Document ID: SEC-2019-0569-0001
Agency: sec
Document Type: Notice
Title: Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes: Cboe C2 Exchange, Inc.
Posted Date: 2019-04-26T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 81 (Friday, April 26, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17894-17897]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-08398]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-85698; File No. SR-C2-2019-007]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe C2 Exchange, Inc.; Notice of 
Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend 
Its Continuous Quoting Obligations for Market-Makers

April 22, 2019.
    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 April 8, 2019, Cboe C2 Exchange, Inc. (``Exchange'' or ``C2'') 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 Exchange filed the 
proposed rule change pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A)(iii) of the Act 
\3\ and Rule 19b-4(f)(6) thereunder.\4\ 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.
    \3\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(iii).
    \4\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6).
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance 
of the Proposed Rule Change

    Cboe C2 Exchange, Inc. (the ``Exchange'' or ``C2'') proposes to 
amend its continuous quoting obligations for Market-Makers. 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/options/regulation/rule_filings/ctwo/), 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
    The Exchange proposes to change to its current continuous quoting 
requirement for Market-Makers under Rule 8.6(d) (Market-Maker Quotes). 
This proposed rule change to the continuous quoting requirement is 
based on existing Nasdaq PHLX LLC (``Phlx''), Nasdaq ISE, LLC 
(``ISE''), Nasdaq MRX, LLC (``MRX'') and Nasdaq GEMX, LLC (``GEMX'') 
rules \5\ previously filed with the Commission. The proposed rule 
change also intends to harmonize quoting requirements across C2 and its 
affiliated exchanges, Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (``BZX Options'') and 
Cboe EDGX Exchange, Inc. (``EDGX Options'').\6\ Overall, the Exchange 
believes that having substantially the same Market-Maker continuous 
quoting requirements across its affiliated exchanges and other 
exchanges will reduce the compliance burden and confusion for Market-
Makers that are members of multiple exchanges industry-wide. The 
Exchange also proposes to make non-substantive changes to Rule 8.2, 
amending an inadvertent error to an inaccurate cross-reference and 
deleting an obsolete provision that is no longer relevant to the 
Exchange rules and User functionality.
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    \5\ See Phlx Rule 1081(c); ISE Rule 804(e); MRX Rule 804(e); and 
GEMX Rule 804(e). See also Securities Exchange Act Release No. 83209 
(May 10, 2018), 83 FR 22717 (May 16, 2018) (SR-Phlx-2018-22) (Order 
Granting Approval of Proposed Rule Change to Amend Phlx's Quoting 
Requirements, Among Other Changes) (SR-Phlx-2018-22).
    \6\ The Exchange notes that BZX Options and EDGX Options are 
simultaneously proposing the same continuous quoting requirements.
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    Specifically, the Exchange proposes to amend a Market-Maker's 
continuous quoting obligations under Rule 8.6(d) based on existing 
Phlx, ISE, MRX and GEMX rules, previously filed with the Commission. 
The proposed amendments to Rule 8.2(d) are substantially similar to the 
continuous quoting requirement provisions on other exchanges.\7\ 
Current Rule 8.6(d) provides that a Market-Maker must enter continuous 
bids and offers in series in its appointed classes on a daily basis in 
60% of the series of each appointed class for 90% of the trading day. 
The proposed rule change to Rule 8.6(d) requires a Market-Maker to 
continuously enter bids and offers in series in its appointed classes 
(pursuant to Rule 8.6(b)) in 60% of the cumulative number of seconds, 
or such higher percentage as the Exchange may announce in advance, for 
which that Market-Maker's appointed classes are open, excluding any 
adjusted series, any intra-day add-on series on the day during which 
such series are added for trading, any Quarterly Option Series and any 
series with an expiration of greater than 270 days. Additionally, the 
proposed change amends current subparagraph (d)(2) to provide for the 
way in which the Exchange calculates this requirement and is explicit 
in stating that quoting is not required in every appointed class. An 
example of the proposed calculation is presented below:
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    \7\ See supra note 5.

    Market-Maker A (``Firm A'') \8\ has selected an appointment to 
quote option class U, in which options U1, U2, U3, U4, and U5 are 
open for trading.
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    \8\ The Exchange notes that a Market-Maker may use multiple 
Executing Firm IDs (``EFIDs'') to submit quotes in a class. The 
quoting time from all of a Market-Maker EFIDs' will be considered 
together when determining compliance with this obligation.
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    Firm A also has selected appointments in options classes V and 
W.

