Joint Industry Plan; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of the Fifteenth Amendment to the National Market System Plan To Address Extraordinary Market Volatility by Bats BZX Exchange, Inc., Bats BYX Exchange, Inc., Bats EDGA Exchange, Inc., Bats EDGX Exchange, Inc., Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., Investors Exchange LLC, NASDAQ BX, Inc., NASDAQ PHLX LLC, The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, NYSE National, Inc., New York Stock Exchange LLC, NYSE American LLC, and NYSE Arca, Inc., 45922-45937 [2017-20974]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
[Release No. 34–81721; File No. SR–
NYSEArca–2017–85]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE
Arca, Inc.; Notice of Designation of a
Longer Period for Commission Action
on Proposed Rule Change, as Modified
by Amendment No. 1, To Amend NYSE
Arca Equities Rule 8.700 to Reference
EURO STOXX 50 Volatility Index
Futures and To List and Trade Shares
of the ProShares European Volatility
Futures ETF
September 26, 2017.
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On July 28, 2017, NYSE Arca, Inc.
filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (‘‘Commission’’), pursuant
to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule
19b–4 thereunder,2 a proposed rule
change to amend NYSE Arca Equities
Rule 8.700 to add EURO STOXX 50
Volatility Index (VSTOXX®) futures to
the financial instruments that an issue
of Managed Trust Securities may hold;
and (2) to list and trade shares of the
ProShares European Volatility Futures
ETF under proposed amended NYSE
Arca Equities Rule 8.700. The proposed
rule change was published for comment
in the Federal Register on August 16,
2017.3 On September 21, 2017, the
Exchange submitted Amendment No. 1
to the proposed rule change.4 The
Commission has received no comment
letters on the proposed rule change.
Section 19(b)(2) of the Act 5 provides
that, within 45 days of the publication
of notice of the filing of a proposed rule
change, or within such longer period up
to 90 days as the Commission may
designate if it finds such longer period
to be appropriate and publishes its
reasons for so finding or as to which the
self-regulatory organization consents,
the Commission shall either approve the
proposed rule change, disapprove the
proposed rule change, or institute
proceedings to determine whether the
proposed rule change should be
disapproved. The 45th day after
publication of the notice for this
proposed rule change is September 30,
2017. The Commission is extending this
45-day time period. The Commission
finds that it is appropriate to designate
1 15
U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
CFR 240.19b–4.
3 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 81373
(August 10, 2017), 82 FR 38973.
4 Amendment No. 1 replaces and supersedes the
original filing in its entirety. Amendment No. 1 is
located at: https://www.sec.gov/comments/srnysearca-2017-85/nysearca201785-2589875161110.pdf.
5 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
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a longer period within which to take
action on the proposed rule change so
that it has sufficient time to consider the
proposed rule change.
Accordingly, the Commission,
pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,6
designates November 14, 2017, as the
date by which the Commission shall
either approve or disapprove or institute
proceedings to determine whether to
disapprove the proposed rule change
(File Number SR–NYSEArca–2017–85),
as modified by Amendment No. 1.
For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.7
Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017–21000 Filed 9–29–17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 8011–01–P
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
[Release No. 34–81720; File No. 4–631]
Joint Industry Plan; Notice of Filing
and Immediate Effectiveness of the
Fifteenth Amendment to the National
Market System Plan To Address
Extraordinary Market Volatility by Bats
BZX Exchange, Inc., Bats BYX
Exchange, Inc., Bats EDGA Exchange,
Inc., Bats EDGX Exchange, Inc.,
Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.,
Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority, Inc., Investors Exchange
LLC, NASDAQ BX, Inc., NASDAQ PHLX
LLC, The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC,
NYSE National, Inc., New York Stock
Exchange LLC, NYSE American LLC,
and NYSE Arca, Inc.
September 26, 2017.
I. Introduction
On August 31, 2017, NYSE Group,
Inc., on behalf of the following parties
to the National Market System Plan to
Address Extraordinary Market Volatility
(‘‘the Plan’’): 1 Bats BZX Exchange, Inc.,
6 Id.
7 17
CFR 200.30–3(a)(31).
May 31, 2012, the Commission approved the
Plan, as modified by Amendment No. 1. See
Securities Exchange Act Release No. 67091, 77 FR
33498 (June 6, 2012) (File No. 4–631). On February
20, 2013, the Commission noticed for immediate
effectiveness the Second Amendment to the Plan.
See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 68953, 78
FR 13113 (February 26, 2013). On April 3, 2013, the
Commission approved the Third Amendment to the
Plan. See Securities Exchange Act Release No.
69287, 78 FR 21483 (April 10, 2013). On August 27,
2013, the Commission noticed for immediate
effectiveness the Fourth Amendment to the Plan.
See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 70273, 78
FR 54321 (September 3, 2013). On September 26,
2013, the Commission approved the Fifth
Amendment to the Plan. See Securities Exchange
Act Release No. 70530, 78 FR 60937 (October 2,
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Bats BYX Exchange, Inc., Bats EDGA
Exchange, Inc., Bats EDGX Exchange,
Inc., Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., the
Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority, Inc. (‘‘FINRA’’), Investors
Exchange LLC, NASDAQ BX, Inc.,
NASDAQ PHLX LLC, The NASDAQ
Stock Market LLC (‘‘Nasdaq’’), New
York Stock Exchange LLC (‘‘NYSE’’),
NYSE Arca, Inc., NYSE American LLC,
and NYSE National Inc. (collectively,
the ‘‘Participants’’) filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission
(‘‘Commission’’) pursuant to Section
11A(a)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 (‘‘Exchange Act’’) 2 and Rule 608
thereunder,3 a proposal to amend the
Plan (‘‘Fifteenth Amendment’’).4 The
proposal reflects changes unanimously
approved by the Participants. The
Fifteenth Amendment proposes to
extend the implementation date for the
twelfth amendment to the Plan
(‘‘Twelfth Amendment’’) and related
changes from the thirteenth amendment
to the Plan (‘‘Amendment 13 Changes’’)
set out in the fourteenth amendment to
the Plan (‘‘Fourteenth Amendment’’), as
discussed below.5 The Participants are
filing the Fifteenth Amendment for
immediate effectiveness pursuant to
2013). On January 7, 2014, the Commission noticed
for immediate effectiveness the Sixth Amendment
to the Plan. See Securities Exchange Act Release
No. 71247, 79 FR 2204 (January 13, 2014). On April
3, 2014, the Commission approved the Seventh
Amendment to the Plan. See Securities Exchange
Act Release No. 71851, 79 FR 19687 (April 9, 2014).
On February 19, 2015, the Commission approved
the Eight Amendment to the Plan. See Securities
Exchange Act Release No. 74323, 80 FR 10169
(February 25, 2015). On October 22, 2015, the
Commission approved the Ninth Amendment to the
Plan. See Securities Exchange Act Release No.
76244, 80 FR 66099 (October 28, 2015). On April
21, 2016, the Commission approved the Tenth
Amendment to the Plan. See Securities Exchange
Act Release No. 77679, 81 FR 24908 (April 27,
2016). On August 26, 2016, the Commission noticed
for immediate effectiveness the Eleventh
Amendment to the Plan. See Securities Exchange
Act Release No. 78703, 81 FR 60397 (September 1,
2016). On January 19, 2017, the Commission
approved the Twelfth Amendment to the Plan. See
Securities Exchange Act Release No. 79845, 82 FR
8551 (January 26, 2017). On April 13, 2017, the
Commission approved the Thirteenth Amendment
to the Plan. See Securities Exchange Act Release
No. 80455, 82 FR 18519 (April 19, 2017). On April
28, 2017, the Commission noticed for immediate
effectiveness the Fourteenth Amendment to the
Plan. See Securities Exchange Act Release No.
80549, 82 FR 20928 (May 4, 2017).
2 15 U.S.C 78k–1(a)(3).
3 17 CFR 242.608.
4 See Letter from Elizabeth King, General Counsel
and Corporate Secretary, NYSE, to Brent Fields,
Secretary, Commission, dated August 30, 2017
(‘‘Transmittal Letter’’).
5 The Participants also propose a non-substantive
amendment to the Plan text to reflect the name
change of NYSE MKT LLC to NYSE American LLC.
See Securities Exchange Act Release No. Securities
Exchange Act Release No. 80283 (March 21, 2017),
82 FR 15244 (March 27, 2017) (SR–NYSEMKT–
2017–14).
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Rule 608(b)(3)(iii) of Regulation NMS
(‘‘Rule 608’’) under the Exchange Act.6
The Commission is publishing this
notice to solicit comments from
interested persons.7
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II. Description of the Plan
Set forth in this Section II is the
statement of the purpose and summary
of the Fourteenth Amendment, along
with the information required by Rule
608(a)(4) and (5) under the Exchange
Act,8 prepared and submitted by the
Participants to the Commission.9
A. Statement of Purpose and Summary
of the Plan Amendment
The Participants filed the Plan on
April 5, 2011, to create a market-wide
limit up-limit down mechanism
intended to address extraordinary
market volatility in NMS Stocks, as
defined in Rule 600(b)(47) of Regulation
NMS under the Exchange Act. The Plan
sets forth procedures that provide for
market-wide limit up-limit down
requirements that would prevent trades
in individual NMS Stocks from
occurring outside of the specified price
bands. These limit up-limit down
requirements are coupled with Trading
Pauses,10 as defined in Section I(Y) of
the Plan, to accommodate more
fundamental price moves. In particular,
the Participants adopted this Plan to
address the type of sudden price
movements that the market experienced
on the afternoon of May 6, 2010.
As set forth in more detail in the Plan,
all trading centers in NMS Stocks,
including both those operated by
Participants and those operated by
members of Participants, shall establish,
maintain, and enforce written policies
and procedures that are reasonably
designed to comply with the limit uplimit down requirements specified in
the Plan. More specifically, the
Processor responsible for consolidation
of information for an NMS Stock
pursuant to Rule 603(b) of Regulation
NMS under the Exchange Act will be
responsible for calculating and
disseminating a lower price band and
upper price band, as provided for in
Section V of the Plan. Section VI of the
Plan sets forth the limit up-limit down
requirements of the Plan, and in
particular, that all trading centers in
NMS Stocks, including both those
operated by Participants and those
operated by members of Participants,
6 17
CFR 242.608(b)(3)(iii).
CFR 242.608(b)(1).
8 See 17 CFR 242.608(a)(4) and (a)(5).
9 See Transmittal Letter, supra note 4.
10 Unless otherwise specified, the terms used
herein have the same meaning as set forth in the
Plan.
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shall establish, maintain, and enforce
written policies and procedures that are
reasonably designed to prevent trades at
prices that are below the lower price
band or above the upper price band for
an NMS Stock, consistent with the Plan.
The changes approved by the
Commission in the twelfth amendment
to the Plan provide that a Trading Pause
will continue until the Primary Listing
Exchange has reopened trading using its
established reopening procedures, and
to require that trading centers not
resume trading in an NMS Stock
following a Trading Pause without Price
Bands for such NMS Stock. In the
Statement of Purpose filed with the
twelfth amendment, the Participants
stated that the changes described in the
twelfth amendment would be
implemented no later than six months
after approval of that amendment. Based
on the fourteenth amendment to the
Plan, the twelfth amendment must be
implemented no later than the end of
the third quarter of 2017.
Because the SIP technology changes
necessary to implement the twelfth
amendment to the Plan and the
Amendment 13 Changes will not be
ready by September 30, 2017, the
Participants are filing this proposal to
change the implementation date for the
changes to the Plan set forth in the
twelfth amendment and the
Amendment 13 Changes to no later than
November 30, 2017. Specifically, the
CQS and CTA SIPs are in the process of
upgrading to binary message type
formats over their multicast channels
and the changes described in the twelfth
and thirteenth amendments to the Plan
are scheduled to be implemented
together with these upgrades. SIAC has
announced revised implementation
dates for the implementation of the CQS
and CTA new binary formats, which
impacts the implementation dates for
SIAC’s implementation of the twelfth
amendment to the Plan and the
Amendment 13 Changes.11
Because of a dependency on certain
SIP technology changes, certain Primary
Listing Exchanges will not be ready to
implement the changes to their
automated reopening processes
following a Trading Pause, which were
made pursuant to exchange rule filings
in conjunction with the twelfth
amendment to the Plan, by September
30, 2017. To provide for a standardized
approach that would allow for
extensions of a Trading Pause by the
11 See Updated CQS and CTS Multicast Output
Binary Formats: Testing and Implementation
Schedule Update 7, available here: https://
www.nyse.com/publicdocs/ctaplan/notifications/
trader-update/CTS_CQS%20New%20Binary%20
Formats_Update_v7_06262017.pdf.
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Primary Listing Exchange if equilibrium
cannot be met to establish a Reopening
Price within specified parameters
(‘‘automated reopening changes’’), the
Primary Listing Exchanges amended
their rules for automated reopenings.12
The Primary Listing Exchanges
anticipate implementing the automated
reopening changes commensurate with
implementation of the twelfth
amendment to the Plan and the
Amendment 13 Changes.13
Accordingly, both to provide time to
support the technology changes for the
twelfth amendment to the Plan and to
align the implementation date of the
twelfth amendment and the
Amendment 13 Changes with the
implementation timeline for the
automated reopening changes by the
Primary Listing Exchanges, the
Participants propose to change the
implementation date for the changes in
the twelfth amendment to the Plan and
the Amendment 13 Changes to no later
than November 30, 2017. This proposed
change does not require any changes to
the text of the Plan.
The Participants believe that the
proposed modification to the
implementation schedule is technical
and ministerial in nature because it
simply extends the implementation
period for the twelfth amendment to the
Plan and does not change any
substantive elements of the Plan.14 The
Participants believe that the proposal to
extend the implementation schedule is
consistent with the goal of the twelfth
amendment to the Plan, which is to
reduce the potential for sequential
Trading Pauses in an NMS Stock by
centralizing the reopening process
through the Primary Listing Exchanges,
because it would align the
implementation schedule for the twelfth
amendment to the Plan with the
implementation schedule for the
automated reopening changes. The
proposed amendment would therefore
protect investors and the public interest
12 See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos.
79846 (January 19, 2017), 82 FR 8548 (January 26,
2017) (SR–NYSEArca–2016–130) (Approval Order);
79884 (January 26, 2017), 82 FR 8968 (February 1,
2017) (SR–BatsBZX–2016–61) (Approval Order);
79876 (January 25, 2017), 82 FR 8888 (January 31,
2017) (SR–Nasdaq–2016–131) (Approval Order).
13 In other words, the Participants expect that
both the changes pursuant to the twelfth
amendment and the Primary Listing Exchange
automated reopening changes would become
operative at the same time.
14 See, e.g., Securities Exchange Act Release Nos.
70273 (amending Section VIII.B of the Plan to
establish a new implementation schedule for Phase
II of the Plan) and 71247 (amending Section VIII.B
of the Plan to establish a new implementation
schedule for Phase II of the Plan), supra note 1.
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and is appropriate to the maintenance of
fair and orderly markets.
B. Governing or Constituent Documents
The governing documents of the
Processor, as defined in Section I(P) of
the Plan, will not be affected by the
Plan, but once the Plan is implemented,
the Processor’s obligations will change,
as set forth in detail in the Plan.
C. Implementation of Plan
The initial date of the Plan operations
was April 8, 2013.
D. Development and Implementation
Phases
The Plan was initially implemented
as a one-year pilot program in two
Phases, consistent with Section VIII of
the Plan: Phase I of Plan
implementation began on April 8, 2013
and was completed on May 3, 2013.
Implementation of Phase II of the Plan
began on August 5, 2013 and was
completed on February 24, 2014. The
tenth amendment to the Plan was
implemented on July 18, 2016. Pursuant
to the proposed thirteenth amendment
to the Plan, the Participants propose
[sic] to extend the pilot period until
April 16, 2018.15 Currently, the
Participants must implement the twelfth
amendment to the Plan to no later than
the end of the third quarter of 2017.
Pursuant to this proposed amendment,
the Participants propose to extend the
time frame to implement the twelfth
amendment to the Plan and the
Amendment 13 Changes to no later than
November 30, 2017.
E. Analysis of Impact on Competition
The proposed Plan does not impose
any burden on competition that is not
necessary or appropriate in furtherance
of the purposes of the Exchange Act.
The Participants do not believe that the
proposed Plan introduces terms that are
unreasonably discriminatory for the
purposes of Section 11A(c)(1)(D) of the
Exchange Act.
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F. Written Understanding or Agreements
Relating to Interpretation of, or
Participation in, Plan
The Participants have no written
understandings or agreements relating
to interpretation of the Plan. Section
II(C) of the Plan sets forth how any
entity registered as a national securities
exchange or national securities
association may become a Participant.
15 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 80455
(order approving the thirteenth amendment to the
Plan), supra note 1.
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G. Approval of Amendment of the Plan
Electronic Comments
Each of the Plan’s Participants has
executed a written amended Plan.
• Use the Commission’s Internet
comment form (https://www.sec.gov/
rules/sro.shtml); or
• Send an e-mail to rule-comments@
sec.gov. Please include File Number 4–
631 on the subject line.
H. Terms and Conditions of Access
Section II(C) of the Plan provides that
any entity registered as a national
securities exchange or national
securities association under the
Exchange Act may become a Participant
by: (1) Becoming a participant in the
applicable Market Data Plans, as defined
in Section I(F) of the Plan; (2) executing
a copy of the Plan, as then in effect; (3)
providing each then-current Participant
with a copy of such executed Plan; and
(4) effecting an amendment to the Plan
as specified in Section III(B) of the Plan.
I. Method of Determination and
Imposition, and Amount of, Fees and
Charges
Not applicable.
J. Method and Frequency of Processor
Evaluation
Not applicable.
K. Dispute Resolution
Section III(C) of the Plan provides that
each Participant shall designate an
individual to represent the Participant
as a member of an Operating Committee.
No later than the initial date of the Plan,
the Operating Committee shall designate
one member of the Operating Committee
to act as the Chair of the Operating
Committee. Any recommendation for an
amendment to the Plan from the
Operating Committee that receives an
affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of
the Participants, but is less than
unanimous, shall be submitted to the
Commission as a request for an
amendment to the Plan initiated by the
Commission under Rule 608.
On July 19, 2017, the Operating
Committee, duly constituted and
chaired by Mr. Robert Books of Bats,
met and voted unanimously to amend
the Plan as set forth herein in
accordance with Section III(C) of the
Plan. The Plan Advisory Committee was
notified in connection with the
Fifteenth Amendment and was in favor.
Interested persons are invited to
submit written data, views and
arguments concerning the foregoing,
including whether the amendment is
consistent with the Exchange Act and
the rules thereunder. Comments may be
submitted by any of the following
methods:
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• Send paper comments in triplicate
to Brent J. Fields, Secretary, Securities
and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street
NE., Washington, DC 20549–1090.
All submissions should refer to File
Number 4–631.This file number should
be included on the subject line if e-mail
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 (https://www.sec.gov/rules/
sro.shtml). Copies of the submission, all
subsequent amendments, all written
statements with respect to the proposed
plan amendment that are filed with the
Commission, and all written
communications relating to the
amendment 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 Participants’ offices. 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 4–631 and should be submitted
on or before October 23, 2017.
By the Commission.
Brent J. Fields,
Secretary.
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III. Solicitation of Comments
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Proposed new language is italicized;
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PLAN TO ADDRESS EXTRAORDINARY
MARKET VOLATILITY SUBMITTED TO
THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION PURSUANT TO RULE 608
OF REGULATION NMS UNDER THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section
Page
Preamble ..........................................
I. Definitions ......................................
II. Parties ..........................................
III. Amendments to Plan ...................
IV. Trading Center Policies and Procedures .........................................
V. Price Bands ..................................
VI. Limit Up—Limit Down Requirements ............................................
VII. Trading Pauses ..........................
VIII. Implementation ..........................
IX. Withdrawal from Plan ..................
X. Counterparts and Signatures .......
Appendix A—Percentage Parameters ..............................................
Appendix A—Schedule 1 .................
Appendix B—Data ............................
1
2
4
7
8
8
11
13
15
16
16
18
20
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Preamble
The Participants submit to the SEC this
Plan establishing procedures to address
extraordinary volatility in NMS Stocks. The
procedures provide for market-wide limit uplimit down requirements that prevent trades
in individual NMS Stocks from occurring
outside of the specified Price Bands. These
limit up-limit down requirements are
coupled with Trading Pauses to
accommodate more fundamental price
moves. The Plan procedures are designed,
among other things, to protect investors and
promote fair and orderly markets. The
Participants developed this Plan pursuant to
Rule 608(a)(3) of Regulation NMS under the
Exchange Act, which authorizes the
Participants to act jointly in preparing, filing,
and implementing national market system
plans.
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I. Definitions
(A) ‘‘Eligible Reported Transactions’’ shall
have the meaning prescribed by the
Operating Committee and shall generally
mean transactions that are eligible to update
the last sale price of an NMS Stock.
(B) ‘‘Exchange Act’’ means the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(C) ‘‘Limit State’’ shall have the meaning
provided in Section VI of the Plan.
(D) ‘‘Limit State Quotation’’ shall have the
meaning provided in Section VI of the Plan.
(E) ‘‘Lower Price Band’’ shall have the
meaning provided in Section V of the Plan.
(F) ‘‘Market Data Plans’’ shall mean the
effective national market system plans
through which the Participants act jointly to
disseminate consolidated information in
compliance with Rule 603(b) of Regulation
NMS under the Exchange Act.
(G) ‘‘National Best Bid’’ and ‘‘National Best
Offer’’ shall have the meaning provided in
Rule 600(b)(42) of Regulation NMS under the
Exchange Act.
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(H) ‘‘NMS Stock’’ shall have the meaning
provided in Rule 600(b)(47) of Regulation
NMS under the Exchange Act.
(I) ‘‘Opening Price’’ shall mean the price of
a transaction that opens trading on the
Primary Listing Exchange. If the Primary
Listing Exchange opens with quotations, the
‘‘Opening Price’’ shall mean the closing price
of the NMS Stock on the Primary Listing
Exchange on the previous trading day, or if
no such closing price exists, the last sale on
the Primary Listing Exchange.
(J) ‘‘Operating Committee’’ shall have the
meaning provided in Section III(C) of the
Plan.
(K) ‘‘Participant’’ means a party to the Plan.
(L) ‘‘Plan’’ means the plan set forth in this
instrument, as amended from time to time in
accordance with its provisions.
(M) ‘‘Percentage Parameter’’ shall mean the
percentages for each tier of NMS Stocks set
forth in Appendix A of the Plan.
(N) ‘‘Price Bands’’ shall have the meaning
provided in Section V of the Plan.
(O) ‘‘Primary Listing Exchange’’ shall mean
the Participant on which an NMS Stock is
listed. If an NMS Stock is listed on more than
one Participant, the Participant on which the
NMS Stock has been listed the longest shall
be the Primary Listing Exchange.
(P) ‘‘Processor’’ shall mean the single plan
processor responsible for the consolidation of
information for an NMS Stock pursuant to
Rule 603(b) of Regulation NMS under the
Exchange Act.
(Q) ‘‘Pro-Forma Reference Price’’ shall have
the meaning provided in Section V(A)(2) of
the Plan.
(R) ‘‘Reference Price’’ shall have the
meaning provided in Section V of the Plan.
