficiently execute short sale transactions in the 
Silexx platform, thereby enhancing their ability to comply with the 
Locate Requirement.
    The Exchange believes the proposed rule change does not 
discriminate among market participants because use of the Cboe Silexx 
platform, and more specifically, the proposed short sale functionality, 
is completely voluntary. The Short Locate Service is available as a 
convenience to Silexx broker, and in turn, their Silexx users. Silexx 
brokers may continue to use the daily ETB file and are under no 
obligation to use the Short Locate Service. Additionally, the proposed 
functionality will be available to all Silexx brokers who find value in 
this service.
    Silexx brokers can provide the proposed functionality to allow its 
Silexx users that have a relationship with the Silexx broker to access 
a tool that provides them with automated real-time visibility into a 
Silexx broker's stock loan inventory, the quantity available for 
borrowing, the pricing for borrowing a security, as well as acceptance 
controls to secure a borrow from the Silexx broker.
    The Exchange believes that this additional, optional functionality 
that Silexx brokers may purchase and offer to its users will create a 
more efficient process for users and brokers alike.

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 proposed change will not 
impose any burden on intramarket competition that is not necessary or 
appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the Act because the 
Exchange will make the Short Locate Service available to all Silexx 
brokers who believe their Silexx users would benefit from this optional 
service.
    As described in detail above, the use of the Short Locate Service 
will be completely voluntary and Silexx brokers may continue to use the 
existing ETB file if they believe it better fits their use case.\23\ 
The proposed functionality is not an exclusive means of complying with 
a Silexx user's requirements under the Locate Requirement, and if 
market participant believe that other products, vendors, front-end 
builds, etc. available in the marketplace are more beneficial than the 
proposed functionality, they may simply use those products instead. Use 
of such functionality is completely voluntary.
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    \23\ See Cboe-Silexx-Announcement_v23-6_20230620.pdf, announcing 
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    The Exchange does not believe that the proposed change will impose 
any burden on intermarket competition that is not necessary or 
appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the Act because Cboe 
Options will be offering a type of product that is widely available 
throughout the industry.\24\ As noted above, market participants can 
also develop their own proprietary products with the same 
functionality. The Exchange will also continue to offer the ability for 
users to continue using the daily ETB file.
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    \24\ See e.g., Takion Technologies.
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C. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Comments on the Proposed 
Rule Change Received From Members, Participants, or Others

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

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

    Because the foregoing proposed rule change does not:
    A. significantly affect the protection of investors or the public 
interest;
    B. impose any significant burden on competition; and
    C. become operative for 30 days from the date on which it was 
filed, or such shorter time as the Commission may designate, it has 
become effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act \25\ and 
Rule 19b-4(f)(6) \26\ thereunder. 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 will institute proceedings to determine whether the proposed 
rule change should be approved or disapproved.
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    \25\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
    \26\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6).
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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#2351564f460e404c4e4e464d5750635046400d444c55"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4c3e392029612f2321212922383f0c3f292f622b233a">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>. Please include 
file number SR-CBOE-2026-045 on the subject line.

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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-2026-045. 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-2026-045 and should be submitted on 
or before May 29, 2026.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\27\
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    \27\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2026-09124 Filed 5-7-26; 8:45 am]
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