Document ID: SEC-2017-1180-0001
Agency: sec
Document Type: Notice
Title: Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes: Nasdaq ISE, LLC
Posted Date: 2017-07-13T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 133 (Thursday, July 13, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32409-32413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-14664]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-81095; File No. SR-ISE-2017-62]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Nasdaq ISE, LLC; Notice of Filing 
and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Establish Ports 
and Gateways That Members Use To Connect to the Exchange

July 7, 2017.
    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 June 23, 2017, Nasdaq ISE, LLC (``ISE'' or ``Exchange'') filed with 
the Securities and Exchange Commission (``SEC'' or ``Commission'') the 
proposed rule change as described in Items I and II 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: (1) Establish ports and gateways that 
members use to connect to the Exchange with the migration of the 
Exchange's trading system to the Nasdaq INET architecture, and (2) 
amend the Schedule of Fees to adopt fees for those ports and gateways.
    The text of the proposed rule change is available on the Exchange's 
Web site at www.ise.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 the 
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change

1. Purpose
    The purpose of the proposed rule change is to: (1) Establish ports 
and gateways that members use to connect to the Exchange with the 
migration of the Exchange's trading system to the Nasdaq INET 
architecture,\3\ and (2) amend the Schedule of Fees to adopt fees for 
those ports and gateways. In particular, the Exchange proposes to 
establish and adopt fees for the following connectivity options that 
are available in connection with the re-platform of the Exchange's 
trading system: Specialized Quote Feed (``SQF''), SQF Purge, Dedicated 
SQF Host, Ouch to Trade Options (``OTTO''), Clearing Trade Interface 
(``CTI''), Financial Information eXchange (``FIX''), FIX Drop, Disaster 
Recovery, and Market Data. These port and gateway options, which are 
described in more detail below, are the same as those currently used to 
connect to the Exchange's affiliates, including Nasdaq GEMX, LLC 
(``GEMX''), Nasdaq Phlx LLC (``Phlx''), The Nasdaq Options Market LLC 
(``NOM''), and Nasdaq BX (``BX'').\4\
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    \3\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 80432 (April 11, 
2017), 82 FR 18191 (April 17, 2017) (SR-ISE-2017-03).
    \4\ See GEMX Schedule of Fees, IV. Access Services, Port Fees, 
4. Ports; Phlx Pricing Schedule, VII. Other Member Fees, B. Port 
Fees; NOM Rules, Chapter XV Options Pricing, Sec. 3 NOM--Ports and 
other Services; BX Rules, Chapter XV Options Pricing, Sec. 3 BX--
Ports and other Services.
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    1. Specialized Quote Feed Port.
    SQF is an interface that allows market makers to connect and send 
quotes, sweeps and auction responses into the Exchange. Data includes 
the following: (1) Options Auction Notifications (e.g., opening 
imbalance, Flash, PIM, Solicitation and Facilitation or other 
information); (2) Options Symbol Directory Messages; (3) System Event 
Messages (e.g., start of messages, start of system hours, start of 
quoting, start of opening); (4) Option Trading Action Messages (e.g., 
halts, resumes); (5) Execution Messages; (6) Quote Messages (quote/
sweep messages, risk protection triggers or purge notifications).
    2. SQF Purge Port.
    SQF Purge is a specific port for the SQF interface that only 
receives and notifies of purge requests from the market maker. 
Dedicated SQF Purge Ports enable market makers to seamlessly manage 
their ability to remove their quotes in a swift manner.
    3. Dedicated SQF Host.
    The Exchange will also offer dedicated gateways to facilitate 
member access to the Exchange. A Dedicated SQF Host is an optional 
offering available to Market Makers \5\--i.e., Primary Market Makers 
(``PMMs'') and Competitive Market Makers (``CMMs'')--only for their SQF 
Port & SQF Purge Port connectivity. A Dedicated SQF Host provides the 
PMM or CMM with assurance that their SQF Port and SQF Purge Port 
connection to the Exchange resides on a host that is not shared with 
other PMMs and CMMs.
