80_FR_16106 80 FR 16048 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; Miami International Securities Exchange, LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend Its Fee Schedule

80 FR 16048 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; Miami International Securities Exchange, LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend Its Fee Schedule

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 58 (March 26, 2015)

Page Range16048-16049
FR Document2015-06888

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 58 (Thursday, March 26, 2015)
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 58 (Thursday, March 26, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16048-16049]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-74554; File No. SR-MIAX-2015-21]


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

March 20, 2015.
    Pursuant to 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 March 11, 2015, Miami International Securities Exchange, LLC 
(``MIAX'' or ``Exchange'') filed with the Securities and Exchange 
Commission (``SEC'' or ``Commission'') the proposed rule change as 
described in Items I, II, and III below, which Items have been prepared 
by the Exchange. The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit 
comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance 
of the Proposed Rule Change

    The Exchange is filing a proposal to amend the MIAX Options Fee 
Schedule.
    The text of the proposed rule change is available on the Exchange's 
Web site at http://www.miaxoptions.com/filter/wotitle/rule_filing, at 
MIAX's principal office, and at the Commission's Public Reference Room.

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 its Fee Schedule to provide for 
additional incentives for achieving certain Priority Customer Rebate 
Program volume tiers and sending additional Priority Customer Orders 
into PRIME.
    The Exchange proposes to offer Members the opportunity to qualify 
for a $0.02 per contract rebate in standard options if the Member or 
its affiliates of at least 75% common ownership between the firms as 
reflected on each firm's Form BD, Schedule A, qualifies in a given 
month for Priority Customer Rebate Program volume tiers 3, 4, or 5 in 
the Fee Schedule.\3\ Specifically, any Member or its affiliates of at 
least 75% common ownership between the firms as reflected on each 
firm's Form BD, Schedule A, that qualifies for Priority Customer Rebate 
Program volume tiers 3, 4, or 5 will be credited an additional $0.02 
per contract for each Priority Customer order executed in the PRIME 
Auction as a PRIME Agency Order over a threshold of 1,500,000 contracts 
in a month. Volume will be recorded for and credits will be delivered 
to the Member Firm that submits the order to MIAX. The $0.02 per 
contract credit would be in addition to the $0.10 per contract credit 
that currently applies to the PRIME Agency Order transactions that are 
Priority Customers. The Exchange proposes to exclude from this 
additional rebate and its volume threshold calculation orders executed 
as mini-options, Priority Customer-to-Priority Customer Orders, PRIME 
AOC Responses, PRIME Contra-side Orders, PRIME Orders for which both 
the Agency and Contra-side Order are Priority Customers, and executions 
related to contracts that are routed to one or more exchanges in 
connection with the Options Order Protection and Locked/Crossed Market 
Plan referenced in MIAX Rule 1400. The Exchange notes that these 
exclusions are identical to the exclusions that are currently found in 
the Priority Customer Rebate Program and that also apply to the per 
contract credit for PRIME Agency Orders.\4\
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    \3\ See MIAX Options Fee Schedule, Section 1)a)iii).
    \4\ See id.
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    The Exchange believes that these incentives will encourage Members 
to transact a greater number of orders on the Exchange.
2. Statutory Basis
    The Exchange believes that its proposal to amend its fee schedule 
is consistent with Section 6(b) of the Act \5\ in general, and furthers 
the objectives of Section 6(b)(4) of the Act \6\ in particular, in that 
it is an equitable allocation of reasonable fees and other charges 
among Exchange members.
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    \5\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
    \6\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4).
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    The Exchange believes that the proposed Priority Customer Rebate 
Program rebates for Priority Customer orders submitted into PRIME are 
fair, equitable and not unreasonably discriminatory. The rebate program 
is reasonably designed because it will incent providers of Priority 
Customer order flow to send that Priority Customer order flow to the 
Exchange in order to receive a credit in a manner that enables the 
Exchange to improve its overall competitiveness and strengthen its 
market quality for all market participants. The proposed rebate program 
is fair, equitable, and not unreasonably discriminatory because it will 
apply equally to all Priority Customer orders submitted as a PRIME 
Agency Order. All similarly situated Priority Customer orders are 
subject to the same rebate schedule, and access to the Exchange is 
offered on terms that are not unfairly discriminatory. In addition, the 
proposed rebate program is equitable and not unfairly discriminatory 
because, while only Priority Customer order flow qualifies for the 
rebate program, an increase in Priority Customer order flow will bring 
greater volume and liquidity, which benefit all market participants by 
providing more trading opportunities and tighter spreads. Market 
participants want to trade with Priority Customer order flow. To the 
extent Priority Customer order flow is increased by the proposal, 
market participants will increasingly compete for the opportunity to 
trade on the Exchange including sending more orders and providing 
narrower and larger sized quotations in the effort to trade with such 
Priority Customer order flow. The resulting increased volume and 
liquidity will benefit those Members who receive the lower tier levels, 
or do not qualify for the rebate program at all, by providing more 
trading opportunities and tighter spreads.
    The Exchange believes excluding Priority Customer-to-Priority 
Customer Orders, Priority Customer responses, contra-side orders, and 
Priority Customer-to-Priority Customer PRIME transactions from the 
number of options contracts executed on the Exchange by any Member for 
purposes of the volume threshold and the rebate program is reasonable, 
equitable, and not unfairly discriminatory because participating 
Members could otherwise game the rebate program and volume thresholds 
by executing excess volumes in these types of transactions in which no 
transaction fees are charged on the Exchange. Further, the Exchange