Option U1 opened at 09:30:00 \9\ and closed at 16:00:00
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    \9\ All times in example calculation in Eastern Time.
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Firm A quoted U1 at 09:35:30 @13.00(10)-15.00(10)
Firm A updated quote in U1 at 09:50:31 @10.00(10)-15.00(20)
Firm A purged quote at 15:55:40
Total quoted time for U1 is: 15:55:40-09:35:30 = (15-9) * 3600 + 
(55-35) * 60 + (40-30) = 22810 (seconds)
Total available quote time for U1 is: 16:00:00-09:30:00 = (16-9) * 
3600 + (60-30) * 60 + (00-00) = 270000 (seconds)

Option U2 opened at 09:30:00 and closed at 16:00:00
Firm A quoted U2 at 10:05:30 @13.00(10)-15.00(10)
Firm A updated quote in U2 at 11:00:01 @11.00(10)-16.00(20)
Firm A purged quote at 15:05:40
Total quoted time for U2 is: 15:05:40-10:05:30 = (15-10) * 3600 + 
(65-05) * 60 + (40-30) = 21610 (seconds)
Total available quote time for U2 is: 16:00:00-09:30:00 = (16-9) * 
3600 + (60-30) * 60 + (00-00) = 27000 (seconds)

Option U3 opened at 09:30:00 and closed at 16:15:00
Firm A quoted U3 at 11:10:21 @21.00(10)-24.00(20)
Firm A purged quote at 15:15:05
Total quoted time for U3 is: 15:15:05-11:10:21 = (15-11) * 3600 + 
(75-10) * 60 + (65-21) = 18344 (seconds)
Total available quote time for U3 is: 16:01:20-09:40:02 = (16-9) * 
3600 + (75-30) * 60 + (00-00) = 27900 (seconds)

Option U4 opened at 9:30:00 and closed at 16:00:00
Firm A quoted U4 at 09:34:29 @35.00(10)-37.00(10)

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Firm A updated quote in U4 at 10:30:21 @31.00(10)-37.00(20)
Firm A purged quote in U4 at 15:59:34
Total quoted time for U4 is: 15:59:34-09:34:29 = (15-09) * 3600 + 
(59-34) * 60 + (34-29) = 23105 (seconds)
Total available quote time is: 16:00:00-09:30:00 = (16-9) * 3600 + 
(60-30) * 60 + (00-0) = 27000 (seconds)

Option U5 opened at 9:30:00 and closed at 16:00:00
Firm A did not quote U5 thus, the total quoted time for U5 will be: 
0 (seconds)
Total available quote time is: 16:00:00-09:30:00 = (16-9) * 3600 + 
(60-30) * 60 + (00-00) = 27000 (seconds)
Total time Firm A quoted class U: 22810 + 21610 + 18344 + 23105 + 0 
= 85869 (seconds)
Total eligible quoting time for Firm A on class U: 27000 + 27000 + 
27900 + 27000 + 27000 = 135900 (seconds)

    Similarly assume:

Total time for Firm A quoted class V: 80983 (seconds)
Total eligible quoting time for Firm A on class V: 84515 (seconds)
Total time for Firm A quoted class W: 0 (seconds)
Total eligible quoting time for Firm A on underlying W: 46513 
(seconds)
Then the total quoting percentage for Firm A is: (85869 + 80983 + 
0)/(135900 + 84515 + 46513) = 156852/266928 = 62.5%

