Self-Regulatory Organizations; Miami International Securities Exchange LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend Its Fee Schedule, 350-353 [2020-29138]
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For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.30
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
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Self-Regulatory Organizations; Miami
International Securities Exchange LLC;
Notice of Filing and Immediate
Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule
Change To Amend Its Fee Schedule
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December 29, 2020.
Pursuant to the provisions of 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 December 21, 2020, Miami
International Securities Exchange LLC
(‘‘MIAX Options’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’) filed
with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (‘‘Commission’’) a
30 17
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U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Terms of Substance of
the Proposed Rule Change
The Exchange is filing a proposal to
amend the MIAX Options Fee Schedule
(the ‘‘Fee Schedule’’).
The text of the proposed rule change
is available on the Exchange’s website at
https://www.miaxoptions.com/rulefilings, at MIAX’s principal office, and
at the Commission’s Public Reference
Room.
II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
In its filing with the Commission, the
Exchange included statements
concerning the purpose of and basis for
the proposed rule change and discussed
any comments it received on the
proposed rule change. The text of these
statements may be examined at the
places specified in Item IV below. The
Exchange has prepared summaries, set
forth in sections A, B, and C below, of
the most significant aspects of such
statements.
A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
1. Purpose
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Items I, II, and III below, which Items
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The Commission is publishing this
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proposed rule change from interested
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The Exchange proposes to amend the
Fee Schedule to extend the cap waiver
of 1,000 contracts per leg for complex
PRIME (‘‘cPRIME’’) 3 Agency Order
rebates for all tiers under the Priority
Customer Rebate Program (‘‘PCRP’’) 4
until March 31, 2021.
3 ‘‘cPRIME’’ is the process by which a Member
may electronically submit a ‘‘cPRIME Order’’ (as
defined in Rule 518(b)(7)) it represents as agent (a
‘‘cPRIME Agency Order’’) against principal or
solicited interest for execution (a ‘‘cPRIME
Auction’’), subject to the restrictions set forth in
Exchange Rule 515A, Interpretation and Policy .12.
See Exchange Rule 515A.
4 Under the PCRP, MIAX credits each Member the
per contract amount resulting from each Priority
Customer order transmitted by that Member which
is executed electronically on the Exchange in all
multiply-listed option classes (excluding, in simple
or complex as applicable, QCC and cQCC Orders,
mini-options, Priority Customer-to-Priority
Customer Orders, C2C and cC2C Orders, PRIME and
cPRIME AOC Responses, PRIME and cPRIME
Contra-side Orders, PRIME and cPRIME Orders for
which both the Agency and Contra-side Order are
Priority Customers, and executions related to
contracts that are routed to one or more exchanges
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Background
Exchange Rule 518(b)(7) defines a
cPRIME Order as a type of complex
order 5 that is submitted for
participation in a cPRIME Auction and
trading of cPRIME Orders is governed
by Rule 515A, Interpretation and Policy
.12.6 cPRIME Orders are processed and
executed in the Exchange’s PRIME
mechanism, the same mechanism that
the Exchange uses to process and
execute simple PRIME orders, pursuant
to Exchange Rule 515A.7 PRIME is a
process by which a Member may
electronically submit for execution an
order it represents as agent (an ‘‘Agency
Order’’) against principal interest and/or
solicited interest. The Member that
submits the Agency Order (‘‘Initiating
Member’’) agrees to guarantee the
execution of the Agency Order by
submitting a contra-side order
representing principal interest or
solicited interest (‘‘Contra-Side Order’’).
When the Exchange receives a properly
designated Agency Order for Auction
processing, a request for response
(‘‘RFR’’) detailing the option, side, size
and initiating price is broadcasted to
MIAX participants up to an optional
designated limit price. Members may
submit responses to the RFR, which can
be either an Auction or Cancel (‘‘AOC’’)
order or an AOC eQuote. A cPRIME
in connection with the Options Order Protection
and Locked/Crossed Market Plan referenced in
Exchange Rule 1400), provided the Member meets
certain percentage thresholds in a month as
described in the PCRP table. See Fee Schedule,
Section 1(a)(iii). ‘‘Priority Customer’’ means a
person or entity that (i) is not a broker or dealer in
securities, and (ii) does not place more than 390
orders in listed options per day on average during
a calendar month for its own beneficial accounts(s).
A ‘‘Priority Customer Order’’ means an order for the
account of a Priority Customer. See Exchange Rule
100.
5 A ‘‘complex order’’ is any order involving the
concurrent purchase and/or sale of two or more
different options in the same underlying security
(the ‘‘legs’’ or ‘‘components’’ of the complex order),
for the same account, in a ratio that is equal to or
greater than one-to-three (.333) and less than or
equal to three-to-one (3.00) and for the purposes of
executing a particular investment strategy. A
complex order can also be a ‘‘stock-option’’ order,
which is an order to buy or sell a stated number
of units of an underlying security coupled with the
purchase or sale of options contract(s) on the
opposite side of the market, subject to certain
contingencies set forth in the proposed rules
governing complex orders. For a complete
definition of a ‘‘complex order,’’ see Exchange Rule
518(a)(5). See also Securities Exchange Act Release
No. 78620 (August 18, 2016), 81 FR 58770 (August
25, 2016) (SR–MIAX–2016–26).