(S) ‘‘Regular Trading Hours’’ shall have the
meaning provided in Rule 600(b)(64) of
Regulation NMS under the Exchange Act. For
purposes of the Plan, Regular Trading Hours
can end earlier than 4:00 p.m. ET in the case
of an early scheduled close.
(T) ‘‘Regulatory Halt’’ shall have the
meaning specified in the Market Data Plans.
(U) ‘‘Reopening Price’’ shall mean the price
of a transaction that reopens trading on the
Primary Listing Exchange following a
Trading Pause or a Regulatory Halt, or, if the
Primary Listing Exchange reopens with
quotations, the midpoint of those quotations.
(V) ‘‘SEC’’ shall mean the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission.
(W) ‘‘Straddle State’’ shall have the
meaning provided in Section VII(A)(2) of the
Plan.
(X) ‘‘Trading center’’ shall have the
meaning provided in Rule 600(b)(78) of
Regulation NMS under the Exchange Act.
(Y) ‘‘Trading Pause’’ shall have the
meaning provided in Section VII of the Plan.
(Z) ‘‘Upper Price Band’’ shall have the
meaning provided in Section V of the Plan.
II. Parties
(A) List of Parties
The parties to the Plan are as follows:
(1) Bats BZX Exchange, Inc.
8050 Marshall Drive
Lenexa, Kansas 66214
(2) Bats BYX Exchange, Inc.
8050 Marshall Drive
Lenexa, Kansas 66214
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(3) Bats EDGA Exchange, Inc.
8050 Marshall Drive
Lenexa, Kansas 66214
(4) Bats EDGX Exchange, Inc.
8050 Marshall Drive
Lenexa, Kansas 66214
(5) Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.
440 South LaSalle Street
Chicago, Illinois 60605
(6) Financial Industry Regulatory Authority,
Inc.
1735 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
(7) Investors Exchange LLC
4 World Trade Center, 44th Floor
New York, New York 10007
(8) NASDAQ BX, Inc.
One Liberty Plaza
New York, New York 10006
(9) NASDAQ PHLX LLC
1900 Market Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
(10) The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
1 Liberty Plaza
165 Broadway
New York, NY 10006
(11) NYSE National, Inc.
11 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005
(12) New York Stock Exchange LLC
11 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
(13) NYSE [MKT]American LLC
11 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
(14) NYSE Arca, Inc.
11 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
(B) Compliance Undertaking
By subscribing to and submitting the Plan
for approval by the SEC, each Participant
agrees to comply with and to enforce
compliance, as required by Rule 608(c) of
Regulation NMS under the Exchange Act, by
its members with the provisions of the Plan.
To this end, each Participant shall adopt a
rule requiring compliance by its members
with the provisions of the Plan, and each
Participant shall take such actions as are
necessary and appropriate as a participant of
the Market Data Plans to cause and enable
the Processor for each NMS Stock to fulfill
the functions set forth in this Plan.
(C) New Participants
The Participants agree that any entity
registered as a national securities exchange or
national securities association under the
Exchange Act may become a Participant by:
(1) becoming a participant in the applicable
Market Data Plans; (2) executing a copy of the
Plan, as then in effect; (3) providing each
then-current Participant with a copy of such
executed Plan; and (4) effecting an
amendment to the Plan as specified in
Section III (B) of the Plan.
(D) Advisory Committee
(1) Formation. Notwithstanding other
provisions of this Plan, an Advisory
Committee to the Plan shall be formed and
shall function in accordance with the
provisions set forth in this section.
(2) Composition. Members of the Advisory
Committee shall be selected for two-year
terms as follows:
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(A) Advisory Committee Selections. By
affirmative vote of a majority of the
Participants, the Participants shall select at
least one representatives from each of the
following categories to be members of the
Advisory Committee: (1) a broker-dealer with
a substantial retail investor customer base; (2)
a broker-dealer with a substantial
institutional investor customer base; (3) an
alternative trading system; (4) a broker-dealer
that primarily engages in trading for its own
account; and (5) an investor.
(3) Function. Members of the Advisory
Committee shall have the right to submit
their views to the Operating Committee on
Plan matters, prior to a decision by the
Operating Committee on such matters. Such
matters shall include, but not be limited to,
proposed material amendments to the Plan.
(4) Meetings and Information. Members of
the Advisory Committee shall have the right
to attend meetings of the Operating
Committee and to receive any information
concerning Plan matters; provided, however,
that the Operating Committee may meet in
executive session if, by affirmative vote of a
majority of the Participants, the Operating
Committee determines that an item of Plan
business requires confidential treatment.
III. Amendments to Plan
(A) General Amendments
Except with respect to the addition of new
Participants to the Plan, any proposed change
in, addition to, or deletion from the Plan
shall be effected by means of a written
amendment to the Plan that: (1) sets forth the
change, addition, or deletion; (2) is executed
on behalf of each Participant; and, (3) is
approved by the SEC pursuant to Rule 608
of Regulation NMS under the Exchange Act,
or otherwise becomes effective under Rule
608 of Regulation NMS under the Exchange
Act.
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(B) New Participants
With respect to new Participants, an
amendment to the Plan may be effected by
the new national securities exchange or
national securities association executing a
copy of the Plan, as then in effect (with the
only changes being the addition of the new
Participant’s name in Section II(A) of the
Plan) and submitting such executed Plan to
the SEC for approval. The amendment shall
be effective when it is approved by the SEC
in accordance with Rule 608 of Regulation
NMS under the Exchange Act or otherwise
becomes effective pursuant to Rule 608 of
Regulation NMS under the Exchange Act.
(C) Operating Committee
(1) Each Participant shall select from its
staff one individual to represent the
Participant as a member of an Operating
Committee, together with a substitute for
such individual. The substitute may
participate in deliberations of the Operating
Committee and shall be considered a voting
member thereof only in the absence of the
primary representative. Each Participant
shall have one vote on all matters considered
by the Operating Committee. No later than
the initial date of Plan operations, the
Operating Committee shall designate one
member of the Operating Committee to act as
the Chair of the Operating Committee.
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(2) The Operating Committee shall monitor
the procedures established pursuant to this
Plan and advise the Participants with respect
to any deficiencies, problems, or
recommendations as the Operating
Committee may deem appropriate. The
Operating Committee shall establish
specifications and procedures for the
implementation and operation of the Plan
that are consistent with the provisions of this
Plan and the Appendixes thereto. With
respect to matters in this paragraph,
Operating Committee decisions shall be
approved by a simple majority vote.
(3) Any recommendation for an
amendment to the Plan from the Operating
Committee that receives an affirmative vote
of at least two-thirds of the Participants, but
is less than unanimous, shall be submitted to
the SEC as a request for an amendment to the
Plan initiated by the Commission under Rule
608 of Regulation NMS.
IV. Trading Center Policies and Procedures
All trading centers in NMS Stocks,
including both those operated by Participants
and those operated by members of
Participants, shall establish, maintain, and
enforce written policies and procedures that
are reasonably designed to comply with the
limit up—limit down requirements specified
in Sections VI of the Plan, and to comply
with the Trading Pauses specified in Section
VII of the Plan.
V. Price Bands
(A) Calculation and Dissemination of Price
Bands
(1) The Processor for each NMS stock shall
calculate and disseminate to the public a
Lower Price Band and an Upper Price Band
during Regular Trading Hours for such NMS
Stock. The Price Bands shall be based on a
Reference Price for each NMS Stock that
equals the arithmetic mean price of Eligible
Reported Transactions for the NMS stock
over the immediately preceding five-minute
period (except for periods following openings
and reopenings, which are addressed below).
If no Eligible Reported Transactions for the
NMS Stock have occurred over the
immediately preceding five-minute period,
the previous Reference Price shall remain in
effect. The Price Bands for an NMS Stock
shall be calculated by applying the
Percentage Parameter for such NMS Stock to
the Reference Price, with the Lower Price
Band being a Percentage Parameter below the
Reference Price, and the Upper Price Band
being a Percentage Parameter above the
Reference Price. The Price Bands shall be
calculated during Regular Trading Hours.
Between 9:30 a.m. and 9:45 a.m. ET, and 3:35
p.m. and 4:00 p.m. ET, or in the case of an
early scheduled close, during the last 25
minutes of trading before the early scheduled
close, the Price Bands shall be calculated by
applying double the Percentage Parameters
set forth in Appendix A. If the Processor has
not yet disseminated Price Bands, but a
Reference Price is available, a trading center
may calculate and apply Price Bands based
on the same Reference Price that the
Processor would use for calculating such
Price Bands until such trading center
receives Price Bands from the Processor. If,
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under Section VII(B)(2), the Primary Listing
Exchange notifies the Processor that it is
unable to reopen an NMS Stock due to a
systems or technology issue and it has not
declared a Regulatory Halt, the Processor will
calculate and disseminate Price Bands by
applying triple the Percentage Parameters set
forth in Appendix A for the first 30 seconds
such Price Bands are disseminated.
(2) The Processor shall calculate a ProForma Reference Price on a continuous basis
during Regular Trading Hours, as specified in
Section V(A)(1) of the Plan. If a Pro-Forma
Reference Price has not moved by 1% or
more from the Reference Price currently in
effect, no new Price Bands shall be
disseminated, and the current Reference
Price shall remain the effective Reference
Price. When the Pro-Forma Reference Price
has moved by 1% or more from the Reference
Price currently in effect, the Pro-Forma
Reference Price shall become the Reference
Price, and the Processor shall disseminate
new Price Bands based on the new Reference
Price; provided, however, that each new
Reference Price shall remain in effect for at
least 30 seconds.
(B) Openings
(1) Except when a Regulatory Halt is in
effect at the start of Regular Trading Hours,
the first Reference Price for a trading day
shall be the Opening Price on the Primary
Listing Exchange in an NMS Stock if such
Opening Price occurs less than five minutes
after the start of Regular Trading Hours.
During the period less than five minutes after
the Opening Price, a Pro-Forma Reference
Price shall be updated on a continuous basis
to be the arithmetic mean price of Eligible
Reported Transactions for the NMS Stock
during the period following the Opening
Price (including the Opening Price), and if it
differs from the current Reference Price by
1% or more shall become the new Reference
Price, except that a new Reference Price shall
remain in effect for at least 30 seconds.
Subsequent Reference Prices shall be
calculated as specified in Section V(A) of the
Plan.
(2) If the Opening Price on the Primary
Listing Exchange in an NMS Stock does not
occur within five minutes after the start of
Regular Trading Hours, the first Reference
Price for a trading day shall be the arithmetic
mean price of Eligible Reported Transactions
for the NMS Stock over the preceding five
minute time period, and subsequent
Reference Prices shall be calculated as
specified in Section V(A) of the Plan.
(C) Reopenings
(1) Following a Trading Pause in an NMS
Stock, and if the Primary Listing Exchange
has not declared a Regulatory Halt, if the
Primary Listing Exchange reopens trading
with a transaction or quotation that does not
include a zero bid or zero offer, the next
Reference Price shall be the Reopening Price
on the Primary Listing Exchange. Subsequent
Reference Prices shall be determined in the
manner prescribed for normal openings, as
specified in Section V(B)(1) of the Plan. If the
Primary Listing Exchange notifies the
Processor that it is unable to reopen an NMS
Stock due to a systems or technology issue,
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or if the Primary Listing Exchange reopens
trading with a quotation that has a zero bid
or zero offer, or both, the next Reference
Price shall be the last effective Price Band
that was in a Limit State before the Trading
Pause. Subsequent Reference Prices shall be
calculated as specified in Section V(A) of the
Plan.
(2) Following a Regulatory Halt, the next
Reference Price shall be the Opening or
Reopening Price on the Primary Listing
Exchange if such Opening or Reopening Price
occurs within five minutes after the end of
the Regulatory Halt, and subsequent
Reference Prices shall be determined in the
manner prescribed for normal openings, as
specified in Section V(B)(1) of the Plan. If
such Opening or Reopening Price has not
occurred within five minutes after the end of
the Regulatory Halt, the Reference Price shall
be equal to the arithmetic mean price of
Eligible Reported Transactions for the NMS
Stock over the preceding five minute time
period, and subsequent Reference Prices
shall be calculated as specified in Section
V(A) of the Plan.
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VI. Limit Up—Limit Down Requirements
(A) Limitations on Trades and Quotations
Outside of Price Bands
(1) All trading centers in NMS Stocks,
including both those operated by Participants
and those operated by members of
Participants, shall establish, maintain, and
enforce written policies and procedures that
are reasonably designed to prevent trades at
prices that are below the Lower Price Band
or above the Upper Price Band for an NMS
Stock. Single-priced opening, reopening, and
closing transactions on the Primary Listing
Exchange, however, shall be excluded from
this limitation. In addition, any transaction
that both (i) does not update the last sale
price (except if solely because the transaction
was reported late or because the transaction
was an odd-lot sized transaction), and (ii) is
excepted or exempt from Rule 611 under
Regulation NMS shall be excluded from this
limitation.
(2) When a National Best Bid is below the
Lower Price Band or a National Best Offer is
above the Upper Price Band for an NMS
Stock, the Processor shall disseminate such
National Best Bid or National Best Offer with
an appropriate flag identifying it as nonexecutable. When a National Best Offer is
equal to the Lower Price Band or a National
Best Bid is equal to the Upper Price Band for
an NMS Stock, the Processor shall distribute
such National Best Bid or National Best Offer
with an appropriate flag identifying it as a
‘‘Limit State Quotation’’.
(3) All trading centers in NMS Stocks,
including both those operated by Participants
and those operated by members of
Participants, shall establish, maintain, and
enforce written policies and procedures that
are reasonably designed to prevent the
display of offers below the Lower Price Band
and bids above the Upper Price Band for an
NMS Stock. The Processor shall disseminate
an offer below the Lower Price Band or bid
above the Upper Price Band that may be
submitted despite such reasonable policies
and procedures, but with an appropriate flag
identifying it as non-executable; provided,
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however, that any such bid or offer shall not
be included in National Best Bid or National
Best Offer calculations.
(B) Entering and Exiting a Limit State
(1) All trading for an NMS Stock shall
immediately enter a Limit State if the
National Best Offer equals the Lower Price
Band and does not cross the National Best
Bid, or the National Best Bid equals the
Upper Price Band and does not cross the
National Best Offer.
(2) When trading for an NMS Stock enters
a Limit State, the Processor shall disseminate
this information by identifying the relevant
quotation (i.e., a National Best Offer that
equals the Lower Price Band or a National
Best Bid that equals the Upper Price Band)
as a Limit State Quotation. At this point, the
Processor shall cease calculating and
disseminating updated Reference Prices and
Price Bands for the NMS Stock until either
trading exits the Limit State or trading
resumes with an opening or re-opening as
provided in Section V.
(3) Trading for an NMS Stock shall exit a
Limit State if, within 15 seconds of entering
the Limit State, the entire size of all Limit
State Quotations are executed or cancelled.
(4) If trading for an NMS Stock exits a
Limit State within 15 seconds of entry, the
Processor shall immediately calculate and
disseminate updated Price Bands based on a
Reference Price that equals the arithmetic
mean price of Eligible Reported Transactions
for the NMS Stock over the immediately
preceding five-minute period (including the
period of the Limit State).
(5) If trading for an NMS Stock does not
exit a Limit State within 15 seconds of entry,
the Limit State will terminate when the
Primary Listing Exchange declares a Trading
Pause pursuant to Section VII of the Plan or
at the end of Regular Trading Hours.
VII. Trading Pauses
(A) Declaration of Trading Pauses
(1) If trading for an NMS Stock does not
exit a Limit State within 15 seconds of entry
during Regular Trading Hours, then the
Primary Listing Exchange shall declare a
Trading Pause for such NMS Stock and shall
notify the Processor.
(2) The Primary Listing Exchange may also
declare a Trading Pause for an NMS Stock
when an NMS Stock is in a Straddle State,
which is when National Best Bid (Offer) is
below (above) the Lower (Upper) Price Band
and the NMS Stock is not in a Limit State,
and trading in that NMS Stock deviates from
normal trading characteristics such that
declaring a Trading Pause would support the
Plan’s goal to address extraordinary market
volatility. The Primary Listing Exchange
shall develop policies and procedures for
determining when it would declare a Trading
Pause in such circumstances. If a Trading
Pause is declared for an NMS Stock under
this provision, the Primary Listing Exchange
shall notify the Processor.
(3) The Processor shall disseminate
Trading Pause information to the public. No
trades in an NMS Stock shall occur during
a Trading Pause, but all bids and offers may
be displayed.
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(B) Reopening of Trading During Regular
Trading Hours
(1) Five minutes after declaring a Trading
Pause for an NMS Stock, and if the Primary
Listing Exchange has not declared a
Regulatory Halt, the Primary Listing
Exchange shall attempt to reopen trading
using its established reopening procedures.
The Processor will publish the following
information that the Primary Listing
Exchange provides to the Processor in
connection with such reopening: auction
reference price; auction collars; and number
of extensions to the reopening auction. The
Trading Pause shall end when the Primary
Listing Exchange reports a Reopening Price.
(2) The Primary Listing Exchange shall
notify the Processor if it is unable to reopen
trading in an NMS Stock due to a systems or
technology issue and if it has not declared a
Regulatory Halt. The Processor shall
disseminate this information to the public.
(3) Trading centers may not resume trading
in an NMS Stock following a Trading Pause
without Price Bands in such NMS Stock.
(4) The Processor shall update the Price
Bands as set forth in Section V(C)(1)–(2) of
the Plan after receiving notification from the
Primary Listing Exchange of a Reopening
Price following a Trading Pause (or a resume
message in the case of a reopening quote that
has a zero bid or zero offer, or both) or that
it is unable to reopen trading following a
Trading Pause due to a systems or technology
issue, provided that if the Primary Listing
Exchange is unable to reopen due to a
systems or technology issue, the update to
the Price Bands will be no earlier than ten
minutes after the beginning of the Trading
Pause.
(C) Trading Pauses Within Ten Minutes of
the End of Regular Trading Hours
(1) If an NMS Stock is in a Trading Pause
during the last ten minutes of trading before
the end of Regular Trading Hours, the
Primary Listing Exchange shall not reopen
trading and shall attempt to execute a closing
transaction using its established closing
procedures. All trading centers may begin
trading the NMS Stock when the Primary
Listing Exchange executes a closing
transaction.
(2) If the Primary Listing Exchange does
not execute a closing transaction within five
minutes after the end of Regular Trading
Hours, all trading centers may begin trading
the NMS Stock.
VIII. Implementation
The initial date of Plan operations shall be
April 8, 2013.
The Plan shall be implemented on a pilot
basis set to end on April 16, 2018.
IX. Withdrawal from Plan
If a Participant obtains SEC approval to
withdraw from the Plan, such Participant
may withdraw from the Plan at any time on
not less than 30 days’ prior written notice to
each of the other Participants. At such time,
the withdrawing Participant shall have no
further rights or obligations under the Plan.
X. Counterparts and Signatures
The Plan may be executed in any number
of counterparts, no one of which need
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contain all signatures of all Participants, and
as many of such counterparts as shall
together contain all such signatures shall
constitute one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, this Plan has been
executed as of the ll day of August 2017
[February 2017] by each of the parties hereto.
BATS BZX EXCHANGE, INC.
BY: lllllllllllllllllll
BATS EDGA EXCHANGE, INC.
BY: lllllllllllllllllll
CHICAGO STOCK EXCHANGE, INC.
BY: lllllllllllllllllll
INVESTORS EXCHANGE LLC
BY: lllllllllllllllllll
NASDAQ PHLX LLC
BY: lllllllllllllllllll
NYSE NATIONAL, INC.
BY: lllllllllllllllllll
NYSE [MKT] American LLC
BY: lllllllllllllllllll
BATS BYX EXCHANGE, INC.
BY: lllllllllllllllllll
BATS EDGX EXCHANGE, INC.
BY: lllllllllllllllllll
FINANCIAL INDUSTRY REGULATORY
AUTHORITY, INC.
BY: lllllllllllllllllll
NASDAQ BX, Inc.
BY: lllllllllllllllllll
THE NASDAQ STOCK MARKET LLC
BY: lllllllllllllllllll
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE LLC
BY: lllllllllllllllllll
NYSE ARCA, INC.
BY: lllllllllllllllllll
Appendix A—Percentage Parameters
I. Tier 1 NMS Stocks
(1) Tier 1 NMS Stocks shall include all
NMS Stocks included in the S&P 500 Index,
the Russell 1000 Index, and the exchangetraded products (‘‘ETP’’) identified as
Schedule 1 to this Appendix. Schedule 1 to
the Appendix will be reviewed and updated
semi-annually based on the fiscal year by the
Primary Listing Exchange to add ETPs that
meet the criteria, or delete ETPs that are no
longer eligible. To determine eligibility for an
ETP to be included as a Tier 1 NMS Stock,
all ETPs across multiple asset classes and
issuers, including domestic equity,
international equity, fixed income, currency,
and commodities and futures will be
identified. Leveraged ETPs will be excluded
and the list will be sorted by notional
consolidated average daily volume
(‘‘CADV’’). The period used to measure
CADV will be from the first day of the
previous fiscal half year up until one week
before the beginning of the next fiscal half
year. Daily volumes will be multiplied by
closing prices and then averaged over the
period. ETPs, including inverse ETPs, that
trade over $2,000,000 CADV will be eligible
to be included as a Tier 1 NMS Stock. The
semi-annual updates to Schedule 1 do not
require an amendment to the Plan. The
Primary Listing Exchanges will maintain the
updated Schedule 1 on their respective
websites.
(2) The Percentage Parameters for Tier 1
NMS Stocks with a Reference Price more
than $3.00 shall be 5%.
(3) The Percentage Parameters for Tier 1
NMS Stocks with a Reference Price equal to
$0.75 and up to and including $3.00 shall be
20%.
(4) The Percentage Parameters for Tier 1
NMS Stocks with a Reference Price less than
$0.75 shall be the lesser of (a) $0.15 or (b)
75%.
(5) The Reference Price used for
determining which Percentage Parameter
shall be applicable during a trading day shall
be based on the closing price of the NMS
Stock on the Primary Listing Exchange on the
previous trading day, or if no closing price
exists, the last sale on the Primary Listing
Exchange reported by the Processor.
II. Tier 2 NMS Stocks
(1) Tier 2 NMS Stocks shall include all
NMS Stocks other than those in Tier 1,
provided, however, that all rights and
warrants are excluded from the Plan.
(2) The Percentage Parameters for Tier 2
NMS Stocks with a Reference Price more
than $3.00 shall be 10%.
(3) The Percentage Parameters for Tier 2
NMS Stocks with a Reference Price equal to
$0.75 and up to and including $3.00 shall be
20%.
(4) The Percentage Parameters for Tier 2
NMS Stocks with a Reference Price less than
$0.75 shall be the lesser of (a) $0.15 or (b)
75%.
(5) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Percentage Parameters for a Tier 2 NMS
Stock that is a leveraged ETP shall be the
applicable Percentage Parameter set forth in
clauses (2), (3), or (4) above, multiplied by
the leverage ratio of such product.
(6) The Reference Price used for
determining which Percentage Parameter
shall be applicable during a trading day shall
be based on the closing price of the NMS
Stock on the Primary Listing Exchange on the
previous trading day, or if no closing price
exists, the last sale on the Primary Listing
Exchange reported by the Processor.
Appendix A—Schedule 1 (as of January 3,
2017)
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SPY ................
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EEM ................
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GLD ................
TLT .................
VXX ................
EFA .................
XLE .................
HYG ................
XIV ..................
