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17 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(ii). 

18 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). 

2 15 U.S.C. 78a. 

3 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

participants at a relative disadvantage 

compared to other market participants. 

As noted above, the fee schedule would 

continue to apply to all purchasers of 

the Exchange’s connectivity products 

and services in the same manner as it 

does today albeit at inflation-adjusted 

rates for certain fees, and customers may 

choose whether to purchase these 

products and services at all. The 

Exchange also believes that the level of 

the proposed fees neither favor nor 

penalize one or more categories of 

market participants in a manner that 

would impose an undue burden on 

competition. Likewise, the proposed fee 

waiver described above will apply to all 

purchasers of the Exchange’s 

connectivity products and services in 

the same manner and therefore will not 

burden competition among them. 

Intermarket Competition 

The Exchange believes that the 

proposed fees do not impose a burden 

on competition or on other SROs that is 

not necessary or appropriate. In 

determining the proposed fees, the 

Exchange utilized an objective and 

stable metric with limited volatility. 

Utilizing Data PPI over a specified 

period of time is a reasonable means of 

recouping the Exchange’s investment in 

maintaining and enhancing its 

connectivity products, services, and 

facilities. The Exchange believes 

utilizing Data PPI, a tailored measure of 

inflation, to increase certain fees for 

connectivity products and services to 

recoup the Exchange’s investment in 

maintaining and enhancing such 

products, services, and its facilities 

would not impose a burden on 

competition. 

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.17

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: 

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– 

BX–2024–049 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–BX–2024–049. 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 

a.m. and 3 p.m. Copies of the filing also 

will be available for inspection and 

copying at the principal office of the 

Exchange. Do not include personal 

identifiable information in submissions; 

you should submit only information 

that you wish to make available 

publicly. We may redact in part or 

withhold entirely from publication 

submitted material that is obscene or 

subject to copyright protection. All 

submissions should refer to file number 

SR–BX–2024–049 and should be 

submitted on or before December 18, 

2024. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.18

Sherry R. Haywood, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27758 Filed 11–26–24; 8:45 am] 

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[Release No. 34–101677; File No. SR– 

NYSECHX–2024–32] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE 

Chicago, Inc.; Notice of Filing and 

Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed 

Rule Change To Amend Rule 7.37 

November 21, 2024. 

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) 1 of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the 

‘‘Act’’),2 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,3

notice is hereby given that on November 

7, 2024, the NYSE Chicago, Inc. (‘‘NYSE 

Chicago’’ or the ‘‘Exchange’’) filed with 

the Securities and Exchange 

Commission (the ‘‘Commission’’) the 

proposed rule change as described in 

Items I and II below, which Items have 

been prepared by the self-regulatory 

organization. The Commission is 

publishing this notice to solicit 

comments on the proposed rule change 

from interested persons. 

I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Terms of Substance of 

the Proposed Rule Change 

The Exchange proposes to amend 

Rule 7.37 to specify the Exchange’s 

source of data feeds from Investors’ 

Exchange, LLC (‘‘IEX’’) for purposes of 

order handling, order execution, order 

routing, and regulatory compliance. The 

proposed rule change is available on the 

Exchange’s website at www.nyse.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 

self-regulatory organization included 

statements concerning the purpose of, 

and basis for, the proposed rule change 

and discussed any comments it received 

on the proposed rule change. The text 

of those statements may be examined at 

the places specified in Item IV below. 

The Exchange has prepared summaries, 


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4 15 U.S.C. 78f(b). 

5 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5). 

6 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(iii). 

7 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6). 

8 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A). 

9 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6). In addition, Rule 19b– 

4(f)(6) requires a self-regulatory organization to give 

the Commission written notice of its intent to file 

the proposed rule change, along with a brief 

description and text of the proposed rule change, 

at least five business days prior to the date of filing 

of the proposed rule change, or such shorter time 

as designated by the Commission. The Exchange 

has satisfied this requirement. 

10 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2)(B). 

set forth in sections A, B, and C below, 

of the most significant parts of such 

statements. 

A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and the 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

1. Purpose 

The Exchange proposes to update and 

amend the use of data feeds table in 

Rule 7.37(d), which sets forth on a 

market-by-market basis the specific 

securities information processor (‘‘SIP’’) 

and proprietary data feeds that the 

Exchange utilizes for the handling, 

execution, and routing of orders, and for 

performing the regulatory compliance 

checks related to each of those 

functions. Specifically, the Exchange 

proposes to amend the table in Rule 

7.37(d) to specify that, with respect to 

IEX, the Exchange will receive an IEX 

direct feed as its primary source of data 

for order handling, order execution, 

order routing, and regulatory 

compliance, and will use the SIP Data 

Feed as its secondary source for data 

from IEX. 