6 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 81131
(July 12, 2017), 82 FR 32900 (July 18, 2017) (SR–
MIAX–2017–19) (Order Granting Approval of a
Proposed Rule Change to Amend MIAX Options
Rules 515, Execution of Orders and Quotes; 515A,
MIAX Price Improvement Mechanism (‘‘PRIME’’)
and PRIME Solicitation Mechanism; and 518,
Complex Orders).
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Auction is the price-improvement
mechanism of the Exchange’s System
pursuant to which an Initiating Member
electronically submits a complex
Agency Order into a cPRIME Auction.
The Initiating Member, in submitting an
Agency Order, must be willing to either
(i) cross the Agency Order at a single
price against principal or solicited
interest, or (ii) automatically match
against principal or solicited interest,
the price and size of a RFR that is
broadcast to MIAX participants up to an
optional designated limit price. Such
responses are defined as cPRIME AOC
Responses or cPRIME eQuotes. The
PRIME mechanism is used for orders on
the Exchange’s Simple Order Book.8
The cPRIME mechanism is used for
Complex Orders 9 on the Exchange’s
Strategy Book,10 with the cPRIME
mechanism operating in the same
manner for processing and execution of
cPRIME Orders that is used for PRIME
Orders on the Simple Order Book.
The Exchange proposes to amend
footnote ‘‘*’’ in Section 1(a)(iii) of the
Fee Schedule to extend the waiver of
the contracts cap per leg for cPRIME
Agency Order rebates for all tiers under
the PCRP until March 31, 2021. Prior to
a rule filing by the Exchange (described
below), the Exchange limited the
cPRIME Agency Order Credit to be
payable only to the first 1,000 contracts
per leg for each cPRIME Agency Order
in all tiers under the PCRP. On February
28, 2020, the Exchange filed, and the
Commission approved, the Exchange’s
proposal to waive the 1,000 contracts
cap per leg for cPRIME Agency Order
rebates for all tiers under the PCRP from
March 1, 2020 until May 31, 2020.11
On May 29, 2020, the Exchange filed,
and the Commission approved, the
Exchange’s proposal to extend the
8 The ‘‘Simple Order Book’’ is the Exchange’s
regular electronic book of orders and quotes. See
Exchange Rule 518(a)(15).
9 A ‘‘complex order’’ is any order involving the
concurrent purchase and/or sale of two or more
different options in the same underlying security
(the ‘‘legs’’ or ‘‘components’’ of the complex order),
for the same account, in a ratio that is equal to or
greater than one-to-three (.333) and less than or
equal to three-to-one (3.00) and for the purposes of
executing a particular investment strategy. Minioptions may only be part of a complex order that
includes other mini-options. Only those complex
orders in the classes designated by the Exchange
and communicated to Members via Regulatory
Circular with no more than the applicable number
of legs, as determined by the Exchange on a classby-class basis and communicated to Members via
Regulatory Circular, are eligible for processing. See
Exchange Rule 518(a)(5).
10 The ‘‘Strategy Book’’ is the Exchange’s
electronic book of complex orders and complex
quotes. See Exchange Rule 518(a)(17).
11 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 88349
(March 10, 2020), 85 FR 14995 (March 15, 2020)
(SR–MIAX–2020–05).
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waiver of the 1,000 contracts cap per leg
for cPRIME Agency Order rebates for all
tiers under the PCRP from June 1, 2020
until July 31, 2020.12 On July 31, 2020,
the Exchange filed, and the Commission
approved, the Exchange’s proposal to
extend the waiver of the 1,000 contracts
cap per leg for cPRIME Agency Order
rebates for all tiers under the PCRP from
August 1, 2020 until August 31, 2020.13
On August 25, 2020, the Exchange filed,
and the Commission approved, the
Exchange’s proposal to extend the
waiver of the 1,000 contracts cap per leg
for cPRIME Agency Order rebates for all
tiers under the PCRP from August 31,
2020 until December 31, 2020.14
The Exchange now proposes to extend
the cap waiver of 1,000 contracts per leg
for cPRIME Agency Order rebates for all
tiers under the PCRP until March 31,
2021. The purpose of this proposed
change is for business and competitive
reasons and to continue to entice market
participants to submit larger-sized
cPRIME Agency Orders.
