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Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE American LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Amend Rule 7.10E, Clearly Erroneous Executions

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 176 (Monday, September 14, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58201-58203]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-18667]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-106315; File No. SR-NYSEAMER-2026-80]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE American LLC; Notice of 
Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Amend 
Rule 7.10E, Clearly Erroneous Executions

September 9, 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 September 2, 2026, NYSE American LLC (``NYSE American'' or the 
``Exchange'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the 
``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in Items I and II 
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 amend Rule 7.10E (``Clearly Erroneous 
Executions'') in light of the Commission's approval of Overnight 
Protected Bands for 23/5 Trading. The proposed rule change is available 
on the Exchange's website at <a href="http://www.nyse.com">www.nyse.com</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 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 
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change

1. Purpose
    NYSE American LLC (``NYSE American'' or the ``Exchange'') proposes 
to amend proposes to amend Rule 7.10E (``Clearly Erroneous 
Executions'') in light of the Commission's approval of Overnight 
Protected Bands under the LULD Plan for 23/5 Trading.
Background
    In conjunction with the industry's plans for the introduction of 
trading 23 hours a day, 5 days a week (``23/5 Trading''), the Operating 
Committee of the Plan to Address Extraordinary Market Volatility 
(``LULD Plan'') filed proposed Amendment 27 to the LULD Plan, which 
proposed to establish price band protections during overnight trading 
hours (``Overnight Price Bands'').\4\ The Operating Committee proposed 
that the Overnight Price Bands would initially be temporary static 
bands 20% above and below two reference points, and that after 
implementation, the Operating Committee would evaluate the performance 
of such Overnight Price Bands and propose appropriate changes in a new 
plan amendment.\5\ On August 5, 2026, the Commission approved the 
proposal.\6\
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    \4\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 105596 (June 1, 
2026), 91 FR 33774 (June 4, 2026) (File No. 4-631) (Notice of Filing 
of 27th Amendment to the National Market System Plan).
    \5\ See id.
    \6\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 106042 (August 5, 
2026), 91 FR 51515 (August 10, 2026) (File No. 4-631) (Order 
Granting Approval of the 27th Amendment to the National Market 
System Plan to Address Extraordinary Market Volatility to Establish 
Temporary Price Band Protections in Overnight Trading).
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    In light of the Commission's approval of these changes to the LULD 
Plan, the Exchange now proposes several amendments to Rule 7.10E 
regarding Clearly Erroneous Executions. In general, the rule describes 
the process a market participant may use to request cancellation of a 
transaction that was ``clearly erroneous.'' The current rule's central 
premise is that if LULD Price Bands under the LULD Plan were available 
and correct at the time the transaction was executed, the transaction 
is not eligible for clearly erroneous review. Specifically, Rule 
7.10E(c)(1) currently provides that ``[i]f the execution time of the 
transaction(s) under review is during the Core Trading Session, the 
transaction will not be reviewable as clearly erroneous'' except in 
certain limited circumstances, including when (A) the transaction is in 
an NMS stock that is not subject to the LULD Plan (e.g., rights and 
warrants), (B) the transaction was executed at a time with LULD Price 
Bands were unavailable or trading should have been prevented due to a 
regulatory halt or other halt, or (C) several other limited 
circumstances.\7\ In approving the existing version of the rule, the 
Commission noted that restricting clearly erroneous review in this way 
during times when LULD Price Bands were in effect was ``consistent with 
the Act and will further the goal of providing greater certainty to 
market participants that trades executed within the Price Bands will 
stand and not be broken. . . . Thus, the proposal is designed to limit 
the potential discordance between the LULD mechanism and CEE review 
process.'' \8\
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    \7\ See Rule 7.10E(c)(1)(A), (B), and (C).
    \8\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 95658 (September 1, 
2022), 87 FR 55060 at 55063 (September 8, 2022) (SR-CboeBZX-2022-
037) (Order Approving a Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by 
Amendment Nos. 1 and 2, to Amend BZX Rule 11.17, Clearly Erroneous 
Executions).
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    Currently, LULD Price Bands are available only during the Core 
Trading Session, meaning that the restrictions on clearly erroneous 
review described above apply only during the Core Trading Session. With 
the introduction of Overnight Price Bands, the Exchange now proposes to 
extend the existing restrictions on clearly erroneous review to the 
period when Overnight Price Bands are in place. This proposed change 
would be consistent with the Commission's rationale in approving the 
current version of the rule because it would limit any potential 
discordance between the LULD mechanism and CEE review in the overnight 
trading session, providing greater certainty to market participants 
that trades executed with the Overnight Price Bands will stand and not 
be broken.