IVV ..................
XLU .................
GDXJ ..............
XLP .................
FXI ..................
EWZ ................
XLV .................
IYR ..................
LQD ................
XLI ..................
DIA ..................
XOP ................
VWO ...............
IBB ..................
XLK .................
XLY .................
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust .....................................................................................................................................
iShares Russell 2000 ETF .....................................................................................................................................
Powershares QQQ Trust Series 1 .........................................................................................................................
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF ...................................................................................................................
VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF .........................................................................................................................
Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund ......................................................................................................................
SPDR Gold Shares ................................................................................................................................................
iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ..................................................................................................................
iPATH S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN ......................................................................................................
iShares MSCI EAFE ETF .......................................................................................................................................
Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund .........................................................................................................................
iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF ..................................................................................................
VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX Short Term ETN ...............................................................................................
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF ...................................................................................................................................
Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund .........................................................................................................................
VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF ..............................................................................................................
Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund .......................................................................................................
iShares China Large-Cap ETF ...............................................................................................................................
iShares MSCI Brazil Capped ETF .........................................................................................................................
Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund .................................................................................................................
iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF ...............................................................................................................................
iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF ......................................................................................
Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund ......................................................................................................................
SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust ...................................................................................................
SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF ...........................................................................................
Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF ...............................................................................................................
iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF ......................................................................................................................
Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund ..................................................................................................................
Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund ..............................................................................................
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VOO ................
USO ................
JNK .................
XBI ..................
MDY ................
VNQ ................
EWJ ................
SVXY ..............
AGG ................
IEMG ..............
KRE ................
EMB ................
IWD .................
VEA ................
VTI ..................
DXJ .................
XLB .................
EWW ..............
IEF ..................
IJH ..................
XRT ................
SLV .................
IWF .................
VGK ................
SMH ................
IWN .................
BND ................
RSX ................
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XME ................
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IWB .................
KBE ................
BSV ................
IWO ................
HEDJ ..............
EWT ................
SH ...................
ACWI ..............
VCSH ..............
SPLV ..............
EWG ...............
VTV .................
AMLP ..............
DBEF ..............
IAU ..................
UNG ................
DVY ................
BKLN ..............
VB ...................
VEU ................
IVE ..................
RSP ................
SHV ................
VIXY ...............
XHB ................
IVW .................
VCIT ...............
EPI ..................
EFAV ..............
ITB ..................
SDY ................
MUB ................
VUG ................
VYM ................
INDA ...............
BIV ..................
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF ........................................................................................................................................
United States Oil Fund LP .....................................................................................................................................
SPDR Bloomberg Barclays High Yield Bond ETF .................................................................................................
SPDR S&P Biotech ETF ........................................................................................................................................
SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF Trust .......................................................................................................................
Vanguard REIT ETF ...............................................................................................................................................
iShares MSCI Japan ETF ......................................................................................................................................
ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF .....................................................................................................
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF ...............................................................................................................
iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF ..........................................................................................................
SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF ........................................................................................................................
iShares JP Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF ........................................................................................
iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF ...........................................................................................................................
Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF .............................................................................................................
Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF .........................................................................................................................
WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund ..............................................................................................................
Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund ......................................................................................................................
iShares MSCI Mexico Capped ETF .......................................................................................................................
iShares 7–10 Year Treasury Bond ETF .................................................................................................................
iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF ...........................................................................................................................
SPDR S&P Retail ETF ...........................................................................................................................................
iShares Silver Trust ................................................................................................................................................
iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF .........................................................................................................................
Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF .................................................................................................................................
VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF .....................................................................................................................
iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF ...........................................................................................................................
Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF .........................................................................................................................
VanEck Vectors Russia ETF ..................................................................................................................................
iShares MSCI USA Minimum Volatility ETF ..........................................................................................................
iShares TIPS Bond ETF .........................................................................................................................................
iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF .................................................................................................................................
iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF ........................................................................................................................
iShares 1–3 Year Treasury Bond ETF ...................................................................................................................
VanEck Vectors Oil Service ETF ...........................................................................................................................
iShares MSCI South Korea Capped ETF ..............................................................................................................
iShares US Preferred Stock ETF ...........................................................................................................................
SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF ..........................................................................................................................
iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF ..............................................................................................................................
iShares Russell 1000 ETF .....................................................................................................................................
SPDR S&P Bank ETF ............................................................................................................................................
Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF ...........................................................................................................................
iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF .........................................................................................................................
WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund ............................................................................................................
iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF ....................................................................................................................................
ProShares Short S&P 500 .....................................................................................................................................
iShares MSCI ACWI ETF .......................................................................................................................................
Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF ..........................................................................................................
PowerShares S&P 500 Low Volatility Portfolio ......................................................................................................
iShares MSCI Germany ETF .................................................................................................................................
Vanguard Value ETF ..............................................................................................................................................
Alerian MLP ETF ....................................................................................................................................................
Deutsche X-trackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF .........................................................................................
iShares Gold Trust .................................................................................................................................................
United States Natural Gas Fund LP ......................................................................................................................
iShares Select Dividend ETF .................................................................................................................................
PowerShares Senior Loan Portfolio .......................................................................................................................
Vanguard Small-Cap ETF ......................................................................................................................................
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF ...................................................................................................................
iShares S&P 500 Value ETF .................................................................................................................................
Guggenheim S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF .............................................................................................................
iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF .........................................................................................................................
ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF ...............................................................................................................
SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF ..............................................................................................................................
iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF ...............................................................................................................................
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF ...............................................................................................
WisdomTree India Earnings Fund .........................................................................................................................
iShares MSCI EAFE Minimum Volatility ETF ........................................................................................................
iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF ...................................................................................................................
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iShares National Muni Bond ETF ..........................................................................................................................
Vanguard Growth ETF ...........................................................................................................................................
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AAXJ ...............
VIG .................
MCHI ..............
AMJ ................
EWH ...............
EWU ...............
SOXX ..............
FXE .................
MBB ................
CIU .................
VO ..................
EWC ...............
IEI ...................
CSJ .................
OEF ................
ILF ..................
IYE ..................
VGT ................
XLRE ..............
IYT ..................
PCY ................
IWS .................
EEMV .............
IYF ..................
VBR ................
UUP ................
BNDX ..............
SJNK ..............
EWA ...............
MINT ...............
HDV ................
SCHF ..............
BIL ..................
CWB ...............
FDN ................
PGX ................
VFH ................
IWR .................
HEFA ..............
VT ...................
SCZ ................
VXF .................
HYS ................
FLOT ..............
DBC ................
ICF ..................
ITOT ...............
RWM ...............
SCHB ..............
VHT ................
RWR ...............
IWV .................
IYW .................
VXUS ..............
EWP ...............
DBEU ..............
EZA .................
DBJP ..............
SCHX ..............
IJJ ...................
ACWX .............
RWX ...............
IEV ..................
VBK ................
VOE ................
IWP .................
PSQ ................
SCHD .............
QUAL ..............
SPHD ..............
FXG ................
BLV .................
IJS ..................
SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF ................................................................................................................................
iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF ......................................................................................................
Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF ....................................................................................................................
iShares MSCI China ETF .......................................................................................................................................
JPMorgan Alerian MLP Index ETN ........................................................................................................................
iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF ..............................................................................................................................
iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF ......................................................................................................................
iShares PHLX Semiconductor ETF ........................................................................................................................
CurrencyShares Euro Trust ...................................................................................................................................
iShares MBS ETF ..................................................................................................................................................
iShares Intermediate Credit Bond ETF ..................................................................................................................
Vanguard Mid-Cap ETF .........................................................................................................................................
iShares MSCI Canada ETF ...................................................................................................................................
iShares 3–7 Year Treasury Bond ETF ...................................................................................................................
iShares 1–3 Year Credit Bond ETF .......................................................................................................................
iShares S&P 100 ETF ............................................................................................................................................
iShares Latin America 40 ETF ...............................................................................................................................
iShares U.S. Energy ETF .......................................................................................................................................
Vanguard Information Technology ETF .................................................................................................................
Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund ..................................................................................................................
iShares Transportation Average ETF ....................................................................................................................
PowerShares Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt Portfolio ...................................................................................
iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF .....................................................................................................................
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Minimum Volatility ETF/Dup .............................................................................
iShares US Financials ETF ....................................................................................................................................
Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF ............................................................................................................................
PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund ....................................................................................................
Vanguard Total International Bond ETF ................................................................................................................
SPDR Bloomberg Barclays Short Term High Yield Bond ETF .............................................................................
iShares MSCI Australia ETF ..................................................................................................................................
PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund .........................................................................
iShares High Dividend ETF ....................................................................................................................................
Schwab International Equity ETF ...........................................................................................................................
SPDR Bloomberg Barclays 1–3 Month T-Bill ........................................................................................................
SPDR Bloomberg Barclays Convertible Securities ETF ........................................................................................
First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund ...........................................................................................................
PowerShares Preferred Portfolio ...........................................................................................................................
Vanguard Financials ETF .......................................................................................................................................
iShares Russell Mid-Cap ETF ................................................................................................................................
iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF .........................................................................................................
Vanguard Total World Stock ETF ..........................................................................................................................
iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF .....................................................................................................................
Vanguard Extended Market ETF ...........................................................................................................................
PIMCO 0–5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond Index Exchange-Traded Fund ......................................................
iShares Floating Rate Bond ETF ...........................................................................................................................
PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund ..............................................................................................
iShares Cohen & Steers REIT ETF .......................................................................................................................
iShares Core S&P Total US Stock Market ETF ....................................................................................................
ProShares Short Russell2000 ................................................................................................................................
Schwab US Broad Market ETF ..............................................................................................................................
Vanguard Health Care ETF ...................................................................................................................................
SPDR Dow Jones REIT ETF .................................................................................................................................
iShares Russell 3000 ETF .....................................................................................................................................
iShares US Technology ETF .................................................................................................................................
Vanguard Total International Stock ETF ................................................................................................................
iShares MSCI Spain Capped ETF .........................................................................................................................
Deutsche X-trackers MSCI Europe Hedged Equity ETF .......................................................................................
iShares MSCI South Africa ETF ............................................................................................................................
Deutsche X-trackers MSCI Japan Hedged Equity ETF .........................................................................................
Schwab US Large-Cap ETF ...................................................................................................................................
iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value ETF ...................................................................................................................
iShares MSCI ACWI ex US ETF ............................................................................................................................
SPDR Dow Jones International Real Estate ETF ..................................................................................................
iShares Europe ETF ...............................................................................................................................................
Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF .........................................................................................................................
Vanguard Mid-Cap Value ETF ...............................................................................................................................
iShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF ...................................................................................................................
ProShares Short QQQ ...........................................................................................................................................
Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF ..........................................................................................................................
iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF .................................................................................................................
PowerShares S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility Portfolio ..............................................................................
First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund .....................................................................................................
Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF ............................................................................................................................
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VDE ................
EPP ................
FXD ................
IGV .................
NEAR ..............
HEWJ .............
EWI .................
EIDO ...............
HYD ................
SCPB ..............
SCHH .............
EWL ................
IJK ..................
EFV .................
IJT ...................
EMLC ..............
SCHA ..............
IDU .................
HEZU ..............
SHM ................
IYH ..................
FV ...................
IHI ...................
ITA ..................
GOVT .............
GUNR .............
VV ...................
ASHR ..............
IYZ ..................
BWX ...............
TFI ..................
SCHZ ..............
VCLT ..............
VNQI ...............
KBWB .............
IDV ..................
IXUS ...............
ACWV .............
FXY .................
NOBL ..............
VPL .................
THD ................
TOTL ..............
VDC ................
VOX ................
VTIP ................
MTUM .............
QTEC ..............
EWM ...............
FXN ................
OIL ..................
REM ................
TBF .................
FCG ................
FXR ................
PIN ..................
VIS ..................
TUR ................
VMBS .............
FVD ................
FXB .................
PHB ................
DOG ...............
EFG ................
EWQ ...............
IYJ ..................
IYG .................
BOND .............
HEWG ............
SHYG .............
VLUE ..............
SCHE ..............
ECH ................
Vanguard Utilities ETF ...........................................................................................................................................
Vanguard Energy ETF ...........................................................................................................................................
iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF ......................................................................................................................
First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX Fund ............................................................................................
iShares North American Tech-Software ETF .........................................................................................................
iShares Short Maturity Bond ETF ..........................................................................................................................
iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Japan ETF .........................................................................................................
iShares MSCI Italy Capped ETF ............................................................................................................................
iShares MSCI Indonesia ETF .................................................................................................................................
VanEck Vectors High Yield Municipal Index ETF ..................................................................................................
SPDR Bloomberg Barclays Short Term Corporate Bond ETF ..............................................................................
Schwab U.S. REIT ETF .........................................................................................................................................
iShares MSCI Switzerland Capped ETF ................................................................................................................
iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Growth ETF ................................................................................................................
iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF ............................................................................................................................
iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF .............................................................................................................
VanEck Vectors J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF ...............................................................................
Schwab US Small-Cap ETF ...................................................................................................................................
iShares US Utilities ETF ........................................................................................................................................
iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Eurozone ETF ...................................................................................................
SPDR Nuveen Barclays Short Term Municipal Bond ETF ....................................................................................
iShares U.S. Healthcare ETF .................................................................................................................................
First Trust Dorsey Wright Focus 5 ETF .................................................................................................................
iShares U.S. Medical Devices ETF ........................................................................................................................
iShares US Aerospace & Defense ETF .................................................................................................................
iShares Core US Treasury Bond ETF ...................................................................................................................
FlexShares Global Upstream Natural Resources Index Fund ...............................................................................
Vanguard Large-Cap ETF ......................................................................................................................................
Deutsche X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF ................................................................................
iShares US Telecommunications ETF ...................................................................................................................
SPDR Bloomberg Barclays International Treasury Bond ETF ..............................................................................
SPDR Nuveen Barclays Municipal Bond ETF .......................................................................................................
Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF .......................................................................................................................
Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF ...........................................................................................................
Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF ...........................................................................................................
PowerShares KBW Bank Portfolio .........................................................................................................................
iShares International Select Dividend ETF ............................................................................................................
iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF ................................................................................................
iShares MSCI All Country World Minimum Volatility ETF .....................................................................................
CurrencyShares Japanese Yen Trust ....................................................................................................................
ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF ......................................................................................................
Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF ..................................................................................................................................
iShares MSCI Thailand Capped ETF .....................................................................................................................
SPDR Doubleline Total Return Tactical ETF .........................................................................................................
Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF .........................................................................................................................
Vanguard Telecommunication Services ETF .........................................................................................................
Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF .....................................................................................
iShares MSCI USA Momentum Factor ETF ..........................................................................................................
First Trust NASDAQ–100 Technology Index Fund ................................................................................................
iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF ..................................................................................................................................
First Trust Energy AlphaDEX Fund ........................................................................................................................
iPath Goldman Sachs Crude Oil Total Return Index ETN ....................................................................................
iShares Mortgage Real Estate Capped ETF .........................................................................................................
ProShares Short 20+ Year Treasury .....................................................................................................................
First Trust Natural Gas ETF ...................................................................................................................................
First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX Fund ...................................................................................
PowerShares India Portfolio ...................................................................................................................................
Vanguard Industrials ETF ......................................................................................................................................
iShares MSCI Turkey ETF .....................................................................................................................................
Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF ..........................................................................................................
First Trust Value Line Dividend Index Fund ..........................................................................................................
CurrencyShares British Pound Sterling Trust ........................................................................................................
PowerShares Fundamental High Yield Corporate Bond Portfolio .........................................................................
ProShares Short Dow30 ........................................................................................................................................
iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF ..........................................................................................................................
iShares MSCI France ETF .....................................................................................................................................
iShares U.S. Industrials ETF ..................................................................................................................................
iShares U.S. Financial Services ETF .....................................................................................................................
PIMCO Total Return Active Exchange-Traded Fund .............................................................................................
iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Germany ETF ....................................................................................................
iShares 0–5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond ETF ...............................................................................................
iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF ...................................................................................................................
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VGLT ..............
VOT ................
SCHM .............
EUFN ..............
EWS ...............
GVI .................
SCHV ..............
SCHP ..............
DEM ................
IYM .................
DBA ................
SCHG .............
IGOV ...............
IGF ..................
TLH .................
EPHE ..............
SCHO .............
EUM ................
PGF ................
IHF ..................
VSS ................
KIE ..................
SPHB ..............
SDOG .............
VAW ...............
FPE .................
ITR ..................
VCR ................
IGE .................
SIL ..................
EDV ................
DLN ................
DON ................
MLPI ...............
CLY .................
IUSG ...............
ITM .................
RPG ................
VGIT ...............
CRED .............
XES ................
PHYS ..............
TLO .................
BBH ................
RYT ................
FXO ................
CWI .................
FXH ................
FDL .................
PJP .................
PZA .................
RPV ................
GSLC ..............
SUB ................
IXC ..................
IAT ..................
GSY ................
ERUS ..............
IXJ ..................
DES ................
DJP .................
FTSM ..............
XPH ................
VTEB ..............
VWOB .............
IUSV ...............
PDP ................
MGK ...............
HYLS ..............
FEX .................
HYMB .............
First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund .......................................................................................................................
SPDR Dow Jones Global Real Estate ETF ...........................................................................................................
Powershares FTSE RAFI US 1000 Portfolio .........................................................................................................
Vanguard Long-Term Government Bond ETF .......................................................................................................
Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF .............................................................................................................................
Schwab U.S. Mid-Cap ETF ....................................................................................................................................
iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF ...................................................................................................................
iShares MSCI Singapore ETF ................................................................................................................................
iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF .............................................................................................
Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Value ETF ......................................................................................................................
Schwab US TIPs ETF ............................................................................................................................................
WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund ............................................................................................
iShares U.S. Basic Materials ETF ..........................................................................................................................
PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund ........................................................................................................................
Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF ....................................................................................................................
iShares International Treasury Bond ETF ..............................................................................................................
iShares Global Infrastructure ETF .........................................................................................................................
iShares 10–20 Year Treasury Bond ETF ...............................................................................................................
iShares MSCI Philippines ETF ...............................................................................................................................
Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF ................................................................................................................
ProShares Short MSCI Emerging Markets ............................................................................................................
PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio ............................................................................................................
iShares U.S. Healthcare Providers ETF ................................................................................................................
Vanguard FTSE All World ex-US Small-Cap ETF .................................................................................................
SPDR S&P Insurance ETF ....................................................................................................................................
PowerShares S&P 500 High Beta Port ETF ..........................................................................................................
ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF ..........................................................................................................................
Vanguard Materials ETF ........................................................................................................................................
First Trust Preferred Securities and Income ETF ..................................................................................................
SPDR Bloomberg Barclays Intermediate Term Corporate Bond ETF ...................................................................
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iShares 10+ Year Credit Bond ETF .......................................................................................................................
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FBT .................
IYK ..................
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PEY ................
VRP ................
SPHQ .............
GNR ................
ANGL ..............
EMLP ..............
VTWO .............
SRLN ..............
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BAB ................
XMLV ..............
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IEUR ...............
IFGL ................
ZROZ ..............
XSD ................
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FTSL ...............
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BLHY ..............
SCHR .............
EPOL ..............
CMF ................
GXC ................
XAR ................
IYC ..................
FNDF ..............
DWX ...............
SGOL ..............
EWN ...............
PKW ...............
PSLV ..............
IGM .................
FNCL ..............
PPLT ...............
ISTB ................
DGRW ............
IHE ..................
SLYV ..............
HACK ..............
FNDA ..............
CORP .............
BSJI ................
ECON .............
PSK ................
GSG ................
VOOG .............
VXZ .................
ONEQ .............
SLYG ..............
STIP ................
PDBC ..............
FXL .................
IXN ..................
MOO ...............
EPU ................
SNLN ..............
DHS ................
AOR ................
QAI .................
PPH ................
FTEC ..............
DGS ................
iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF .......................................................................................................................
Vanguard Short-Term Government Bond ETF ......................................................................................................
Guggenheim S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Staples ETF ..............................................................................
iShares Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond ETF ..........................................................................................
First Trust NYSE Arca Biotechnology Index Fund .................................................................................................
iShares US Consumer Goods ETF ........................................................................................................................
Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company Index ................................................................................................
SPDR Bloomberg Barclays Aggregate Bond ETF .................................................................................................
PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers Portfolio ...............................................................................
PowerShares Variable Rate Preferred Portfolio ....................................................................................................
PowerShares S&P 500 Quality Portfolio ................................................................................................................
SPDR S&P Global Natural Resources ETF ...........................................................................................................
VanEck Vectors Fallen Angel High Yield Bond ETF .............................................................................................
First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund .........................................................................................
Vanguard Russell 2000 ..........................................................................................................................................
SPDR Blackstone/GSO Senior Loan ETF .............................................................................................................
iShares MSCI Sweden ETF ...................................................................................................................................
iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF .................................................................................................................
PowerShares Build America Bond Portfolio ...........................................................................................................
PowerShares S&P MidCap Low Volatility Portfolio ...............................................................................................
KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF ....................................................................................................................
iShares U.S. Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF .........................................................................................
PowerShares S&P SmallCap Low Volatility Portfolio ............................................................................................
iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF ............................................................................................................................
iShares International Developed Real Estate ETF ................................................................................................
PIMCO 25+ Year Zero Coupon U.S. Treasury Index Exchange-Traded Fund .....................................................
SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF ............................................................................................................................
WisdomTree Europe SmallCap Dividend Fund .....................................................................................................
First Trust Senior Loan ETF ...................................................................................................................................
First Trust Materials AlphaDEX Fund ....................................................................................................................
Virtus Newfleet Dynamic Credit ETF .....................................................................................................................
Schwab Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury ETF .....................................................................................................
iShares MSCI Poland Capped ETF .......................................................................................................................
iShares California Muni Bond ETF .........................................................................................................................
SPDR S&P China ETF ...........................................................................................................................................
SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF .................................................................................................................
iShares U.S. Consumer Services ETF ...................................................................................................................
Schwab Fundamental International Large Company Index ...................................................................................
SPDR S&P International Dividend ETF .................................................................................................................
ETFS Physical Swiss Gold Shares ........................................................................................................................
iShares MSCI Netherlands ETF .............................................................................................................................
PowerShares Buyback Achievers Portfolio ............................................................................................................
Sprott Physical Silver Trust ....................................................................................................................................
iShares North American Tech ETF ........................................................................................................................
Fidelity MSCI Financials Index ETF .......................................................................................................................
ETFS Physical Platinum Shares ............................................................................................................................
iShares Core 1–5 Year USD Bond ETF ................................................................................................................
WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund .................................................................................................
iShares US Pharmaceuticals ETF .........................................................................................................................
SPDR S&P 600 Small CapValue ETF ...................................................................................................................
PureFunds ISE Cyber Security ETF ......................................................................................................................
Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small Company Index ................................................................................................
PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index Exchange-Traded Fund ..........................................................
Guggenheim BulletShares 2018 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF ........................................................................
Columbia Emerging Markets Consumer ETF ........................................................................................................
SPDR Wells Fargo Preferred Stock ETF ...............................................................................................................
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Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF ............................................................................................................................
iPATH S&P 500 VIX Mid-Term Futures ETN ........................................................................................................
Fidelity NASDAQ Composite Index Tracking Stock ETF ......................................................................................
SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap Growth ETF ...............................................................................................................
iShares 0–5 Year TIPS Bond ETF .........................................................................................................................
PowerShares DB Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy Portfolio .........................................................