The Commission has repeatedly
expressed its preference for competition
over regulatory intervention in
determining prices, products, and
services in the securities markets. In
Regulation NMS, the Commission
highlighted the importance of market
forces in determining prices and selfregulatory organization (‘‘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.’’ 15
There are currently 16 registered
options exchanges competing for order
flow. Based on publicly-available
information, and excluding index-based
options, as of December 14, 2020, no
single exchange has more than
approximately 14% of the market share
of executed volume of multiply-listed
equity options trades for the month of
December 2020.16 Therefore, no
exchange possesses significant pricing
power in the execution of multiplylisted equity options order flow. More
specifically, for the month of November
12 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 89035
(June 9, 2020), 85 FR 36249 (June 15, 2020) (SR–
MIAX–2020–12).
13 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 89530
(August 12, 2020), 85 FR 50845 (August 18, 2020)
(SR–MIAX–2020–26).
14 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 89771
(September 4, 2020), 85 FR 55873 (September 10,
2020) (SR–MIAX–2020–28).
15 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 51808
(June 9, 2005), 70 FR 37496 (June 29, 2005).
16 The OCC publishes options and futures volume
in a variety of formats, including daily and monthly
volume by exchange, available at: https://
www.theocc.com/market-data/volume/default.jsp.
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2020, the Exchange had a total market
share of 3.90% of all equity options
volume.17
The Exchange believes that the evershifting market shares among the
exchanges from month to month
demonstrates that market participants
can shift order flow (as further
described below), or discontinue or
reduce use of certain categories of
products, in response to transaction and
non-transaction fee changes. For
example, on March 1, 2019, the
Exchange filed with the Commission an
immediately effective filing to decrease
certain credits assessable to Members
pursuant to the PCRP.18 The Exchange
experienced a decrease in total market
share between the months of February
and March of 2019. Accordingly, the
Exchange believes that the March 1,
2019 fee change may have contributed
to the decrease in the Exchange’s market
share and, as such, the Exchange
believes competitive forces constrain
options exchange transaction and nontransaction fees.
2. Statutory Basis
The Exchange believes that its
proposal to amend its Fee Schedule is
consistent with Section 6(b) of the Act 19
in general, and furthers the objectives of
Section 6(b)(4) of the Act 20 in
particular, in that it is an equitable
allocation of reasonable fees and other
charges among its members and issuers
and other persons using its facilities.
The Exchange also believes the proposal
furthers the objectives of Section 6(b)(5)
of the Act in that it is designed to
promote just and equitable principles of
trade, to remove impediments to and
perfect the mechanism of a free and
open market and a national market
system, and, in general to protect
investors and the public interest and is
not designed to permit unfair
discrimination between customers,
issuers, brokers and dealers.
The Exchange believes its proposal to
extend the waiver of the cap of 1,000
contracts per leg for cPRIME Agency
Order rebates for all tiers under the
PCRP until March 31, 2021 provides for
the equitable allocation of reasonable
dues and fees and is not unfairly
discriminatory for the following
reasons. The Exchange operates in a
highly competitive market. The
Commission has repeatedly expressed
its preference for competition over
regulatory intervention in determining
17 See
id.
Securities Exchange Act Release No. 85301
(March 13, 2019), 84 FR 10166 (March 19, 2019)
(SR–MIAX–2019–09).
19 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
20 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4) and (5).
18 See
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prices, products, and services in the
securities markets. In Regulation NMS,
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.’’ 21
There are currently 16 registered
options exchanges competing for order
flow. Based on publicly-available
information, and excluding index-based
options, as of December 14, 2020, no
single exchange has more than
approximately 14% of the market share
of executed volume of multiply-listed
equity options trades for the month of
December 2020.22 Therefore, no
exchange possesses significant pricing
power in the execution of multiplylisted equity and ETF options order
flow. More specifically, for the month of
November 2020, the Exchange had a
total market share of 3.90% of all equity
options volume.23
The Exchange believes that the evershifting market shares among the
exchanges from month to month
demonstrates that market participants
can shift order flow, or discontinue or
reduce use of certain categories of
products, in response to transaction
and/or non-transaction fee changes. For
example, on March 1, 2019, the
Exchange filed with the Commission an
immediately effective filing to decrease
certain credits assessable to Members
pursuant to the PCRP.24 The Exchange
experienced a decrease in total market
share between the months of February
and March of 2019. Accordingly, the
Exchange believes that the March 1,
2019 fee change may have contributed
to the decrease in the Exchange’s market
share and, as such, the Exchange
believes competitive forces constrain
options exchange transaction and nontransaction fees and market participants
can shift order flow based on fee
changes instituted by the exchanges.
The Exchange believes that its
proposal to continue to waive the 1,000
contracts cap per leg for cPRIME Agency
Order rebates for all tiers in the PCRP
until March 31, 2021 is reasonable,
equitably allocated and not unfairly
discriminatory because this change is
for business and competitive reasons
and available equally to all market
participants. The Exchange cannot
21 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 51808
(June 9, 2005), 70 FR 37496 (June 29, 2005).