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    \5\ The term ``Market Makers'' refers to ``Competitive Market 
Makers'' and ``Primary Market Makers'' collectively. See ISE Rule 
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    4. Ouch to Trade Options Port.
    OTTO is an interface that allows market participants to connect and 
send orders, auction orders and auction responses into the Exchange. 
Data includes the following: (1) Options Auction Notifications (e.g., 
Flash, PIM,

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Solicitation and Facilitation or other information); (2) Options Symbol 
Directory Messages; (3) System Event Messages (e.g., start of messages, 
start of system hours, start of quoting, start of opening); (5) Option 
Trading Action Messages (e.g., halts, resumes); (6) Execution Messages; 
(7) Order Messages (order messages, risk protection triggers or purge 
notifications).
    5. Clearing Trade Interface Port.
    CTI is a real-time clearing trade update message that is sent to a 
member after an execution has occurred and contains trade details. The 
message containing the trade details is also simultaneously sent to The 
Options Clearing Corporation. The information includes, among other 
things, the following: (i) The Clearing Member Trade Agreement or 
``CMTA'' or The Options Clearing Corporation or ``OCC'' number; (ii) 
Exchange badge or house number; (iii) the Exchange internal firm 
identifier; and (iv) an indicator which will distinguish electronic and 
non-electronically delivered orders; (v) liquidity indicators and 
transaction type for billing purposes; (vi) capacity.
    6. Financial Information eXchange Port.
    FIX is an interface that allows market participants to connect and 
send orders and auction orders into the Exchange. Data includes the 
following: (1) Options Symbol Directory Messages; (2) System Event 
Messages (e.g., start of messages, start of system hours, start of 
quoting, start of opening); (3) Option Trading Action Messages (e.g., 
halts, resumes); (4) Execution Messages; (5) Order Messages (order 
messages, risk protection triggers or purge notifications).
    7. FIX Drop Port.
    FIX Drop is a real-time order and execution update message that is 
sent to a member after an order been received/modified or an execution 
has occurred and contains trade details. The information includes, 
among other things, the following: (1) Executions; (2) cancellations; 
(3) modifications to an existing order (4) busts or post-trade 
corrections.
    8. Disaster Recovery Port.
    Disaster Recovery ports provide connectivity to the exchange's 
disaster recovery data center in Chicago to be utilized in the event 
the exchange has to fail over during the trading day. DR Ports are 
available for SQF, SQF Purge, Dedicated SQF, CTI, OTTO, FIX and FIX 
Drop.
    9. Market Data Port.
    Market Data ports provide connectivity to the Exchange's 
proprietary market data feeds, including the Nasdaq ISE Real-time Depth 
of Market Raw Data Feed (``Depth of Market Feed''),\6\ the Nasdaq ISE 
Order Feed (``Order Feed''),\7\ the Nasdaq ISE Top Quote Feed (``Top 
Quote Feed''),\8\ the Nasdaq ISE Trades Feed (``Trades Feed''),\9\ and 
the Nasdaq ISE Spread Feed (``Spread Feed'').\10\ Each of the feeds 
described above, with the exception of the Trades Feed, have previously 
been established as market data offerings of the Exchange,\11\ and 
market participants are charged for subscriptions to these 
products.\12\ The Trades Feed is a free market data product provided to 
subscribers of at least one of the fee liable market data products 
described above. In connection with the adoption of Market Data ports 
described above, the Exchange further proposes to establish the Trades 
Feed. Market Data ports are available via multicast, TCP, or as an 
intra-day snapshot, except that the intra-day snapshot option is 
available solely for the Depth of Market Feed, Top Quote Feed, and 
Spread Feed.
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    \6\ The Depth Feed, provides aggregate quotes and orders at the 
top five price levels on the Exchange, and provides subscribers with 
a consolidated view of tradable prices beyond the BBO, showing 
additional liquidity and enhancing transparency for ISE traded 
options. The data provided for each instrument includes the symbols 
(series and underlying security), put or call indicator, expiration 
date, the strike price of the series, and trading status. In 
addition, subscribers are provided with total quantity, customer 
quantity (if present), price, and side (i.e., bid/ask). This 
information is provided for each of the five indicated price levels 
on the Depth Feed. The feed also provides participants of imbalances 
on opening/reopening.
