Self-Regulatory Organizations; Nasdaq PHLX LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Amend the Transaction Fees at Section VIII, 12066-12069 [2018-05450]
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Self-Regulatory Organizations; Nasdaq
PHLX LLC; Notice of Filing and
Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed
Rule Change To Amend the
Transaction Fees at Section VIII
March 13, 2018.
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2
notice is hereby given that on March 1,
19 17
CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).
U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
2 17 CFR 240.19b–4.
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2018, Nasdaq PHLX LLC (‘‘Phlx’’ or
‘‘Exchange’’) filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (‘‘SEC’’ or
‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule
change as described in Items I, II, and
III below, which Items have been
prepared by the Exchange. The
Commission is publishing this notice to
solicit comments on the proposed rule
change from interested persons.
I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Terms of Substance of
the Proposed Rule Change
The Exchange proposes to amend the
Exchange’s transaction fees at Section
VIII (NASDAQ PSX fees) of Phlx’s
Pricing Schedule to remove the current
transaction fees for any PSCN order
(other than a PSKP order) that receives
an execution on NASDAQ PSX (‘‘PSX’’)
or that is routed away from PSX and
receives an execution at an away
market.
The text of the proposed rule change
is available on the Exchange’s website at
https://nasdaqphlx.cchwallstreet.com/,
at the principal office of the Exchange,
and at the Commission’s Public
Reference Room.
II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
In its filing with the Commission, the
Exchange included statements
concerning the purpose of and basis for
the proposed rule change and discussed
any comments it received on the
proposed rule change. The text of these
statements may be examined at the
places specified in Item IV below. The
Exchange has prepared summaries, set
forth in sections A, B, and C below, of
the most significant aspects of such
statements.
A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
1. Purpose
The purpose of the proposed rule
change is to amend the Exchange’s
transaction fees at Section VIII of Phlx’s
Pricing Schedule to remove the current
transaction fee for any PSCN order
(other than a PSKP order) that receives
an execution on PSX or that is routed
away from PSX and receives an
execution at an away market.
Currently, the Exchange assesses a
charge of $0.0026 per share executed for
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PSCN orders,3 other than PSKP orders,4
that execute on PSX or that are routed
to other venues and receive an
execution on another venue. By way of
comparison, for an order that executes
on PSX, the execution fees for nonPSCN orders (including PSKP orders)
for all securities that PSX trades that are
priced at $1 or more per share range
from $0.0028 per share executed to
$0.0030 per share executed, depending
on where that security is listed and
whether the member meets certain
established volume thresholds. For
orders in securities that are priced at $1
or more per share that are routed to, and
execute on other venues, the Exchange
charges fees ranging from $0.0000 per
share executed to $0.0035 per share
executed (including PKSP orders).
The Exchange introduced the fee for
PSCN orders in 2017.5 Prior to the 2017
Proposal, a PSCN order that executed on
PSX would be assessed a charge ranging
from $0.0028–$0.0030 per share
executed depending on the applicability
of other factors set forth in the Pricing
Schedule, e.g., if the order was for a
security that was listed on The Nasdaq
Stock Market LLC (‘‘Nasdaq’’), or if the
order was for a security that is listed on
the New York Stock Exchange LLC
(‘‘NYSE’’), and whether the member met
the applicable volume thresholds.
Prior to the 2017 Proposal, a PSCN
order that routed to another venue
would be charged $0.0030 per share
executed at NYSE, $0.0000 per share
executed at Nasdaq BX, Inc. (‘‘Nasdaq
BX’’) and $0.0030 per share executed in
other venues. Pursuant to the 2017
Proposal, PSCN orders that execute on
a venue other than PSX are charged
$0.0026 per share executed. PSKP
orders continue to be charged $0.0030
per share executed at NYSE, $0.0000 per
share executed at Nasdaq BX, and
$0.0030 per share executed in other
venues.6
3 PSCN is a routing option that is designed to
attract users to PSX. An order using the PSCN
routing option will check the System for available
shares and simultaneously route the remaining
shares to destinations on the System routing table.
If shares remain unexecuted after routing, they are
posted on the book. Once on the book, should the
order subsequently be locked or crossed by another
market center, the System will not route the order
to the locking or crossing market center. See Rule
3315(a)(1)(A)(iv).
4 PSKP is a form of PSCN, pursuant to which the
entering firm instructs the System to bypass any
market centers included in the PSCN System
routing table that are not posting Protected
Quotations within the meaning of Regulation NMS.
Id.
5 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 80938
(June 15, 2017), 82 FR 28171 (June 20, 2017) (SR–
Phlx–2017–44) (‘‘2017 Proposal’’).
6 In the 2017 Proposal, the Exchange noted that
member organizations sending PSCN orders that
executed at Nasdaq BX would pay an increased fee
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In the 2017 Proposal, the Exchange
noted that PSCN is designed to attract
users to PSX, and that generally
providing a discount to member
organizations for PSCN executions will
provide a greater incentive to member
organizations to use PSX as a venue.