22 See supra note 16.
23 See id.
24 See supra note 18.
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predict with certainty whether any
market participant would submit
additional cPRIME Agency Orders in
excess of 1,000 contracts per leg in light
of the proposal to continue to waive the
cap of 1,000 contracts per leg for
cPRIME Agency Order rebates for all
tiers under the PCRP, but believes that
market participants would continue to
be encouraged to submit larger orders to
obtain the additional credits. The
Exchange believes that this proposed
change would encourage increased
cPRIME Agency Order flow, which will
bring greater volume and liquidity to the
Exchange, which benefits all market
participants by providing more trading
opportunities and tighter spreads.
B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement on Burden on Competition
In accordance with Section 6(b)(8) of
the Act,25 the Exchange believes that the
proposed rule changes would not
impose any burden on competition that
are not necessary or appropriate in
furtherance of the purposes of the Act.
Instead, as discussed above, the
Exchange believes that the proposed
change would continue to encourage the
submission of additional liquidity to a
public exchange, thereby promoting
market depth, price discovery and
transparency and enhancing order
execution opportunities for all market
participants. As a result, the Exchange
believes that the proposed change
furthers the Commission’s goal in
adopting Regulation NMS of fostering
integrated competition among orders.
The Exchange does not believe that
other market participants at the
Exchange would be placed at a relative
disadvantage by the proposed change to
continue to waive the cap of 1,000
contracts per leg for cPRIME Agency
Order rebates for all tiers under the
PCRP until March 31, 2021. The
proposed change is designed to attract
additional order flow to the Exchange.
The Exchange believes that this
proposal will continue to encourage
Members to submit Priority Customer
cPRIME Agency Orders, which will
increase liquidity and benefit all market
participants by providing more trading
opportunities and tighter spreads.
Accordingly, the Exchange believes that
the proposed change will not impose
any burden on competition not
necessary or appropriate in furtherance
of the purposes of the Act because it
will continue to encourage order flow,
which provides greater volume and
liquidity, benefiting all market
participants by providing more trading
opportunities and tighter spreads.
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The Exchange 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. There
are currently 16 registered options
exchanges competing for order flow.
Based on publicly-available
information, and excluding index-based
options, as of December 14, 2020, no
single exchange has more than
approximately 14% of the market share
of executed volume of multiply-listed
equity options trades for the month of
December 2020.26 Therefore, no
exchange possesses significant pricing
power in the execution of multiplylisted equity options order flow. More
specifically, for the month of November
2020, the Exchange had a total market
share of 3.90% of all equity options
volume.27
In such an environment, the Exchange
must continually adjust its transaction
and non-transaction fees to remain
competitive with other exchanges and to
attract order flow. The Exchange
believes that the proposed rule change
reflects this competitive environment
because it continues to encourage
market participants to provide and send
order flow to the Exchange. To the
extent this is achieved, all the
Exchange’s market participants should
benefit from the improved market
quality.
C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement on Comments on the
Proposed Rule Change Received From
Members, Participants, or Others
Written comments were neither
solicited nor received.
III. Date of Effectiveness of the
Proposed Rule Change and Timing for
Commission Action
The foregoing rule change has become
effective pursuant to Section
19(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the Act,28 and Rule
19b–4(f)(2) 29 thereunder. At any time
within 60 days of the filing of the
proposed rule change, the Commission
summarily may temporarily suspend
such rule change if it appears to the
Commission that such action is
necessary or appropriate in the public
interest, for the protection of investors,
or otherwise in furtherance of the
purposes of the Act. If the Commission
takes such action, the Commission shall
institute proceedings to determine
26 See
supra note 16.
id.
28 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(ii).
29 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(2).
27 See
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whether the proposed rule should be
approved or disapproved.
IV. Solicitation of Comments
Interested persons are invited to
submit written data, views, and
arguments concerning the foregoing,
including whether the proposed rule
change is consistent with the Act.
Comments may be submitted by any of
the following methods:
Electronic Comments
• Use the Commission’s internet
comment form (https://www.sec.gov/
rules/sro.shtml); or
• Send an email to rule-comments@
sec.gov. Please include File Number SR–
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Paper Comments
• Send paper comments in triplicate
to Secretary, Securities and Exchange
Commission, 100 F Street NE,
Washington, DC 20549–1090.
All submissions should refer to File
Number SR–MIAX–2020–40. 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–MIAX–2020–40 and should
be submitted on or before January 26,
2021.
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For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.30
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
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BX, Inc.; Notice of Designation of a
Longer Period for Commission Action
on a Proposed Rule Change To Utilize
the FIX Protocol To Submit Orders to
BX’s Price Improvement Auction
Mechanism
December 29, 2020.
On October 27, 2020, Nasdaq BX, Inc.
(‘‘BX’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’) 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 Options 3, Section 7(d)(1)(A) to
offer BX Participants the ability to
utilize the Financial Information
eXchange or ‘‘FIX’’ protocol to submit
orders to its Price Improvement Auction
mechanism. The proposed rule change
was published for comment in the
Federal Register on November 16,
2020.3 The Commission received no
comments on the proposed rule change.