The Exchange proposes to make this 

change operative in the fourth quarter of 

2024, and, in any event, before the end 

of the first quarter of 2025. The 

Exchange proposes to announce the 

implementation date of this change by 

Trader Update. 

2. Statutory Basis 

The proposed rule change is 

consistent with Section 6(b) of the Act,4

in general, and furthers the objectives of 

Section 6(b)(5),5 in particular, because it 

is designed to prevent fraudulent and 

manipulative acts and practices, to 

promote just and equitable principles of 

trade, to foster cooperation and 

coordination with persons engaged in 

facilitating transactions in securities, 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. Additionally, the 

Exchange believes that the proposed 

rule change is consistent with the 

Section 6(b)(5) requirement that the 

rules of an exchange not be designed to 

permit unfair discrimination between 

customers, issuers, brokers, or dealers. 

The Exchange believes its proposal to 

update the table in Rule 7.37(d) to 

include the IEX direct feed will ensure 

that the Rule correctly identifies and 

publicly states on a market-by-market 

basis all of the specific SIP and 

proprietary data feeds that the Exchange 

utilizes for the handling, execution, and 

routing of orders, and for performing the 

regulatory compliance checks for each 

of those functions. The proposed rule 

change also removes impediments to 

and perfects the mechanism of a free 

and open market and protects investors 

and the public interest by providing 

additional specificity, clarity, and 

transparency in the Exchange’s rules. 

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 that is not 

necessary or appropriate in furtherance 

of the purposes of the Act. Rather, the 

Exchange believes that the proposal will 

enhance competition because providing 

the public and market participants with 

up-to-date information about the data 

feeds the Exchange will use for the 

handling, execution, and routing of 

orders, as well as for regulatory 

compliance would enhance 

transparency and enable investors to 

better assess the quality of the 

Exchange’s execution and routing 

services. The Exchange also believes the 

proposal would enhance competition 

because it would potentially enhance 

the performance of its order handling 

and execution of orders in equity 

securities by receiving market data 

directly from IEX. Finally, the proposed 

rule change would not impact 

competition between market 

participants because it will affect all 

market participants equally. 

C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Comments on the 

Proposed Rule Change Received From 

Members, Participants, or Others 

No written comments were solicited 

or received with respect to the proposed 

rule change. 

III. Date of Effectiveness of the 

Proposed Rule Change and Timing for 

Commission Action 

The Exchange has filed the proposed 

rule change pursuant to Section 

19(b)(3)(A)(iii) of the Act 6 and Rule 

19b–4(f)(6) thereunder.7 Because the 

proposed rule change does not: (i) 

significantly affect the protection of 

investors or the public interest; (ii) 

impose any significant burden on 

competition; and (iii) become operative 

prior to 30 days from the date on which 

it was filed, or such shorter time as the 

Commission may designate, if 

consistent with the protection of 

investors and the public interest, the 

proposed rule change has become 

effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) 

of the Act 8 and Rule 19b–4(f)(6)(iii) 

thereunder.9

At any time within 60 days of the 

filing of such 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 

under Section 19(b)(2)(B) 10 of the Act to 

determine whether the proposed rule 

change 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– 

NYSECHX–2024–32 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–NYSECHX–2024–32. 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 


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11 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12), (59). 

1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). 

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

3The Exchange initially filed the proposed fee 

change on November 1, 2024 (SR–CboeBYX–2024– 

040). On November 14, 2024, the Exchange 

withdrew that filing and submitted this filing. 

4The Exchange notes for securities priced below 

$1.00, there is no fee or rebate for removing 

liquidity from EDGA using the ALLB routing 

strategy. 

5ALLB is a routing option under which an order 

checks the System for available shares and is then 

sent to Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc., Cboe EDGA 

Exchange, Inc., and/or Cboe EDGX Exchange, Inc. 

in accordance with the System routing table. If 

shares remain unexecuted after routing, they are 

posted on the BYX Book, unless otherwise 

instructed by the User. See Rule 11.13(b)(3)(M). 

6There is no charge or rebate for securities priced 

below $1.00. 

7TRIM is a routing strategy under which an order 

checks EDGA for available shares if so instructed 

by the entering User, and then is sent to 

destinations on the applicable System routing table. 

See generally Rule 11.13(b)(3)(G)(iv). 

8SLIM is a routing strategy under which an order 

checks EDGA for available shares if so instructed 

by the entering User, and then is sent to 

destinations on the applicable System routing table. 

See generally Rule 11.13(b)(3)(G)(v). 