The Exchange stated that assessing a
lowered rate will encourage member
organizations to interact with PSX
liquidity, while also encouraging such
participants to take advantage of the
sophisticated routing functionality
offered by PSX. Additionally, since
PSCN does not re-route when it is
locked or crossed by an away market,
the Exchange also believed that
increased use of PSCN would also
increase displayed liquidity on PSX.7
Since the adoption of the reduced
transaction fee for PSCN orders, the
Exchange has not observed a change in
the activity of member organizations
that would indicate that the reduced
PSCN fees are incentivizing member
organizations to send additional order
flow to the Exchange, or to increase
additional displayed liquidity on the
Exchange. Accordingly, the Exchange is
discontinuing the $0.0026 fee for PSCN
orders that execute on PSX or on other
venues.
With this change, PSCN orders that
execute on PSX will revert to the pricing
that existed prior to the 2017 Proposal,
and will be charged $0.0028–$0.0030
per share executed, depending on other
applicable factors, e.g., if the order is for
a security that is listed on Nasdaq or
NYSE, and whether the member meets
the applicable volume thresholds.
Similarly, PSCN orders that execute
on a venue other than PSX will revert
to the pricing that existed prior to the
2017 Proposal, and will be charged
$0.0030 per share executed at NYSE,
$0.0000 per share executed at Nasdaq
of $0.0026 per share executed, instead of the thencurrent $0.0000 per share executed for those orders.
The Exchange stated that this fee increase for PSCN
orders that executed on Nasdaq BX would help
offset the cost to the Exchange in offering the
reduced fees for all other PSCN executions. Id.
7 As noted above, the current transaction fee for
PSCN orders does not include PSKP orders. When
adopting the current transaction fee for PSCN
orders (and the corresponding exclusion for PSKP
orders), the Exchange noted that it had only limited
funds to apply to the PSCN fees, which it was
generally reducing. The Exchange noted that PSCN
orders route to both venues with protected
quotations and venues without protected
quotations, which are often low-cost venues, based
on the System routing table following the principal
of best execution. By contrast, PSKP orders are
routed only to venues with protected quotations,
which typically assess the Exchange higher fees for
execution thereon. Consequently, extending the
proposed pricing to PSKP would result in
significant cost to the Exchange in comparison to
the proposed fee assessed for such executions. See
2017 Proposal, supra note 5.
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BX, and $0.0030 per share executed in
other venues. Since the 2017 Proposal
excluded PSKP orders from the $0.0026
fee, the transaction fees assessed for
PSKP orders will remain the same.8
2. Statutory Basis
The Exchange believes that its
proposal is consistent with Section 6(b)
of the Act,9 in general, and furthers the
objectives of Sections 6(b)(4) and 6(b)(5)
of the Act,10 in particular, in that it
provides for the equitable allocation of
reasonable dues, fees and other charges
among members and issuers and other
persons using any facility, and is not
designed to permit unfair
discrimination between customers,
issuers, brokers, or dealers.
The Commission and the courts have
repeatedly expressed their preference
for competition over regulatory
intervention in determining prices,
products, and services in the securities
markets. In Regulation NMS, while
adopting a series of steps to improve the
current market model, the Commission
highlighted the importance of market
forces in determining prices and SRO
revenues and, also recognized that
current regulation of the market system
‘‘has been remarkably successful in
promoting market competition in its
broader forms that are most important to
investors and listed companies.’’ 11
Likewise, in NetCoalition v. Securities
and Exchange Commission 12
(‘‘NetCoalition’’) the D.C. Circuit upheld
the Commission’s use of a market-based
approach in evaluating the fairness of
market data fees against a challenge
claiming that Congress mandated a costbased approach.13 As the court
emphasized, the Commission ‘‘intended
in Regulation NMS that ‘market forces,
rather than regulatory requirements’
play a role in determining the market
data . . . to be made available to
investors and at what cost.’’ 14
8 Specifically, the charge for a PSKP order that
executes on PSX will range from $0.0028–$0.0030
per share, depending on the applicability of the
other relevant factors set forth in the Pricing
Schedule. A PSKP order that executes on a venue
besides PSX will be charged $0.0030 per share
executed at NYSE, $0.0000 per share executed at
Nasdaq BX, and $0.0030 per share executed in other
venues. Since a PSKP order is a subset of a PSCN
order, the proposed change in the Pricing Schedule
from ‘‘PSKP’’ to ‘‘PSCN’’ in the part of the Pricing
Schedule relating to routing fees will cover both
PSCN and PSKP orders.
9 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
10 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4) and (5).
11 Securities Exchange Act Release No. 51808
(June 9, 2005), 70 FR 37496, 37499 (June 29, 2005)
(‘‘Regulation NMS Adopting Release’’).
12 NetCoalition v. SEC, 615 F.3d 525 (D.C. Cir.
2010).
13 See NetCoalition, at 534–535.
14 Id. at 537.
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Further, ‘‘[n]o one disputes that
competition for order flow is ‘fierce.’