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believes that excluding these PRIME transactions from the volume 
calculation is reasonable, equitable, and not unfairly discriminatory 
because the rebate program was established prior to the introduction of 
the PRIME Auction based on non-auction transaction fee and volume 
calculations. In contrast, the Exchange proposes to target new volume 
to the Exchange to compete with electronic price improvement mechanisms 
on other exchanges. The Exchange believes that the new rebate for 
Priority Customer agency orders in the PRIME Auction is reasonably 
designed to incentivize additional retail customer order flow to the 
PRIME Auction.
    The Exchange believes that the proposal to allow the aggregation of 
trading activity of separate Members or its affiliates for purposes of 
the fee reduction is fair, equitable and not unreasonably 
discriminatory. The Exchange believes the proposed rule change is 
reasonable because it would allow aggregation of the trading activity 
of separate Members or its affiliates for purposes of the fee reduction 
only in very narrow circumstances, namely, where the firm is an 
affiliate, as defined herein. Furthermore, other exchanges, as well as 
MIAX, have rules that permit the aggregation of the trading activity of 
affiliated entities for the purposes of calculating and assessing 
certain fees.\7\ The Exchange believes that offering all such market 
participants the opportunity to lower transaction fees by incentivizing 
them to transact Priority Customer order flow in turn benefits all 
market participants.
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    \7\ See e.g., Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated, Fee 
Schedule, p. 13; NYSE Amex Options Fee Schedule, p. 12.
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B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition

    The Exchange does not believe that the proposed rule change will 
impose any burden on competition not necessary or appropriate in 
furtherance of the purposes of the Act. The Exchange believes the 
proposal is consistent with robust competition by increasing the 
intermarket competition for order flow from market participants. To the 
extent that there is additional competitive burden on market 
participants without Priority Customer order flow and those market 
participants that are not able to aggregate order flow with affiliates, 
the Exchange believes that this is appropriate because the proposal 
should incent Members to direct additional order flow to the Exchange 
and thus provide additional liquidity that enhances the quality of its 
markets and increases the volume of contracts traded here. To the 
extent that this purpose is achieved, all the Exchange's market 
participants should benefit from the improved market liquidity. 
Enhanced market quality and increased transaction volume that results 
from the anticipated increase in order flow directed to the Exchange 
will benefit all market participants and improve competition on the 
Exchange. The Exchange notes that it operates in a highly competitive 
market in which market participants can readily favor competing venues 
if they deem fee levels at a particular venue to be excessive. In such 
an environment, the Exchange must continually adjust its fees to remain 
competitive with other exchanges and to attract order flow. The 
Exchange believes that the proposal reflects this competitive 
environment.

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

    The foregoing rule change has become effective pursuant to Section 
19(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the Act.\8\ 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.
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    \8\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(ii).
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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

     Use the Commission's Internet comment form (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml); or
     Send an email to [email protected]. Please include 
File Number SR-MIAX-2015-21 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

