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DOCUMENT ID: [Release No. 34-56957; File No. SR-ISE-2007-115]
SUBJECT CATEGORY: Self-Regulatory Organizations; International Securities Exchange, LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Relating to Historical ISE Open/Close Trade Profile Fees
DOCUMENT SUMMARY: December 13, 2007.
Pursuant to section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(``Act'') \1\ and Rule 19b4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given that
on December 11, 2007, the International Securities Exchange, LLC
(``ISE'' or ``Exchange'') filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in
Items I and II below, which Items have been substantially prepared by
ISE. The Exchange filed the proposal pursuant to section 19(b)(3)(A) of
the Act \3\ and Rule 19b4(f)(6) thereunder,\4\ which renders the
proposal effective upon filing with the Commission. The Commission is
publishing this notice to solicit comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons.
\1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
\2\ 17 CFR 240.19b4.
\3\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
\4\ 17 CFR 240.19b4(f)(6).
I. SelfRegulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance of the Proposed Rule Change
ISE proposes to amend its Schedule of Fees to: (1) Clarify the
terms on which it offers the ISE Open/Close Trade Profile, a market
data product described below; and (2) adopt a subscription fee for the
sale of historical ISE Open/Close Trade Profile. The text of the
proposed rule change is available at the Exchange, on the Exchange's
Web site at http://www.ise.com, and at the Commission's Public Reference Room.
II. SelfRegulatory 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. SelfRegulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change
ISE currently creates volume data for each ISE listed option that
consists of opening buys and opening sells and closing buys and closing
sells.\5\ ISE currently uses a subset of this data, the customer
``opening only'' trade data, for its calculation of investor sentiment,
the ISE Sentiment Index[reg], or ISEE[reg], and for ISEE Select[reg].
The Commission recently approved a broader market data offering
comprised of the entire opening and closing trade data of ISE listed
options of both customers and firms, referred to by the Exchange as the
ISE Open/Close Trade Profile.\6\ The ISE Open/Close Trade Profile
offering is subdivided by origin code (i.e., customer or firm) and the
customer data is then further subdivided by order size. The volume data
is summarized by day and series (i.e., symbol, expiration date, strike
price, call or put). ISE Open/Close Trade Profile is a subscription
service, available to both members and nonmembers, and that enables
subscribers to create their own proprietary put/call calculations. The
data is compiled and formatted by ISE as an end of day file. The
Exchange charges both members and nonmembers $600 per month based on
an annual subscription \7\ for the ISE Open/Close Trade Profile market data offering.
\5\ An opening buy is a transaction that creates or increases a
long position and an opening sell is a transaction that creates or
increases a short position. A closing buy is a transaction made to
close out an existing position. A closing sell is a transaction to reduce or eliminate a long position.
\6\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 56254 (August 15, 2007), 72 FR 47104 (August 22, 2007) (SRISE200770).
\7\ The Exchange notes that while historical ISE Open/Close
Trade Profile is available on a month to month basis, the non
historical ISE Open/Close Trade Profile offering is available only
on an annual subscription basis, which the Exchange proposes to
clarify by adding the words ``With an annual subscription'' under the Notes section on its Schedule of Fees.
ISE now proposes to sell historical ISE Open/Close Trade Profile, a
market data offering comprised of the entire opening and closing trade
data of both customers and firms that dates back to May 2005, to both
members and nonmembers, on an adhoc basis or as a complete set that
dates back to May 2005. Adhoc subscribers will be able to purchase
this data for any number of months, beginning from May 2005 through the
current month. Alternatively, subscribers will be able to purchase the
entire set of this data, beginning from May 2005 through the [[Page 71989]]
current month. The data will be compiled and formatted by ISE and sold
as a zipped file. ISE proposes to charge adhoc subscribers $600 per
request for each month of data. For subscribers that want the compete
set of the data from May 2005 to the present, ISE proposes to charge a discounted fee of $500.00 for each month of data.
The Exchange believes that the proposed rule change is consistent
with section 6(b)(4) of the Act,\8\ which requires that a national
securities exchange have an equitable allocation of reasonable dues,
fees and other charges among its members and other persons using its
facilities. The Exchange states that the proposed rule filing will
provide members and nonmembers with valuable market data, and that it
has expended considerable resources, i.e., internal development costs,
purchase of servers, etc., to bring this offering to market. The
Exchange states that it took these costs into account in setting the
fees proposed for the historical ISE Open/Close Trade Profile market
data offering. This product is identical to one that the Chicago Board
Options Exchange (``CBOE'') currently sells to the marketplace called
Open/Close Data.\9\ Further, ISE states that its proposed fees for this
new historical product are cheaper than or identical to the fees that
CBOE currently charges for its Open/Close Data offering.\10\ Finally,
the Exchange notes that the fees proposed by ISE for this product,
which is available for purchase on a voluntary basis, are not
discriminatory in that the Exchange proposes to charge both members and nonmembers an identical fee.