. . . As the SEC explained, ‘[i]n the U.S.
national market system, buyers and
sellers of securities, and the brokerdealers that act as their order-routing
agents, have a wide range of choices of
where to route orders for execution’;
[and] ‘no exchange can afford to take its
market share percentages for granted’
because ‘no exchange possesses a
monopoly, regulatory or otherwise, in
the execution of order flow from broker
dealers’. . . .’’ 15
The Exchange believes that
eliminating the current fee of $0.0026
per share executed for PSCN orders that
execute on PSX or that execute on other
venues is reasonable. The PSCN routing
option is designed to attract users to
PSX, and the current PSCN transaction
fees, by extension, were designed to
provide a greater incentive to member
organizations to use PSX as a venue.
Since the adoption of the current
transaction fees for PSCN orders,
however, the Exchange has not observed
a change in the activity of member
organizations that would indicate that
the current PSCN fees are incentivizing
member organizations to send
additional order flow to the Exchange,
or to increase additional displayed
liquidity on the Exchange. Accordingly,
the Exchange believes that it is
reasonable to eliminate the current
PSCN fees since those fees are not
achieving their intended purpose.
With respect to orders that execute on
PSX, the Exchange further believes the
proposal is reasonable because the
Pricing Schedule will no longer
distinguish between PSCN orders and
orders with other routing options.
In eliminating the current PSCN fees,
the fees for PSCN orders will revert to
the fees for PSCN orders prior to the
2017 Proposal. The Exchange has
previously stated why it believes those
fees are reasonable,16 and continues to
15 Id. at 539 (quoting Securities Exchange Act
Release No. 59039 (December 2, 2008), 73 FR
74770, 74782–83 (December 9, 2008) (SR–
NYSEArca–2006–21)).
16 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 76631
(December 11, 2015), 80 FR 78797 (December 17,
2015) (SR–Phlx–2015–98) (adopting the current fees
for transactions on PSX of $0.0029 per share
executed in Nasdaq-listed securities, $0.0028 per
share executed for NYSE-listed securities, and
$0.0028 per share executed for executions in
securities listed on exchanges other than Nasdaq
and NYSE); Release No. 78027 (June 9, 2016), 81
FR 39078 (June 15, 2016) (SR–Phlx–2016–64)
(adopting the current volume thresholds and the
‘‘default’’ fee for transactions on PSX of $0.0030 per
share executed for orders for all other member
organizations that execute on PSX); Release No.
71520 (February 11, 2014), 79 FR 9302 (February
18, 2014) (SR–Phlx–2014–09) and Release No.
74292 (February 18, 2015), 80 FR 9807 (February
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believe such fees are reasonable. For
example, the Exchange continues to
believe that the current fees for orders
that execute on PSX in securities listed
on Nasdaq, NYSE or an exchange other
than Nasdaq or NYSE are reasonable
because they reflect the costs and
benefits provided by the Exchange,
including credits to market participants
that provide beneficial liquidity to PSX,
to the benefit of all of its participants.17
Similarly, the Exchange believes that
the fees for routing orders to other
venues are reasonable because those
fees are designed to incentivize member
organizations to send orders and quotes
to PSX, even if such orders ultimately
execute on other venues.18
Finally, as discussed above, the
transaction fees for a PSKP order, which
is a subset of a PSCN order, remain
unchanged.
The Exchange also believes that
eliminating the $0.0026 fee for PSCN
orders that execute on PSX and on other
venues is an equitable allocation and is
not unfairly discriminatory. With this
change, member organizations that use
PSCN orders may pay greater fees (e.g.,
$0.0029 per share executed for an order
in a Nasdaq-listed security that executes
on PSX) or lower fees (e.g., $0.0000 per
share executed for an order that
executes on Nasdaq BX) than pursuant
to the current PSCN fees. However, the
Exchange will apply the same fee to all
similarly situated member
organizations, e.g., to all member
organizations that execute an order in a
Nasdaq-listed security on PSX. With
respect to orders that execute on PSX,
the Exchange further believes that the
proposal is equitable and not unfairly
discriminatory because the Pricing
Schedule will eliminate the distinction
between PSCN orders and orders with
other routing options.
Further, this change will revert the
fees for PSCN orders that execute on
PSX and on other venues to their levels
prior to the 2017 Proposal. The
Exchange has previously stated that it
believes those fees are equitable and not
unfairly discriminatory,19 and continues
to believe such fees are equitable and
not unfairly discriminatory.
24, 2015) (SR–Phlx–2015–14) (adopting the current
fee of $0.0000 for PSCN orders that are routed to
Nasdaq BX); Release No. 70874 (November 14,
2013), 78 FR 69725 (November 20, 2013) (SR–Phlx–
2013–111) (adopting the current fee of $0.0030 per
share executed for PSCN orders that are routed to
NYSE or to other venues).
17 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 76631
(December 11, 2015), 80 FR 78797 (December 17,
2015) (SR–Phlx–2015–98).
18 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 70874,
November 14, 2013, 78 FR 69725 (November 20,
2013) (SR–Phlx–2013–111).
19 See supra note 16.
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Specifically, the Exchange continues to
believe that these fees reflect the costs
and benefits provided by the Exchange,
while also attempting to incentivize
order flow to the Exchange.
Finally, as discussed above, the
transaction fees for a PSKP order, which
is a subset of a PSCN order, remain
unchanged.