First Trust Technology AlphaDEX Fund ................................................................................................................
iShares Global Tech ETF .......................................................................................................................................
VanEck Vectors Agribusiness ETF ........................................................................................................................
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Highland/iBoxx Senior Loan ETF ...........................................................................................................................
WisdomTree High Dividend Fund ..........................................................................................................................
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IndexIQ ETF Trust—IQ Hedge Multi-Strategy Tracker ETF ..................................................................................
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MGV ...............
FRI ..................
JO ...................
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WIP .................
AOM ...............
EWK ...............
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SCJ .................
DVYE ..............
PXF .................
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HYEM .............
PPA ................
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JHMD ..............
SDIV ...............
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INDY ...............
SPYG ..............
STPZ ..............
SCHC .............
IXG .................
IAGG ...............
IWC .................
DBO ................
FXC ................
USCI ...............
PSCT ..............
ITE ..................
DBP ................
FENY ..............
ELD .................
REZ ................
EWX ...............
ENZL ..............
IDLV ................
BSJJ ...............
SILJ ................
VONG .............
JPIN ................
WBIY ..............
FTA .................
GWX ...............
OUSA .............
FM ..................
SJB .................
RYH ................
VONV .............
PFXF ..............
QDF ................
RYF ................
RYE ................
PID ..................
FUTY ..............
HDGE .............
MOAT .............
PWV ...............
BSCI ...............
DFJ .................
TDTT ..............
DGL ................
DBE ................
SMDV .............
IFV ..................
MDIV ...............
PRFZ ..............
FLRN ..............
EFZ .................
Fidelity MSCI Health Care Index ETF ....................................................................................................................
Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Large Company Index ETF .................................................................
First Trust Low Duration Opportunities ETF ..........................................................................................................
iShares Core MSCI Pacific ETF .............................................................................................................................
Vanguard Mega Cap Value ETF ............................................................................................................................
First Trust S&P REIT Index Fund ..........................................................................................................................
iPath Bloomberg Coffee Subindex Total Return ETN ...........................................................................................
PowerShares FTSE RAFI Emerging Markets Portfolio .........................................................................................
SPDR Citi International Government Inflation-Protected Bond ETF .....................................................................
iShares Core Moderate Allocation ETF .................................................................................................................
iShares MSCI Belgium Capped ETF .....................................................................................................................
VelocityShares VIX Short Term ETN .....................................................................................................................
iShares MSCI Japan Small-Cap ETF ....................................................................................................................
iShares Emerging Markets Dividend ETF ..............................................................................................................
PowerShares FTSE RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. Portfolio ..........................................................................
PowerShares DB Base Metals Fund .....................................................................................................................
VanEck Vectors Emerging High Yield Bond ETF ..................................................................................................
PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio .......................................................................................................
First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund ...........................................................................................
WisdomTree International SmallCap Dividend Fund .............................................................................................
John Hancock Multifactor Developed International ETF ........................................................................................
Global X SuperDividend ETF .................................................................................................................................
iShares MSCI Global Metals & Mining Producers ETF .........................................................................................
iShares India 50 ETF .............................................................................................................................................
SPDR S&P 500 Growth ETF .................................................................................................................................
PIMCO 1–5 Year U.S. TIPS Index Exchange-Traded Fund .................................................................................
Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF .........................................................................................................
iShares Global Financials ETF ...............................................................................................................................
iShares International Aggregate Bond Fund ..........................................................................................................
iShares Micro-Cap ETF ..........................................................................................................................................
PowerShares DB Oil Fund .....................................................................................................................................
CurrencyShares Canadian Dollar Trust .................................................................................................................
United States Commodity Index Fund ...................................................................................................................
PowerShares S&P SmallCap Information Technology Portfolio ............................................................................
SPDR Bloomberg Barclays Intermediate Term Treasury ETF ..............................................................................
PowerShares DB Precious Metals Fund ................................................................................................................
Fidelity MSCI Energy Index ETF ............................................................................................................................
WisdomTree Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund .................................................................................................
iShares Residential Real Estate Capped ETF .......................................................................................................
SPDR S&P Emerging Markets SmallCap ETF ......................................................................................................
iShares MSCI New Zealand Capped ETF .............................................................................................................
PowerShares S&P International Developed Low Volatility Portfolio ......................................................................
Guggenheim BulletShares 2019 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF ........................................................................
PureFunds ISE Junior Silver Small Cap Miners/Explorers ETF ............................................................................
Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF .....................................................................................................................
JPMorgan Diversified Return International Equity ETF .........................................................................................
WBI Power FactorTM High Dividend ETF .............................................................................................................
First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund ........................................................................................................
SPDR S&P International Small Cap ETF ..............................................................................................................
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iShares MSCI Frontier 100 ETF .............................................................................................................................
ProShares Short High Yield ...................................................................................................................................
Guggenheim S&P 500 Equal Weight Healthcare ETF ..........................................................................................
Vanguard Russell 1000 Value ...............................................................................................................................
VanEck Vectors Preferred Securities ex Financials ETF ......................................................................................
FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund ...............................................................................................................
Guggenheim S&P 500 Equal Weight Financials ETF ...........................................................................................
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Fidelity MSCI Utilities Index ETF ...........................................................................................................................
AdvisorShares Ranger Equity Bear ETF ...............................................................................................................
VanEck Vectors Morningstar Wide Moat ETF .......................................................................................................
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Guggenheim BulletShares 2018 Corporate Bond ETF ..........................................................................................
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FlexShares iBoxx 3-Year Target Duration TIPS Index Fund .................................................................................
PowerShares DB Gold Fund ..................................................................................................................................
PowerShares DB Energy Fund ..............................................................................................................................
Proshares Trust-Proshares Russell 2000 Dividend Growers ETF ........................................................................
First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF ............................................................................................
First Trust Multi-Asset Diversified Income Index Fund ..........................................................................................
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IYY ..................
VNM ................
DWM ...............
BSCK ..............
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DSI ..................
FREL ..............
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FNDC ..............
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AIA ..................
GLTR ..............
VONE .............
FSTA ..............
BSCL ..............
FDT .................
COMT .............
PUI ..................
PSL .................
MGC ...............
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BSJH ..............
MDYG .............
URTH ..............
RDIV ...............
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SGG ................
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AOK ................
VIOO ...............
BSJG ..............
PCEF ..............
RWL ................
PWZ ................
JHML ..............
FLTB ...............
MDYV .............
RYU ................
RGI .................
PALL ...............
XHS ................
FBND ..............
DVYA ..............
CORN .............
IVOO ...............
FIDU ...............
JKE .................
EMHY .............
IQDF ...............
VOOV .............
HEWU .............
FVC ................
Guggenheim BulletShares 2017 Corporate Bond ETF ..........................................................................................
iShares North American Tech-Multimedia Networking ETF ..................................................................................
First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund .........................................................................................................
iShares Dow Jones U.S. ETF ................................................................................................................................
VanEck Vectors Vietnam ETF ...............................................................................................................................
WisdomTree International Equity Fund ..................................................................................................................
Guggenheim BulletShares 2020 Corporate Bond ETF ..........................................................................................
SPDR Bloomberg Barclays Emerging Markets Local Bond ETF ..........................................................................
iShares MSCI KLD 400 Social ETF .......................................................................................................................
Fidelity MSCI Real Estate Index ETF ....................................................................................................................
iShares Global 100 ETF .........................................................................................................................................
PowerShares KBW Premium Yield Equity REIT Portfolio .....................................................................................
WisdomTree International Hedged Quality Dividend Growth Fund .......................................................................
First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund .....................................................................................................
SPDR Bloomberg Barclays TIPS ETF ...................................................................................................................
SPDR S&P World ex-US ETF ................................................................................................................................
First Trust ISE Cloud Computing Index Fund ........................................................................................................
SPDR S&P Transportation ETF .............................................................................................................................
VanEck Vectors Steel Index Fund .........................................................................................................................
Proshares S&P Midcap 400 Dividend Aristocrats ETF ..........................................................................................
First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund ............................................................................................................
Sprott Gold Miners ETF .........................................................................................................................................
iShares CMBS ETF ................................................................................................................................................
PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio ......................................................................................
First Trust NASDAQ ABA Community Bank Index Fund ......................................................................................
iShares Global Materials ETF ................................................................................................................................
First Trust NASDAQ Technology Dividend Index Fund .........................................................................................
Fidelity MSCI Consumer Discretionary Index ETF ................................................................................................
iShares Core Aggressive Allocation ETF ...............................................................................................................
First Trust US IPO Index Fund ..............................................................................................................................
Schwab Fundamental International Small Cap Company index ...........................................................................
Guggenheim BulletShares 2019 Corporate Bond ETF ..........................................................................................
iShares Asia 50 ETF ..............................................................................................................................................
ETFS Physical Precious Metal Basket Shares ......................................................................................................
Vanguard Russell 1000 ..........................................................................................................................................
Fidelity MSCI Consumer Staples Index ETF .........................................................................................................
Guggenheim BulletShares 2021 Corporate Bond ETF ..........................................................................................
First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund .........................................................................................
iShares Commodities Select Strategy ETF ............................................................................................................
PowerShares DWA Utilities Momentum Portfolio ..................................................................................................
PowerShares DWA Consumer Staples Momentum Portfolio ................................................................................
Vanguard Mega Cap ETF ......................................................................................................................................
iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF .........................................................................................................................
Guggenheim BulletShares 2017 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF ........................................................................
SPDR S&P 400 Mid CapGrowth ETF ....................................................................................................................
iShares MSCI World ETF .......................................................................................................................................
Oppenheimer Ultra Dividend Revenue ETF ..........................................................................................................
SPDR S&P 600 Small CapETF .............................................................................................................................
iPath Bloomberg Sugar Subindex Total Return ETN ............................................................................................
Guggenheim BulletShares 2020 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF ........................................................................
iShares Core Conservative Allocation ETF ............................................................................................................
Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 ETF .......................................................................................................................
Guggenheim BulletShares 2016 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF ........................................................................
PowerShares CEF Income Composite Portfolio ....................................................................................................
Oppenheimer Large Cap Revenue ETF ................................................................................................................
PowerShares California AMT-Free Municipal Bond Portfolio ................................................................................
John Hancock Multi-Factor Large Cap ETF ..........................................................................................................
Fidelity Ltd Term Bond ETF ...................................................................................................................................
SPDR S&P 400 Mid Cap Value ETF .....................................................................................................................
Guggenheim S&P 500 Equal Weight Utilities ETF ................................................................................................
Guggenheim S&P 500 Equal Weight Industrials ETF ...........................................................................................
ETFS Physical Palladium Shares ..........................................................................................................................
SPDR S&P Health Care Services ETF ..................................................................................................................
Fidelity Total Bond ETF .........................................................................................................................................
iShares Asia/Pacific Dividend ETF .........................................................................................................................
Teucrium Corn Fund ..............................................................................................................................................
Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 ETF ..........................................................................................................................
Fidelity MSCI Industrials Index ETF .......................................................................................................................
iShares Morningstar Large-Cap Growth ETF ........................................................................................................
iShares Emerging Markets High Yield Bond ETF ..................................................................................................
FlexShares International Quality Dividend Index Fund ..........................................................................................
Vanguard S&P 500 Value ETF ..............................................................................................................................
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ETP name
SIVR ...............
KOL ................
MLPA ..............
AGZ ................
EELV ..............
TAN ................
IUSB ...............
IVOV ...............
GBF ................
TLTD ...............
SLQD ..............
CSM ................
TDTF ..............
SOCL ..............
SLVP ..............
QQEW ............
FJP .................
FEP .................
BNO ................
AMZA ..............
MBG ...............
IWY .................
FLQE ..............
GMM ...............
BSCM .............
GREK .............
FMAT ..............
HEEM .............
GEM ...............
DBKO .............
ILTB ................
GSIE ...............
LRGF ..............
NFRA ..............
AGGP .............
KXI ..................
EDIV ...............
IEZ ..................
ZIV ..................
DTD ................
JJG .................
ETFS Physical Silver Shares .................................................................................................................................
VanEck Vectors Coal ETF .....................................................................................................................................
Global X MLP ETF .................................................................................................................................................
iShares Agency Bond ETF .....................................................................................................................................
PowerShares S&P Emerging Markets Low Volatility Portfolio ..............................................................................
Guggenheim Solar ETF .........................................................................................................................................
iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF ...........................................................................................................
Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value ETF ...............................................................................................................
iShares Government/Credit Bond ETF ..................................................................................................................
FlexShares Morningstar Developed Markets ex-US Factor Tilt Index Fund .........................................................
iShares 0–5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF ...................................................................................
ProShares Large Cap Core Plus ...........................................................................................................................
FlexShares iBoxx 5-Year Target Duration TIPS Index Fund .................................................................................
Global X Social Media Index ETF ..........................................................................................................................
iShares MSCI Global Silver Miners ETF ................................................................................................................
First Trust NASDAQ–100 Equal Weighted Index Fund .........................................................................................
First Trust Japan AlphaDEX Fund .........................................................................................................................
First Trust Europe AlphaDEX Fund .......................................................................................................................
United States Brent Oil Fund LP ...........................................................................................................................
InfraCap MLP ETF .................................................................................................................................................
SPDR Bloomberg Barclays Mortgage Backed Bond ETF .....................................................................................
iShares Russell Top 200 Growth ETF ...................................................................................................................
Franklin LibertyQ Emerging Markets ETF ..............................................................................................................
SPDR S&P Emerging Markets ETF .......................................................................................................................
Guggenheim BulletShares 2022 Corporate Bond ETF ..........................................................................................
Global X MSCI Greece ETF ...................................................................................................................................
Fidelity MSCI Materials Index ETF ........................................................................................................................
iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Emerging Markets ETF .....................................................................................
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta Emerging Markets Equity ETF ..................................................................................
Deutsche X-trackers MSCI South Korea Hedged Equity ETF ..............................................................................
iShares Core 10+ Year USD Bond ETF ................................................................................................................
Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta International Equity ETF ...........................................................................................
iShares FactorSelect MSCI USA ETF ...................................................................................................................
FlexShares STOXX Global Broad Infrastructure Index Fund ................................................................................
IQ Enhanced Core Plus Bond U.S. ETF ................................................................................................................
iShares Global Consumer Staples ETF .................................................................................................................
SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Dividend ETF ........................................................................................................
iShares U.S. Oil Equipment & Services ETF .........................................................................................................
VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX Medium Term ETN ...........................................................................................
WisdomTree Total Dividend Fund ..........................................................................................................................
iPath Bloomberg Grains Subindex Total Return ETN ...........................................................................................
Appendix B—Data
Unless otherwise specified, the following
data shall be collected and transmitted to the
SEC in an agreed-upon format on a monthly
basis, to be provided 30 calendar days
following month end. Unless otherwise
specified, the Primary Listing Exchanges
shall be responsible for collecting and
transmitting the data to the SEC. Data
collected in connection with Sections II(E)–
(G) below shall be transmitted to the SEC
with a request for confidential treatment
under the Freedom of Information Act. 5
U.S.C. 552, and the SEC’s rules and
regulations thereunder.
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I. Summary Statistics
A. Frequency with which NMS Stocks enter
a Limit State. Such summary data shall be
broken down as follows:
1. Partition stocks by category
a. Tier 1 non-ETP issues > $3.00
b. Tier 1 non-ETP issues >= $0.75 and <=
$3.00
c. Tier 1 non-ETP issues <$0.75
d. Tier 1 non-leveraged ETPs in each of
above categories
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f. Tier 2 non-ETPs in each of above
categories
g. Tier 2 non-leveraged ETPs in each of
above categories
h. Tier 2 leveraged ETPs in each of above
categories
2. Partition by time of day
a. Opening (prior to 9:45 am ET)
b. Regular (between 9:45 am ET and 3:35
pm ET)
c. Closing (after 3:35 pm ET)
d. Within five minutes of a Trading Pause
re-open or IPO open
3. Track reasons for entering a Limit State,
such as:
a. Liquidity gap–price reverts from a Limit
State Quotation and returns to trading
within the Price Bands
b. Broken trades
c. Primary Listing Exchange manually
declares a Trading Pause pursuant to
Section (VII)(2) of the Plan
d. Other
B. Determine (1), (2) and (3) for when a
Trading Pause has been declared for an NMS
Stock pursuant to the Plan.
II. Raw Data (all Participants, except A–E,
which are for the Primary Listing Exchanges
only)
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A. Record of every Straddle State
1. Ticker, date, time entered, time exited, flag
for ending with Limit State, flag for
ending with manual override.
2. Pipe delimited with field names as first
record.
B. Record of every Price Band
1. Ticker, date, time at beginning of Price
Band, Upper Price Band, Lower Price
Band
2. Pipe delimited with field names as first
record
C. Record of every Limit State
1. Ticker, date, time entered, time exited, flag
for halt
2. Pipe delimited with field names as first
record
D. Record of every Trading Pause or halt
1. Ticker, date, time entered, time exited,
type of halt (i.e., regulatory halt, nonregulatory halt, Trading Pause pursuant
to the Plan, other)
2. Pipe delimited with field names as first
record
E. Data set or orders entered into reopening
auctions during halts or Trading Pauses
1. Arrivals, Changes, Cancels, # shares, limit/
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record
F. Data set of order events received during
Limit States
G. Summary data on order flow of arrivals
and cancellations for each 15-second period
for discrete time periods and sample stocks
to be determined by the SEC in subsequent
data requests. Must indicate side(s) of Limit
State.
1. Market/marketable sell orders arrivals
and executions
a. Count
b. Shares
c. Shares executed
2. Market/marketable buy orders arrivals and
executions
a. Count
b. Shares
c. Shares executed
3. Count arriving, volume arriving and shares
executing in limit sell orders above
NBBO mid-point
4. Count arriving, volume arriving and shares
executing in limit sell orders at or below
NBBO mid-point (non-marketable)
5. Count arriving, volume arriving and shares
executing in limit buy orders at or above
NBBO mid-point (non-marketable)
6. Count arriving, volume arriving and shares
executing in limit buy orders below
NBBO mid-point
7. Count and volume arriving of limit sell
orders priced at or above NBBO midpoint plus $0.05
8. Count and volume arriving of limit buy
orders priced at or below NBBO midpoint minus $0.05
9. Count and volume of (3–8) for cancels
10. Include: ticker, date, time at start, time of
Limit State, all data item fields in 1, last
sale prior to 15-second period (null if no
trades today), range during 15-second
period, last trade during 15-second
period
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III. On May 28, 2015, Participants provided
to the SEC a supplemental joint assessment
relating to the impact of the Plan and
calibration of the Percentage Parameters as
follows:
A. Assess the statistical and economic impact
on liquidity of approaching Price Bands.
B. Assess the statistical and economic impact
of the Price Bands on erroneous trades.
C. Assess the statistical and economic impact
of the appropriateness of the Percentage
Parameters used for the Price Bands.
D. Assess whether the Limit State is the
appropriate length to allow for liquidity
replenishment when a Limit State is reached
because of a temporary liquidity gap.
E. Evaluate concerns from the options
markets regarding the statistical and
economic impact of Limit States on liquidity
and market quality in the options markets.
(Participants that operate options exchange
should also prepare such assessment reports.)
F. Assess whether the process for entering a
Limit State should be adjusted and whether
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Limit State should be adjusted.
H. Assess whether the Trading Pauses are too
long or short and whether the reopening
procedures should be adjusted.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 10149]
Notice of Determinations; Culturally
Significant Objects Imported for
Exhibition Determinations: ‘‘Terracotta
Army: Legacy of the First Emperor of
China’’ Exhibition
Notice is hereby given of the
following determinations: I hereby
determine that certain objects to be
included in the exhibition ‘‘Terracotta
Army: Legacy of the First Emperor of
China,’’ imported from abroad for
temporary exhibition within the United
States, are of cultural significance. The
objects are imported pursuant to a loan
agreement with the foreign owners or
custodians. I also determine that the
exhibition or display of the exhibit
objects at the Virginia Museum of Fine
Arts, Richmond, Virginia, from on or
about November 14, 2017, until on or
about March 11, 2018, at the Cincinnati
Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, from on
or about April 18, 2018, until on or
about August 12, 2018, and at possible
additional exhibitions or venues yet to
be determined, is in the national
interest.
SUMMARY:
[Public Notice: 10148]
Notice of Determinations; Culturally
Significant Objects Imported for
Exhibition Determinations: ‘‘David
Hockney’’ Exhibition
Notice is hereby given of the
following determinations: I hereby
determine that certain objects to be
included in the exhibition ‘‘David
Hockney,’’ imported from abroad for
temporary exhibition within the United
States, are of cultural significance. The
objects are imported pursuant to an
agreement with the foreign owner or
custodian. I also determine that the
exhibition or display of the exhibit
objects at The Metropolitan Museum of
Art, New York, New York, from on or
about November 21, 2017, until on or
about February 25, 2018, and at possible
additional exhibitions or venues yet to
be determined, is in the national
interest.
SUMMARY:
For
further information, including a list of
the imported objects, contact Elliot Chiu
in the Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S.
Department of State (telephone: 202–
632–6471; email: section2459@
state.gov). The mailing address is U.S.
Department of State, L/PD, SA–5, Suite
5H03, Washington, DC 20522–0505.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
foregoing determinations were made
pursuant to the authority vested in me
by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat.
985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), E.O. 12047 of
March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs
Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998
(112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501
note, et seq.), Delegation of Authority
No. 234 of October 1, 1999, Delegation
of Authority No. 236–3 of August 28,
2000 (and, as appropriate, Delegation of
Authority No. 257–1 of December 11,
2015). I have ordered that Public Notice
of these determinations be published in
the Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alyson Grunder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Bureau
of Educational and Cultural Affairs,
Department of State.
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For
further information, including a list of
the imported objects, contact Elliot Chiu
in the Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S.
Department of State (telephone: 202–
632–6471; email: section2459@
state.gov). The mailing address is U.S.
Department of State, L/PD, SA–5, Suite
5H03, Washington, DC 20522–0505.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
The
foregoing determinations were made
pursuant to the authority vested in me
by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat.
985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), E.O. 12047 of
March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs
Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998
(112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501
note, et seq.), Delegation of Authority
No. 234 of October 1, 1999, Delegation
of Authority No. 236–3 of August 28,
2000 (and, as appropriate, Delegation of
Authority No. 257–1 of December 11,
2015). I have ordered that Public Notice
of these determinations be published in
the Federal Register.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Alyson Grunder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Bureau
of Educational and Cultural Affairs,
Department of State.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Release No. 34-81720; File No. 4-631]
Joint Industry Plan; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness
of the Fifteenth Amendment to the National Market System Plan To
Address Extraordinary Market Volatility by Bats BZX Exchange, Inc.,
Bats BYX Exchange, Inc., Bats EDGA Exchange, Inc., Bats EDGX Exchange,
Inc., Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority, Inc., Investors Exchange LLC, NASDAQ BX, Inc., NASDAQ PHLX
LLC, The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, NYSE National, Inc., New York Stock
Exchange LLC, NYSE American LLC, and NYSE Arca, Inc.
September 26, 2017.