\8\ 15 U.S.C. 78(f)(b)(4).
\9\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 55062 (January 8, 2007), 72 FR 2048 (January 17, 2007) (SRCBOE200688).
\10\ See id.
B. SelfRegulatory 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.
C. SelfRegulatory Organization's Statement on Comments on the Proposed Rule Change Received From Members, Participants or Others
The Exchange has neither solicited nor received written comments on the proposed rule change.
III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for Commission Action
Because the foregoing rule change does not: (1) Significantly
affect the protection of investors or the public interest; (2) impose
any significant burden on competition; and (3) become operative for 30
days after the date of this filing, or such shorter time as the
Commission may designate, it has become effective pursuant to section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act and Rule 19b4(f)(6) thereunder.\11\
\11\ In addition, Rule 19b4(f)(6) requires a selfregulatory
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. ISE has satisfied this requirement.
A proposed rule change filed under 19b4(f)(6) normally may not
become operative prior to 30 days after the date of filing. However,
Rule 19b4(f)(6)(iii) permits the Commission to designate a shorter
time if such action is consistent with the protection of investors and
the public interest. The Exchange has requested that the Commission
waive the 30day operative delay. The Commission believes that waiving
the 30day operative delay is consistent with the protection of
investors and the public interest because it will allow ISE to
immediately offer the historical ISE Open/Close Trade Profile data to
investors interested in subscribing.\12\ This market data product is
substantially similar to one offered by CBOE, and it appears that it
does not raise any novel regulatory issues. For these reasons, the
Commission designates the proposed rule change to be effective and operative upon filing with the Commission.
\12\ For the purposes only of waiving the 30day operative
delay, the Commission has considered the proposed rule's impact on
efficiency, competition, and capital formation. See 15 U.S.C. 78c(f).
At any time within 60 days of the filing of such proposed rule change the Commission may summarily abrogate 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.
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
All submissions should refer to File Number SRISE2007115. 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 inspection
and copying in the Commission's Public Reference Room 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. 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 SRISE2007115 and should be submitted on or before January 9, 2008.
For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated authority.\13\
\13\ 17 CFR 200.303(a)(12).
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
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SUMMARY: International Securities Exchange, LLC,
DOCUMENT BODY 2: December 13, 2007.
Pursuant to section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(``Act'') \1\ and Rule 19b4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given that
on December 11, 2007, the International Securities Exchange, LLC
(``ISE'' or ``Exchange'') filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in
Items I and II below, which Items have been substantially prepared by
ISE. The Exchange filed the proposal pursuant to section 19(b)(3)(A) of
the Act \3\ and Rule 19b4(f)(6) thereunder,\4\ which renders the
proposal effective upon filing with the Commission. The Commission is
publishing this notice to solicit comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons.
\1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
\2\ 17 CFR 240.19b4.
\3\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
\4\ 17 CFR 240.19b4(f)(6).
I. SelfRegulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance of the Proposed Rule Change
ISE proposes to amend its Schedule of Fees to: (1) Clarify the
terms on which it offers the ISE Open/Close Trade Profile, a market
data product described below; and (2) adopt a subscription fee for the
sale of historical ISE Open/Close Trade Profile. The text of the
proposed rule change is available at the Exchange, on the Exchange's
Web site at http://www.ise.com, and at the Commission's Public Reference Room.
II. SelfRegulatory 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. SelfRegulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change
ISE currently creates volume data for each ISE listed option that
consists of opening buys and opening sells and closing buys and closing
sells.\5\ ISE currently uses a subset of this data, the customer
``opening only'' trade data, for its calculation of investor sentiment,
the ISE Sentiment Index[reg], or ISEE[reg], and for ISEE Select[reg].
The Commission recently approved a broader market data offering
comprised of the entire opening and closing trade data of ISE listed
options of both customers and firms, referred to by the Exchange as the
ISE Open/Close Trade Profile.\6\ The ISE Open/Close Trade Profile
offering is subdivided by origin code (i.e., customer or firm) and the
customer data is then further subdivided by order size. The volume data
is summarized by day and series (i.e., symbol, expiration date, strike
price, call or put). ISE Open/Close Trade Profile is a subscription
service, available to both members and nonmembers, and that enables
subscribers to create their own proprietary put/call calculations. The
data is compiled and formatted by ISE as an end of day file. The
Exchange charges both members and nonmembers $600 per month based on
an annual subscription \7\ for the ISE Open/Close Trade Profile market data offering.