Section 19(b)(2) of the Act 4 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 December 31,
2020. The Commission is extending this
45-day time period.
The Commission finds it appropriate
to designate 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,5
designates February 14, 2021 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 No. SR–BX–2020–033).
For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.6
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
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Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE
Arca, Inc.; Notice of Designation of a
Longer Period for Commission Action
on a Proposed Rule Change Regarding
the Availability of Information for the
iShares Gold Trust, the iShares Silver
Trust Under NYSE Arca Rule 8.201–E
and the iShares S&P GSCI CommodityIndexed Trust Under Rule 8.203–E
December 29, 2020.
On November 12, 2020, 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 regarding the
availability of information for the
iShares Gold Trust (formerly the
iShares® COMEX Gold Trust) and the
iShares Silver Trust, shares of which are
currently listed on the Exchange under
NYSE Arca Rule 8.201–E (CommodityBased Trust Shares), and the iShares
S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust,
shares of which currently are listed and
traded on the Exchange under Rule
8.203–E (Commodity Index Trust
Shares). The proposed rule change was
published for comment in the Federal
Register on November 23, 2020.3 The
Commission has received no comment
letters on the proposed rule change.
Section 19(b)(2) of the Act 4 provides
that within 45 days of the publication of
notice of the filing of a proposed rule
change, or within such longer period up
5 Id.
6 17
1 15
U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
2 17 CFR 240.19b–4.
3 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 90383
(November 9, 2020), 85 FR 73095.
4 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
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2 17 CFR 240.19b–4.
3 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 90443
(November 17, 2020), 85 FR 74778.
4 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 2 (Tuesday, January 5, 2021)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-29138]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Release No. 34-90818; File No. SR-MIAX-2020-40]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; Miami International Securities
Exchange LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a
Proposed Rule Change To Amend Its Fee Schedule
December 29, 2020.
Pursuant to the provisions of 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 December 21, 2020, Miami International
Securities Exchange LLC (``MIAX Options'' or ``Exchange'') filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') a proposed rule
change as described in Items I, II, and III below, which Items have
been prepared by the Exchange. The Commission is publishing this notice
to solicit comments on the proposed rule change from interested
persons.
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\1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
\2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance
of the Proposed Rule Change
The Exchange is filing a proposal to amend the MIAX Options Fee
Schedule (the ``Fee Schedule'').
The text of the proposed rule change is available on the Exchange's
website at https://www.miaxoptions.com/rule-filings, at MIAX's principal
office, and at the Commission's Public Reference Room.
II. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change
In its filing with the Commission, the Exchange included statements
concerning the purpose of and basis for the proposed rule change and
discussed any comments it received on the proposed rule change. The
text of these statements may be examined at the places specified in
Item IV below. The Exchange has prepared summaries, set forth in
sections A, B, and C below, of the most significant aspects of such
statements.
A. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change
1. Purpose
The Exchange proposes to amend the Fee Schedule to extend the cap
waiver of 1,000 contracts per leg for complex PRIME (``cPRIME'') \3\
Agency Order rebates for all tiers under the Priority Customer Rebate
Program (``PCRP'') \4\ until March 31, 2021.
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\3\ ``cPRIME'' is the process by which a Member may
electronically submit a ``cPRIME Order'' (as defined in Rule
518(b)(7)) it represents as agent (a ``cPRIME Agency Order'')
against principal or solicited interest for execution (a ``cPRIME
Auction''), subject to the restrictions set forth in Exchange Rule
515A, Interpretation and Policy .12. See Exchange Rule 515A.
\4\ Under the PCRP, MIAX credits each Member the per contract
amount resulting from each Priority Customer order transmitted by
that Member which is executed electronically on the Exchange in all
multiply-listed option classes (excluding, in simple or complex as
applicable, QCC and cQCC Orders, mini-options, Priority Customer-to-
Priority Customer Orders, C2C and cC2C Orders, PRIME and cPRIME AOC
Responses, PRIME and cPRIME Contra-side Orders, PRIME and cPRIME
Orders for which both the Agency and Contra-side Order are Priority
Customers, and executions related to contracts that are routed to
one or more exchanges in connection with the Options Order
Protection and Locked/Crossed Market Plan referenced in Exchange
Rule 1400), provided the Member meets certain percentage thresholds
in a month as described in the PCRP table. See Fee Schedule, Section
1(a)(iii). ``Priority Customer'' means a person or entity that (i)
is not a broker or dealer in securities, and (ii) does not place
more than 390 orders in listed options per day on average during a
calendar month for its own beneficial accounts(s). A ``Priority
Customer Order'' means an order for the account of a Priority
Customer. See Exchange Rule 100.