B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement on Burden on Competition
The Exchange does not believe that
the proposed rule change will impose
any burden on competition not
necessary or appropriate in furtherance
of the purposes of the Act. In terms of
inter-market competition, the Exchange
notes that it operates in a highly
competitive market in which market
participants can readily favor competing
venues if they deem fee levels at a
particular venue to be excessive, or
rebate opportunities available at other
venues to be more favorable. In such an
environment, the Exchange must
continually adjust its fees to remain
competitive with other exchanges and
with alternative trading systems that
have been exempted from compliance
with the statutory standards applicable
to exchanges. Because competitors are
free to modify their own fees in
response, and because market
participants may readily adjust their
order routing practices, the Exchange
believes that the degree to which fee
changes in this market may impose any
burden on competition is extremely
limited.
In this instance, the proposed changes
to the charges assessed to member
organizations for the execution of
securities do not impose a burden on
competition because the Exchange’s
execution services are completely
voluntary and subject to extensive
competition both from other exchanges
and from off-exchange venues. The
Exchange is eliminating the current
PSCN fees because the Exchange has not
observed that the current PSCN fees
achieved their intended effect, i.e., to
incentivize member organizations to
send additional order flow to the
Exchange, or to increase additional
displayed liquidity on the Exchange.
With the elimination of the current
PSCN fees, this change will revert the
fees for PSCN orders that execute on
PSX and on other venues to their levels
prior to the 2017 Proposal. The
Exchange has previously stated that it
does not believe that the fees in effect
prior to the 2017 Proposal impose a
burden on competition that is not
necessary or appropriate,20 and
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continues to believe that to be the case.
Additionally, the Exchange will apply
the same fee for PSCN orders to all
similarly situated member
organizations.
With respect to orders that execute on
PSX, the Exchange also does not believe
that the proposal will impose a burden
on competition that is not necessary or
appropriate because the Pricing
Schedule will eliminate the distinction
between PSCN orders and orders with
other routing options.
Finally, the Exchange does not believe
that the proposal will impose a burden
on competition that is not necessary or
appropriate because, as discussed
above, the transaction fees for a PSKP
order, which is a subset of a PSCN
order, remain unchanged.
In sum, if the changes proposed
herein are unattractive to market
participants, it is likely that the
Exchange will lose market share as a
result. Accordingly, the Exchange does
not believe that the proposed changes
will impair the ability of member
organizations or competing order
execution venues to maintain their
competitive standing in the financial
markets.
C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement on Comments on the
Proposed Rule Change Received From
Members, Participants, or Others
No written comments were either
solicited or received.
III. Date of Effectiveness of the
Proposed Rule Change and Timing for
Commission Action
The foregoing rule change has become
effective pursuant to Section
19(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the Act.21
At any time within 60 days of the
filing of the proposed rule change, the
Commission summarily may
temporarily suspend such rule change if
it appears to the Commission that such
action is: (i) Necessary or appropriate in
the public interest; (ii) for the protection
of investors; or (iii) otherwise in
furtherance of the purposes of the Act.
If the Commission takes such action, the
Commission shall institute proceedings
to determine whether the proposed rule
should be approved or disapproved.
IV. Solicitation of Comments
Interested persons are invited to
submit written data, views, and
arguments concerning the foregoing,
including whether the proposed rule
change is consistent with the Act.
Comments may be submitted by any of
the following methods:
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For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.22
Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
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1 The fifteen options markets are as follows: The
fifteen options markets are as follows: BOX Options
Exchange LLC, Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc., Cboe C2
Exchange, Inc., Cboe EDGX Exchange, Inc., Cboe
Exchange, Inc., Miami International Securities
Exchange LLC, MIAX PEARL, LLC, Nasdaq BX,
Inc., Nasdaq GEMX, LLC, Nasdaq ISE, LLC, Nasdaq
MRX, LLC, Nasdaq PHLX LLC, the Nasdaq Options
Market (NOM), NYSE Arca, Inc., and NYSE
American LLC.
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is $412 per hour,2 resulting in a total
internal cost of compliance for these
respondents of $148,320 per year (360
hours at $412 per hour).
In addition, approximately 1,144
broker-dealers 3 must comply with Rule
9b–1. Each of these respondents will
process an average of 3 new customers
for options each week and, therefore,
will have to furnish approximately 156
ODDs per year. The postal mailing or
electronic delivery of the ODD takes
respondents no more than 30 seconds to
complete for an annual compliance
burden for each of these respondents of
78 minutes or 1.3 hours. Thus, the total
time burden per year for broker-dealers
is 1,487 hours (1,144 broker-dealers ×
1.3 hours). The estimated cost for a
general clerk of a broker-dealer is $62
per hour,4 resulting in a total internal
cost of compliance for these
respondents of $92,194 per year (1,487
hours at $62 per hour).
The total time burden for all
respondents under this rule (both
options markets and broker-dealers) is
1,847 hours per year (360 + 1,487), and
the total internal cost of compliance is
$240,514 ($148,320 + $92,124).