\5\ An opening buy is a transaction that creates or increases a
long position and an opening sell is a transaction that creates or
increases a short position. A closing buy is a transaction made to
close out an existing position. A closing sell is a transaction to reduce or eliminate a long position.
\6\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 56254 (August 15, 2007), 72 FR 47104 (August 22, 2007) (SRISE200770).
\7\ The Exchange notes that while historical ISE Open/Close
Trade Profile is available on a month to month basis, the non
historical ISE Open/Close Trade Profile offering is available only
on an annual subscription basis, which the Exchange proposes to
clarify by adding the words ``With an annual subscription'' under the Notes section on its Schedule of Fees.
ISE now proposes to sell historical ISE Open/Close Trade Profile, a
market data offering comprised of the entire opening and closing trade
data of both customers and firms that dates back to May 2005, to both
members and nonmembers, on an adhoc basis or as a complete set that
dates back to May 2005. Adhoc subscribers will be able to purchase
this data for any number of months, beginning from May 2005 through the
current month. Alternatively, subscribers will be able to purchase the
entire set of this data, beginning from May 2005 through the [[Page 71989]]
current month. The data will be compiled and formatted by ISE and sold
as a zipped file. ISE proposes to charge adhoc subscribers $600 per
request for each month of data. For subscribers that want the compete
set of the data from May 2005 to the present, ISE proposes to charge a discounted fee of $500.00 for each month of data.
The Exchange believes that the proposed rule change is consistent
with section 6(b)(4) of the Act,\8\ which requires that a national
securities exchange have an equitable allocation of reasonable dues,
fees and other charges among its members and other persons using its
facilities. The Exchange states that the proposed rule filing will
provide members and nonmembers with valuable market data, and that it
has expended considerable resources, i.e., internal development costs,
purchase of servers, etc., to bring this offering to market. The
Exchange states that it took these costs into account in setting the
fees proposed for the historical ISE Open/Close Trade Profile market
data offering. This product is identical to one that the Chicago Board
Options Exchange (``CBOE'') currently sells to the marketplace called
Open/Close Data.\9\ Further, ISE states that its proposed fees for this
new historical product are cheaper than or identical to the fees that
CBOE currently charges for its Open/Close Data offering.\10\ Finally,
the Exchange notes that the fees proposed by ISE for this product,
which is available for purchase on a voluntary basis, are not
discriminatory in that the Exchange proposes to charge both members and nonmembers an identical fee.
\8\ 15 U.S.C. 78(f)(b)(4).
\9\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 55062 (January 8, 2007), 72 FR 2048 (January 17, 2007) (SRCBOE200688).
\10\ See id.
B. SelfRegulatory 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.
C. SelfRegulatory Organization's Statement on Comments on the Proposed Rule Change Received From Members, Participants or Others
The Exchange has neither solicited nor received written comments on the proposed rule change.
III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for Commission Action
Because the foregoing rule change does not: (1) Significantly
affect the protection of investors or the public interest; (2) impose
any significant burden on competition; and (3) become operative for 30
days after the date of this filing, or such shorter time as the
Commission may designate, it has become effective pursuant to section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act and Rule 19b4(f)(6) thereunder.\11\
\11\ In addition, Rule 19b4(f)(6) requires a selfregulatory
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. ISE has satisfied this requirement.
A proposed rule change filed under 19b4(f)(6) normally may not
become operative prior to 30 days after the date of filing. However,
Rule 19b4(f)(6)(iii) permits the Commission to designate a shorter
time if such action is consistent with the protection of investors and
the public interest. The Exchange has requested that the Commission
waive the 30day operative delay. The Commission believes that waiving
the 30day operative delay is consistent with the protection of
investors and the public interest because it will allow ISE to
immediately offer the historical ISE Open/Close Trade Profile data to
investors interested in subscribing.\12\ This market data product is
substantially similar to one offered by CBOE, and it appears that it
does not raise any novel regulatory issues. For these reasons, the
Commission designates the proposed rule change to be effective and operative upon filing with the Commission.
\12\ For the purposes only of waiving the 30day operative
delay, the Commission has considered the proposed rule's impact on
efficiency, competition, and capital formation. See 15 U.S.C. 78c(f).
At any time within 60 days of the filing of such proposed rule change the Commission may summarily abrogate 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.
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
All submissions should refer to File Number SRISE2007115. 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 inspection
and copying in the Commission's Public Reference Room 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. 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 SRISE2007115 and should be submitted on or before January 9, 2008.
For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated authority.\13\
\13\ 17 CFR 200.303(a)(12).
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
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