     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-MIAX-2015-21. 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 Web site (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all 
written statements with respect to the proposed rule change that are 
filed with the Commission, and all written communications relating to 
the proposed rule change between the Commission and any person, other 
than those that may be withheld from the public in accordance with the 
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be available for Web site viewing and 
printing in the Commission's Public Reference Room, 100 F Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20549 on official business days between the hours of 
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of such filing also will be available 
for inspection and copying at the principal offices of the Exchange. 
All comments received will be posted without change; the Commission 
does not edit personal identifying information from submissions. You 
should submit only information that you wish to make available 
publicly. All submissions should refer to File Number SR-MIAX-2015-21, 
and should be submitted on or before April 16, 2015.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\9\
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    \9\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Brent J. Fields,
Secretary.
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                                                  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE                                    and sending additional Priority                       reasonable fees and other charges among
                                                  COMMISSION                                                 Customer Orders into PRIME.                           Exchange members.
                                                                                                                The Exchange proposes to offer                        The Exchange believes that the
                                                  [Release No. 34–74554; File No. SR–MIAX–                                                                         proposed Priority Customer Rebate
                                                  2015–21]                                                   Members the opportunity to qualify for
                                                                                                                                                                   Program rebates for Priority Customer
                                                                                                             a $0.02 per contract rebate in standard
                                                  Self-Regulatory Organizations; Miami                                                                             orders submitted into PRIME are fair,
                                                                                                             options if the Member or its affiliates of
                                                  International Securities Exchange,                                                                               equitable and not unreasonably
                                                                                                             at least 75% common ownership                         discriminatory. The rebate program is
                                                  LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate                        between the firms as reflected on each
                                                  Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule                                                                                 reasonably designed because it will
                                                                                                             firm’s Form BD, Schedule A, qualifies in              incent providers of Priority Customer
                                                  Change To Amend Its Fee Schedule                           a given month for Priority Customer                   order flow to send that Priority
                                                  March 20, 2015.                                            Rebate Program volume tiers 3, 4, or 5                Customer order flow to the Exchange in
                                                     Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the                     in the Fee Schedule.3 Specifically, any               order to receive a credit in a manner
                                                  Securities Exchange Act of 1934                            Member or its affiliates of at least 75%              that enables the Exchange to improve its
                                                  (‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2                    common ownership between the firms                    overall competitiveness and strengthen
                                                  notice is hereby given that on March 11,                   as reflected on each firm’s Form BD,                  its market quality for all market
                                                  2015, Miami International Securities                       Schedule A, that qualifies for Priority               participants. The proposed rebate
                                                  Exchange, LLC (‘‘MIAX’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’)                   Customer Rebate Program volume tiers                  program is fair, equitable, and not
                                                  filed with the Securities and Exchange                     3, 4, or 5 will be credited an additional             unreasonably discriminatory because it
                                                  Commission (‘‘SEC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’)                     $0.02 per contract for each Priority                  will apply equally to all Priority
                                                  the proposed rule change as described                      Customer order executed in the PRIME                  Customer orders submitted as a PRIME
                                                  in Items I, II, and III below, which Items                 Auction as a PRIME Agency Order over                  Agency Order. All similarly situated
                                                  have been prepared by the Exchange.                        a threshold of 1,500,000 contracts in a               Priority Customer orders are subject to
                                                  The Commission is publishing this                          month. Volume will be recorded for and                the same rebate schedule, and access to
                                                  notice to solicit comments on the                          credits will be delivered to the Member               the Exchange is offered on terms that are
                                                  proposed rule change from interested                       Firm that submits the order to MIAX.                  not unfairly discriminatory. In addition,
                                                  persons.                                                   The $0.02 per contract credit would be                the proposed rebate program is
                                                  I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                          in addition to the $0.10 per contract                 equitable and not unfairly
                                                  Statement of the Terms of Substance of                     credit that currently applies to the                  discriminatory because, while only
                                                  the Proposed Rule Change                                   PRIME Agency Order transactions that                  Priority Customer order flow qualifies
                                                                                                             are Priority Customers. The Exchange                  for the rebate program, an increase in
                                                     The Exchange is filing a proposal to                    proposes to exclude from this additional              Priority Customer order flow will bring
                                                  amend the MIAX Options Fee Schedule.                       rebate and its volume threshold                       greater volume and liquidity, which
                                                     The text of the proposed rule change                    calculation orders executed as mini-                  benefit all market participants by