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
under the PRA unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
The public may view background
documentation for this information
collection at the following website:
www.reginfo.gov. Comments should be
directed to (i) Desk Officer for the
Securities and Exchange Commission,
2 SIFMA did its last annual survey in 2013 and
will not resume the survey process. Accordingly,
the $412 figure is based on the 2013 figure ($380)
adjusted by the inflation rate calculated using the
Bureau of Labor Statistics’ CPI Inflation Calculator.
The $380 per hour figure for an Attorney is from
SIFMA’s Management & Professional Earnings in
the Securities Industry 2013, modified by
Commission staff to account for an 1800-hour workyear and multiplied by 5.35 to account for bonuses,
firm size, employee benefits and overhead.
3 The estimate of 1,144 broker-dealers required to
comply with Rule 9b–1 is derived from Item 12 of
the Form BD (OMB Control No. 3235–0012). This
estimate may be high as it includes broker-dealers
that engage in only a proprietary business, and as
a result are not required to deliver an ODD, as well
as those broker-dealers subject to Rule 9b–1.
4 The $62 figure is based on the 2013 figure ($57)
adjusted for inflation. See supra note 1. As noted
above, SIFMA did its last annual survey in 2013
and will not resume the survey process.
Accordingly, the $62 figure is based on the 2013
figure ($57) adjusted for inflation. The $57 per hour
figure for a General Clerk is from SIFMA’s Office
Salaries in the Securities Industry 2013, modified
by Commission staff to account for an 1800-hour
work-year and multiplied by 2.93 to account for
bonuses, firm size, employee benefits and overhead.
The staff believes that the ODD would be mailed or
electronically delivered to customers by a general
clerk of the broker-dealer or some other equivalent
position.
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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 53 (Monday, March 19, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12066-12069]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-05450]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Release No. 34-82865; File No. SR-Phlx-2018-21]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; Nasdaq PHLX LLC; Notice of Filing
and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Amend the
Transaction Fees at Section VIII
March 13, 2018.
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(``Act''),\1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given that
on March 1, 2018, Nasdaq PHLX LLC (``Phlx'' or ``Exchange'') filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (``SEC'' or ``Commission'') the
proposed rule change as described in Items I, II, and III below, which
Items have been prepared by the Exchange. The Commission is publishing
this notice to solicit comments on the proposed rule change from
interested persons.
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\1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
\2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance
of the Proposed Rule Change
The Exchange proposes to amend the Exchange's transaction fees at
Section VIII (NASDAQ PSX fees) of Phlx's Pricing Schedule to remove the
current transaction fees for any PSCN order (other than a PSKP order)
that receives an execution on NASDAQ PSX (``PSX'') or that is routed
away from PSX and receives an execution at an away market.
The text of the proposed rule change is available on the Exchange's
website at https://nasdaqphlx.cchwallstreet.com/, at the principal
office of the Exchange, and at the Commission's Public Reference Room.
II. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change
In its filing with the Commission, the Exchange included statements
concerning the purpose of and basis for the proposed rule change and
discussed any comments it received on the proposed rule change. The
text of these statements may be examined at the places specified in
Item IV below. The Exchange has prepared summaries, set forth in
sections A, B, and C below, of the most significant aspects of such
statements.
A. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change
1. Purpose
The purpose of the proposed rule change is to amend the Exchange's
transaction fees at Section VIII of Phlx's Pricing Schedule to remove
the current transaction fee for any PSCN order (other than a PSKP
order) that receives an execution on PSX or that is routed away from
PSX and receives an execution at an away market.
Currently, the Exchange assesses a charge of $0.0026 per share
executed for PSCN orders,\3\ other than PSKP orders,\4\ that execute on
PSX or that are routed to other venues and receive an execution on
another venue. By way of comparison, for an order that executes on PSX,
the execution fees for non-PSCN orders (including PSKP orders) for all
securities that PSX trades that are priced at $1 or more per share
range from $0.0028 per share executed to $0.0030 per share executed,
depending on where that security is listed and whether the member meets
certain established volume thresholds. For orders in securities that
are priced at $1 or more per share that are routed to, and execute on
other venues, the Exchange charges fees ranging from $0.0000 per share
executed to $0.0035 per share executed (including PKSP orders).
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\3\ PSCN is a routing option that is designed to attract users
to PSX. An order using the PSCN routing option will check the System
for available shares and simultaneously route the remaining shares
to destinations on the System routing table. If shares remain
unexecuted after routing, they are posted on the book. Once on the
book, should the order subsequently be locked or crossed by another
market center, the System will not route the order to the locking or
crossing market center. See Rule 3315(a)(1)(A)(iv).
\4\ PSKP is a form of PSCN, pursuant to which the entering firm
instructs the System to bypass any market centers included in the
PSCN System routing table that are not posting Protected Quotations
within the meaning of Regulation NMS. Id.