I. Introduction
On August 31, 2017, NYSE Group, Inc., on behalf of the following
parties to the National Market System Plan to Address Extraordinary
Market Volatility (``the Plan''): \1\ Bats BZX Exchange, Inc., Bats BYX
Exchange, Inc., Bats EDGA Exchange, Inc., Bats EDGX Exchange, Inc.,
Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., the Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority, Inc. (``FINRA''), Investors Exchange LLC, NASDAQ BX, Inc.,
NASDAQ PHLX LLC, The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (``Nasdaq''), New York
Stock Exchange LLC (``NYSE''), NYSE Arca, Inc., NYSE American LLC, and
NYSE National Inc. (collectively, the ``Participants'') filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') pursuant to Section
11A(a)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Exchange Act'') \2\
and Rule 608 thereunder,\3\ a proposal to amend the Plan (``Fifteenth
Amendment'').\4\ The proposal reflects changes unanimously approved by
the Participants. The Fifteenth Amendment proposes to extend the
implementation date for the twelfth amendment to the Plan (``Twelfth
Amendment'') and related changes from the thirteenth amendment to the
Plan (``Amendment 13 Changes'') set out in the fourteenth amendment to
the Plan (``Fourteenth Amendment''), as discussed below.\5\ The
Participants are filing the Fifteenth Amendment for immediate
effectiveness pursuant to
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Act.\6\ The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit comments
from interested persons.\7\
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\1\ On May 31, 2012, the Commission approved the Plan, as
modified by Amendment No. 1. See Securities Exchange Act Release No.
67091, 77 FR 33498 (June 6, 2012) (File No. 4-631). On February 20,
2013, the Commission noticed for immediate effectiveness the Second
Amendment to the Plan. See Securities Exchange Act Release No.
68953, 78 FR 13113 (February 26, 2013). On April 3, 2013, the
Commission approved the Third Amendment to the Plan. See Securities
Exchange Act Release No. 69287, 78 FR 21483 (April 10, 2013). On
August 27, 2013, the Commission noticed for immediate effectiveness
the Fourth Amendment to the Plan. See Securities Exchange Act
Release No. 70273, 78 FR 54321 (September 3, 2013). On September 26,
2013, the Commission approved the Fifth Amendment to the Plan. See
Securities Exchange Act Release No. 70530, 78 FR 60937 (October 2,
2013). On January 7, 2014, the Commission noticed for immediate
effectiveness the Sixth Amendment to the Plan. See Securities
Exchange Act Release No. 71247, 79 FR 2204 (January 13, 2014). On
April 3, 2014, the Commission approved the Seventh Amendment to the
Plan. See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 71851, 79 FR 19687
(April 9, 2014). On February 19, 2015, the Commission approved the
Eight Amendment to the Plan. See Securities Exchange Act Release No.
74323, 80 FR 10169 (February 25, 2015). On October 22, 2015, the
Commission approved the Ninth Amendment to the Plan. See Securities
Exchange Act Release No. 76244, 80 FR 66099 (October 28, 2015). On
April 21, 2016, the Commission approved the Tenth Amendment to the
Plan. See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 77679, 81 FR 24908
(April 27, 2016). On August 26, 2016, the Commission noticed for
immediate effectiveness the Eleventh Amendment to the Plan. See
Securities Exchange Act Release No. 78703, 81 FR 60397 (September 1,
2016). On January 19, 2017, the Commission approved the Twelfth
Amendment to the Plan. See Securities Exchange Act Release No.
79845, 82 FR 8551 (January 26, 2017). On April 13, 2017, the
Commission approved the Thirteenth Amendment to the Plan. See
Securities Exchange Act Release No. 80455, 82 FR 18519 (April 19,
2017). On April 28, 2017, the Commission noticed for immediate
effectiveness the Fourteenth Amendment to the Plan. See Securities
Exchange Act Release No. 80549, 82 FR 20928 (May 4, 2017).
\2\ 15 U.S.C 78k-1(a)(3).
\3\ 17 CFR 242.608.
\4\ See Letter from Elizabeth King, General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary, NYSE, to Brent Fields, Secretary, Commission,
dated August 30, 2017 (``Transmittal Letter'').
\5\ The Participants also propose a non-substantive amendment to
the Plan text to reflect the name change of NYSE MKT LLC to NYSE
American LLC. See Securities Exchange Act Release No. Securities
Exchange Act Release No. 80283 (March 21, 2017), 82 FR 15244 (March
27, 2017) (SR-NYSEMKT-2017-14).
\6\ 17 CFR 242.608(b)(3)(iii).
\7\ 17 CFR 242.608(b)(1).
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II. Description of the Plan
Set forth in this Section II is the statement of the purpose and
summary of the Fourteenth Amendment, along with the information
required by Rule 608(a)(4) and (5) under the Exchange Act,\8\ prepared
and submitted by the Participants to the Commission.\9\
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\8\ See 17 CFR 242.608(a)(4) and (a)(5).
\9\ See Transmittal Letter, supra note 4.
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A. Statement of Purpose and Summary of the Plan Amendment
The Participants filed the Plan on April 5, 2011, to create a
market-wide limit up-limit down mechanism intended to address
extraordinary market volatility in NMS Stocks, as defined in Rule
600(b)(47) of Regulation NMS under the Exchange Act. The Plan sets
forth procedures that provide for market-wide limit up-limit down
requirements that would prevent trades in individual NMS Stocks from
occurring outside of the specified price bands. These limit up-limit
down requirements are coupled with Trading Pauses,\10\ as defined in
Section I(Y) of the Plan, to accommodate more fundamental price moves.
In particular, the Participants adopted this Plan to address the type
of sudden price movements that the market experienced on the afternoon
of May 6, 2010.
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\10\ Unless otherwise specified, the terms used herein have the
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As set forth in more detail in the Plan, all trading centers in NMS
Stocks, including both those operated by Participants and those
operated by members of Participants, shall establish, maintain, and
enforce written policies and procedures that are reasonably designed to
comply with the limit up-limit down requirements specified in the Plan.
More specifically, the Processor responsible for consolidation of
information for an NMS Stock pursuant to Rule 603(b) of Regulation NMS
under the Exchange Act will be responsible for calculating and
disseminating a lower price band and upper price band, as provided for
in Section V of the Plan. Section VI of the Plan sets forth the limit
up-limit down requirements of the Plan, and in particular, that all
trading centers in NMS Stocks, including both those operated by
Participants and those operated by members of Participants, shall
establish, maintain, and enforce written policies and procedures that
are reasonably designed to prevent trades at prices that are below the
lower price band or above the upper price band for an NMS Stock,
consistent with the Plan.
The changes approved by the Commission in the twelfth amendment to
the Plan provide that a Trading Pause will continue until the Primary
Listing Exchange has reopened trading using its established reopening
procedures, and to require that trading centers not resume trading in
an NMS Stock following a Trading Pause without Price Bands for such NMS
Stock. In the Statement of Purpose filed with the twelfth amendment,
the Participants stated that the changes described in the twelfth
amendment would be implemented no later than six months after approval
of that amendment. Based on the fourteenth amendment to the Plan, the
twelfth amendment must be implemented no later than the end of the
third quarter of 2017.
Because the SIP technology changes necessary to implement the
twelfth amendment to the Plan and the Amendment 13 Changes will not be
ready by September 30, 2017, the Participants are filing this proposal
to change the implementation date for the changes to the Plan set forth
in the twelfth amendment and the Amendment 13 Changes to no later than
November 30, 2017. Specifically, the CQS and CTA SIPs are in the
process of upgrading to binary message type formats over their
multicast channels and the changes described in the twelfth and
thirteenth amendments to the Plan are scheduled to be implemented
together with these upgrades. SIAC has announced revised implementation
dates for the implementation of the CQS and CTA new binary formats,
which impacts the implementation dates for SIAC's implementation of the
twelfth amendment to the Plan and the Amendment 13 Changes.\11\
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\11\ See Updated CQS and CTS Multicast Output Binary Formats:
Testing and Implementation Schedule Update 7, available here:
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Because of a dependency on certain SIP technology changes, certain
Primary Listing Exchanges will not be ready to implement the changes to
their automated reopening processes following a Trading Pause, which
were made pursuant to exchange rule filings in conjunction with the
twelfth amendment to the Plan, by September 30, 2017. To provide for a
standardized approach that would allow for extensions of a Trading
Pause by the Primary Listing Exchange if equilibrium cannot be met to
establish a Reopening Price within specified parameters (``automated
reopening changes''), the Primary Listing Exchanges amended their rules
for automated reopenings.\12\ The Primary Listing Exchanges anticipate
implementing the automated reopening changes commensurate with
implementation of the twelfth amendment to the Plan and the Amendment
13 Changes.\13\
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\12\ See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 79846 (January 19,
2017), 82 FR 8548 (January 26, 2017) (SR-NYSEArca-2016-130)
(Approval Order); 79884 (January 26, 2017), 82 FR 8968 (February 1,
2017) (SR-BatsBZX-2016-61) (Approval Order); 79876 (January 25,
2017), 82 FR 8888 (January 31, 2017) (SR-Nasdaq-2016-131) (Approval
Order).
\13\ In other words, the Participants expect that both the
changes pursuant to the twelfth amendment and the Primary Listing
Exchange automated reopening changes would become operative at the
same time.
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Accordingly, both to provide time to support the technology changes
for the twelfth amendment to the Plan and to align the implementation
date of the twelfth amendment and the
Amendment 13 Changes with the implementation timeline for the
automated reopening changes by the Primary Listing Exchanges, the
Participants propose to change the implementation date for the changes
in the twelfth amendment to the Plan and the Amendment 13 Changes to no
later than November 30, 2017. This proposed change does not require any
changes to the text of the Plan.
The Participants believe that the proposed modification to the
implementation schedule is technical and ministerial in nature because
it simply extends the implementation period for the twelfth amendment
to the Plan and does not change any substantive elements of the
Plan.\14\ The Participants believe that the proposal to extend the
implementation schedule is consistent with the goal of the twelfth
amendment to the Plan, which is to reduce the potential for sequential
Trading Pauses in an NMS Stock by centralizing the reopening process
through the Primary Listing Exchanges, because it would align the
implementation schedule for the twelfth amendment to the Plan with the
implementation schedule for the automated reopening changes. The
proposed amendment would therefore protect investors and the public
interest
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\14\ See, e.g., Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 70273
(amending Section VIII.B of the Plan to establish a new
implementation schedule for Phase II of the Plan) and 71247
(amending Section VIII.B of the Plan to establish a new
implementation schedule for Phase II of the Plan), supra note 1.
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B. Governing or Constituent Documents
The governing documents of the Processor, as defined in Section
I(P) of the Plan, will not be affected by the Plan, but once the Plan
is implemented, the Processor's obligations will change, as set forth
in detail in the Plan.
C. Implementation of Plan
The initial date of the Plan operations was April 8, 2013.
D. Development and Implementation Phases
The Plan was initially implemented as a one-year pilot program in
two Phases, consistent with Section VIII of the Plan: Phase I of Plan
implementation began on April 8, 2013 and was completed on May 3, 2013.
Implementation of Phase II of the Plan began on August 5, 2013 and was
completed on February 24, 2014. The tenth amendment to the Plan was
implemented on July 18, 2016. Pursuant to the proposed thirteenth
amendment to the Plan, the Participants propose [sic] to extend the
pilot period until April 16, 2018.\15\ Currently, the Participants must
implement the twelfth amendment to the Plan to no later than the end of
the third quarter of 2017. Pursuant to this proposed amendment, the
Participants propose to extend the time frame to implement the twelfth
amendment to the Plan and the Amendment 13 Changes to no later than
November 30, 2017.
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\15\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 80455 (order
approving the thirteenth amendment to the Plan), supra note 1.
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E. Analysis of Impact on Competition
The proposed Plan does not impose any burden on competition that is
not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the
Exchange Act. The Participants do not believe that the proposed Plan
introduces terms that are unreasonably discriminatory for the purposes
of Section 11A(c)(1)(D) of the Exchange Act.
F. Written Understanding or Agreements Relating to Interpretation of,
or Participation in, Plan
The Participants have no written understandings or agreements
relating to interpretation of the Plan. Section II(C) of the Plan sets
forth how any entity registered as a national securities exchange or
national securities association may become a Participant.
G. Approval of Amendment of the Plan
Each of the Plan's Participants has executed a written amended
Plan.
H. Terms and Conditions of Access
Section II(C) of the Plan provides that any entity registered as a
national securities exchange or national securities association under
the Exchange Act may become a Participant by: (1) Becoming a
participant in the applicable Market Data Plans, as defined in Section
I(F) of the Plan; (2) executing a copy of the Plan, as then in effect;
(3) providing each then-current Participant with a copy of such
executed Plan; and (4) effecting an amendment to the Plan as specified
in Section III(B) of the Plan.
I. Method of Determination and Imposition, and Amount of, Fees and
Charges
Not applicable.
J. Method and Frequency of Processor Evaluation
Not applicable.
K. Dispute Resolution
Section III(C) of the Plan provides that each Participant shall
designate an individual to represent the Participant as a member of an
Operating Committee. No later than the initial date of the Plan, the
Operating Committee shall designate one member of the Operating
Committee to act as the Chair of the Operating Committee. Any
recommendation for an amendment to the Plan from the Operating
Committee that receives an affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of
the Participants, but is less than unanimous, shall be submitted to the
Commission as a request for an amendment to the Plan initiated by the
Commission under Rule 608.
On July 19, 2017, the Operating Committee, duly constituted and
chaired by Mr. Robert Books of Bats, met and voted unanimously to amend
the Plan as set forth herein in accordance with Section III(C) of the
Plan. The Plan Advisory Committee was notified in connection with the
Fifteenth Amendment and was in favor.
III. Solicitation of Comments
Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views and
arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether the amendment is
consistent with the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder. Comments may
be submitted by any of the following methods:
Electronic Comments
Use the Commission's Internet comment form (https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml); or
Send an e-mail to rule-comments@sec.gov. Please include
File Number 4-631 on the subject line.
Paper Comments
Send paper comments in triplicate to Brent J. Fields,
Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20549-1090.
All submissions should refer to File Number 4-631.This file number
should be included on the subject line if e-mail 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 (https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml).
Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all written
statements with respect to the proposed plan amendment that are filed
with the Commission, and all written communications relating to the
amendment 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 Participants' offices. 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 4-631 and should be submitted on or before
October 23, 2017.
By the Commission.
Brent J. Fields,
Secretary.
ATTACHMENT A
Proposed new language is italicized; proposed deletions are in
[brackets].
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PLAN TO ADDRESS EXTRAORDINARY MARKET VOLATILITY SUBMITTED TO THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO RULE 608 OF REGULATION
NMS UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Table of Contents
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Section Page
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Preamble....................................................... 1
I. Definitions................................................. 2
II. Parties.................................................... 4
III. Amendments to Plan........................................ 7
IV. Trading Center Policies and Procedures..................... 8
V. Price Bands................................................. 8
VI. Limit Up--Limit Down Requirements.......................... 11
VII. Trading Pauses............................................ 13
VIII. Implementation........................................... 15
IX. Withdrawal from Plan....................................... 16
X. Counterparts and Signatures................................. 16
Appendix A--Percentage Parameters.............................. 18
Appendix A--Schedule 1......................................... 20
Appendix B--Data............................................... 35
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Preamble
The Participants submit to the SEC this Plan establishing
procedures to address extraordinary volatility in NMS Stocks. The
procedures provide for market-wide limit up-limit down requirements
that prevent trades in individual NMS Stocks from occurring outside
of the specified Price Bands. These limit up-limit down requirements
are coupled with Trading Pauses to accommodate more fundamental
price moves. The Plan procedures are designed, among other things,
to protect investors and promote fair and orderly markets. The
Participants developed this Plan pursuant to Rule 608(a)(3) of
Regulation NMS under the Exchange Act, which authorizes the
Participants to act jointly in preparing, filing, and implementing
national market system plans.
I. Definitions
(A) ``Eligible Reported Transactions'' shall have the meaning
prescribed by the Operating Committee and shall generally mean
transactions that are eligible to update the last sale price of an
NMS Stock.
(B) ``Exchange Act'' means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended.
(C) ``Limit State'' shall have the meaning provided in Section
VI of the Plan.
(D) ``Limit State Quotation'' shall have the meaning provided in
Section VI of the Plan.
(E) ``Lower Price Band'' shall have the meaning provided in
Section V of the Plan.
(F) ``Market Data Plans'' shall mean the effective national
market system plans through which the Participants act jointly to
disseminate consolidated information in compliance with Rule 603(b)
of Regulation NMS under the Exchange Act.
(G) ``National Best Bid'' and ``National Best Offer'' shall have
the meaning provided in Rule 600(b)(42) of Regulation NMS under the
Exchange Act.
(H) ``NMS Stock'' shall have the meaning provided in Rule
600(b)(47) of Regulation NMS under the Exchange Act.
(I) ``Opening Price'' shall mean the price of a transaction that
opens trading on the Primary Listing Exchange. If the Primary
Listing Exchange opens with quotations, the ``Opening Price'' shall
mean the closing price of the NMS Stock on the Primary Listing
Exchange on the previous trading day, or if no such closing price
exists, the last sale on the Primary Listing Exchange.
(J) ``Operating Committee'' shall have the meaning provided in
Section III(C) of the Plan.
(K) ``Participant'' means a party to the Plan.
(L) ``Plan'' means the plan set forth in this instrument, as
amended from time to time in accordance with its provisions.
(M) ``Percentage Parameter'' shall mean the percentages for each
tier of NMS Stocks set forth in Appendix A of the Plan.
(N) ``Price Bands'' shall have the meaning provided in Section V
of the Plan.
(O) ``Primary Listing Exchange'' shall mean the Participant on
which an NMS Stock is listed. If an NMS Stock is listed on more than
one Participant, the Participant on which the NMS Stock has been
listed the longest shall be the Primary Listing Exchange.
(P) ``Processor'' shall mean the single plan processor
responsible for the consolidation of information for an NMS Stock
pursuant to Rule 603(b) of Regulation NMS under the Exchange Act.
(Q) ``Pro-Forma Reference Price'' shall have the meaning
provided in Section V(A)(2) of the Plan.
(R) ``Reference Price'' shall have the meaning provided in
Section V of the Plan.
(S) ``Regular Trading Hours'' shall have the meaning provided in
Rule 600(b)(64) of Regulation NMS under the Exchange Act. For
purposes of the Plan, Regular Trading Hours can end earlier than
4:00 p.m. ET in the case of an early scheduled close.
(T) ``Regulatory Halt'' shall have the meaning specified in the
Market Data Plans.
(U) ``Reopening Price'' shall mean the price of a transaction
that reopens trading on the Primary Listing Exchange following a
Trading Pause or a Regulatory Halt, or, if the Primary Listing
Exchange reopens with quotations, the midpoint of those quotations.
(V) ``SEC'' shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission.
(W) ``Straddle State'' shall have the meaning provided in
Section VII(A)(2) of the Plan.
(X) ``Trading center'' shall have the meaning provided in Rule
600(b)(78) of Regulation NMS under the Exchange Act.
(Y) ``Trading Pause'' shall have the meaning provided in Section
VII of the Plan.
(Z) ``Upper Price Band'' shall have the meaning provided in
Section V of the Plan.
II. Parties
(A) List of Parties
The parties to the Plan are as follows:
(1) Bats BZX Exchange, Inc.
8050 Marshall Drive
Lenexa, Kansas 66214
(2) Bats BYX Exchange, Inc.
8050 Marshall Drive
Lenexa, Kansas 66214
(3) Bats EDGA Exchange, Inc.
8050 Marshall Drive
Lenexa, Kansas 66214
(4) Bats EDGX Exchange, Inc.
8050 Marshall Drive
Lenexa, Kansas 66214
(5) Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.
440 South LaSalle Street
Chicago, Illinois 60605
(6) Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
1735 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
(7) Investors Exchange LLC
4 World Trade Center, 44th Floor
New York, New York 10007
(8) NASDAQ BX, Inc.
One Liberty Plaza
New York, New York 10006
(9) NASDAQ PHLX LLC
1900 Market Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
(10) The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
1 Liberty Plaza
165 Broadway
New York, NY 10006
(11) NYSE National, Inc.
11 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005
(12) New York Stock Exchange LLC
11 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
(13) NYSE [MKT]American LLC
11 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
(14) NYSE Arca, Inc.
11 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
(B) Compliance Undertaking
By subscribing to and submitting the Plan for approval by the
SEC, each Participant agrees to comply with and to enforce
compliance, as required by Rule 608(c) of Regulation NMS under the
Exchange Act, by its members with the provisions of the Plan. To
this end, each Participant shall adopt a rule requiring compliance
by its members with the provisions of the Plan, and each Participant
shall take such actions as are necessary and appropriate as a
participant of the Market Data Plans to cause and enable the
Processor for each NMS Stock to fulfill the functions set forth in
this Plan.
(C) New Participants
The Participants agree that any entity registered as a national
securities exchange or national securities association under the
Exchange Act may become a Participant by: (1) becoming a participant
in the applicable Market Data Plans; (2) executing a copy of the
Plan, as then in effect; (3) providing each then-current Participant
with a copy of such executed Plan; and (4) effecting an amendment to
the Plan as specified in Section III (B) of the Plan.
(D) Advisory Committee
(1) Formation. Notwithstanding other provisions of this Plan, an
Advisory Committee to the Plan shall be formed and shall function in
accordance with the provisions set forth in this section.
(2) Composition. Members of the Advisory Committee shall be
selected for two-year terms as follows:
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(A) Advisory Committee Selections. By affirmative vote of a
majority of the Participants, the Participants shall select at least
one representatives from each of the following categories to be
members of the Advisory Committee: (1) a broker-dealer with a
substantial retail investor customer base; (2) a broker-dealer with
a substantial institutional investor customer base; (3) an
alternative trading system; (4) a broker-dealer that primarily
engages in trading for its own account; and (5) an investor.
(3) Function. Members of the Advisory Committee shall have the
right to submit their views to the Operating Committee on Plan
matters, prior to a decision by the Operating Committee on such
matters. Such matters shall include, but not be limited to, proposed
material amendments to the Plan.
(4) Meetings and Information. Members of the Advisory Committee
shall have the right to attend meetings of the Operating Committee
and to receive any information concerning Plan matters; provided,
however, that the Operating Committee may meet in executive session
if, by affirmative vote of a majority of the Participants, the
Operating Committee determines that an item of Plan business
requires confidential treatment.
III. Amendments to Plan
(A) General Amendments
Except with respect to the addition of new Participants to the
Plan, any proposed change in, addition to, or deletion from the Plan
shall be effected by means of a written amendment to the Plan that:
(1) sets forth the change, addition, or deletion; (2) is executed on
behalf of each Participant; and, (3) is approved by the SEC pursuant
to Rule 608 of Regulation NMS under the Exchange Act, or otherwise
becomes effective under Rule 608 of Regulation NMS under the
Exchange Act.
(B) New Participants
With respect to new Participants, an amendment to the Plan may
be effected by the new national securities exchange or national
securities association executing a copy of the Plan, as then in
effect (with the only changes being the addition of the new
Participant's name in Section II(A) of the Plan) and submitting such
executed Plan to the SEC for approval. The amendment shall be
effective when it is approved by the SEC in accordance with Rule 608
of Regulation NMS under the Exchange Act or otherwise becomes
effective pursuant to Rule 608 of Regulation NMS under the Exchange
Act.
(C) Operating Committee
(1) Each Participant shall select from its staff one individual
to represent the Participant as a member of an Operating Committee,
together with a substitute for such individual. The substitute may
participate in deliberations of the Operating Committee and shall be
considered a voting member thereof only in the absence of the
primary representative. Each Participant shall have one vote on all
matters considered by the Operating Committee. No later than the
initial date of Plan operations, the Operating Committee shall
designate one member of the Operating Committee to act as the Chair
of the Operating Committee.