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Proposed Changes to Rule 7.10E(c)(1)
    To implement this change, the Exchange proposes to add several 
definitions to Rule 7.10E(c)(1). First, the Exchange would add that the 
term ``LULD Protected Hours'' includes the Core Trading Session and 
``Overnight Protected Hours'' defined in Section VIII of the LULD Plan. 
Second, the Exchange would define ``LULD Price Bands'' or ``Price 
Bands'' to mean the Price Bands defined in Section V of the LULD Plan 
(i.e., the Price Bands that apply during the Core Trading Session) and 
``Overnight Price Bands'' as defined in Section VIII of the LULD Plan 
(i.e., the Price Bands that apply to the Overnight Protected Hours from 
9:00 p.m. ET through 4:00 a.m. ET).
    The Exchange proposes to amend the current first sentence of Rule 
7.10E(c)(1) to replace the phrase ``Core Trading Session'' with ``LULD 
Protected Hours,'' to provide that ``[i]f the execution time of the 
transaction(s) under review is during LULD Protected Hours, the 
transaction will not be reviewable as clearly erroneous . . . .'' This 
change would extend the LULD-based restrictions on clearly erroneous 
review currently in place during the Core Trading Session to the 
Overnight Protected Hours.
    The Exchange also proposes to amend Rule 7.10E(c)(1)(B)'s reference 
to ``Percentage Parameter'' to incorporate the Percentage Parameter 
that applies to Overnight Protected Hours. The amended provision would 
provide for the applicability of clearly erroneous review if the price 
of the transaction to buy (sell) that is the subject of the clearly 
erroneous complaint is greater than (less than) the Reference Price by 
an amount that equals or exceeds the applicable Percentage Parameter 
defined in Appendix A to the LULD Plan (with respect to the Price Bands 
that apply during the Core Trading Session) or the ``Overnight 
Percentage Parameter defined in Section VIII of the LULD Plan'' (with 
respect to Overnight Protected Hours).
    In addition to these changes, the Exchange also proposes to make a 
non-substantive change to Rule 7.10E(c)(1)(A), substituting the term 
``LULD Plan'' for the current text ``the Plan to Address Extraordinary 
Market Volatility Pursuant to Rule 608 of Regulation NMS under the Act 
(the `Limit Up-Limit Down Plan' or `LULD Plan,')'' as the ``LULD Plan'' 
would be defined in the proposed revision to Rule 7.10E(c)(1).
Proposed Changes to Rule 7.10E(c)(2), (d)(3), and (f)
    As noted above, current Rule 7.10E(c)(1)(A) permits clearly 
erroneous review even during the Core Trading Session when the 
transaction in question is in an NMS Stock that is not subject to the 
LULD Plan, i.e., rights and warrants. Such transactions are reviewed 
for clearly erroneous status using the procedures set out in Rule 
7.10E(c)(2), including the Numerical Guidelines set out in the table 
accompanying Rule 7.10E(c)(2)(A). The Exchange now proposes to 
introduce a similar provision regarding transactions in NMS Stocks not 
subject to the LULD Plan that are executed during the Overnight 
Protected Hours; such transactions would be subject to the same 
Numerical Guidelines as transactions occurring in the Early and Late 
Trading Sessions.
    The heading of Rule 7.10E(c)(2) addresses ``[r]eview of 
transactions occurring during the Early or Late Trading Session or 
eligible for review pursuant to paragraph (c)(1)(A).'' The Exchange 
proposes to replace the phrase ``eligible for review pursuant to 
paragraph (c)(1)(A)'' (which, in the current rule, means transactions 
executed during the Core Trading Session in NMS Stocks not subject to 
the LULD Plan) with ``during LULD Protected Hours in NMS Stocks not 
subject to the LULD Plan.'' This proposed language would cover 
transactions in NMS Stocks not subject to the LULD Plan in the Core 
Trading Session and expand the same treatment to transactions executed 
in NMS Stocks not subject to the LULD Plan during Overnight Protected 
Hours. As such, the proposed change is not novel.
    The Exchange proposes to make the same change everywhere else such 
language appears in the rule--namely, in the text of paragraphs 
(c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B), (c)(2)(C), (c)(2)(D), (d)(3), and (f).\9\ In each 
case, the Exchange proposes to replace the phrase ``transactions 
occurring during the Early or Late Trading Session or eligible for 
review pursuant to paragraph (c)(1)(A)'' with ``transactions occurring 
during the Early or Late Trading Session or during LULD Protected Hours 
in NMS Stocks not subject to the LULD Plan.''
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    \9\ Rule 7.10E(c)(2)(A)-(D) specifies general rules for applying 
clearly erroneous review to transactions where such review is not 
precluded by paragraph (c)(1). Rule 7.10E(d)(3) specifies conditions 
where the Exchange may use a revised Reference Price for the purpose 
of clearly erroneous review in certain transactions where such 
review is not precluded by paragraph (c)(1). Rule 7.10E(f) specifies 
that for transactions where clearly erroneous review is not 
precluded by paragraph (c)(1), an officer may initiate clearly 
erroneous review on his or her own motion.
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    The Exchange also proposes to make corresponding changes to the 
headings of the table accompanying Rule 7.10E(c)(2)(A). The Exchange 
proposes to change the heading of the second column from ``Core Trading 
Session Numerical Guidelines for transactions eligible for review 
pursuant to paragraph (c)(1)(A)'' to ``Numerical Guidelines for 
Transactions Executed During the Core Trading Session in NMS Stocks Not 
Subject to the LULD Plan.'' This change would simply replace the 
shorthand ``eligible for review pursuant to paragraph (c)(1)(A)'' with 
the fuller description that such transactions are ``executed during the 
Core Trading Session in NMS Stocks not subject to the LULD Plan,'' and 
is not a substantive change.
    Similarly, the Exchange proposes to change the heading of the third 
column from ``Early and Late Trading Session Numerical Guidelines'' to 
``Numerical Guidelines for Transactions Executed During the Early and 
Late Trading Session or During Overnight Protected Hours in NMS Stocks 
Not Subject to the LULD Plan.'' The proposed change addresses the fact 
that transactions executed during Overnight Protected Hours in NMS 
Stocks not subject to the LULD Plan are eligible for clearly erroneous 
review--just as are transactions in NMS Stocks not subject to the LULD 
Plan executed during the Core Trading Sesion--but at the Numerical 
Guidelines that apply outside of the Core Trading Session.
    Together, these proposed changes would extend the eligibility of 
clearly erroneous review for transactions in NMS Stocks not subject to 
the LULD Plan that is currently in place during the Core Trading 
Session to the Overnight Protected Hours, and would apply the 
Commission's recent approval of Overnight Price Bands to the clearly 
erroneous executions rule.
Implementation
    The Exchange understands that the other national securities 
exchanges and FINRA will also file similar proposals, the substance of 
which are identical to this proposal. The Exchange proposes that this 
rule change would become operative at the commencement of 23/5 Trading, 
which is scheduled to commence industry-wide on December 6, 2026.
2. Statutory Basis
    The Exchange believes that its proposal is consistent with the 
requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations thereunder that 
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applicable to a national securities exchange, and, in particular, with 
the requirements of Section 6(b) of the Act.\10\ Specifically, the 
proposal is consistent with Section 6(b)(5) of the Act \11\ because it 
would promote just and equitable principles of trade, remove 
impediments to, and perfect the mechanism of, a free and open market 
and a national market system, and, in general, protect investors and 
the public interest.
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    \10\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
    \11\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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    The Exchange believes that the proposed change is consistent with 
just and equitable principles of trade because it extends the basic 
premise of the current rule that clearly erroneous review should be 
generally unavailable any time a transaction is executed within LULD 
Price Bands at a time the Price Bands were available and correct. 
Currently, LULD Price Bands are available only during the Core Trading 
Session, meaning that the restrictions on clearly erroneous review 
described above apply only during the Core Trading Session. With the 
introduction of Overnight Price Bands, the Exchange believes that 
extending such restrictions on clearly erroneous review to the period 
when Overnight Price Bands are in place would remove impediments to and 
perfect the mechanism of a free and open market and a national market 
system by enhancing the transparency and consistency of the rule.
    The resulting rule would thus extend the LULD-related limits on 
clearly erroneous review that are applicable in the Core Trading 
Session to the overnight period. The proposed change would also be 
consistent with the Commission's rationale in approving the current 
version of the rule because it would limit any potential discordance 
between the LULD mechanism and CEE review in the overnight trading 
session, providing greater certainty to market participants that trades 
executed with the Overnight Price Bands will stand and not be 
broken.\12\
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    \12\ See 87 FR 55060 at 55063, supra note 8.
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B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition