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Background
Exchange Rule 518(b)(7) defines a cPRIME Order as a type of complex
order \5\ that is submitted for participation in a cPRIME Auction and
trading of cPRIME Orders is governed by Rule 515A, Interpretation and
Policy .12.\6\ cPRIME Orders are processed and executed in the
Exchange's PRIME mechanism, the same mechanism that the Exchange uses
to process and execute simple PRIME orders, pursuant to Exchange Rule
515A.\7\ PRIME is a process by which a Member may electronically submit
for execution an order it represents as agent (an ``Agency Order'')
against principal interest and/or solicited interest. The Member that
submits the Agency Order (``Initiating Member'') agrees to guarantee
the execution of the Agency Order by submitting a contra-side order
representing principal interest or solicited interest (``Contra-Side
Order''). When the Exchange receives a properly designated Agency Order
for Auction processing, a request for response (``RFR'') detailing the
option, side, size and initiating price is broadcasted to MIAX
participants up to an optional designated limit price. Members may
submit responses to the RFR, which can be either an Auction or Cancel
(``AOC'') order or an AOC eQuote. A cPRIME
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Auction is the price-improvement mechanism of the Exchange's System
pursuant to which an Initiating Member electronically submits a complex
Agency Order into a cPRIME Auction. The Initiating Member, in
submitting an Agency Order, must be willing to either (i) cross the
Agency Order at a single price against principal or solicited interest,
or (ii) automatically match against principal or solicited interest,
the price and size of a RFR that is broadcast to MIAX participants up
to an optional designated limit price. Such responses are defined as
cPRIME AOC Responses or cPRIME eQuotes. The PRIME mechanism is used for
orders on the Exchange's Simple Order Book.\8\ The cPRIME mechanism is
used for Complex Orders \9\ on the Exchange's Strategy Book,\10\ with
the cPRIME mechanism operating in the same manner for processing and
execution of cPRIME Orders that is used for PRIME Orders on the Simple
Order Book.
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\5\ A ``complex order'' is any order involving the concurrent
purchase and/or sale of two or more different options in the same
underlying security (the ``legs'' or ``components'' of the complex
order), for the same account, in a ratio that is equal to or greater
than one-to-three (.333) and less than or equal to three-to-one
(3.00) and for the purposes of executing a particular investment
strategy. A complex order can also be a ``stock-option'' order,
which is an order to buy or sell a stated number of units of an
underlying security coupled with the purchase or sale of options
contract(s) on the opposite side of the market, subject to certain
contingencies set forth in the proposed rules governing complex
orders. For a complete definition of a ``complex order,'' see
Exchange Rule 518(a)(5). See also Securities Exchange Act Release
No. 78620 (August 18, 2016), 81 FR 58770 (August 25, 2016) (SR-MIAX-
2016-26).
\6\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 81131 (July 12,
2017), 82 FR 32900 (July 18, 2017) (SR-MIAX-2017-19) (Order Granting
Approval of a Proposed Rule Change to Amend MIAX Options Rules 515,
Execution of Orders and Quotes; 515A, MIAX Price Improvement
Mechanism (``PRIME'') and PRIME Solicitation Mechanism; and 518,
Complex Orders).
\7\ Id.
\8\ The ``Simple Order Book'' is the Exchange's regular
electronic book of orders and quotes. See Exchange Rule 518(a)(15).
\9\ A ``complex order'' is any order involving the concurrent
purchase and/or sale of two or more different options in the same
underlying security (the ``legs'' or ``components'' of the complex
order), for the same account, in a ratio that is equal to or greater
than one-to-three (.333) and less than or equal to three-to-one
(3.00) and for the purposes of executing a particular investment
strategy. Mini-options may only be part of a complex order that
includes other mini-options. Only those complex orders in the
classes designated by the Exchange and communicated to Members via
Regulatory Circular with no more than the applicable number of legs,
as determined by the Exchange on a class-by-class basis and
communicated to Members via Regulatory Circular, are eligible for
processing. See Exchange Rule 518(a)(5).
\10\ The ``Strategy Book'' is the Exchange's electronic book of
complex orders and complex quotes. See Exchange Rule 518(a)(17).
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The Exchange proposes to amend footnote ``*'' in Section 1(a)(iii)
of the Fee Schedule to extend the waiver of the contracts cap per leg
for cPRIME Agency Order rebates for all tiers under the PCRP until
March 31, 2021. Prior to a rule filing by the Exchange (described
below), the Exchange limited the cPRIME Agency Order Credit to be
payable only to the first 1,000 contracts per leg for each cPRIME
Agency Order in all tiers under the PCRP. On February 28, 2020, the
Exchange filed, and the Commission approved, the Exchange's proposal to
waive the 1,000 contracts cap per leg for cPRIME Agency Order rebates
for all tiers under the PCRP from March 1, 2020 until May 31, 2020.\11\
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\11\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 88349 (March 10,
2020), 85 FR 14995 (March 15, 2020) (SR-MIAX-2020-05).