(2) The Operating Committee shall monitor the procedures
established pursuant to this Plan and advise the Participants with
respect to any deficiencies, problems, or recommendations as the
Operating Committee may deem appropriate. The Operating Committee
shall establish specifications and procedures for the implementation
and operation of the Plan that are consistent with the provisions of
this Plan and the Appendixes thereto. With respect to matters in
this paragraph, Operating Committee decisions shall be approved by a
simple majority vote.
(3) Any recommendation for an amendment to the Plan from the
Operating Committee that receives an affirmative vote of at least
two-thirds of the Participants, but is less than unanimous, shall be
submitted to the SEC as a request for an amendment to the Plan
initiated by the Commission under Rule 608 of Regulation NMS.
IV. Trading Center Policies and Procedures
All trading centers in NMS Stocks, including both those operated
by Participants and those operated by members of Participants, shall
establish, maintain, and enforce written policies and procedures
that are reasonably designed to comply with the limit up--limit down
requirements specified in Sections VI of the Plan, and to comply
with the Trading Pauses specified in Section VII of the Plan.
V. Price Bands
(A) Calculation and Dissemination of Price Bands
(1) The Processor for each NMS stock shall calculate and
disseminate to the public a Lower Price Band and an Upper Price Band
during Regular Trading Hours for such NMS Stock. The Price Bands
shall be based on a Reference Price for each NMS Stock that equals
the arithmetic mean price of Eligible Reported Transactions for the
NMS stock over the immediately preceding five-minute period (except
for periods following openings and reopenings, which are addressed
below). If no Eligible Reported Transactions for the NMS Stock have
occurred over the immediately preceding five-minute period, the
previous Reference Price shall remain in effect. The Price Bands for
an NMS Stock shall be calculated by applying the Percentage
Parameter for such NMS Stock to the Reference Price, with the Lower
Price Band being a Percentage Parameter below the Reference Price,
and the Upper Price Band being a Percentage Parameter above the
Reference Price. The Price Bands shall be calculated during Regular
Trading Hours. Between 9:30 a.m. and 9:45 a.m. ET, and 3:35 p.m. and
4:00 p.m. ET, or in the case of an early scheduled close, during the
last 25 minutes of trading before the early scheduled close, the
Price Bands shall be calculated by applying double the Percentage
Parameters set forth in Appendix A. If the Processor has not yet
disseminated Price Bands, but a Reference Price is available, a
trading center may calculate and apply Price Bands based on the same
Reference Price that the Processor would use for calculating such
Price Bands until such trading center receives Price Bands from the
Processor. If, under Section VII(B)(2), the Primary Listing Exchange
notifies the Processor that it is unable to reopen an NMS Stock due
to a systems or technology issue and it has not declared a
Regulatory Halt, the Processor will calculate and disseminate Price
Bands by applying triple the Percentage Parameters set forth in
Appendix A for the first 30 seconds such Price Bands are
disseminated.
(2) The Processor shall calculate a Pro-Forma Reference Price on
a continuous basis during Regular Trading Hours, as specified in
Section V(A)(1) of the Plan. If a Pro-Forma Reference Price has not
moved by 1% or more from the Reference Price currently in effect, no
new Price Bands shall be disseminated, and the current Reference
Price shall remain the effective Reference Price. When the Pro-Forma
Reference Price has moved by 1% or more from the Reference Price
currently in effect, the Pro-Forma Reference Price shall become the
Reference Price, and the Processor shall disseminate new Price Bands
based on the new Reference Price; provided, however, that each new
Reference Price shall remain in effect for at least 30 seconds.
(B) Openings
(1) Except when a Regulatory Halt is in effect at the start of
Regular Trading Hours, the first Reference Price for a trading day
shall be the Opening Price on the Primary Listing Exchange in an NMS
Stock if such Opening Price occurs less than five minutes after the
start of Regular Trading Hours. During the period less than five
minutes after the Opening Price, a Pro-Forma Reference Price shall
be updated on a continuous basis to be the arithmetic mean price of
Eligible Reported Transactions for the NMS Stock during the period
following the Opening Price (including the Opening Price), and if it
differs from the current Reference Price by 1% or more shall become
the new Reference Price, except that a new Reference Price shall
remain in effect for at least 30 seconds. Subsequent Reference
Prices shall be calculated as specified in Section V(A) of the Plan.
(2) If the Opening Price on the Primary Listing Exchange in an
NMS Stock does not occur within five minutes after the start of
Regular Trading Hours, the first Reference Price for a trading day
shall be the arithmetic mean price of Eligible Reported Transactions
for the NMS Stock over the preceding five minute time period, and
subsequent Reference Prices shall be calculated as specified in
Section V(A) of the Plan.
(C) Reopenings
(1) Following a Trading Pause in an NMS Stock, and if the
Primary Listing Exchange has not declared a Regulatory Halt, if the
Primary Listing Exchange reopens trading with a transaction or
quotation that does not include a zero bid or zero offer, the next
Reference Price shall be the Reopening Price on the Primary Listing
Exchange. Subsequent Reference Prices shall be determined in the
manner prescribed for normal openings, as specified in Section
V(B)(1) of the Plan. If the Primary Listing Exchange notifies the
Processor that it is unable to reopen an NMS Stock due to a systems
or technology issue,
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or if the Primary Listing Exchange reopens trading with a quotation
that has a zero bid or zero offer, or both, the next Reference Price
shall be the last effective Price Band that was in a Limit State
before the Trading Pause. Subsequent Reference Prices shall be
calculated as specified in Section V(A) of the Plan.
(2) Following a Regulatory Halt, the next Reference Price shall
be the Opening or Reopening Price on the Primary Listing Exchange if
such Opening or Reopening Price occurs within five minutes after the
end of the Regulatory Halt, and subsequent Reference Prices shall be
determined in the manner prescribed for normal openings, as
specified in Section V(B)(1) of the Plan. If such Opening or
Reopening Price has not occurred within five minutes after the end
of the Regulatory Halt, the Reference Price shall be equal to the
arithmetic mean price of Eligible Reported Transactions for the NMS
Stock over the preceding five minute time period, and subsequent
Reference Prices shall be calculated as specified in Section V(A) of
the Plan.
VI. Limit Up--Limit Down Requirements
(A) Limitations on Trades and Quotations Outside of Price Bands
(1) All trading centers in NMS Stocks, including both those
operated by Participants and those operated by members of
Participants, shall establish, maintain, and enforce written
policies and procedures that are reasonably designed to prevent
trades at prices that are below the Lower Price Band or above the
Upper Price Band for an NMS Stock. Single-priced opening, reopening,
and closing transactions on the Primary Listing Exchange, however,
shall be excluded from this limitation. In addition, any transaction
that both (i) does not update the last sale price (except if solely
because the transaction was reported late or because the transaction
was an odd-lot sized transaction), and (ii) is excepted or exempt
from Rule 611 under Regulation NMS shall be excluded from this
limitation.
(2) When a National Best Bid is below the Lower Price Band or a
National Best Offer is above the Upper Price Band for an NMS Stock,
the Processor shall disseminate such National Best Bid or National
Best Offer with an appropriate flag identifying it as non-
executable. When a National Best Offer is equal to the Lower Price
Band or a National Best Bid is equal to the Upper Price Band for an
NMS Stock, the Processor shall distribute such National Best Bid or
National Best Offer with an appropriate flag identifying it as a
``Limit State Quotation''.
(3) All trading centers in NMS Stocks, including both those
operated by Participants and those operated by members of
Participants, shall establish, maintain, and enforce written
policies and procedures that are reasonably designed to prevent the
display of offers below the Lower Price Band and bids above the
Upper Price Band for an NMS Stock. The Processor shall disseminate
an offer below the Lower Price Band or bid above the Upper Price
Band that may be submitted despite such reasonable policies and
procedures, but with an appropriate flag identifying it as non-
executable; provided, however, that any such bid or offer shall not
be included in National Best Bid or National Best Offer
calculations.
(B) Entering and Exiting a Limit State
(1) All trading for an NMS Stock shall immediately enter a Limit
State if the National Best Offer equals the Lower Price Band and
does not cross the National Best Bid, or the National Best Bid
equals the Upper Price Band and does not cross the National Best
Offer.
(2) When trading for an NMS Stock enters a Limit State, the
Processor shall disseminate this information by identifying the
relevant quotation (i.e., a National Best Offer that equals the
Lower Price Band or a National Best Bid that equals the Upper Price
Band) as a Limit State Quotation. At this point, the Processor shall
cease calculating and disseminating updated Reference Prices and
Price Bands for the NMS Stock until either trading exits the Limit
State or trading resumes with an opening or re-opening as provided
in Section V.
(3) Trading for an NMS Stock shall exit a Limit State if, within
15 seconds of entering the Limit State, the entire size of all Limit
State Quotations are executed or cancelled.
(4) If trading for an NMS Stock exits a Limit State within 15
seconds of entry, the Processor shall immediately calculate and
disseminate updated Price Bands based on a Reference Price that
equals the arithmetic mean price of Eligible Reported Transactions
for the NMS Stock over the immediately preceding five-minute period
(including the period of the Limit State).
(5) If trading for an NMS Stock does not exit a Limit State
within 15 seconds of entry, the Limit State will terminate when the
Primary Listing Exchange declares a Trading Pause pursuant to
Section VII of the Plan or at the end of Regular Trading Hours.
VII. Trading Pauses
(A) Declaration of Trading Pauses
(1) If trading for an NMS Stock does not exit a Limit State
within 15 seconds of entry during Regular Trading Hours, then the
Primary Listing Exchange shall declare a Trading Pause for such NMS
Stock and shall notify the Processor.
(2) The Primary Listing Exchange may also declare a Trading
Pause for an NMS Stock when an NMS Stock is in a Straddle State,
which is when National Best Bid (Offer) is below (above) the Lower
(Upper) Price Band and the NMS Stock is not in a Limit State, and
trading in that NMS Stock deviates from normal trading
characteristics such that declaring a Trading Pause would support
the Plan's goal to address extraordinary market volatility. The
Primary Listing Exchange shall develop policies and procedures for
determining when it would declare a Trading Pause in such
circumstances. If a Trading Pause is declared for an NMS Stock under
this provision, the Primary Listing Exchange shall notify the
Processor.
(3) The Processor shall disseminate Trading Pause information to
the public. No trades in an NMS Stock shall occur during a Trading
Pause, but all bids and offers may be displayed.
(B) Reopening of Trading During Regular Trading Hours
(1) Five minutes after declaring a Trading Pause for an NMS
Stock, and if the Primary Listing Exchange has not declared a
Regulatory Halt, the Primary Listing Exchange shall attempt to
reopen trading using its established reopening procedures. The
Processor will publish the following information that the Primary
Listing Exchange provides to the Processor in connection with such
reopening: auction reference price; auction collars; and number of
extensions to the reopening auction. The Trading Pause shall end
when the Primary Listing Exchange reports a Reopening Price.
(2) The Primary Listing Exchange shall notify the Processor if
it is unable to reopen trading in an NMS Stock due to a systems or
technology issue and if it has not declared a Regulatory Halt. The
Processor shall disseminate this information to the public.
(3) Trading centers may not resume trading in an NMS Stock
following a Trading Pause without Price Bands in such NMS Stock.
(4) The Processor shall update the Price Bands as set forth in
Section V(C)(1)-(2) of the Plan after receiving notification from
the Primary Listing Exchange of a Reopening Price following a
Trading Pause (or a resume message in the case of a reopening quote
that has a zero bid or zero offer, or both) or that it is unable to
reopen trading following a Trading Pause due to a systems or
technology issue, provided that if the Primary Listing Exchange is
unable to reopen due to a systems or technology issue, the update to
the Price Bands will be no earlier than ten minutes after the
beginning of the Trading Pause.
(C) Trading Pauses Within Ten Minutes of the End of Regular Trading
Hours
(1) If an NMS Stock is in a Trading Pause during the last ten
minutes of trading before the end of Regular Trading Hours, the
Primary Listing Exchange shall not reopen trading and shall attempt
to execute a closing transaction using its established closing
procedures. All trading centers may begin trading the NMS Stock when
the Primary Listing Exchange executes a closing transaction.
(2) If the Primary Listing Exchange does not execute a closing
transaction within five minutes after the end of Regular Trading
Hours, all trading centers may begin trading the NMS Stock.
VIII. Implementation
The initial date of Plan operations shall be April 8, 2013.
The Plan shall be implemented on a pilot basis set to end on
April 16, 2018.
IX. Withdrawal from Plan
If a Participant obtains SEC approval to withdraw from the Plan,
such Participant may withdraw from the Plan at any time on not less
than 30 days' prior written notice to each of the other
Participants. At such time, the withdrawing Participant shall have
no further rights or obligations under the Plan.
X. Counterparts and Signatures
The Plan may be executed in any number of counterparts, no one
of which need
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contain all signatures of all Participants, and as many of such
counterparts as shall together contain all such signatures shall
constitute one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, this Plan has been executed as of the __ day
of August 2017 [February 2017] by each of the parties hereto.
BATS BZX EXCHANGE, INC.
BY:--------------------------------------------------------------------
BATS EDGA EXCHANGE, INC.
BY:--------------------------------------------------------------------
CHICAGO STOCK EXCHANGE, INC.
BY:--------------------------------------------------------------------
INVESTORS EXCHANGE LLC
BY:--------------------------------------------------------------------
NASDAQ PHLX LLC
BY:--------------------------------------------------------------------
NYSE NATIONAL, INC.
BY:--------------------------------------------------------------------
NYSE [MKT] American LLC
BY:--------------------------------------------------------------------
BATS BYX EXCHANGE, INC.
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BATS EDGX EXCHANGE, INC.
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FINANCIAL INDUSTRY REGULATORY AUTHORITY, INC.
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NASDAQ BX, Inc.
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THE NASDAQ STOCK MARKET LLC
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NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE LLC
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NYSE ARCA, INC.
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Appendix A--Percentage Parameters
I. Tier 1 NMS Stocks
(1) Tier 1 NMS Stocks shall include all NMS Stocks included in
the S&P 500 Index, the Russell 1000 Index, and the exchange-traded
products (``ETP'') identified as Schedule 1 to this Appendix.
Schedule 1 to the Appendix will be reviewed and updated semi-
annually based on the fiscal year by the Primary Listing Exchange to
add ETPs that meet the criteria, or delete ETPs that are no longer
eligible. To determine eligibility for an ETP to be included as a
Tier 1 NMS Stock, all ETPs across multiple asset classes and
issuers, including domestic equity, international equity, fixed
income, currency, and commodities and futures will be identified.
Leveraged ETPs will be excluded and the list will be sorted by
notional consolidated average daily volume (``CADV''). The period
used to measure CADV will be from the first day of the previous
fiscal half year up until one week before the beginning of the next
fiscal half year. Daily volumes will be multiplied by closing prices
and then averaged over the period. ETPs, including inverse ETPs,
that trade over $2,000,000 CADV will be eligible to be included as a
Tier 1 NMS Stock. The semi-annual updates to Schedule 1 do not
require an amendment to the Plan. The Primary Listing Exchanges will
maintain the updated Schedule 1 on their respective websites.
(2) The Percentage Parameters for Tier 1 NMS Stocks with a
Reference Price more than $3.00 shall be 5%.
(3) The Percentage Parameters for Tier 1 NMS Stocks with a
Reference Price equal to $0.75 and up to and including $3.00 shall
be 20%.
(4) The Percentage Parameters for Tier 1 NMS Stocks with a
Reference Price less than $0.75 shall be the lesser of (a) $0.15 or
(b) 75%.
(5) The Reference Price used for determining which Percentage
Parameter shall be applicable during a trading day shall be based on
the closing price of the NMS Stock on the Primary Listing Exchange
on the previous trading day, or if no closing price exists, the last
sale on the Primary Listing Exchange reported by the Processor.
II. Tier 2 NMS Stocks
(1) Tier 2 NMS Stocks shall include all NMS Stocks other than
those in Tier 1, provided, however, that all rights and warrants are
excluded from the Plan.
(2) The Percentage Parameters for Tier 2 NMS Stocks with a
Reference Price more than $3.00 shall be 10%.
(3) The Percentage Parameters for Tier 2 NMS Stocks with a
Reference Price equal to $0.75 and up to and including $3.00 shall
be 20%.
(4) The Percentage Parameters for Tier 2 NMS Stocks with a
Reference Price less than $0.75 shall be the lesser of (a) $0.15 or
(b) 75%.
(5) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Percentage Parameters for
a Tier 2 NMS Stock that is a leveraged ETP shall be the applicable
Percentage Parameter set forth in clauses (2), (3), or (4) above,
multiplied by the leverage ratio of such product.
(6) The Reference Price used for determining which Percentage
Parameter shall be applicable during a trading day shall be based on
the closing price of the NMS Stock on the Primary Listing Exchange
on the previous trading day, or if no closing price exists, the last
sale on the Primary Listing Exchange reported by the Processor.
Appendix A--Schedule 1 (as of January 3, 2017)
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Ticker ETP name Exchange
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SPY................... SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust.. NYSE Arca
IWM................... iShares Russell 2000 ETF NYSE Arca
QQQ................... Powershares QQQ Trust NASDAQ
Series 1.
EEM................... iShares MSCI Emerging NYSE Arca
Markets ETF.
GDX................... VanEck Vectors Gold NYSE Arca
Miners ETF.
XLF................... Financial Select Sector NYSE Arca
SPDR Fund.
GLD................... SPDR Gold Shares........ NYSE Arca
TLT................... iShares 20+ Year NASDAQ
Treasury Bond ETF.
VXX................... iPATH S&P 500 VIX Short- NYSE Arca
Term Futures ETN.
EFA................... iShares MSCI EAFE ETF... NYSE Arca
XLE................... Energy Select Sector NYSE Arca
SPDR Fund.
HYG................... iShares iBoxx $ High NYSE Arca
Yield Corporate Bond
ETF.
XIV................... VelocityShares Daily NASDAQ
Inverse VIX Short Term
ETN.
IVV................... iShares Core S&P 500 ETF NYSE Arca
XLU................... Utilities Select Sector NYSE Arca
SPDR Fund.
GDXJ.................. VanEck Vectors Junior NYSE Arca
Gold Miners ETF.
XLP................... Consumer Staples Select NYSE Arca
Sector SPDR Fund.
FXI................... iShares China Large-Cap NYSE Arca
ETF.
EWZ................... iShares MSCI Brazil NYSE Arca
Capped ETF.
XLV................... Health Care Select NYSE Arca
Sector SPDR Fund.
IYR................... iShares U.S. Real Estate NYSE Arca
ETF.
LQD................... iShares iBoxx $ NYSE Arca
Investment Grade
Corporate Bond ETF.
XLI................... Industrial Select Sector NYSE Arca
SPDR Fund.
DIA................... SPDR Dow Jones NYSE Arca
Industrial Average ETF
Trust.
XOP................... SPDR S&P Oil & Gas NYSE Arca
Exploration &
Production ETF.
VWO................... Vanguard FTSE Emerging NYSE Arca
Markets ETF.
IBB................... iShares Nasdaq NASDAQ
Biotechnology ETF.
XLK................... Technology Select Sector NYSE Arca
SPDR Fund.
XLY................... Consumer Discretionary NYSE Arca
Select Sector SPDR Fund.
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VOO................... Vanguard S&P 500 ETF.... NYSE Arca
USO................... United States Oil Fund NYSE Arca
LP.
JNK................... SPDR Bloomberg Barclays NYSE Arca
High Yield Bond ETF.
XBI................... SPDR S&P Biotech ETF.... NYSE Arca
MDY................... SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF NYSE Arca
Trust.
VNQ................... Vanguard REIT ETF....... NYSE Arca
EWJ................... iShares MSCI Japan ETF.. NYSE Arca
SVXY.................. ProShares Short VIX NYSE Arca
Short-Term Futures ETF.
AGG................... iShares Core U.S. NYSE Arca
Aggregate Bond ETF.
IEMG.................. iShares Core MSCI NYSE Arca
Emerging Markets ETF.
KRE................... SPDR S&P Regional NYSE Arca
Banking ETF.
EMB................... iShares JP Morgan USD NYSE Arca
Emerging Markets Bond
ETF.
IWD................... iShares Russell 1000 NYSE Arca
Value ETF.
VEA................... Vanguard FTSE Developed NYSE Arca
Markets ETF.
VTI................... Vanguard Total Stock NYSE Arca
Market ETF.
DXJ................... WisdomTree Japan Hedged NYSE Arca
Equity Fund.
XLB................... Materials Select Sector NYSE Arca
SPDR Fund.
EWW................... iShares MSCI Mexico NYSE Arca
Capped ETF.
IEF................... iShares 7-10 Year NYSE Arca
Treasury Bond ETF.
IJH................... iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap NYSE Arca
ETF.
XRT................... SPDR S&P Retail ETF..... NYSE Arca
SLV................... iShares Silver Trust.... NYSE Arca
IWF................... iShares Russell 1000 NYSE Arca
Growth ETF.
VGK................... Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF NYSE Arca
SMH................... VanEck Vectors NYSE Arca
Semiconductor ETF.
IWN................... iShares Russell 2000 NYSE Arca
Value ETF.
BND................... Vanguard Total Bond NYSE Arca
Market ETF.
RSX................... VanEck Vectors Russia NYSE Arca
ETF.
USMV.................. iShares MSCI USA Minimum NYSE Arca
Volatility ETF.
TIP................... iShares TIPS Bond ETF... NYSE Arca
EZU................... iShares MSCI Eurozone Bats
ETF.
IJR................... iShares Core S&P Small- NYSE Arca
Cap ETF.
SHY................... iShares 1-3 Year NYSE Arca
Treasury Bond ETF.
OIH................... VanEck Vectors Oil NYSE Arca
Service ETF.
EWY................... iShares MSCI South Korea NYSE Arca
Capped ETF.
PFF................... iShares US Preferred NYSE Arca
Stock ETF.
XME................... SPDR S&P Metals & Mining NYSE Arca
ETF.
IEFA.................. iShares Core MSCI EAFE NYSE Arca
ETF.
IWB................... iShares Russell 1000 ETF NYSE Arca
KBE................... SPDR S&P Bank ETF....... NYSE Arca
BSV................... Vanguard Short-Term Bond NYSE Arca
ETF.
IWO................... iShares Russell 2000 NYSE Arca
Growth ETF.
HEDJ.................. WisdomTree Europe Hedged NYSE Arca
Equity Fund.
EWT................... iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF. NYSE Arca
SH.................... ProShares Short S&P 500. NYSE Arca
ACWI.................. iShares MSCI ACWI ETF... NASDAQ
VCSH.................. Vanguard Short-Term NASDAQ
Corporate Bond ETF.
SPLV.................. PowerShares S&P 500 Low NYSE Arca
Volatility Portfolio.
EWG................... iShares MSCI Germany ETF NYSE Arca
VTV................... Vanguard Value ETF...... NYSE Arca
AMLP.................. Alerian MLP ETF......... NYSE Arca
DBEF.................. Deutsche X-trackers MSCI NYSE Arca
EAFE Hedged Equity ETF.
IAU................... iShares Gold Trust...... NYSE Arca
UNG................... United States Natural NYSE Arca
Gas Fund LP.
DVY................... iShares Select Dividend NYSE Arca
ETF.
BKLN.................. PowerShares Senior Loan NYSE Arca
Portfolio.