9See SR–CboeEDGA–2024–042; see also, SR– 

CboeEDGA–2024–045. 

10The inverted As such, orders that remove 

liquidity from EDGA will pay a remove fee, rather 

than receive a rebate. Because Members typically 

utilize routing options TRIM and SLIM, and fee 

code BJ, to seek low-cost executions, it does not 

make sense to maintain fee code, BJ, as Members 

would not expect to pay a fee for removing liquidity 

from EDGA. Therefore, the Exchange proposes to 

discontinue this fee code, as it is no longer 

necessary, and BYX does not desire to charge such 

orders a fee for removing liquidity from EDGA.fee 

model is a pricing structure in which a market, such 

as an exchange, charges its participants a fee to 

provide liquidity in securities, and provides a 

rebate to participants that remove liquidity in 

securities. See SEC Market Structure Advisory 

Committee, Memorandum on ‘‘Maker-Taker Fees on 

Equities Exchanges,’’ October 20, 2015, available at: 

https://www.sec.gov/spotlight/emsac/memo-makertaker-fees-on-equities-exchanges.pdf. 

11The maker-taker fee model is a pricing 

structure in which a market, such as an exchange, 

generally pays its members a per share rebate to 

provide (i.e., ‘‘make’’) liquidity in securities and 

assesses on them a fee to remove (i.e., ‘‘take’’) 

liquidity. Id. 

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 

a.m. and 3 p.m. Copies of the filing also 

will be available for inspection and 

copying at the principal office of the 

Exchange. Do not include personal 

identifiable information in submissions; 

you should submit only information 

that you wish to make available 

publicly. We may redact in part or 

withhold entirely from publication 

submitted material that is obscene or 

subject to copyright protection. All 

submissions should refer to file number 

SR–NYSECHX–2024–32 and should be 

submitted on or before December 18, 

2024. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.11

Sherry R. Haywood, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27746 Filed 11–26–24; 8:45 am] 

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[Release No. 34–101700; File No. SR– 

CboeBYX–2024–042] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe 

BYX Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing 

and Immediate Effectiveness of a 

Proposed Rule Change To Amend Its 

Fee Schedule Relating to Routing 

Codes 

November 21, 2024. 

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 November 

14, 2024, Cboe BYX Exchange, Inc. 

(‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘BYX’’) filed with the 

Securities and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘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 

Cboe BYX Exchange, Inc. (the 

‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘BYX’’) proposes to 

amend its Fee Schedule. The text of the 

proposed rule change is provided in 

Exhibit 5. 

The text of the proposed rule change 

is also available on the Exchange’s 

website (http://markets.cboe.com/us/ 

equities/regulation/rule_filings/BYX/), 

at the Exchange’s Office of the 

Secretary, 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 

Effective November 1, 2024, the 

Exchange proposes to amend its BYX 

Fee Schedule applicable to its equities 

trading platform.3 By implementing a 

remove fee (as opposed to a rebate) for 

fee code, AA, removing fee code, BJ, and 

adding EDGA to the list of venues to 

which orders appended with fee code, 

PL, are routed. 

Fee Codes 

The Exchange proposes to implement 

a remove fee for fee code, AA. The 

proposed changes are as follows: 

• For securities priced above $1.00,4

fee code AA is appended to orders that 

are routed to EDGA using the ALLB 5

routing strategy. Currently, orders 

appended with fee code AA receive a 

rebate of $0.0018. 

The Exchange now proposes to amend 

fee code, AA, as follows: 

• For securities priced above $1.00, 

fee code AA will continue to be 

appended to orders that are routed to 

EDGA using the ALLB routing strategy. 

However, orders appended with fee 

code AA will now pay a fee of $0.0030. 

The Exchange does not propose to add 

a fee or rebate for removing liquidity for 

securities priced below $1.00. 

The Exchange also proposes to 

remove fee code, BJ. For securities 

priced above $1.00,6 fee code BJ is 

currently appended to orders that are 

routed to EDGA using the TRIM 7 or 

SLIM 8 routing strategies and receive a 

rebate of $0.0018. However, effective 

November 1, 2024,9 EDGA transitioned 

from an inverted fee model 10 to a 

maker-taker fee model.11

The Exchange also proposes to edit 

the description of fee code, PL. The BYX 

Fee Schedule currently describes PL, as 

a fee code appended to orders that are 

‘‘[r]outed to BZX, EDGX, NYSE, NYSE 

Arca or Nasdaq using RMPL routing 

strategy.’’ The Exchange now proposes 

to move EDGA to the list of high-cost 

destinations for the RMPL routing 


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