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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 20 / Tuesday, February 2, 2021 / Notices
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The Exchange again notes that orders that meet the specifications to which fee codes 8 or MX would currently apply, will yield the same fee codes and be assessed the same corresponding rates that are already in place in the Fee Schedule for routed orders generally, as previously filed with the Commission.
Also, as previously discussed, the Exchange operates in a highly competitive market. Members have numerous alternative venues that they may participate on and director their order flow, including 15 other options exchanges and off-exchange venues.
Additionally, the Exchange represents a small percentage of the overall market.
Based on publicly available information, no single options exchange has more than 16% of the market share.9
Therefore, no exchange possesses significant pricing power in the execution of option order flow. Indeed, participants can readily choose to send their orders to other exchange and offexchange venues if they deem fee levels at those other venues to be more favorable. Moreover, the Commission has repeatedly expressed its preference for competition over regulatory intervention in determining prices, products, and services in the securities markets. Specifically, 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. 10 The fact that this market is competitive has also long been recognized by the courts.
In NetCoalition v. Securities and Exchange Commission, the D.C. Circuit stated as follows: no one disputes that competition for order flow is fierce. . . . As the SEC explained, in the U.S. national market system, buyers and sellers of securities, and the brokerdealers that act as their order-routing agents, have a wide range of choices of where to route orders for execution;
and no exchange can afford to take its market share percentages for granted because no exchange possesses a monopoly, regulatory or otherwise, in the execution of order flow from broker dealers. . . ..11 Accordingly, the Exchange does not believe its proposed fee change imposes any burden on 9 See
supra note 4.
Securities Exchange Act Release No. 51808
June 9, 2005, 70 FR 37496, 37499 June 29, 2005.
11 NetCoalition v. SEC, 615 F.3d 525, 539 D.C.
Cir. 2010 quoting Securities Exchange Act Release No. 59039 December 2, 2008, 73 FR 74770, 74782
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competition that is not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the Act.
C. Self-Regulatory Organizations 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 The foregoing rule change is effective upon filing pursuant to Section 19b3A of the Act 12 and subparagraph f2 of Rule 19b4
thereunder,13 because it establishes a due, fee, or other charge imposed by the Exchange.
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 19b2B 14 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 Commissions internet comment form http www.sec.gov/
rules/sro.shtml; or Send an email to rule-comments@
sec.gov. Please include File Number SR
CboeBZX2021010 on the subject line.
Paper Comments Send paper comments in triplicate to Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 205491090.
All submissions should refer to File Number SRCboeBZX2021010. 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 Commissions 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 Commissions 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 SRCboeBZX2021010, and should be submitted on or before February 23, 2021.
For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated authority.15
J. Matthew DeLesDernier, Assistant Secretary.
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Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe EDGA Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend the Fee Schedule January 27, 2021.

Pursuant to Section 19b1 1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 the Act,2 and Rule 19b4 thereunder,3
notice is hereby given that on January 13, 2021, Cboe EDGA Exchange, Inc.
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