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The Exchange introduced the fee for PSCN orders in 2017.\5\ Prior
to the 2017 Proposal, a PSCN order that executed on PSX would be
assessed a charge ranging from $0.0028-$0.0030 per share executed
depending on the applicability of other factors set forth in the
Pricing Schedule, e.g., if the order was for a security that was listed
on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (``Nasdaq''), or if the order was for a
security that is listed on the New York Stock Exchange LLC (``NYSE''),
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\5\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 80938 (June 15,
2017), 82 FR 28171 (June 20, 2017) (SR-Phlx-2017-44) (``2017
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Prior to the 2017 Proposal, a PSCN order that routed to another
venue would be charged $0.0030 per share executed at NYSE, $0.0000 per
share executed at Nasdaq BX, Inc. (``Nasdaq BX'') and $0.0030 per share
executed in other venues. Pursuant to the 2017 Proposal, PSCN orders
that execute on a venue other than PSX are charged $0.0026 per share
executed. PSKP orders continue to be charged $0.0030 per share executed
at NYSE, $0.0000 per share executed at Nasdaq BX, and $0.0030 per share
executed in other venues.\6\
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\6\ In the 2017 Proposal, the Exchange noted that member
organizations sending PSCN orders that executed at Nasdaq BX would
pay an increased fee of $0.0026 per share executed, instead of the
then-current $0.0000 per share executed for those orders. The
Exchange stated that this fee increase for PSCN orders that executed
on Nasdaq BX would help offset the cost to the Exchange in offering
the reduced fees for all other PSCN executions. Id.
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In the 2017 Proposal, the Exchange noted that PSCN is designed to
attract users to PSX, and that generally providing a discount to member
organizations for PSCN executions will provide a greater incentive to
member organizations to use PSX as a venue. The Exchange stated that
assessing a lowered rate will encourage member organizations to
interact with PSX liquidity, while also encouraging such participants
to take advantage of the sophisticated routing functionality offered by
PSX. Additionally, since PSCN does not re-route when it is locked or
crossed by an away market, the Exchange also believed that increased
use of PSCN would also increase displayed liquidity on PSX.\7\
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\7\ As noted above, the current transaction fee for PSCN orders
does not include PSKP orders. When adopting the current transaction
fee for PSCN orders (and the corresponding exclusion for PSKP
orders), the Exchange noted that it had only limited funds to apply
to the PSCN fees, which it was generally reducing. The Exchange
noted that PSCN orders route to both venues with protected
quotations and venues without protected quotations, which are often
low-cost venues, based on the System routing table following the
principal of best execution. By contrast, PSKP orders are routed
only to venues with protected quotations, which typically assess the
Exchange higher fees for execution thereon. Consequently, extending
the proposed pricing to PSKP would result in significant cost to the
Exchange in comparison to the proposed fee assessed for such
executions. See 2017 Proposal, supra note 5.
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Since the adoption of the reduced transaction fee for PSCN orders,
the Exchange has not observed a change in the activity of member
organizations that would indicate that the reduced PSCN fees are
incentivizing member organizations to send additional order flow to the
Exchange, or to increase additional displayed liquidity on the
Exchange. Accordingly, the Exchange is discontinuing the $0.0026 fee
for PSCN orders that execute on PSX or on other venues.
With this change, PSCN orders that execute on PSX will revert to
the pricing that existed prior to the 2017 Proposal, and will be
charged $0.0028-$0.0030 per share executed, depending on other
applicable factors, e.g., if the order is for a security that is listed
on Nasdaq or NYSE, and whether the member meets the applicable volume
thresholds.
Similarly, PSCN orders that execute on a venue other than PSX will
revert to the pricing that existed prior to the 2017 Proposal, and will
be charged $0.0030 per share executed at NYSE, $0.0000 per share
executed at Nasdaq BX, and $0.0030 per share executed in other venues.
Since the 2017 Proposal excluded PSKP orders from the $0.0026 fee, the
transaction fees assessed for PSKP orders will remain the same.\8\
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\8\ Specifically, the charge for a PSKP order that executes on
PSX will range from $0.0028-$0.0030 per share, depending on the
applicability of the other relevant factors set forth in the Pricing
Schedule. A PSKP order that executes on a venue besides PSX will be
charged $0.0030 per share executed at NYSE, $0.0000 per share
executed at Nasdaq BX, and $0.0030 per share executed in other
venues. Since a PSKP order is a subset of a PSCN order, the proposed
change in the Pricing Schedule from ``PSKP'' to ``PSCN'' in the part
of the Pricing Schedule relating to routing fees will cover both
PSCN and PSKP orders.
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2. Statutory Basis
The Exchange believes that its proposal is consistent with Section
6(b) of the Act,\9\ in general, and furthers the objectives of Sections
6(b)(4) and 6(b)(5) of the Act,\10\ in particular, in that it provides
for the equitable allocation of reasonable dues, fees and other charges
among members and issuers and other persons using any facility, and is
not designed to permit unfair discrimination between customers,
issuers, brokers, or dealers.
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\9\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
\10\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4) and (5).
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The Commission and the courts have repeatedly expressed their
preference for competition over regulatory intervention in determining
prices, products, and services in the securities markets. In Regulation
NMS, while adopting a series of steps to improve the current market
model, the Commission highlighted the importance of market forces in
determining prices and SRO revenues and, also recognized that current
regulation of the market system ``has been remarkably successful in
promoting market competition in its broader forms that are most
important to investors and listed companies.'' \11\
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\11\ Securities Exchange Act Release No. 51808 (June 9, 2005),
70 FR 37496, 37499 (June 29, 2005) (``Regulation NMS Adopting
Release'').