VB.................... Vanguard Small-Cap ETF.. NYSE Arca
VEU................... Vanguard FTSE All-World NYSE Arca
ex-US ETF.
IVE................... iShares S&P 500 Value NYSE Arca
ETF.
RSP................... Guggenheim S&P 500 Equal NYSE Arca
Weight ETF.
SHV................... iShares Short Treasury NYSE Arca
Bond ETF.
VIXY.................. ProShares VIX Short-Term NYSE Arca
Futures ETF.
XHB................... SPDR S&P Homebuilders NYSE Arca
ETF.
IVW................... iShares S&P 500 Growth NYSE Arca
ETF.
VCIT.................. Vanguard Intermediate- NASDAQ
Term Corporate Bond ETF.
EPI................... WisdomTree India NYSE Arca
Earnings Fund.
EFAV.................. iShares MSCI EAFE NYSE Arca
Minimum Volatility ETF.
ITB................... iShares U.S. Home NYSE Arca
Construction ETF.
SDY................... SPDR S&P Dividend ETF... NYSE Arca
MUB................... iShares National Muni NYSE Arca
Bond ETF.
VUG................... Vanguard Growth ETF..... NYSE Arca
VYM................... Vanguard High Dividend NYSE Arca
Yield ETF.
INDA.................. iShares MSCI India ETF.. Bats
BIV................... Vanguard Intermediate- NYSE Arca
Term Bond ETF.
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FEZ................... SPDR EURO STOXX 50 ETF.. NYSE Arca
AAXJ.................. iShares MSCI All Country NASDAQ
Asia ex Japan ETF.
VIG................... Vanguard Dividend NYSE Arca
Appreciation ETF.
MCHI.................. iShares MSCI China ETF.. NASDAQ
AMJ................... JPMorgan Alerian MLP NYSE Arca
Index ETN.
EWH................... iShares MSCI Hong Kong NYSE Arca
ETF.
EWU................... iShares MSCI United NYSE Arca
Kingdom ETF.
SOXX.................. iShares PHLX NASDAQ
Semiconductor ETF.
FXE................... CurrencyShares Euro NYSE Arca
Trust.
MBB................... iShares MBS ETF......... NYSE Arca
CIU................... iShares Intermediate NYSE Arca
Credit Bond ETF.
VO.................... Vanguard Mid-Cap ETF.... NYSE Arca
EWC................... iShares MSCI Canada ETF. NYSE Arca
IEI................... iShares 3-7 Year NYSE Arca
Treasury Bond ETF.
CSJ................... iShares 1-3 Year Credit NYSE Arca
Bond ETF.
OEF................... iShares S&P 100 ETF..... NYSE Arca
ILF................... iShares Latin America 40 NYSE Arca
ETF.
IYE................... iShares U.S. Energy ETF. NYSE Arca
VGT................... Vanguard Information NYSE Arca
Technology ETF.
XLRE.................. Real Estate Select NYSE Arca
Sector SPDR Fund.
IYT................... iShares Transportation NYSE Arca
Average ETF.
PCY................... PowerShares Emerging NYSE Arca
Markets Sovereign Debt
Portfolio.
IWS................... iShares Russell Mid-Cap NYSE Arca
Value ETF.
EEMV.................. iShares MSCI Emerging NYSE Arca
Markets Minimum
Volatility ETF/Dup.
IYF................... iShares US Financials NYSE Arca
ETF.
VBR................... Vanguard Small-Cap Value NYSE Arca
ETF.
UUP................... PowerShares DB US Dollar NYSE Arca
Index Bullish Fund.
BNDX.................. Vanguard Total NASDAQ
International Bond ETF.
SJNK.................. SPDR Bloomberg Barclays NYSE Arca
Short Term High Yield
Bond ETF.
EWA................... iShares MSCI Australia NYSE Arca
ETF.
MINT.................. PIMCO Enhanced Short NYSE Arca
Maturity Active
Exchange-Traded Fund.
HDV................... iShares High Dividend NYSE Arca
ETF.
SCHF.................. Schwab International NYSE Arca
Equity ETF.
BIL................... SPDR Bloomberg Barclays NYSE Arca
1-3 Month T-Bill.
CWB................... SPDR Bloomberg Barclays NYSE Arca
Convertible Securities
ETF.
FDN................... First Trust Dow Jones NYSE Arca
Internet Index Fund.
PGX................... PowerShares Preferred NYSE Arca
Portfolio.
VFH................... Vanguard Financials ETF. NYSE Arca
IWR................... iShares Russell Mid-Cap NYSE Arca
ETF.
HEFA.................. iShares Currency Hedged NYSE Arca
MSCI EAFE ETF.
VT.................... Vanguard Total World NYSE Arca
Stock ETF.
SCZ................... iShares MSCI EAFE Small- NASDAQ
Cap ETF.
VXF................... Vanguard Extended Market NYSE Arca
ETF.
HYS................... PIMCO 0-5 Year High NYSE Arca
Yield Corporate Bond
Index Exchange-Traded
Fund.
FLOT.................. iShares Floating Rate NYSE Arca
Bond ETF.
DBC................... PowerShares DB Commodity NYSE Arca
Index Tracking Fund.
ICF................... iShares Cohen & Steers NYSE Arca
REIT ETF.
ITOT.................. iShares Core S&P Total NYSE Arca
US Stock Market ETF.
RWM................... ProShares Short NYSE Arca
Russell2000.
SCHB.................. Schwab US Broad Market NYSE Arca
ETF.
VHT................... Vanguard Health Care ETF NYSE Arca
RWR................... SPDR Dow Jones REIT ETF. NYSE Arca
IWV................... iShares Russell 3000 ETF NYSE Arca
IYW................... iShares US Technology NYSE Arca
ETF.
VXUS.................. Vanguard Total NASDAQ
International Stock ETF.
EWP................... iShares MSCI Spain NYSE Arca
Capped ETF.
DBEU.................. Deutsche X-trackers MSCI NYSE Arca
Europe Hedged Equity
ETF.
EZA................... iShares MSCI South NYSE Arca
Africa ETF.
DBJP.................. Deutsche X-trackers MSCI NYSE Arca
Japan Hedged Equity ETF.
SCHX.................. Schwab US Large-Cap ETF. NYSE Arca
IJJ................... iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 NYSE Arca
Value ETF.
ACWX.................. iShares MSCI ACWI ex US NASDAQ
ETF.
RWX................... SPDR Dow Jones NYSE Arca
International Real
Estate ETF.
IEV................... iShares Europe ETF...... NYSE Arca
VBK................... Vanguard Small-Cap NYSE Arca
Growth ETF.
VOE................... Vanguard Mid-Cap Value NYSE Arca
ETF.
IWP................... iShares Russell Mid-Cap NYSE Arca
Growth ETF.
PSQ................... ProShares Short QQQ..... NYSE Arca
SCHD.................. Schwab US Dividend NYSE Arca
Equity ETF.
QUAL.................. iShares MSCI USA Quality NYSE Arca
Factor ETF.
SPHD.................. PowerShares S&P 500 High NYSE Arca
Dividend Low Volatility
Portfolio.
FXG................... First Trust Consumer NYSE Arca
Staples AlphaDEX Fund.
BLV................... Vanguard Long-Term Bond NYSE Arca
ETF.
IJS................... iShares S&P Small-Cap NYSE Arca
600 Value ETF.
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VPU................... Vanguard Utilities ETF.. NYSE Arca
VDE................... Vanguard Energy ETF..... NYSE Arca
EPP................... iShares MSCI Pacific ex NYSE Arca
Japan ETF.
FXD................... First Trust Consumer NYSE Arca
Discretionary AlphaDEX
Fund.
IGV................... iShares North American NYSE Arca
Tech-Software ETF.
NEAR.................. iShares Short Maturity Bats
Bond ETF.
HEWJ.................. iShares Currency Hedged NYSE Arca
MSCI Japan ETF.
EWI................... iShares MSCI Italy NYSE Arca
Capped ETF.
EIDO.................. iShares MSCI Indonesia NYSE Arca
ETF.
HYD................... VanEck Vectors High NYSE Arca
Yield Municipal Index
ETF.
SCPB.................. SPDR Bloomberg Barclays NYSE Arca
Short Term Corporate
Bond ETF.
SCHH.................. Schwab U.S. REIT ETF.... NYSE Arca
EWL................... iShares MSCI Switzerland NYSE Arca
Capped ETF.
IJK................... iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 NYSE Arca
Growth ETF.
EFV................... iShares MSCI EAFE Value NYSE Arca
ETF.
IJT................... iShares S&P Small-Cap NYSE Arca
600 Growth ETF.
EMLC.................. VanEck Vectors J.P. NYSE Arca
Morgan EM Local
Currency Bond ETF.
SCHA.................. Schwab US Small-Cap ETF. NYSE Arca
IDU................... iShares US Utilities ETF NYSE Arca
HEZU.................. iShares Currency Hedged NYSE Arca
MSCI Eurozone ETF.
SHM................... SPDR Nuveen Barclays NYSE Arca
Short Term Municipal
Bond ETF.
IYH................... iShares U.S. Healthcare NYSE Arca
ETF.
FV.................... First Trust Dorsey NASDAQ
Wright Focus 5 ETF.
IHI................... iShares U.S. Medical NYSE Arca
Devices ETF.
ITA................... iShares US Aerospace & NYSE Arca
Defense ETF.
GOVT.................. iShares Core US Treasury NYSE Arca
Bond ETF.
GUNR.................. FlexShares Global NYSE Arca
Upstream Natural
Resources Index Fund.
VV.................... Vanguard Large-Cap ETF.. NYSE Arca
ASHR.................. Deutsche X-trackers NYSE Arca
Harvest CSI 300 China A-
Shares ETF.
IYZ................... iShares US NYSE Arca
Telecommunications ETF.
BWX................... SPDR Bloomberg Barclays NYSE Arca
International Treasury
Bond ETF.
TFI................... SPDR Nuveen Barclays NYSE Arca
Municipal Bond ETF.
SCHZ.................. Schwab U.S. Aggregate NYSE Arca
Bond ETF.
VCLT.................. Vanguard Long-Term NASDAQ
Corporate Bond ETF.
VNQI.................. Vanguard Global ex-U.S. NASDAQ
Real Estate ETF.
KBWB.................. PowerShares KBW Bank NASDAQ
Portfolio.
IDV................... iShares International NYSE Arca
Select Dividend ETF.
IXUS.................. iShares Core MSCI Total NASDAQ
International Stock ETF.
ACWV.................. iShares MSCI All Country NYSE Arca
World Minimum
Volatility ETF.
FXY................... CurrencyShares Japanese NYSE Arca
Yen Trust.
NOBL.................. ProShares S&P 500 Bats
Dividend Aristocrats
ETF.
VPL................... Vanguard FTSE Pacific NYSE Arca
ETF.
THD................... iShares MSCI Thailand NYSE Arca
Capped ETF.
TOTL.................. SPDR Doubleline Total NYSE Arca
Return Tactical ETF.
VDC................... Vanguard Consumer NYSE Arca
Staples ETF.
VOX................... Vanguard NYSE Arca
Telecommunication
Services ETF.
VTIP.................. Vanguard Short-Term NASDAQ
Inflation-Protected
Securities ETF.
MTUM.................. iShares MSCI USA NYSE Arca
Momentum Factor ETF.
QTEC.................. First Trust NASDAQ-100 NASDAQ
Technology Index Fund.
EWM................... iShares MSCI Malaysia NYSE Arca
ETF.
FXN................... First Trust Energy NYSE Arca
AlphaDEX Fund.
OIL................... iPath Goldman Sachs NYSE Arca
Crude Oil Total Return
Index ETN.
REM................... iShares Mortgage Real NYSE Arca
Estate Capped ETF.
TBF................... ProShares Short 20+ Year NYSE Arca
Treasury.
FCG................... First Trust Natural Gas NYSE Arca
ETF.
FXR................... First Trust Industrials/ NYSE Arca
Producer Durables
AlphaDEX Fund.
PIN................... PowerShares India NYSE Arca
Portfolio.
VIS................... Vanguard Industrials ETF NYSE Arca
TUR................... iShares MSCI Turkey ETF. NYSE Arca
VMBS.................. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed NASDAQ
Securities ETF.
FVD................... First Trust Value Line NYSE Arca
Dividend Index Fund.
FXB................... CurrencyShares British NYSE Arca
Pound Sterling Trust.
PHB................... PowerShares Fundamental NYSE Arca
High Yield Corporate
Bond Portfolio.
DOG................... ProShares Short Dow30... NYSE Arca
EFG................... iShares MSCI EAFE Growth NYSE Arca
ETF.
EWQ................... iShares MSCI France ETF. NYSE Arca
IYJ................... iShares U.S. Industrials NYSE Arca
ETF.
IYG................... iShares U.S. Financial NYSE Arca
Services ETF.
BOND.................. PIMCO Total Return NYSE Arca
Active Exchange-Traded
Fund.
HEWG.................. iShares Currency Hedged NYSE Arca
MSCI Germany ETF.
SHYG.................. iShares 0-5 Year High NYSE Arca
Yield Corporate Bond
ETF.
VLUE.................. iShares MSCI USA Value NYSE Arca
Factor ETF.
SCHE.................. Schwab Emerging Markets NYSE Arca
Equity ETF.
ECH................... iShares MSCI Chile NYSE Arca
Capped ETF.
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FXU................... First Trust Utilities NYSE Arca
AlphaDEX Fund.
RWO................... SPDR Dow Jones Global NYSE Arca
Real Estate ETF.
PRF................... Powershares FTSE RAFI US NYSE Arca
1000 Portfolio.
VGLT.................. Vanguard Long-Term NASDAQ
Government Bond ETF.
VOT................... Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth NYSE Arca
ETF.
SCHM.................. Schwab U.S. Mid-Cap ETF. NYSE Arca
EUFN.................. iShares MSCI Europe NASDAQ
Financials ETF.
EWS................... iShares MSCI Singapore NYSE Arca
ETF.
GVI................... iShares Intermediate NYSE Arca
Government/Credit Bond
ETF.
SCHV.................. Schwab U.S. Large-Cap NYSE Arca
Value ETF.
SCHP.................. Schwab US TIPs ETF...... NYSE Arca
DEM................... WisdomTree Emerging NYSE Arca
Markets High Dividend
Fund.
IYM................... iShares U.S. Basic NYSE Arca
Materials ETF.
DBA................... PowerShares DB NYSE Arca
Agriculture Fund.
SCHG.................. Schwab U.S. Large-Cap NYSE Arca
Growth ETF.
IGOV.................. iShares International NASDAQ
Treasury Bond ETF.
IGF................... iShares Global NASDAQ
Infrastructure ETF.
TLH................... iShares 10-20 Year NYSE Arca
Treasury Bond ETF.
EPHE.................. iShares MSCI Philippines NYSE Arca
ETF.
SCHO.................. Schwab Short-Term U.S. NYSE Arca
Treasury ETF.
EUM................... ProShares Short MSCI NYSE Arca
Emerging Markets.
PGF................... PowerShares Financial NYSE Arca
Preferred Portfolio.
IHF................... iShares U.S. Healthcare NYSE Arca
Providers ETF.
VSS................... Vanguard FTSE All World NYSE Arca
ex-US Small-Cap ETF.
KIE................... SPDR S&P Insurance ETF.. NYSE Arca
SPHB.................. PowerShares S&P 500 High NYSE Arca
Beta Port ETF.
SDOG.................. ALPS Sector Dividend NYSE Arca
Dogs ETF.
VAW................... Vanguard Materials ETF.. NYSE Arca
FPE................... First Trust Preferred NYSE Arca
Securities and Income
ETF.
ITR................... SPDR Bloomberg Barclays NYSE Arca
Intermediate Term
Corporate Bond ETF.
VCR................... Vanguard Consumer NYSE Arca
Discretionary ETF.
IGE................... iShares North American NYSE Arca
Natural Resources ETF.
SIL................... Global X Silver Miners NYSE Arca
ETF.
EDV................... Vanguard Extended NYSE Arca
Duration Treasury ETF.
DLN................... WisdomTree LargeCap NYSE Arca
Dividend Fund.
DON................... WisdomTree MidCap NYSE Arca
Dividend Fund.
MLPI.................. ETRACS Alerian MLP NYSE Arca
Infrastructure Index
ETN.
CLY................... iShares 10+ Year Credit NYSE Arca
Bond ETF.
IUSG.................. iShares Core US Growth NYSE Arca
ETF.
ITM................... VanEck Vectors AMT-Free NYSE Arca
Intermediate Municipal
Index ETF.
RPG................... Guggenheim S&P 500 Pure NYSE Arca
Growth ETF.
VGIT.................. Vanguard Intermediate- NASDAQ
Term Government Bond
ETF.
CRED.................. iShares Core US Credit NYSE Arca
Bond ETF.
XES................... SPDR S&P Oil & Gas NYSE Arca
Equipment & Services
ETF.
PHYS.................. Sprott Physical Gold NYSE Arca
Trust.
TLO................... SPDR Bloomberg Barclays NYSE Arca
Long Term Treasury ETF.
BBH................... VanEck Vectors Biotech NASDAQ
ETF.
RYT................... Guggenheim S&P 500 Equal NYSE Arca
Weight Technology ETF.
FXO................... First Trust Financial NYSE Arca
AlphaDEX Fund.
CWI................... SPDR MSCI ACWI ex-US ETF NYSE Arca
FXH................... First Trust Health Care NYSE Arca
AlphaDEX Fund.
FDL................... First Trust Morningstar NYSE Arca
Dividend Leaders Index.
PJP................... Powershares Dynamic NYSE Arca
Pharmaceuticals
Portfolio.
PZA................... PowerShares National AMT- NYSE Arca
Free Municipal Bond
Portfolio.
RPV................... Guggenheim S&P 500 Pure NYSE Arca
Value ETF.
GSLC.................. Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta NYSE Arca
U.S. Large Cap Equity
ETF.
SUB................... iShares Short-Term NYSE Arca
National Muni Bond ETF.
IXC................... iShares Global Energy NYSE Arca
ETF.
IAT................... iShares US Regional NYSE Arca
Banks ETF.
GSY................... Guggenheim Enhanced NYSE Arca
Short Duration ETF.
ERUS.................. iShares MSCI Russia NYSE Arca
Capped ETF.
IXJ................... iShares Global NYSE Arca
Healthcare ETF.
DES................... WisdomTree SmallCap NYSE Arca
Dividend Fund.
DJP................... iPath Bloomberg NYSE Arca
Commodity Index Total
Return ETN.
FTSM.................. First Trust Enhanced NASDAQ
Short Maturity ETF.
XPH................... SPDR S&P Pharmaceuticals NYSE Arca
ETF.
VTEB.................. Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond NYSE Arca
Index ETF.
VWOB.................. Vanguard Emerging NASDAQ
Markets Government Bond
ETF.
IUSV.................. iShares Core US Value NYSE Arca
ETF.
PDP................... PowerShares DWA Momentum NASDAQ
Portfolio.
MGK................... Vanguard Mega Cap Growth NYSE Arca
ETF.
HYLS.................. First Trust Exchange- NASDAQ
Traded Fund IV First
Trust Tactical High
Yield ETF.
FEX................... First Trust Large Cap NASDAQ
Core AlphaDEX Fund.
HYMB.................. SPDR Nuveen S&P High NYSE Arca
Yield Municipal Bond
ETF.
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DGRO.................. iShares Core Dividend NYSE Arca
Growth ETF.
VGSH.................. Vanguard Short-Term NASDAQ
Government Bond ETF.
RHS................... Guggenheim S&P 500 Equal NYSE Arca
Weight Consumer Staples
ETF.
LEMB.................. iShares Emerging Markets NYSE Arca
Local Currency Bond ETF.
FBT................... First Trust NYSE Arca NYSE Arca
Biotechnology Index
Fund.
IYK................... iShares US Consumer NYSE Arca
Goods ETF.
FNDX.................. Schwab Fundamental U.S. NYSE Arca
Large Company Index.
BNDS.................. SPDR Bloomberg Barclays NYSE Arca
Aggregate Bond ETF.
PEY................... PowerShares High Yield NASDAQ
Equity Dividend
Achievers Portfolio.
VRP................... PowerShares Variable NYSE Arca
Rate Preferred
Portfolio.
SPHQ.................. PowerShares S&P 500 NYSE Arca
Quality Portfolio.
GNR................... SPDR S&P Global Natural NYSE Arca
Resources ETF.
ANGL.................. VanEck Vectors Fallen NYSE Arca
Angel High Yield Bond
ETF.
EMLP.................. First Trust North NYSE Arca
American Energy
Infrastructure Fund.
VTWO.................. Vanguard Russell 2000... NASDAQ
SRLN.................. SPDR Blackstone/GSO NYSE Arca
Senior Loan ETF.
EWD................... iShares MSCI Sweden ETF. NYSE Arca
RING.................. iShares MSCI Global Gold NYSE Arca
Miners ETF.
BAB................... PowerShares Build NYSE Arca
America Bond Portfolio.
XMLV.................. PowerShares S&P MidCap NYSE Arca
Low Volatility
Portfolio.
KWEB.................. KraneShares CSI China NASDAQ
Internet ETF.
IEO................... iShares U.S. Oil & Gas NYSE Arca
Exploration &
Production ETF.
XSLV.................. PowerShares S&P SmallCap NYSE Arca
Low Volatility
Portfolio.
IEUR.................. iShares Core MSCI Europe NYSE Arca
ETF.
IFGL.................. iShares International NASDAQ
Developed Real Estate
ETF.
ZROZ.................. PIMCO 25+ Year Zero NYSE Arca
Coupon U.S. Treasury
Index Exchange-Traded
Fund.
XSD................... SPDR S&P Semiconductor NYSE Arca
ETF.
DFE................... WisdomTree Europe NYSE Arca
SmallCap Dividend Fund.
FTSL.................. First Trust Senior Loan NASDAQ
ETF.
FXZ................... First Trust Materials NYSE Arca
AlphaDEX Fund.
BLHY.................. Virtus Newfleet Dynamic NYSE Arca
Credit ETF.
SCHR.................. Schwab Intermediate-Term NYSE Arca
U.S. Treasury ETF.
EPOL.................. iShares MSCI Poland NYSE Arca
Capped ETF.
CMF................... iShares California Muni NYSE Arca
Bond ETF.
GXC................... SPDR S&P China ETF...... NYSE Arca
XAR................... SPDR S&P Aerospace & NYSE Arca
Defense ETF.
IYC................... iShares U.S. Consumer NYSE Arca
Services ETF.
FNDF.................. Schwab Fundamental NYSE Arca
International Large
Company Index.
DWX................... SPDR S&P International NYSE Arca
Dividend ETF.
SGOL.................. ETFS Physical Swiss Gold NYSE Arca
Shares.
EWN................... iShares MSCI Netherlands NYSE Arca
ETF.
PKW................... PowerShares Buyback NASDAQ
Achievers Portfolio.
PSLV.................. Sprott Physical Silver NYSE Arca
Trust.
IGM................... iShares North American NYSE Arca
Tech ETF.
FNCL.................. Fidelity MSCI Financials NYSE Arca
Index ETF.
PPLT.................. ETFS Physical Platinum NYSE Arca
Shares.
ISTB.................. iShares Core 1-5 Year NYSE Arca
USD Bond ETF.
DGRW.................. WisdomTree U.S. Quality NASDAQ
Dividend Growth Fund.
IHE................... iShares US NYSE Arca
Pharmaceuticals ETF.