    \7\ The Order Feed provides information on new orders resting on 
the book. In addition, the feed also announces auctions. The data 
provided for each instrument includes the symbols (series and 
underlying security), put or call indicator, expiration date, the 
strike price of the series, and trading status. The feed also 
provides participants of imbalances on opening/reopening.
    \8\ The Top Quote Feed calculates and disseminates its best bid 
and offer position, with aggregated size (Total & Customer), based 
on displayable order and quote interest in the options market 
system. The feed also provides last trade information along with 
opening price, cumulative volume, high and low prices for the day. 
The data provided for each instrument includes the symbols (series 
and underlying security), put or call indicator, expiration date, 
the strike price of the series, and trading status.
    \9\ The Trades Feed displays last trade information along with 
opening price, cumulative volume, high and low prices for the day. 
The data provided for each instrument includes the symbols (series 
and underlying security), put or call indicator, expiration date, 
the strike price of the series, and trading status.
    \10\ The Spread Feed is a real-time feed that consists of 
options quotes and orders for all complex orders (i.e., spreads, 
buy-writes, delta neutral strategies, etc.) aggregated at the top 
price level on both the bid and offer side of the market as well as 
all aggregated quotes and orders for complex orders at the top five 
price levels on both the bid and offer side of the market. In 
addition, the Spread Feed provides real-time updates every time a 
new complex limit order that is not immediately executable at the 
BBO is placed on the ISE complex order book. The Spread Feed shows 
bid/ask quote size for Customer and Professional Customer option 
orders for ISE traded options.
    \11\ See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 59949 (May 20, 
2009), 74 FR 25593 (May 20, 2009) (SR-ISE-2007-97) (Depth Feed); 
62117 (May 18, 2010), 75 FR 29381 (May 25, 2010) (SR-ISE-2010-34) 
(Order Feed); 65000 (August 1, 2011), 76 FR 47627 (August 5, 2011) 
(SR-ISE-2011-44) (Top Quote Feed and Spread Feed); 65295 (September 
8, 2011). The other market data products in the Schedule of Fees are 
not subject to Market Data Port Fees.
    \12\ See Schedule of Fees, Section VIII, Market Data.
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    10. Fees.
    Currently, the Exchange charges Market Makers an application 
programming interface (``API'') fee for connecting to the Exchange. 
Each Market Maker session enabled for quoting, order entry, and 
listening is billed at a rate of $1,000 per month, and allows the 
Market Maker to submit an average of up to 1.5 million quotes per 
day.\13\ Market Makers must pay for a minimum of two of these sessions, 
and incremental usage above 1.5 million quotes per day results in the 
Market Maker being charged for an additional session. Market Makers 
that achieve Market Maker Plus \14\ in 200 or more symbols (other than 
SPY) have their API fees capped at 200 quoting sessions per month. 
Market Makers that achieve Market Maker Plus in SPY receive credit for 
five quoting sessions. Market Makers that quote in all FX option 
products \15\ do not have their FX option quotes counted towards the 
1.5 million quote threshold, and receive additional credit for twelve 
quoting sessions. All credited sessions are applied after the 200 API 
session cap. Each Market Maker API session that is enabled for order 
entry and listening is billed at a rate of $750 per month, and each 
Market Maker API session that is enabled for listening only

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is billed at a rate of $175 per month.\16\ In addition, the Exchange 
charges Electronic Access Members (``EAMs'') that connect to the 
Exchange via API a session fee of $250 per month each for the first 
five sessions and $100 per month each additional session for 
connectivity to both ISE and the Exchange's affiliate, GEMX. And the 
Exchange charges EAMs that connect to the Exchange via FIX a session 
fee of $250 per month each for the first two sessions and $50 per month 
for each additional session for connectivity to both ISE and GEMX. 