                                                  is available on the Exchange’s Web site                                                                          providing more trading opportunities
                                                                                                             options, Priority Customer-to-Priority
                                                  at http://www.miaxoptions.com/filter/                                                                            and tighter spreads. Market participants
                                                                                                             Customer Orders, PRIME AOC
                                                  wotitle/rule_filing, at MIAX’s principal                                                                         want to trade with Priority Customer
                                                                                                             Responses, PRIME Contra-side Orders,
                                                  office, and at the Commission’s Public                                                                           order flow. To the extent Priority
                                                                                                             PRIME Orders for which both the
                                                  Reference Room.                                                                                                  Customer order flow is increased by the
                                                                                                             Agency and Contra-side Order are
                                                  II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                         Priority Customers, and executions                    proposal, market participants will
                                                  Statement of the Purpose of, and                           related to contracts that are routed to               increasingly compete for the
                                                  Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule                     one or more exchanges in connection                   opportunity to trade on the Exchange
                                                  Change                                                     with the Options Order Protection and                 including sending more orders and
                                                                                                             Locked/Crossed Market Plan referenced                 providing narrower and larger sized
                                                     In its filing with the Commission, the                                                                        quotations in the effort to trade with
                                                  Exchange included statements                               in MIAX Rule 1400. The Exchange notes
                                                                                                             that these exclusions are identical to the            such Priority Customer order flow. The
                                                  concerning the purpose of and basis for                                                                          resulting increased volume and
                                                  the proposed rule change and discussed                     exclusions that are currently found in
                                                                                                             the Priority Customer Rebate Program                  liquidity will benefit those Members
                                                  any comments it received on the                                                                                  who receive the lower tier levels, or do
                                                  proposed rule change. The text of these                    and that also apply to the per contract
                                                                                                                                                                   not qualify for the rebate program at all,
                                                  statements may be examined at the                          credit for PRIME Agency Orders.4
                                                                                                                                                                   by providing more trading opportunities
                                                  places specified in Item IV below. The                        The Exchange believes that these                   and tighter spreads.
                                                  Exchange has prepared summaries, set                       incentives will encourage Members to                     The Exchange believes excluding
                                                  forth in sections A, B, and C below, of                    transact a greater number of orders on                Priority Customer-to-Priority Customer
                                                  the most significant aspects of such                       the Exchange.                                         Orders, Priority Customer responses,
                                                  statements.                                                                                                      contra-side orders, and Priority
                                                                                                             2. Statutory Basis
                                                  A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                                                                                Customer-to-Priority Customer PRIME
                                                  Statement of the Purpose of, and                             The Exchange believes that its                      transactions from the number of options
                                                  Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule                     proposal to amend its fee schedule is                 contracts executed on the Exchange by
                                                  Change                                                     consistent with Section 6(b) of the Act 5             any Member for purposes of the volume
                                                                                                             in general, and furthers the objectives of            threshold and the rebate program is
                                                  1. Purpose
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                                                                                                             Section 6(b)(4) of the Act 6 in particular,           reasonable, equitable, and not unfairly
                                                     The Exchange proposes to amend its                      in that it is an equitable allocation of              discriminatory because participating
                                                  Fee Schedule to provide for additional                                                                           Members could otherwise game the
                                                  incentives for achieving certain Priority                    3 See MIAX Options Fee Schedule, Section
                                                                                                                                                                   rebate program and volume thresholds
                                                  Customer Rebate Program volume tiers                       1)a)iii).                                             by executing excess volumes in these
                                                                                                               4 See id.                                           types of transactions in which no
                                                    1 15   U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).                                   5 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).                                 transaction fees are charged on the
                                                    2 17   CFR 240.19b–4.                                      6 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4).                              Exchange. Further, the Exchange