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On May 29, 2020, the Exchange filed, and the Commission approved,
the Exchange's proposal to extend the waiver of the 1,000 contracts cap
per leg for cPRIME Agency Order rebates for all tiers under the PCRP
from June 1, 2020 until July 31, 2020.\12\ On July 31, 2020, the
Exchange filed, and the Commission approved, the Exchange's proposal to
extend the waiver of the 1,000 contracts cap per leg for cPRIME Agency
Order rebates for all tiers under the PCRP from August 1, 2020 until
August 31, 2020.\13\ On August 25, 2020, the Exchange filed, and the
Commission approved, the Exchange's proposal to extend the waiver of
the 1,000 contracts cap per leg for cPRIME Agency Order rebates for all
tiers under the PCRP from August 31, 2020 until December 31, 2020.\14\
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\12\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 89035 (June 9,
2020), 85 FR 36249 (June 15, 2020) (SR-MIAX-2020-12).
\13\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 89530 (August 12,
2020), 85 FR 50845 (August 18, 2020) (SR-MIAX-2020-26).
\14\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 89771 (September 4,
2020), 85 FR 55873 (September 10, 2020) (SR-MIAX-2020-28).
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The Exchange now proposes to extend the cap waiver of 1,000
contracts per leg for cPRIME Agency Order rebates for all tiers under
the PCRP until March 31, 2021. The purpose of this proposed change is
for business and competitive reasons and to continue to entice market
participants to submit larger-sized cPRIME Agency Orders.
The Commission has repeatedly expressed its preference for
competition over regulatory intervention in determining prices,
products, and services in the securities markets. In Regulation NMS,
the Commission highlighted the importance of market forces in
determining prices and self-regulatory organization (``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.'' \15\ There are currently 16 registered options exchanges
competing for order flow. Based on publicly-available information, and
excluding index-based options, as of December 14, 2020, no single
exchange has more than approximately 14% of the market share of
executed volume of multiply-listed equity options trades for the month
of December 2020.\16\ Therefore, no exchange possesses significant
pricing power in the execution of multiply-listed equity options order
flow. More specifically, for the month of November 2020, the Exchange
had a total market share of 3.90% of all equity options volume.\17\
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\15\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 51808 (June 9,
2005), 70 FR 37496 (June 29, 2005).
\16\ The OCC publishes options and futures volume in a variety
of formats, including daily and monthly volume by exchange,
available at: https://www.theocc.com/market-data/volume/default.jsp.
\17\ See id.
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The Exchange believes that the ever-shifting market shares among
the exchanges from month to month demonstrates that market participants
can shift order flow (as further described below), or discontinue or
reduce use of certain categories of products, in response to
transaction and non-transaction fee changes. For example, on March 1,
2019, the Exchange filed with the Commission an immediately effective
filing to decrease certain credits assessable to Members pursuant to
the PCRP.\18\ The Exchange experienced a decrease in total market share
between the months of February and March of 2019. Accordingly, the
Exchange believes that the March 1, 2019 fee change may have
contributed to the decrease in the Exchange's market share and, as
such, the Exchange believes competitive forces constrain options
exchange transaction and non-transaction fees.
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\18\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 85301 (March 13,
2019), 84 FR 10166 (March 19, 2019) (SR-MIAX-2019-09).
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2. Statutory Basis
The Exchange believes that its proposal to amend its Fee Schedule
is consistent with Section 6(b) of the Act \19\ in general, and
furthers the objectives of Section 6(b)(4) of the Act \20\ in
particular, in that it is an equitable allocation of reasonable fees
and other charges among its members and issuers and other persons using
its facilities. The Exchange also believes the proposal furthers the
objectives of Section 6(b)(5) of the Act in that it is designed to
promote just and equitable principles of trade, to remove impediments
to and perfect the mechanism of a free and open market and a national
market system, and, in general to protect investors and the public
interest and is not designed to permit unfair discrimination between
customers, issuers, brokers and dealers.
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\19\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
\20\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4) and (5).
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The Exchange believes its proposal to extend the waiver of the cap
of 1,000 contracts per leg for cPRIME Agency Order rebates for all
tiers under the PCRP until March 31, 2021 provides for the equitable
allocation of reasonable dues and fees and is not unfairly
discriminatory for the following reasons. The Exchange operates in a
highly competitive market. The Commission has repeatedly expressed its
preference for competition over regulatory intervention in determining
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prices, products, and services in the securities markets. In Regulation
NMS, 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.'' \21\ There are currently
16 registered options exchanges competing for order flow. Based on
publicly-available information, and excluding index-based options, as
of December 14, 2020, no single exchange has more than approximately
14% of the market share of executed volume of multiply-listed equity
options trades for the month of December 2020.\22\ Therefore, no
exchange possesses significant pricing power in the execution of
multiply-listed equity and ETF options order flow. More specifically,
for the month of November 2020, the Exchange had a total market share
of 3.90% of all equity options volume.\23\
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\21\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 51808 (June 9,
2005), 70 FR 37496 (June 29, 2005).
\22\ See supra note 16.
\23\ See id.