Finally, the Exchange charges gateway fees that are $750 per gateway 
per month for shared gateways and $2,250 per gateway pair per month for 
dedicated gateways, in each case for connectivity to both ISE and GEMX.
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    \13\ Quoting sessions also support order entry and listening. 
The Exchange separately offers Market Maker API sessions for 
listening only ($175 per month per API), and order entry and 
listening ($750 per month per API).
    \14\ A Market Maker Plus is a Market Maker who is on the 
National Best Bid or National Best Offer a specified percentage of 
the time for series trading between $0.03 and $3.00 (for options 
whose underlying stock's previous trading day's last sale price was 
less than or equal to $100) and between $0.10 and $3.00 (for options 
whose underlying stock's previous trading day's last sale price was 
greater than $100) in premium in each of the front two expiration 
months. The specified percentage is at least 80% but lower than 85% 
of the time for Tier 1, at least 85% but lower than 95% of the time 
for Tier 2, and at least 95% of the time for Tier 3. A Market 
Maker's single best and single worst quoting days each month based 
on the front two expiration months, on a per symbol basis, will be 
excluded in calculating whether a Market Maker qualifies for Market 
Maker Plus, if doing so will qualify a Market Maker for Market Maker 
Plus.
    \15\ The complete set of FX option products offered is: NZD, 
PZO, SKA, BRB, AUX, BPX, CDD, EUI, YUK, SFC, AUM, GBP, EUU, and NDO.
    \16\ A listener may engage in any activity except submit orders 
and quote, alter orders and cancel orders.
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    With the re-platform of the Exchange's trading system, the Exchange 
will now be offering a new set of ports and gateways for connecting to 
the Exchange as described in more detail above. The Exchange therefore 
proposes to adopt fees for these connectivity options, which will 
initially be $0 per port per month.\17\ The Exchange believes that it 
is appropriate to provide these connectivity options without charge 
during this initial migration period to avoid double charging members 
that are connected to both the current T7 trading system and the new 
INET trading system. In addition, adding these fees to the Schedule of 
Fees now will alert members to the fact that they will not be charged 
for access through these new connectivity options at this time. The 
current API/FIX session and gateway fees will remain in place as 
members are still using these connectivity options to connect to the 
Exchange during the migration of the Exchange's trading system to 
INET.\18\ The Exchange also proposes to add the Trades Feed to the 
Schedule of Fees at a price of $0 per month. As explained earlier in 
the filing, the Trades Feed is a free offering of the Exchange; 
however, the Exchange believes that it would be beneficial to note this 
fee product in the Schedule of Fees.
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    \17\ Fees apply only to connectivity to the ISE INET trading 
system.
    \18\ The Exchange will eliminate current API/FIX session fees at 
a later date when those connectivity options are no longer available 
to members.
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2. Statutory Basis
    The Exchange believes that the proposed rule change is consistent 
with Section 6(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the 
``Act''),\19\ in general, and furthers the objectives of Section 
6(b)(5) of the Act,\20\ in particular, in that it is designed to 
promote just and equitable principles of trade, to remove impediments 
to and perfect the mechanism for a free and open market and a national 
market system, and, in general, to protect investors and the public 
interest. In addition, the Exchange believes that the proposed fees 
being adopted for INET ports and gateways, as well as the fees for the 
Trades Feed, are consistent with the provisions of Section 6 of the 
Act,\21\ in general, and Section 6(b)(4) of the Act,\22\ in particular, 
in that they are designed to provide for the equitable allocation of 
reasonable dues, fees, and other charges among its members and other 
persons using its facilities.
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    \19\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
    \20\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
    \21\ 15 U.S.C. 78f.
    \22\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4).