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                                                  believes that excluding these PRIME                     enhances the quality of its markets and                  Paper Comments
                                                  transactions from the volume                            increases the volume of contracts traded
                                                  calculation is reasonable, equitable, and               here. To the extent that this purpose is                   • Send paper comments in triplicate
                                                  not unfairly discriminatory because the                 achieved, all the Exchange’s market                      to Secretary, Securities and Exchange
                                                  rebate program was established prior to                 participants should benefit from the                     Commission, 100 F Street NE.,
                                                  the introduction of the PRIME Auction                   improved market liquidity. Enhanced                      Washington, DC 20549–1090.
                                                  based on non-auction transaction fee                    market quality and increased                             All submissions should refer to File
                                                  and volume calculations. In contrast,                   transaction volume that results from the                 Number SR–MIAX–2015–21. This file
                                                  the Exchange proposes to target new                     anticipated increase in order flow                       number should be included on the
                                                  volume to the Exchange to compete                       directed to the Exchange will benefit all
                                                  with electronic price improvement                                                                                subject line if email is used. To help the
                                                                                                          market participants and improve
                                                  mechanisms on other exchanges. The                                                                               Commission process and review your
                                                                                                          competition on the Exchange. The
                                                  Exchange believes that the new rebate                   Exchange notes that it operates in a                     comments more efficiently, please use
                                                  for Priority Customer agency orders in                  highly competitive market in which                       only one method. The Commission will
                                                  the PRIME Auction is reasonably                         market participants can readily favor                    post all comments on the Commission’s
                                                  designed to incentivize additional retail               competing venues if they deem fee                        Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/
                                                  customer order flow to the PRIME                        levels at a particular venue to be                       rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the
                                                  Auction.                                                excessive. In such an environment, the                   submission, all subsequent
                                                     The Exchange believes that the                       Exchange must continually adjust its                     amendments, all written statements
                                                  proposal to allow the aggregation of                    fees to remain competitive with other                    with respect to the proposed rule
                                                  trading activity of separate Members or                 exchanges and to attract order flow. The                 change that are filed with the
                                                  its affiliates for purposes of the fee                  Exchange believes that the proposal                      Commission, and all written
                                                  reduction is fair, equitable and not                    reflects this competitive environment.                   communications relating to the
                                                  unreasonably discriminatory. The                                                                                 proposed rule change between the
                                                  Exchange believes the proposed rule                     C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
                                                                                                                                                                   Commission and any person, other than
                                                  change is reasonable because it would                   Statement on Comments on the
                                                                                                          Proposed Rule Change Received From                       those that may be withheld from the
                                                  allow aggregation of the trading activity                                                                        public in accordance with the
                                                  of separate Members or its affiliates for               Members, Participants, or Others
                                                                                                                                                                   provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be
                                                  purposes of the fee reduction only in                     Written comments were neither                          available for Web site viewing and
                                                  very narrow circumstances, namely,                      solicited nor received.                                  printing in the Commission’s Public
                                                  where the firm is an affiliate, as defined                                                                       Reference Room, 100 F Street NE.,
                                                                                                          III. Date of Effectiveness of the
                                                  herein. Furthermore, other exchanges,
                                                                                                          Proposed Rule Change and Timing for                      Washington, DC 20549 on official
                                                  as well as MIAX, have rules that permit
                                                                                                          Commission Action                                        business days between the hours of
                                                  the aggregation of the trading activity of
                                                  affiliated entities for the purposes of                    The foregoing rule change has become                  10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of such
                                                  calculating and assessing certain fees.7                effective pursuant to Section                            filing also will be available for
                                                  The Exchange believes that offering all                 19(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the Act.8 At any time                 inspection and copying at the principal
                                                  such market participants the                            within 60 days of the filing of the                      offices of the Exchange. All comments
                                                  opportunity to lower transaction fees by                proposed rule change, the Commission                     received will be posted without change;
                                                  incentivizing them to transact Priority                 summarily may temporarily suspend                        the Commission does not edit personal
                                                  Customer order flow in turn benefits all                such rule change if it appears to the                    identifying information from
                                                  market participants.                                    Commission that such action is                           submissions. You should submit only
                                                                                                          necessary or appropriate in the public                   information that you wish to make
                                                  B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                       interest, for the protection of investors,               available publicly. All submissions
                                                  Statement on Burden on Competition                      or otherwise in furtherance of the                       should refer to File Number SR–MIAX–
                                                    The Exchange does not believe that                    purposes of the Act. If the Commission                   2015–21, and should be submitted on or
                                                  the proposed rule change will impose                    takes such action, the Commission shall                  before April 16, 2015.
                                                  any burden on competition not                           institute proceedings to determine
                                                  necessary or appropriate in furtherance                 whether the proposed rule should be                        For the Commission, by the Division of
                                                                                                                                                                   Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
                                                  of the purposes of the Act. The                         approved or disapproved.
                                                                                                                                                                   authority.9
                                                  Exchange believes the proposal is
                                                                                                          IV. Solicitation of Comments                             Brent J. Fields,
                                                  consistent with robust competition by
                                                  increasing the intermarket competition                    Interested persons are invited to                      Secretary.
                                                  for order flow from market participants.                submit written data, views, and                          [FR Doc. 2015–06888 Filed 3–25–15; 8:45 am]
                                                  To the extent that there is additional                  arguments concerning the foregoing,                      BILLING CODE 8011–01–P
                                                  competitive burden on market                            including whether the proposed rule
                                                  participants without Priority Customer                  change is consistent with the Act.
                                                  order flow and those market                             Comments may be submitted by any of
                                                  participants that are not able to                       the following methods:
                                                  aggregate order flow with affiliates, the               Electronic Comments
                                                  Exchange believes that this is
                                                                                                            • Use the Commission’s Internet
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                                                  appropriate because the proposal should
                                                  incent Members to direct additional                     comment form (http://www.sec.gov/
                                                  order flow to the Exchange and thus                     rules/sro.shtml); or
                                                  provide additional liquidity that                         • Send an email to rule-comments@
                                                                                                          sec.gov. Please include File Number SR–
                                                    7 See e.g., Chicago Board Options Exchange,           MIAX–2015–21 on the subject line.
                                                  Incorporated, Fee Schedule, p. 13; NYSE Amex
                                                  Options Fee Schedule, p. 12.                              8 15   U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(ii).                          9 17   CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).



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