    As stated, the current rule requires a Market-Maker to quote 60% of 
the series in which it is registered for 90% of each trading day. By 
comparison, the proposed rule change permits a Market-Maker to quote 
any percentage of appointed classes so long as the Market-Maker meets 
the requirement that it enters quotes aggregating 60% of the cumulative 
seconds across the total seconds that its appointment classes are open 
for trading. The proposed rule explicitly provides that a Market-Maker 
does not necessarily have to quote every appointed class. The Exchange 
believes the proposed rule better accommodates the occasional issues 
that may arise in a particular class, whether technical or manual. For 
example, an issue may arise on the Market-Maker's side in which there 
is a glitch in its systems or a manual computing error that temporarily 
disrupts quoting ability. The Exchange notes that the existing 
requirement may at times discourage liquidity in particular classes 
because a Market-Maker is forced to focus on a momentary technical 
lapse in order to meet the higher current thresholds, rather than using 
the appropriate resources to focus on the classes that need and consume 
additional liquidity. The proposed rule also adds language that the 
Exchange may announce in advance a higher percentage than the proposed 
60% of the cumulative number of seconds requirement, which the Exchange 
believes may be appropriate on occasions when doing so would be in the 
interest of a fair and orderly market. This discretion is the same in 
the corresponding rules of Phlx, ISE, MRX, and GEMX,\10\ as well as 
within the continuous quoting requirements of the Exchanges' affiliated 
exchanges, BZX Options and EDGX Options. The proposed rule change also 
moves the series excluded from a Market-Maker's quoting requirement to 
Rule 8.6(d) and deletes this same language that is currently in 
subparagraph (d)(3). The proposed change also amends the current 
quoting exclusion of any series with an expiration of nine months or 
greater to an expiration of greater than 270 days. The Exchange notes 
that Market-Makers generally already monitor expirations by a defined 
count of 270 days, as opposed to a nine month count in which the number 
of days continuously varies. Therefore, this proposed change intends to 
align the Exchange's rules with current industry practice.\11\ The 
proposed rule change also amends the current quoting exclusions to 
include Quarterly Option series. C2 may list and trade Quarterly 
Options Series pursuant to Rule 5.5(e) and this exclusion is consistent 
with corresponding Rule 22.6 (Market Maker Quotations) of the 
Exchange's affiliated exchanges, BZX Options and EDGX Options,\12\ as 
well as the corresponding rules of Phlx, ISE, MRX, and GEMX.\13\ 
Additionally, the proposed rule change amends the reference to the 
quoting standard in subparagraph (d)(1) to 60%.
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    \10\ See supra note 5.
    \11\ The Exchange notes that EDGX Options and BZX Options are 
simultaneously proposing to amend their corresponding rules to 
exclude any series with an expiration of 270 days or greater.
    \12\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 71129 (December 18, 
2013), 78 FR 77736 (December 18, 2013) (Notice of Filing and 
Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Modify BATS 
Options Market Maker Continuous Quoting Obligation Rules) (SR-BATS-
2013-062), which adopted exclusions, including Quarterly Options 
series, to Market Maker's quoting obligations and noted that such 
exclusions were ``consistent with the rules of several other options 
exchanges'' and ``did not diminish the quoting obligation''. The 
Exchange also notes that these exclusions were adopted on EDGX 
Options when that exchange was established.
    \13\ See supra note 5.
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    As stated, the Exchange amends its continuous quoting requirements 
to be substantially similar to the requirements under other exchanges' 
rules.\14\ The Exchange believes that proposed amendments to its 
quoting requirements are reasonable because these requirements are 
already in place on other options exchanges.\15\ The Exchange notes 
that the proposed change to continuous quoting requirements creates a 
clear, affirmative Market-Maker obligation to hold themselves out as 
willing to buy and sell securities for their own account on a 
continuous basis, which justifies favorable Market-Maker treatment and 
will continue to provide customer trading interest a net benefit. The 
Exchange further believes having consistent with other exchanges \16\ 
will simplify the regulatory requirements for its Trading Permit 
Holders (``TPHs'') that are active across multiple exchanges.
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    \14\ See supra note 5.
    \15\ See supra note 6. The same quoting requirements will be 
incorporated into EDGX Options and BZX Options rules.
    \16\ Id.
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    Additionally, the Exchange proposes to make non-substantive changes 
to Rule 8.2. First, the Exchange proposes to amend an inadvertent 
mistake regarding a cross reference within Rule 8.2(d). Currently, Rule 
8.2 states that the Exchange may limit the number of appointments a 
Market-Maker may have, or the number of Market-Makers that may have 
appointments in a class, pursuant to Rule 8.1(b). The Exchange notes, 
however, that Rule 8.1(c), in fact, is the appropriate provision that 
allows the Exchange to limit the number of appointments. The Exchange 
believes this change is necessary to correct an inadvertent error in 
its rule and provide clarity for TPHs. Furthermore, the Exchange 
proposes to delete Rule 8.2(c), which currently states that a Market-
Maker's appointment in a class confers the right of the Market-Maker to 
quote (using order functionality) in that class. The Exchange notes 
that it recently discontinued this order functionality and implemented 