    The Exchange believes the proposal is consistent with Section 
6(b)(8) of the Act \13\ in that it does not impose any burden on 
competition that is not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the 
purposes of the Act. Rather than impacting competition, the proposed 
change would simply extend the basic premise of the current rule that 
clearly erroneous review should be generally unavailable any time a 
transaction is executed within LULD Price Bands at a time the Price 
Bands were available and correct. The Exchange understands that the 
other national securities exchanges and FINRA will also file similar 
proposals, the substance of which are identical to this proposal. Thus, 
the proposed rule change will help to ensure consistency across SROs 
without implicating any competitive issues.
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    \13\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(8).
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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

    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 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)(iii) of the Act \14\ and 
subparagraph (f)(6) of Rule 19b-4 thereunder.\15\
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    \14\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(iii).
    \15\ 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 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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    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="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#fe8c8b929bd39d9193939b908a8dbe8d9b9dd0999188"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a2d0d7cec78fc1cdcfcfc7ccd6d1e2d1c7c18cc5cdd4">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>. Please include 
file number SR-NYSEAMER-2026-80 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-NYSEAMER-2026-80. 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-NYSEAMER-2026-80 and should be submitted 
on or before October 5, 2026.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\16\
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    \16\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2026-18667 Filed 9-11-26; 8:45 am]
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