SLYV.................. SPDR S&P 600 Small NYSE Arca
CapValue ETF.
HACK.................. PureFunds ISE Cyber NYSE Arca
Security ETF.
FNDA.................. Schwab Fundamental U.S. NYSE Arca
Small Company Index.
CORP.................. PIMCO Investment Grade NYSE Arca
Corporate Bond Index
Exchange-Traded Fund.
BSJI.................. Guggenheim BulletShares NYSE Arca
2018 High Yield
Corporate Bond ETF.
ECON.................. Columbia Emerging NYSE Arca
Markets Consumer ETF.
PSK................... SPDR Wells Fargo NYSE Arca
Preferred Stock ETF.
GSG................... iShares S&P GSCI NYSE Arca
Commodity Indexed Trust.
VOOG.................. Vanguard S&P 500 Growth NYSE Arca
ETF.
VXZ................... iPATH S&P 500 VIX Mid- NYSE Arca
Term Futures ETN.
ONEQ.................. Fidelity NASDAQ NASDAQ
Composite Index
Tracking Stock ETF.
SLYG.................. SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap NYSE Arca
Growth ETF.
STIP.................. iShares 0-5 Year TIPS NYSE Arca
Bond ETF.
PDBC.................. PowerShares DB Optimum NASDAQ
Yield Diversified
Commodity Strategy
Portfolio.
FXL................... First Trust Technology NYSE Arca
AlphaDEX Fund.
IXN................... iShares Global Tech ETF. NYSE Arca
MOO................... VanEck Vectors NYSE Arca
Agribusiness ETF.
EPU................... iShares MSCI All Peru NYSE Arca
Capped ETF.
SNLN.................. Highland/iBoxx Senior NASDAQ
Loan ETF.
DHS................... WisdomTree High Dividend NYSE Arca
Fund.
AOR................... iShares Core Growth NYSE Arca
Allocation ETF.
QAI................... IndexIQ ETF Trust--IQ NYSE Arca
Hedge Multi-Strategy
Tracker ETF.
PPH................... VanEck Vectors NASDAQ
Pharmaceutical ETF.
FTEC.................. Fidelity MSCI NYSE Arca
Information Technology
Index ETF.
DGS................... WisdomTree Emerging NYSE Arca
Markets SmallCap
Dividend Fund.
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FHLC.................. Fidelity MSCI Health NYSE Arca
Care Index ETF.
FNDE.................. Schwab Fundamental NYSE Arca
Emerging Markets Large
Company Index ETF.
LMBS.................. First Trust Low Duration NASDAQ
Opportunities ETF.
IPAC.................. iShares Core MSCI NYSE Arca
Pacific ETF.
MGV................... Vanguard Mega Cap Value NYSE Arca
ETF.
FRI................... First Trust S&P REIT NYSE Arca
Index Fund.
JO.................... iPath Bloomberg Coffee NYSE Arca
Subindex Total Return
ETN.
PXH................... PowerShares FTSE RAFI NYSE Arca
Emerging Markets
Portfolio.
WIP................... SPDR Citi International NYSE Arca
Government Inflation-
Protected Bond ETF.
AOM................... iShares Core Moderate NYSE Arca
Allocation ETF.
EWK................... iShares MSCI Belgium NYSE Arca
Capped ETF.
VIIX.................. VelocityShares VIX Short NASDAQ
Term ETN.
SCJ................... iShares MSCI Japan Small- NYSE Arca
Cap ETF.
DVYE.................. iShares Emerging Markets NYSE Arca
Dividend ETF.
PXF................... PowerShares FTSE RAFI NYSE Arca
Developed Markets ex-
U.S. Portfolio.
DBB................... PowerShares DB Base NYSE Arca
Metals Fund.
HYEM.................. VanEck Vectors Emerging NYSE Arca
High Yield Bond ETF.
PPA................... PowerShares Aerospace & NYSE Arca
Defense Portfolio.
FTGC.................. First Trust Global NASDAQ
Tactical Commodity
Strategy Fund.
DLS................... WisdomTree International NYSE Arca
SmallCap Dividend Fund.
JHMD.................. John Hancock Multifactor NYSE Arca
Developed International
ETF.
SDIV.................. Global X SuperDividend NYSE Arca
ETF.
PICK.................. iShares MSCI Global NYSE Arca
Metals & Mining
Producers ETF.
INDY.................. iShares India 50 ETF.... NASDAQ
SPYG.................. SPDR S&P 500 Growth ETF. NYSE Arca
STPZ.................. PIMCO 1-5 Year U.S. TIPS NYSE Arca
Index Exchange-Traded
Fund.
SCHC.................. Schwab International NYSE Arca
Small-Cap Equity ETF.
IXG................... iShares Global NYSE Arca
Financials ETF.
IAGG.................. iShares International Bats
Aggregate Bond Fund.
IWC................... iShares Micro-Cap ETF... NYSE Arca
DBO................... PowerShares DB Oil Fund. NYSE Arca
FXC................... CurrencyShares Canadian NYSE Arca
Dollar Trust.
USCI.................. United States Commodity NYSE Arca
Index Fund.
PSCT.................. PowerShares S&P SmallCap NASDAQ
Information Technology
Portfolio.
ITE................... SPDR Bloomberg Barclays NYSE Arca
Intermediate Term
Treasury ETF.
DBP................... PowerShares DB Precious NYSE Arca
Metals Fund.
FENY.................. Fidelity MSCI Energy NYSE Arca
Index ETF.
ELD................... WisdomTree Emerging NYSE Arca
Markets Local Debt Fund.
REZ................... iShares Residential Real NYSE Arca
Estate Capped ETF.
EWX................... SPDR S&P Emerging NYSE Arca
Markets SmallCap ETF.
ENZL.................. iShares MSCI New Zealand NASDAQ
Capped ETF.
IDLV.................. PowerShares S&P NYSE Arca
International Developed
Low Volatility
Portfolio.
BSJJ.................. Guggenheim BulletShares NYSE Arca
2019 High Yield
Corporate Bond ETF.
SILJ.................. PureFunds ISE Junior NYSE Arca
Silver Small Cap Miners/
Explorers ETF.
VONG.................. Vanguard Russell 1000 NASDAQ
Growth ETF.
JPIN.................. JPMorgan Diversified NYSE Arca
Return International
Equity ETF.
WBIY.................. WBI Power FactorTM High NYSE Arca
Dividend ETF.
FTA................... First Trust Large Cap NASDAQ
Value AlphaDEX Fund.
GWX................... SPDR S&P International NYSE Arca
Small Cap ETF.
OUSA.................. O'Shares FTSE US Quality NYSE Arca
Dividend ETF.
FM.................... iShares MSCI Frontier NYSE Arca
100 ETF.
SJB................... ProShares Short High NYSE Arca
Yield.
RYH................... Guggenheim S&P 500 Equal NYSE Arca
Weight Healthcare ETF.
VONV.................. Vanguard Russell 1000 NASDAQ
Value.
PFXF.................. VanEck Vectors Preferred NYSE Arca
Securities ex
Financials ETF.
QDF................... FlexShares Quality NYSE Arca
Dividend Index Fund.
RYF................... Guggenheim S&P 500 Equal NYSE Arca
Weight Financials ETF.
RYE................... Guggenheim S&P 500 Equal NYSE Arca
Weight Energy ETF.
PID................... PowerShares NASDAQ
International Dividend
Achievers Portfolio.
FUTY.................. Fidelity MSCI Utilities NYSE Arca
Index ETF.
HDGE.................. AdvisorShares Ranger NYSE Arca
Equity Bear ETF.
MOAT.................. VanEck Vectors NYSE Arca
Morningstar Wide Moat
ETF.
PWV................... PowerShares Dynamic NYSE Arca
Large Cap Value
Portfolio.
BSCI.................. Guggenheim BulletShares NYSE Arca
2018 Corporate Bond ETF.
DFJ................... WisdomTree Japan NYSE Arca
SmallCap Dividend Fund.
TDTT.................. FlexShares iBoxx 3-Year NYSE Arca
Target Duration TIPS
Index Fund.
DGL................... PowerShares DB Gold Fund NYSE Arca
DBE................... PowerShares DB Energy NYSE Arca
Fund.
SMDV.................. Proshares Trust- Bats
Proshares Russell 2000
Dividend Growers ETF.
IFV................... First Trust Dorsey NASDAQ
Wright International
Focus 5 ETF.
MDIV.................. First Trust Multi-Asset NASDAQ
Diversified Income
Index Fund.
PRFZ.................. PowerShares FTSE RAFI US NASDAQ
1500 Small-Mid
Portfolio.
FLRN.................. SPDR Bloomberg Barclays NYSE Arca
Investment Grade
Floating Rate ETF.
EFZ................... ProShares Short MSCI NYSE Arca
EAFE.
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BSCH.................. Guggenheim BulletShares NYSE Arca
2017 Corporate Bond ETF.
IGN................... iShares North American NYSE Arca
Tech-Multimedia
Networking ETF.
FYX................... First Trust Small Cap NASDAQ
Core AlphaDEX Fund.
IYY................... iShares Dow Jones U.S. NYSE Arca
ETF.
VNM................... VanEck Vectors Vietnam NYSE Arca
ETF.
DWM................... WisdomTree International NYSE Arca
Equity Fund.
BSCK.................. Guggenheim BulletShares NYSE Arca
2020 Corporate Bond ETF.
EBND.................. SPDR Bloomberg Barclays NYSE Arca
Emerging Markets Local
Bond ETF.
DSI................... iShares MSCI KLD 400 NYSE Arca
Social ETF.
FREL.................. Fidelity MSCI Real NYSE Arca
Estate Index ETF.
IOO................... iShares Global 100 ETF.. NYSE Arca
KBWY.................. PowerShares KBW Premium NASDAQ
Yield Equity REIT
Portfolio.
IHDG.................. WisdomTree International NYSE Arca
Hedged Quality Dividend
Growth Fund.
FTC................... First Trust Large Cap NASDAQ
Growth AlphaDEX Fund.
IPE................... SPDR Bloomberg Barclays NYSE Arca
TIPS ETF.
GWL................... SPDR S&P World ex-US ETF NYSE Arca
SKYY.................. First Trust ISE Cloud NASDAQ
Computing Index Fund.
XTN................... SPDR S&P Transportation NYSE Arca
ETF.
SLX................... VanEck Vectors Steel NYSE Arca
Index Fund.
REGL.................. Proshares S&P Midcap 400 Bats
Dividend Aristocrats
ETF.
FNX................... First Trust Mid Cap Core NASDAQ
AlphaDEX Fund.
SGDM.................. Sprott Gold Miners ETF.. NYSE Arca
CMBS.................. iShares CMBS ETF........ NYSE Arca
PKB................... PowerShares Dynamic NYSE Arca
Building & Construction
Portfolio.
QABA.................. First Trust NASDAQ ABA NASDAQ
Community Bank Index
Fund.
MXI................... iShares Global Materials NYSE Arca
ETF.
TDIV.................. First Trust NASDAQ NASDAQ
Technology Dividend
Index Fund.
FDIS.................. Fidelity MSCI Consumer NYSE Arca
Discretionary Index ETF.
AOA................... iShares Core Aggressive NYSE Arca
Allocation ETF.
FPX................... First Trust US IPO Index NYSE Arca
Fund.
FNDC.................. Schwab Fundamental NYSE Arca
International Small Cap
Company index.
BSCJ.................. Guggenheim BulletShares NYSE Arca
2019 Corporate Bond ETF.
AIA................... iShares Asia 50 ETF..... NASDAQ
GLTR.................. ETFS Physical Precious NYSE Arca
Metal Basket Shares.
VONE.................. Vanguard Russell 1000... NASDAQ
FSTA.................. Fidelity MSCI Consumer NYSE Arca
Staples Index ETF.
BSCL.................. Guggenheim BulletShares NYSE Arca
2021 Corporate Bond ETF.
FDT................... First Trust Developed NASDAQ
Markets ex-US AlphaDEX
Fund.
COMT.................. iShares Commodities NASDAQ
Select Strategy ETF.
PUI................... PowerShares DWA NASDAQ
Utilities Momentum
Portfolio.
PSL................... PowerShares DWA Consumer NASDAQ
Staples Momentum
Portfolio.
MGC................... Vanguard Mega Cap ETF... NYSE Arca
JKG................... iShares Morningstar Mid- NYSE Arca
Cap ETF.
BSJH.................. Guggenheim BulletShares NYSE Arca
2017 High Yield
Corporate Bond ETF.
MDYG.................. SPDR S&P 400 Mid NYSE Arca
CapGrowth ETF.
URTH.................. iShares MSCI World ETF.. NYSE Arca
RDIV.................. Oppenheimer Ultra NYSE Arca
Dividend Revenue ETF.
SLY................... SPDR S&P 600 Small NYSE Arca
CapETF.
SGG................... iPath Bloomberg Sugar NYSE Arca
Subindex Total Return
ETN.
BSJK.................. Guggenheim BulletShares NYSE Arca
2020 High Yield
Corporate Bond ETF.
AOK................... iShares Core NYSE Arca
Conservative Allocation
ETF.
VIOO.................. Vanguard S&P Small-Cap NYSE Arca
600 ETF.
BSJG.................. Guggenheim BulletShares NYSE Arca
2016 High Yield
Corporate Bond ETF.
PCEF.................. PowerShares CEF Income NYSE Arca
Composite Portfolio.
RWL................... Oppenheimer Large Cap NYSE Arca
Revenue ETF.
PWZ................... PowerShares California NYSE Arca
AMT-Free Municipal Bond
Portfolio.
JHML.................. John Hancock Multi- NYSE Arca
Factor Large Cap ETF.
FLTB.................. Fidelity Ltd Term Bond NYSE Arca
ETF.
MDYV.................. SPDR S&P 400 Mid Cap NYSE Arca
Value ETF.
RYU................... Guggenheim S&P 500 Equal NYSE Arca
Weight Utilities ETF.
RGI................... Guggenheim S&P 500 Equal NYSE Arca
Weight Industrials ETF.
PALL.................. ETFS Physical Palladium NYSE Arca
Shares.
XHS................... SPDR S&P Health Care NYSE Arca
Services ETF.
FBND.................. Fidelity Total Bond ETF. NYSE Arca
DVYA.................. iShares Asia/Pacific NYSE Arca
Dividend ETF.
CORN.................. Teucrium Corn Fund...... NYSE Arca
IVOO.................. Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 NYSE Arca
ETF.
FIDU.................. Fidelity MSCI NYSE Arca
Industrials Index ETF.
JKE................... iShares Morningstar NYSE Arca
Large-Cap Growth ETF.
EMHY.................. iShares Emerging Markets Bats
High Yield Bond ETF.
IQDF.................. FlexShares International NYSE Arca
Quality Dividend Index
Fund.
VOOV.................. Vanguard S&P 500 Value NYSE Arca
ETF.
HEWU.................. iShares Currency Hedged NYSE Arca
MSCI United Kingdom ETF.
FVC................... First Trust Dorsey NASDAQ
Wright Dynamic Focus 5
ETF.
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SIVR.................. ETFS Physical Silver NYSE Arca
Shares.
KOL................... VanEck Vectors Coal ETF. NYSE Arca
MLPA.................. Global X MLP ETF........ NYSE Arca
AGZ................... iShares Agency Bond ETF. NYSE Arca
EELV.................. PowerShares S&P Emerging NYSE Arca
Markets Low Volatility
Portfolio.
TAN................... Guggenheim Solar ETF.... NYSE Arca
IUSB.................. iShares Core Total USD NYSE Arca
Bond Market ETF.
IVOV.................. Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 NYSE Arca
Value ETF.
GBF................... iShares Government/ NYSE Arca
Credit Bond ETF.
TLTD.................. FlexShares Morningstar NYSE Arca
Developed Markets ex-US
Factor Tilt Index Fund.
SLQD.................. iShares 0-5 Year NASDAQ
Investment Grade
Corporate Bond ETF.
CSM................... ProShares Large Cap Core Bats
Plus.
TDTF.................. FlexShares iBoxx 5-Year NYSE Arca
Target Duration TIPS
Index Fund.
SOCL.................. Global X Social Media NASDAQ
Index ETF.
SLVP.................. iShares MSCI Global NYSE Arca
Silver Miners ETF.
QQEW.................. First Trust NASDAQ-100 NASDAQ
Equal Weighted Index
Fund.
FJP................... First Trust Japan NASDAQ
AlphaDEX Fund.
FEP................... First Trust Europe NASDAQ
AlphaDEX Fund.
BNO................... United States Brent Oil NYSE Arca
Fund LP.
AMZA.................. InfraCap MLP ETF........ NYSE Arca
MBG................... SPDR Bloomberg Barclays NYSE Arca
Mortgage Backed Bond
ETF.
IWY................... iShares Russell Top 200 NYSE Arca
Growth ETF.
FLQE.................. Franklin LibertyQ NYSE Arca
Emerging Markets ETF.
GMM................... SPDR S&P Emerging NYSE Arca
Markets ETF.
BSCM.................. Guggenheim BulletShares NYSE Arca
2022 Corporate Bond ETF.
GREK.................. Global X MSCI Greece ETF NYSE Arca
FMAT.................. Fidelity MSCI Materials NYSE Arca
Index ETF.
HEEM.................. iShares Currency Hedged NYSE Arca
MSCI Emerging Markets
ETF.
GEM................... Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta NYSE Arca
Emerging Markets Equity
ETF.
DBKO.................. Deutsche X-trackers MSCI NYSE Arca
South Korea Hedged
Equity ETF.
ILTB.................. iShares Core 10+ Year NYSE Arca
USD Bond ETF.
GSIE.................. Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta NYSE Arca
International Equity
ETF.
LRGF.................. iShares FactorSelect NYSE Arca
MSCI USA ETF.
NFRA.................. FlexShares STOXX Global NYSE Arca
Broad Infrastructure
Index Fund.
AGGP.................. IQ Enhanced Core Plus NYSE Arca
Bond U.S. ETF.
KXI................... iShares Global Consumer NYSE Arca
Staples ETF.
EDIV.................. SPDR S&P Emerging NYSE Arca
Markets Dividend ETF.
IEZ................... iShares U.S. Oil NYSE Arca
Equipment & Services
ETF.
ZIV................... VelocityShares Daily NASDAQ
Inverse VIX Medium Term
ETN.
DTD................... WisdomTree Total NYSE Arca
Dividend Fund.
JJG................... iPath Bloomberg Grains NYSE Arca
Subindex Total Return
ETN.
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Appendix B--Data
Unless otherwise specified, the following data shall be
collected and transmitted to the SEC in an agreed-upon format on a
monthly basis, to be provided 30 calendar days following month end.
Unless otherwise specified, the Primary Listing Exchanges shall be
responsible for collecting and transmitting the data to the SEC.
Data collected in connection with Sections II(E)-(G) below shall be
transmitted to the SEC with a request for confidential treatment
under the Freedom of Information Act. 5 U.S.C. 552, and the SEC's
rules and regulations thereunder.
I. Summary Statistics
A. Frequency with which NMS Stocks enter a Limit State. Such summary
data shall be broken down as follows:
1. Partition stocks by category
a. Tier 1 non-ETP issues > $3.00
b. Tier 1 non-ETP issues >= $0.75 and <= $3.00
c. Tier 1 non-ETP issues <$0.75
d. Tier 1 non-leveraged ETPs in each of above categories
e. Tier 1 leveraged ETPs in each of above categories
f. Tier 2 non-ETPs in each of above categories
g. Tier 2 non-leveraged ETPs in each of above categories
h. Tier 2 leveraged ETPs in each of above categories
2. Partition by time of day
a. Opening (prior to 9:45 am ET)
b. Regular (between 9:45 am ET and 3:35 pm ET)
c. Closing (after 3:35 pm ET)
d. Within five minutes of a Trading Pause re-open or IPO open
3. Track reasons for entering a Limit State, such as:
a. Liquidity gap-price reverts from a Limit State Quotation and
returns to trading within the Price Bands
b. Broken trades
c. Primary Listing Exchange manually declares a Trading Pause
pursuant to Section (VII)(2) of the Plan
d. Other
B. Determine (1), (2) and (3) for when a Trading Pause has been
declared for an NMS Stock pursuant to the Plan.
II. Raw Data (all Participants, except A-E, which are for the
Primary Listing Exchanges only)
A. Record of every Straddle State
1. Ticker, date, time entered, time exited, flag for ending with
Limit State, flag for ending with manual override.
2. Pipe delimited with field names as first record.
B. Record of every Price Band
1. Ticker, date, time at beginning of Price Band, Upper Price Band,
Lower Price Band
2. Pipe delimited with field names as first record
C. Record of every Limit State
1. Ticker, date, time entered, time exited, flag for halt
2. Pipe delimited with field names as first record
D. Record of every Trading Pause or halt
1. Ticker, date, time entered, time exited, type of halt (i.e.,
regulatory halt, non-regulatory halt, Trading Pause pursuant to the
Plan, other)
2. Pipe delimited with field names as first record
E. Data set or orders entered into reopening auctions during halts
or Trading Pauses
1. Arrivals, Changes, Cancels, # shares, limit/market, side, Limit
State side
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2. Pipe delimited with field name as first record
F. Data set of order events received during Limit States
G. Summary data on order flow of arrivals and cancellations for each
15-second period for discrete time periods and sample stocks to be
determined by the SEC in subsequent data requests. Must indicate
side(s) of Limit State.
1. Market/marketable sell orders arrivals and executions
a. Count
b. Shares
c. Shares executed
2. Market/marketable buy orders arrivals and executions
a. Count
b. Shares
c. Shares executed
3. Count arriving, volume arriving and shares executing in limit
sell orders above NBBO mid-point
4. Count arriving, volume arriving and shares executing in limit
sell orders at or below NBBO mid-point (non-marketable)
5. Count arriving, volume arriving and shares executing in limit buy
orders at or above NBBO mid-point (non-marketable)
6. Count arriving, volume arriving and shares executing in limit buy
orders below NBBO mid-point
7. Count and volume arriving of limit sell orders priced at or above
NBBO mid-point plus $0.05
8. Count and volume arriving of limit buy orders priced at or below
NBBO mid-point minus $0.05
9. Count and volume of (3-8) for cancels
10. Include: ticker, date, time at start, time of Limit State, all
data item fields in 1, last sale prior to 15-second period (null if
no trades today), range during 15-second period, last trade during
15-second period
III. On May 28, 2015, Participants provided to the SEC a supplemental
joint assessment relating to the impact of the Plan and calibration of
the Percentage Parameters as follows:
A. Assess the statistical and economic impact on liquidity of
approaching Price Bands.
B. Assess the statistical and economic impact of the Price Bands on
erroneous trades.
C. Assess the statistical and economic impact of the appropriateness
of the Percentage Parameters used for the Price Bands.
D. Assess whether the Limit State is the appropriate length to allow
for liquidity replenishment when a Limit State is reached because of
a temporary liquidity gap.
E. Evaluate concerns from the options markets regarding the
statistical and economic impact of Limit States on liquidity and
market quality in the options markets. (Participants that operate
options exchange should also prepare such assessment reports.)
F. Assess whether the process for entering a Limit State should be
adjusted and whether Straddle States are problematic.
G. Assess whether the process for exiting a Limit State should be
adjusted.
H. Assess whether the Trading Pauses are too long or short and
whether the reopening procedures should be adjusted.
[FR Doc. 2017-20974 Filed 9-29-17; 8:45 am]
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