``bulk messaging'' quoting functionality that is available to all 
Users, including Market-Makers.\17\ As a result, there is no longer a 
specific quote functionality available only to Market-Makers, therefore 
the Exchange believes this provision is no longer necessary. This is 
also consistent with the rule of its affiliated exchanges, BZX Options 
and EDGX Options. In line with this proposed deletion, the Exchange 
changes current Rule 8.2(d) to proposed Rule 8.2(c).
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    \17\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 85038 (February 1, 
2019), 84 FR 2598 (February 7, 2019) (Notice of Filing and Immediate 
Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Discontinue Bulk Order 
Functionality and Implement Bulk Message Functionality) (SR-C2-2018-
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2. Statutory Basis
    The Exchange believes the proposed rule change is consistent with 
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Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the ``Act'') and the rules and 
regulations thereunder applicable to the Exchange and, in particular, 
the requirements of Section 6(b) of the Act.\18\ Specifically, the 
Exchange believes the proposed rule change is consistent with the 
Section 6(b)(5) \19\ requirements that the rules of an exchange be 
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 regulating, clearing, 
settling, processing information with respect to, and 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 the proposed rule change is consistent with the 
Section 6(b)(5) \20\ requirement that the rules of an exchange not be 
designed to permit unfair discrimination between customers, issuers, 
brokers, or dealers.
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    \18\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
    \19\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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    In particular, the Exchange believes the proposed rule change to 
amend Market-Makers' continuous quoting obligations will remove 
impediments to and perfect the mechanism of a free and open market and 
a national market system. The proposed rule change to a Market-Maker's 
continuous quoting obligations seeks to conform the quoting obligations 
to that of the rules of other exchanges.\21\ The Exchanges currently 
requires a Market-Maker to quote in at least 60% the options series in 
which the Market-Maker is registered during 90% of the trading day. The 
Exchange believes that applying a Market-Maker's cumulative quoting 
time to the Market-Maker's aggregate appointed classes to meet a 
threshold of 60% of the cumulative seconds its appointed classes are 
open for trading (like that of the current requirements on other 
exchanges) is less stringent than the Exchange's current requirement 
because of the lower quoting time threshold and because the proposed 
requirement does not consider a percentage of its appointed classes, so 
long as the overall 60% time requirement is met. Further, the Exchange 
notes that the current continuous quoting requirement potentially 
discourages liquidity at times when a Market-Maker is forced to focus 
on making up for a momentary lapse in a particular class rather than 
allocating appropriate resources to focus on the classes that need and 
consume additional liquidity, and then allowing a Market-Maker to 
continue quoting in the class that experienced a lapse after correcting 
the applicable issue.\22\ The Exchange believes that this rule change 
better accommodates these occasional lapses, whether technical or 
manual, and enables a Market-Maker to provide appropriate liquidity 
commensurate with the needs of its appointed classes. Moreover, the 
Exchange believes that it can better attract Market-Makers, add 
liquidity, and grow its market to the benefit of all investors, if its 
quoting obligation is more in line with that of other exchanges. The 
proposed rule change supports the quality of the Exchange's market by 
helping to ensure that Market-Makers will continue to be obligated to 
quote in a percentage of their appointed classes. Ultimately, the 
benefit the proposed rule change confers upon Market-Makers is offset 
by the continued responsibilities to provide significant liquidity to 
its appointed classes to the benefit of all market participants. The 
Exchange believes that the proposed change to continuous quoting 
requirements creates a clear, affirmative Market-Maker obligation to 
hold themselves out as willing to buy and sell securities for their own 
account on a continuous basis, which justifies favorable Market-Maker 
treatment and will continue to provide customer trading interest a net 
benefit. The Exchange further notes that the proposed rule text is 
consistent with the Act because the quoting obligations are 
substantially the same as quoting obligations on Phlx, ISE, MRX, and 
GEMX today, previously filed with the Commission.\23\ Additionally, the 
Exchange notes that the proposed rule change including Quarterly Option 
series among the series excluded from quoting obligations is intended 
to harmonizing series excluded across the Exchange and its affiliated 
exchanges,\24\ as well as other exchanges,\25\ which will provide 
clarity for Market-Makers participating across multiple exchanges. 
Furthermore, the Exchange believes the proposed rule change excluding 
any series with an expiration greater than 270 days, as opposed to nine 
months or greater, from a Market-Maker's quoting obligations is in line 
with the way in which Market-Makers currently monitor expiration. As a 
result, the Exchange believes that this change will foster cooperation 
and coordination with persons engaged in regulating securities, as well 
as facilitating transactions in securities. The proposed change will 
reduce confusion by codifying an industry practice already in place and 
harmonizing expiration time across the Exchange and its affiliated 