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Likewise, in NetCoalition v. Securities and Exchange Commission
\12\ (``NetCoalition'') the D.C. Circuit upheld the Commission's use of
a market-based approach in evaluating the fairness of market data fees
against a challenge claiming that Congress mandated a cost-based
approach.\13\ As the court emphasized, the Commission ``intended in
Regulation NMS that `market forces, rather than regulatory
requirements' play a role in determining the market data . . . to be
made available to investors and at what cost.'' \14\
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\12\ NetCoalition v. SEC, 615 F.3d 525 (D.C. Cir. 2010).
\13\ See NetCoalition, at 534-535.
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Further, ``[n]o one disputes that competition for order flow is
`fierce.' . . . As the SEC explained, `[i]n the U.S. national market
system, buyers and sellers of securities, and the broker-dealers that
act as their order-routing agents, have a wide range of choices of
where to route orders for execution'; [and] `no exchange can afford to
take its market share percentages for granted' because `no exchange
possesses a monopoly, regulatory or otherwise, in the execution of
order flow from broker dealers'. . . .'' \15\
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\15\ Id. at 539 (quoting Securities Exchange Act Release No.
59039 (December 2, 2008), 73 FR 74770, 74782-83 (December 9, 2008)
(SR-NYSEArca-2006-21)).
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The Exchange believes that eliminating the current fee of $0.0026
per share executed for PSCN orders that execute on PSX or that execute
on other venues is reasonable. The PSCN routing option is designed to
attract users to PSX, and the current PSCN transaction fees, by
extension, were designed to provide a greater incentive to member
organizations to use PSX as a venue. Since the adoption of the current
transaction fees for PSCN orders, however, the Exchange has not
observed a change in the activity of member organizations that would
indicate that the current PSCN fees are incentivizing member
organizations to send additional order flow to the Exchange, or to
increase additional displayed liquidity on the Exchange. Accordingly,
the Exchange believes that it is reasonable to eliminate the current
PSCN fees since those fees are not achieving their intended purpose.
With respect to orders that execute on PSX, the Exchange further
believes the proposal is reasonable because the Pricing Schedule will
no longer distinguish between PSCN orders and orders with other routing
options.
In eliminating the current PSCN fees, the fees for PSCN orders will
revert to the fees for PSCN orders prior to the 2017 Proposal. The
Exchange has previously stated why it believes those fees are
reasonable,\16\ and continues to
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believe such fees are reasonable. For example, the Exchange continues
to believe that the current fees for orders that execute on PSX in
securities listed on Nasdaq, NYSE or an exchange other than Nasdaq or
NYSE are reasonable because they reflect the costs and benefits
provided by the Exchange, including credits to market participants that
provide beneficial liquidity to PSX, to the benefit of all of its
participants.\17\ Similarly, the Exchange believes that the fees for
routing orders to other venues are reasonable because those fees are
designed to incentivize member organizations to send orders and quotes
to PSX, even if such orders ultimately execute on other venues.\18\
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\16\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 76631 (December 11,
2015), 80 FR 78797 (December 17, 2015) (SR-Phlx-2015-98) (adopting
the current fees for transactions on PSX of $0.0029 per share
executed in Nasdaq-listed securities, $0.0028 per share executed for
NYSE-listed securities, and $0.0028 per share executed for
executions in securities listed on exchanges other than Nasdaq and
NYSE); Release No. 78027 (June 9, 2016), 81 FR 39078 (June 15, 2016)
(SR-Phlx-2016-64) (adopting the current volume thresholds and the
``default'' fee for transactions on PSX of $0.0030 per share
executed for orders for all other member organizations that execute
on PSX); Release No. 71520 (February 11, 2014), 79 FR 9302 (February
18, 2014) (SR-Phlx-2014-09) and Release No. 74292 (February 18,
2015), 80 FR 9807 (February 24, 2015) (SR-Phlx-2015-14) (adopting
the current fee of $0.0000 for PSCN orders that are routed to Nasdaq
BX); Release No. 70874 (November 14, 2013), 78 FR 69725 (November
20, 2013) (SR-Phlx-2013-111) (adopting the current fee of $0.0030
per share executed for PSCN orders that are routed to NYSE or to
other venues).
\17\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 76631 (December 11,
2015), 80 FR 78797 (December 17, 2015) (SR-Phlx-2015-98).
\18\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 70874, November 14,
2013, 78 FR 69725 (November 20, 2013) (SR-Phlx-2013-111).
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Finally, as discussed above, the transaction fees for a PSKP order,
which is a subset of a PSCN order, remain unchanged.
The Exchange also believes that eliminating the $0.0026 fee for
PSCN orders that execute on PSX and on other venues is an equitable
allocation and is not unfairly discriminatory. With this change, member
organizations that use PSCN orders may pay greater fees (e.g., $0.0029
per share executed for an order in a Nasdaq-listed security that
executes on PSX) or lower fees (e.g., $0.0000 per share executed for an
order that executes on Nasdaq BX) than pursuant to the current PSCN
fees. However, the Exchange will apply the same fee to all similarly
situated member organizations, e.g., to all member organizations that
execute an order in a Nasdaq-listed security on PSX. With respect to
orders that execute on PSX, the Exchange further believes that the
proposal is equitable and not unfairly discriminatory because the
Pricing Schedule will eliminate the distinction between PSCN orders and
orders with other routing options.
