[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 168 (Monday, August 31, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52529-52530]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-21403]



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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-75755; File No. SR-ISE-2015-24]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; International Securities Exchange, 
LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule 
Change Relating to Market Data Fees

August 25, 2015.
    Pursuant to section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
(the ``Act''),\1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given 
that on August 21, 2015, the International Securities Exchange, LLC 
(the ``Exchange'' or the ``ISE'') filed with the Securities and 
Exchange Commission the proposed rule change as described in Items I, 
II, and III 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.
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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 purpose of this proposed rule change is to amend the Exchange's 
Schedule of Fees to eliminate ISE's Historical Options Tick Data (``HOT 
Data'') service. The text of the proposed rule change is available on 
the Exchange's Web site (http://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 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 these statements may be examined at 
the places specified in Item IV below. The self-regulatory organization 
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 purpose of this proposed rule change is to amend the Exchange's 
Schedule of Fees to eliminate ISE's HOT Data service because the ISE 
has determined to no longer offer this service to members or non-
members.
    ISE's HOT Data was generated from daily data received from the 
Options Price Reporting Authority (``OPRA''), which is the ``securities 
information processor for market information generated by trading of 
securities options in the United States.'' \3\ The core data 
disseminated by OPRA includes last sale reports and quotations; 
however, OPRA also disseminates other information including, for 
example, the number of options contracts traded, open interest, and end 
of day summaries.\4\ Specifically, to create ISE's HOT Data, the ISE 
captured OPRA tick data \5\ and made it available as an ``end of day'' 
file \6\ or as a ``historical'' file \7\ for HOT Data subscribers and 
other market participants that made ad hoc requests for data.
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    \3\ OPRA Overview at http://www.opradata.com/overview/opra_over.jsp.
    \4\ Id.
    \5\ The Exchange collected this data throughout each trading day 
and at the end of each trading day, the Exchange compressed the data 
and uploaded it onto a server. Once the data was loaded onto the 
server, it was then made available to subscribers and other market 
participants.
    \6\ An end of day file refers to OPRA tick data for a trading 
day that was distributed prior to the opening of the next trading 
day. An end of day file was made available to subscribers as soon as 
practicable at the end of each trading day on an on-going basis 
pursuant to an annual subscription or through an ad-hoc request.
    \7\ An end of day file that was distributed after the start of 
the next trading day was called a historical file. A historical file 
was available to customers for a pre-determined date range by ad-hoc 
requests only.
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    The most recent fee charged to subscribers of HOT Data was $2,000 
per month on an annual subscription basis. For ad-hoc requests, ISE 
charged $120 per day, with a minimum purchase of $1,000 plus a 
processing fee of $499 per order for up to 1.5 Terabytes (TB). An order 
that exceeded 1.5 TB was charged an additional $399 for up to an 
additional 1.5 TB.
    The Exchange now proposes to eliminate the HOT Data service.\8\
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    \8\ No rule requires the ISE or any other exchange to offer this 
data nor are vendors required to purchase or display this data.
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2. Statutory Basis
    The Exchange believes that the proposed rule change is consistent 
with the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations 
thereunder that are applicable to a national securities exchange, and, 
in particular, with the requirements of section 6(b) of the Act.\9\ In 
particular, the proposal is consistent with section 6(b)(5) of the 
Act,\10\ because is designed to promote just and equitable principles 
of trade, remove impediments to and perfect the mechanisms of a free 
and open market and a national market system and, in general, to 
protect investors and the public interest.
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    \9\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
    \10\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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    The Exchange believes eliminating the service is consistent with 
the Exchange Act because it eliminates a service relating to market 
data that the Exchange has determined to no longer offer to members or 
non-members. The Exchange believes that the proposed rule change is 
consistent with the protection of investors and the public interest 
because the underlying data is available to market participants from 
other sources. Although ISE's HOT Data is separate from the core data 
feed available from OPRA, all the information that was available via 
the HOT Data feed is included in the OPRA core data feed, and this data 
is widely distributed. Additionally, the OPRA tick data collected and 
stored by ISE is neither exclusive nor proprietary to the Exchange. As 
such, the Exchange notes that there is nothing unique in ISE's HOT data 
that a third party vendor could not also provide.

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

    This proposed rule change does not impose any burden on competition 
that is not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of 
the Exchange Act because ISE is eliminating a service that provides 
data, which is available to market participants from other sources.

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

    The Exchange has not solicited, and does not intend to solicit, 
comments on this proposed rule change. The Exchange has not received 
any unsolicited written comments from members or other interested 
parties.

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

    The Exchange believes that the foregoing proposed rule change may 
take effect upon filing with the Commission pursuant to sction 
19(b)(3)(A) \11\ of the Act and Rule 19b-4(f)(6) thereunder \12\ 
because the foregoing proposed rule change does not

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(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 after its filing date, or such shorter 
time as the Commission may designate.
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    \11\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
    \12\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6).
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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 [email protected]. Please include 
File Number SR-ISE-2015-24 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

     Send paper comments in triplicate to Brent J. Fields, 
Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20549-1090.

All submissions should refer to File Number SR-ISE-2015-24. 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 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 such 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-2015-24, and should be 
submitted on or before September 21, 2015.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\13\
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    \13\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Robert W. Errett,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-21403 Filed 8-28-15; 8:45 am]
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