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    The Exchange believes that the proposed rule change is consistent 
with the protection of investors and the public interest as it 
establishes ports and gateways used to connect to the ISE INET trading 
system. The Exchange's offerings are changing with the re-platform as 
the ports and gateways used by INET differ from those used to connect 
to the T7 trading system. Market participants that connect to the INET 
trading system may use the following connectivity options mentioned 
above: SQF, SQF Purge, Dedicated SQF Hosts, OTTO, CTI, FIX, FIX Drop, 
Disaster Recovery, and Market Data. With the exception of Dedicated SQF 
Hosts, these connectivity options are the same as those currently used 
by the Exchange's affiliates, and therefore offer a familiar experience 
for market participants. The ports and gateways described in this 
filing provide a range of important features to market participants, 
including the ability to submit orders and quotes, receive market data, 
and perform other functions necessary to manage trading on the 
Exchange. The Exchange believes that filing to establish these port and 
gateway options will increase transparency to market participants 
regarding connectivity options provided by the Exchange.
    With respect to Dedicated SQF Hosts, the Exchange notes that this 
offering is meant to be similar to a current offering of the ISE, which 
currently offers both shared gateways and dedicated gateways for 
members that desire their own dedicated gateways as a risk management 
alternative. Adding this new offering on the Exchange will allow 
members that currently use dedicated gateways on the Exchange's T7 
trading system to continue to use a similar connectivity option with 
the migration to INET. The Exchange believes that market makers are the 
participants that are likely to benefit from dedicated gateways, and is 
therefore only offering dedicated gateways for the SQF interface. The 
Exchange does not believe that it is unfairly discriminatory to offer 
dedicated gateways only for SQF ports, which are only available to 
market makers. Other exchanges also have gateways that are restricted 
to market makers. The New York Stock Exchange, for example, offers DMM 
Gateways that are only available to their Designated Market Makers.\23\ 
Currently, on the Exchange's T7 trading system, all of the market 
participants that use the dedicated gateway offering are market 
makers.\24\ Dedicated SQF is designed to provide a more deterministic 
experience for ISE market makers when quoting on the Exchange by 
allowing them to better load balance their trading sessions, but does 
not provide any latency benefit when compared to using the shared 
gateways, which are built on identical hardware to the dedicated 
gateways. Market makers provide liquidity on the Exchange and have 
continuous quoting obligations \25\ to the market that require the 
ability to quickly and efficiently interact with their quotes and 
orders. The Exchange therefore believes that these participants are 
likely to benefit from the load balancing provided by the dedicated 
gateways, which will aid market makers in their obligations to maintain 
tight markets--a benefit that ultimately accrues to the benefit of all 
market participants that trade on the Exchange. Based on the Exchange's 
experience with the T7 dedicated gateway offering, the Exchange does 
not believe that market participants using other protocols discussed in 
this filing are likely to use dedicated gateways, and the Exchange is 
therefore not offering such dedicated gateways for any of the other 
ports. Building a dedicated gateway offering for the other ports would 
require an additional technology investment. Since the only interest in 
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been from the market making community, the Exchange has determined not 
to build technology that it believes other members are not likely to 
use.
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    \23\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 79748 (January 6, 
2017), 82 FR 3828 (January 12, 2017) (SR-NYSE-2016-93).
    \24\ While some market makers have used the dedicated gateways 
for order entry sessions, the Exchange believes that the primary use 
of these dedicated gateways is for the firms' market making 
function. The Exchange has widely announced and talked to members 
about its plans to offer dedicated gateways for SQF, and no firms 
have requested that the Exchange provide dedicated gateways for the 
other ports.
    \25\ See ISE Rule 804(e).
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    The Exchange also believes that it is consistent with the 
protection of investors and public interest to establish the Trades 
Feed as this feed, which is currently provided free of charge, provides 
valuable trade information to subscribers. The Trades Feed designed to 
promote just and equitable principles of trade by providing all 
subscribers with data that should enable them to make informed 
decisions on trading in ISE options by using the data to assess current 
market conditions that directly affect such decisions. The market data 
provided by this feed removes impediments to, and is designed to 
further perfect, the mechanisms of a free and open market and a 
national market system by making the ISE market more transparent and 
accessible to market participants making routing decisions concerning 
their options orders. Furthermore, the Exchange believes that it is 
reasonable, equitable, and not unfairly discriminatory to add the 
Trades Feed to the Schedule of Fees at a cost of $0 per month to alert 
members to the availability of this market data product. The Exchange 
notes that the Trades Feed is a current offering that the Exchange is 
adding to its Schedule of Fees at this time to increase transparency to 
members.