Further, this change will revert the fees for PSCN orders that
execute on PSX and on other venues to their levels prior to the 2017
Proposal. The Exchange has previously stated that it believes those
fees are equitable and not unfairly discriminatory,\19\ and continues
to believe such fees are equitable and not unfairly discriminatory.
Specifically, the Exchange continues to believe that these fees reflect
the costs and benefits provided by the Exchange, while also attempting
to incentivize order flow to the Exchange.
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Finally, as discussed above, the transaction fees for a PSKP order,
which is a subset of a PSCN order, remain unchanged.
B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition
The Exchange does not believe that the proposed rule change will
impose any burden on competition not necessary or appropriate in
furtherance of the purposes of the Act. In terms of inter-market
competition, the Exchange notes that it operates in a highly
competitive market in which market participants can readily favor
competing venues if they deem fee levels at a particular venue to be
excessive, or rebate opportunities available at other venues to be more
favorable. In such an environment, the Exchange must continually adjust
its fees to remain competitive with other exchanges and with
alternative trading systems that have been exempted from compliance
with the statutory standards applicable to exchanges. Because
competitors are free to modify their own fees in response, and because
market participants may readily adjust their order routing practices,
the Exchange believes that the degree to which fee changes in this
market may impose any burden on competition is extremely limited.
In this instance, the proposed changes to the charges assessed to
member organizations for the execution of securities do not impose a
burden on competition because the Exchange's execution services are
completely voluntary and subject to extensive competition both from
other exchanges and from off-exchange venues. The Exchange is
eliminating the current PSCN fees because the Exchange has not observed
that the current PSCN fees achieved their intended effect, i.e., to
incentivize member organizations to send additional order flow to the
Exchange, or to increase additional displayed liquidity on the
Exchange.
With the elimination of the current PSCN fees, this change will
revert the fees for PSCN orders that execute on PSX and on other venues
to their levels prior to the 2017 Proposal. The Exchange has previously
stated that it does not believe that the fees in effect prior to the
2017 Proposal impose a burden on competition that is not necessary or
appropriate,\20\ and continues to believe that to be the case.
Additionally, the Exchange will apply the same fee for PSCN orders to
all similarly situated member organizations.
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With respect to orders that execute on PSX, the Exchange also does
not believe that the proposal will impose a burden on competition that
is not necessary or appropriate because the Pricing Schedule will
eliminate the distinction between PSCN orders and orders with other
routing options.
Finally, the Exchange does not believe that the proposal will
impose a burden on competition that is not necessary or appropriate
because, as discussed above, the transaction fees for a PSKP order,
which is a subset of a PSCN order, remain unchanged.
In sum, if the changes proposed herein are unattractive to market
participants, it is likely that the Exchange will lose market share as
a result. Accordingly, the Exchange does not believe that the proposed
changes will impair the ability of member organizations or competing
order execution venues to maintain their competitive standing in the
financial markets.
C. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Comments on the Proposed
Rule Change Received From Members, Participants, or Others
No written comments were either solicited or received.
III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for
Commission Action
The foregoing rule change has become effective pursuant to Section
19(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the Act.\21\
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\21\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(ii).
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At any time within 60 days of the filing of the proposed rule
change, the Commission summarily may temporarily suspend such rule
change if it appears to the Commission that such action is: (i)
Necessary or appropriate in the public interest; (ii) for the
protection of investors; or (iii) otherwise in furtherance of the
purposes of the Act. If the Commission takes such action, the
Commission shall institute proceedings to determine whether the
proposed rule should be approved or disapproved.
IV. Solicitation of Comments
Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views, and
arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether the proposed rule
change is consistent with the Act. Comments may be submitted by any of
the following methods:
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Electronic Comments
Use the Commission's internet comment form (https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml); or
Send an email to [email protected]. Please include
File Number SR-Phlx-2018-21 on the subject line.
Paper Comments
Send paper comments in triplicate to Secretary, Securities
and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549-1090.
All submissions should refer to File Number SR-Phlx-2018-21. This file
number should be included on the subject line if email is used. To help
the Commission process and review your comments more efficiently,
please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on
the Commission's internet website (https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml).
Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all written
statements with respect to the proposed rule change that are filed with
the Commission, and all written communications relating to the proposed
rule change between the Commission and any person, other than those
that may be withheld from the public in accordance with the provisions
of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be available for website 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 the filing also will be available for inspection
and copying at the principal office of the Exchange. All comments
received will be posted without change. Persons submitting comments are
cautioned that we do not redact or edit personal identifying
information from comment submissions. You should submit only
information that you wish to make available publicly. All submissions
should refer to File Number SR-Phlx-2018-21 and should be submitted on
or before April 9, 2018.
For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\22\
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\22\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
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