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The Exchange believes that the ever-shifting market shares among
the exchanges from month to month demonstrates that market participants
can shift order flow, or discontinue or reduce use of certain
categories of products, in response to transaction and/or non-
transaction fee changes. For example, on March 1, 2019, the Exchange
filed with the Commission an immediately effective filing to decrease
certain credits assessable to Members pursuant to the PCRP.\24\ The
Exchange experienced a decrease in total market share between the
months of February and March of 2019. Accordingly, the Exchange
believes that the March 1, 2019 fee change may have contributed to the
decrease in the Exchange's market share and, as such, the Exchange
believes competitive forces constrain options exchange transaction and
non-transaction fees and market participants can shift order flow based
on fee changes instituted by the exchanges.
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\24\ See supra note 18.
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The Exchange believes that its proposal to continue to waive the
1,000 contracts cap per leg for cPRIME Agency Order rebates for all
tiers in the PCRP until March 31, 2021 is reasonable, equitably
allocated and not unfairly discriminatory because this change is for
business and competitive reasons and available equally to all market
participants. The Exchange cannot predict with certainty whether any
market participant would submit additional cPRIME Agency Orders in
excess of 1,000 contracts per leg in light of the proposal to continue
to waive the cap of 1,000 contracts per leg for cPRIME Agency Order
rebates for all tiers under the PCRP, but believes that market
participants would continue to be encouraged to submit larger orders to
obtain the additional credits. The Exchange believes that this proposed
change would encourage increased cPRIME Agency Order flow, which will
bring greater volume and liquidity to the Exchange, which benefits all
market participants by providing more trading opportunities and tighter
spreads.
B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition
In accordance with Section 6(b)(8) of the Act,\25\ the Exchange
believes that the proposed rule changes would not impose any burden on
competition that are not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the
purposes of the Act. Instead, as discussed above, the Exchange believes
that the proposed change would continue to encourage the submission of
additional liquidity to a public exchange, thereby promoting market
depth, price discovery and transparency and enhancing order execution
opportunities for all market participants. As a result, the Exchange
believes that the proposed change furthers the Commission's goal in
adopting Regulation NMS of fostering integrated competition among
orders.
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\25\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(8).
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The Exchange does not believe that other market participants at the
Exchange would be placed at a relative disadvantage by the proposed
change to continue to waive the cap of 1,000 contracts per leg for
cPRIME Agency Order rebates for all tiers under the PCRP until March
31, 2021. The proposed change is designed to attract additional order
flow to the Exchange. The Exchange believes that this proposal will
continue to encourage Members to submit Priority Customer cPRIME Agency
Orders, which will increase liquidity and benefit all market
participants by providing more trading opportunities and tighter
spreads. Accordingly, the Exchange believes that the proposed change
will not impose any burden on competition not necessary or appropriate
in furtherance of the purposes of the Act because it will continue to
encourage order flow, which provides greater volume and liquidity,
benefiting all market participants by providing more trading
opportunities and tighter spreads.
The Exchange 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. There are currently 16
registered options exchanges competing for order flow. Based on
publicly-available information, and excluding index-based options, as
of December 14, 2020, no single exchange has more than approximately
14% of the market share of executed volume of multiply-listed equity
options trades for the month of December 2020.\26\ Therefore, no
exchange possesses significant pricing power in the execution of
multiply-listed equity options order flow. More specifically, for the
month of November 2020, the Exchange had a total market share of 3.90%
of all equity options volume.\27\
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\26\ See supra note 16.
\27\ See id.
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In such an environment, the Exchange must continually adjust its
transaction and non-transaction fees to remain competitive with other
exchanges and to attract order flow. The Exchange believes that the
proposed rule change reflects this competitive environment because it
continues to encourage market participants to provide and send order
flow to the Exchange. To the extent this is achieved, all the
Exchange's market participants should benefit from the improved market
quality.
C. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Comments on the Proposed
Rule Change Received From Members, Participants, or Others
Written comments were neither solicited nor received.
III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for
Commission Action
The foregoing rule change has become effective pursuant to Section
19(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the Act,\28\ and Rule 19b-4(f)(2) \29\ thereunder.
At any time within 60 days of the filing of the proposed rule change,
the Commission summarily may temporarily suspend such rule change if it
appears to the Commission that such action is necessary or appropriate
in the public interest, for the protection of investors, or otherwise
in furtherance of the purposes of the Act. If the Commission takes such
action, the Commission shall institute proceedings to determine
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\28\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(ii).
\29\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(2).
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IV. Solicitation of Comments
Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views, and
arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether the proposed rule
change is consistent with the Act. Comments may be submitted by any of
the following methods:
Electronic Comments
Use the Commission's internet comment form (https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml); or
Send an email to [email protected]. Please include
File Number SR-MIAX-2020-40 on the subject line.
Paper Comments
Send paper comments in triplicate to Secretary, Securities
and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549-1090.
All submissions should refer to File Number SR-MIAX-2020-40. 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-MIAX-2020-40 and should be submitted on
or before January 26, 2021.
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\30\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\30\
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
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