exchanges.\26\ The Exchange also notes that the proposed changes are 
reasonable and do not affect investor protection because the proposed 
changes do not present any novel or unique issues, as they have either 
been previously filed with the Commission or are codifying an industry 
practice currently in place.
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    \21\ See supra note 5.
    \22\ See also Exchange Rule 8.6(d)(1). The Exchange already 
accounts for technical failure or limitation due to the automated 
trading system the Exchange uses for the trading of option contracts 
(``System'').
    \23\ See supra note 5.
    \24\ See BZX Options Rule 22.6 and EDGX Options Rule 22.6.
    \25\ See supra note 5.
    \26\ See supra note 9.
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    Moreover, the Exchange believes that the amendment to the cross-
reference in current Rule 8.2(d) (proposed Rule 8.2(c)) corrects an 
inadvertent cross-reference error and that the proposed deletion of 
Rule 8.2(c) updates its rules to reflect the recent discontinuation of 
the order functionality referenced in Rule 8.2(c) and implementation of 
bulk messaging functionality, which allows all Users, including Market-
Makers, to enter quotes. As a result, these changes provide clarity and 
reduce confusion for investors.
    Additionally, the Exchange believes the proposed rule change is 
consistent with Section 6(b)(1) of the Act,\27\ which provides that the 
Exchange be organized and have the capacity to be able to carry out the 
purposes of the Act and to enforce compliance by the Exchange's TPHs 
and persons associated with its TPHs with the Act, the rules and 
regulations thereunder, and the rules of the Exchange. The Exchange 
notes that the proposed rule change to a Market-Maker's continuous 
quoting requirements will serve to harmonize the quoting requirement 
for Market-Makers across its affiliated exchanges, EDGX Options and BZX 
Options that are also proposing substantially the same requirements. 
The Exchange thus believes these proposed changes create uniformity, 
which allows for the Exchange to organize across affiliated exchanges 
and to more easily enforce compliance by participants on multiple 
affiliated exchanges.
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    \27\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(1).
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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. The Exchange believes that 
the proposed rule change to a Market-Maker's continuous quoting 
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Rule 8.6 does not affect intramarket competition. The proposed applies 
an affirmative obligation to all Market-Makers to hold themselves out 
as continuously willing to buy and sell options for their own account, 
justifying favorable treatment and benefitting the trading interest of 
all customers. The Exchange believes that the proposed change to 
continuous quoting requirements does not affect intermarket 
competition, as this proposal is based on other exchanges' rules 
previously filed with the Commission.\28\ The Exchange also notes that 
to the degree that other exchanges have varying continuous quoting 
obligations for Market-Makers, market participants on other exchanges 
are welcome to become Market-Makers on C2 if they determine that this 
proposed rule change has made market making on C2 more attractive or 
favorable. Finally, the Exchange believes that the proposed rule change 
will relieve any burden on market participants because it serves to 
provide Market-Makers with affirmative quoting requirements that ensure 
each appointed class will receive appropriate liquidity to the benefit 
of all market participants who interact with that liquidity.
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    \28\ See supra note 5.
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    Additionally, the proposed rule change to amend Rule 8.2 does not 
address competitive issues, but rather, as discussed above, is merely 
intended to correct an inadvertent uses of an inaccurate cross-
reference, as well as delete an obsolete provision, which will 
alleviate potential confusion.

C. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Comments on the Proposed 
Rule Change Received From Members, Participants, or Others

    The Exchange neither solicited nor received comments on the 
proposed rule change.

III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for 
Commission Action

    Because the foregoing proposed rule change does not:
    A. Significantly affect the protection of investors or the public 
interest;
    B. impose any significant burden on competition; and
    C. 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) of the Act \29\ and 
Rule 19b-4(f)(6) \30\ 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 will institute proceedings to determine whether the proposed 
rule change should be approved or disapproved.
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    \29\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
    \30\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6).
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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 (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml); or
     Send an email to [email protected]. Please include 
File Number SR-C2-2019-007 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-C2-2019-007. 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 (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 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-C2-2019-007 and should be submitted on 
or before May 17, 2019.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\31\
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    \31\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Eduardo A. Aleman,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-08398 Filed 4-25-19; 8:45 am]
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