    Finally, the Exchange believes that it is reasonable and equitable 
to adopt fees for the various ports and gateways used to connect to the 
Exchange's new INET trading system. As explained above, the ports and 
gateways that will be used to connect to the INET trading system are 
generally the same as those currently used by the Exchange's 
affiliates, and in the case of Dedicated SQF Hosts, mirrors a current 
offering of the Exchange. The Exchange has determined to offer these 
connectivity options free of cost for the time being in order to aid in 
the migration of the Exchange's trading system to INET technology. 
Adding these fees to the Schedule of Fees will clarify to members that 
they will not have to pay for access to both T7 and INET trading 
systems. The Exchange also does not believe that the proposed fee 
change is unfairly discriminatory as each of the proposed port and 
gateway fees are initially proposed to be free of charge for all 
members.

B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition

    In accordance with Section 6(b)(8) of the Act,\26\ the Exchange 
does not believe that the proposed rule change will impose any burden 
on intermarket or intramarket competition that is not necessary or 
appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the Act. As explained 
above, the Exchange is establishing the ports and gateways used to 
connect to the ISE INET trading system. In addition, the Exchange is 
adopting fees for access to these connectivity options, which will be 
offered initially free of cost to aid in the migration of the 
Exchange's trading system to Nasdaq INET technology. The Exchange does 
not believe that establishing these ports and gateways, or providing 
them to members free of charge, will have any competitive impact. 
Similarly, the exchange does not believe that establishing the Trades 
Feed, which is also a free offering and is being added to the Schedule 
of Fees, will have any competitive impact.
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    \26\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(8).
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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

    Because the foregoing 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 for 30 days from the date on which it was filed, or 
such shorter time as the Commission may designate, it has become 
effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A)(iii) of the Act \27\ and 
subparagraph (f)(6) of Rule 19b-4 thereunder.\28\
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    \27\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(iii).
    \28\ 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 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.
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    In its filing, ISE requested that the Commission waive the 30-day 
operative delay in order to enable the Exchange to establish ports and 
gateways for members to connect to the Exchange's INET trading system 
and access a related market data offering. The Commission believes that 
such waiver is consistent with the protection of investors and the 
public interest. ISE notes that members have received numerous 
communications indicating the availability of ISE INET ports and 
gateways and will be using these connectivity options as soon as 
symbols migrate to the INET architecture. Similarly, members have been 
made aware of the availability of the Trades Feed. To avoid disrupting 
member usage of ISE's connectivity and data options, the Commission 
designates the proposed rule change to be operative upon filing.\29\
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    \29\ For purposes only of waiving the 30-day operative delay, 
the Commission has also considered the proposed rule's impact on 
efficiency, competition, and capital formation. See 15 U.S.C. 
78c(f).
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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:

Electronic Comments

     Use the Commission's Internet comment form (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml); or
     Send an email to rule-comments@sec.gov. Please include 
File Number SR-ISE-2017-62 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-ISE-2017-62. This file 
number should be included on the subject line if email is used. To help 
the Commission process and review your comments more efficiently, 
please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on 
the Commission's Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all 
written statements with respect to the proposed rule change that are 
filed with the

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Commission, and all written communications relating to the proposed 
rule change between the Commission and any person, other than those 
that may be withheld from the public in accordance with the provisions 
of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be available for Web site viewing and printing in 
the Commission's Public Reference Room, 100 F Street NE., Washington, 
DC 20549, on official business days between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 
3:00 p.m. Copies of 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; the Commission does not edit 
personal identifying information from submissions. You should submit 
only information that you wish to make available publicly. All 
submissions should refer to File Number SR-ISE-2017-62, and should be 
submitted on or before August 3, 2017.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\30\
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    \30\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-14664 Filed 7-12-17; 8:45 am]
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