68 FR 216 pgs. 63158-63159 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc. To Amend Rule 6.8, Interpretation and Policy .01, Relating to the Retail Automatic Execution System
Type: NOTICEVolume: 68Number: 216Pages: 63158 - 63159
Docket number: [Release No. 34-48721; File No. SR-CBOE-2003-42]
FR document: [FR Doc. 03-28078 Filed 11-6-03; 8:45 am]
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Release No. 34-48721; File No. SR-CBOE-2003-42]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc. To Amend Rule 6.8, Interpretation and Policy .01, Relating to the Retail Automatic Execution System
October 30, 2003.
Pursuant to section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act")1and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,2notice is hereby given that on October 1, 2003, the Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc. ("CBOE" or "Exchange") 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 CBOE. The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons.
Footnotes:
1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
2 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance of the Proposed Rule Change
The CBOE proposes to amend CBOE Rule 6.8, Interpretation and Policy .01 to allow broker-dealer orders that are eligible for execution on CBOE's Retail Automatic Execution System ("RAES") to automatically execute against limit orders on the CBOE book in classes designated by the appropriate Floor Procedure Committee. The text of the proposed rule change is set forth below. Proposed new language is in italics.
Rule 6.8RAES Operations
(a)-(g) No change.
* * * Interpretations and Policies
.01 (a) Notwithstanding Rule 6.8(c)(ii), the appropriate Floor Procedure Committee ("FPC") may determine, by class and/or series to allow the following types of orders to be executed on RAES in accordance with the requirements of Rule 6.8, subject to the conditions set forth below in subparagraphs (b) and (c):
1. Broker-dealer orders; or
2. Broker-dealer orders that are not for the accounts of market-makers or specialists on an exchange who are exempt from the provisions of Regulation T of the Federal Reserve Board pursuant to section 7(c)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
(b) The appropriate FPC may permit broker-dealer orders to be automatically executed pursuant to this Interpretation and Policy .01, subject to the following provisions:
1. Broker-dealer orders entered through the Exchange's order routing system will not be automatically executed against orders in the limit order book unless permitted on a class-by-class basis by the appropriate Floor Procedure Committee. Broker-dealer orders may interact with orders in the limit order book only after being re-routed to a floor broker for representation in the trading crowd. Broker-dealer orders are not eligible to be placed in the limit order book pursuant to Rule 7.4.
2. The maximum order size eligibility for the broker-dealer orders may be less than the applicable order size eligibility for non-broker-dealer orders.
3. Non-broker-dealer orders may be eligible for automatic execution at the NBBO pursuant to Interpretations and Policies .02 of Rule 6.8, while broker-dealer orders may not be so eligible. In the event broker-dealer orders are not so eligible, they shall instead route to either PAR or BART.
4. The appropriate FPC may determine, by class and/or series, to prohibit access to RAES for broker-dealer orders after 3 pm.
(c) CBOE market-makers must assure that orders for their own accounts are not entered on the Exchange and represented or executed in violation of the following provisions: Interpretations and Policies .02 of Rule 6.55 and Interpretations and Policies .06 of Rule 8.9 (concurrent representation of a joint account), Rule 6.55 (concurrent representation of a market-maker account), and section 9 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (wash sales).
.02-.09No change.
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 CBOE 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 CBOE 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's RAES system was created to allow for the automatic execution of retail customer options orders against CBOE market makers at their disseminated prices. In 1999, the Exchange expanded the RAES system to allow incoming RAES orders to execute against customer limit orders on the CBOE book when such booked orders constitute the CBOE's best bid/offer.3Recently, the Exchange has allowed broker-dealer orders to be executed on RAES in classes/series designated by the appropriate Floor Procedure Committee.4
Footnotes:
3 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 41995 (October 8, 1999), 64 FR 56547 (October 20, 1999) (SR-CBOE-99-29).
4 See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 45967 (May 20, 2002), 67 FR 37888 (May 30, 2002) (SR-CBOE-2002-22); 46113 (June 25, 2002), 67 FR 44486 (July 2, 2002) (SR-CBOE-2002-35); and 46598 (October 3, 2002), 67 FR 63478 (October 11, 2002) (SR-CBOE-2002-56).
The Exchange now proposes to allow broker-dealer orders that are eligible for execution on RAES pursuant to CBOE Rule 6.8, Interpretation and Policy .01 to automatically execute against customer limit orders on the CBOE's book in classes designated by the appropriate Floor Procedure Committee.
2. Statutory Basis
Because the proposed rule change will expand the number of orders eligible to trade automatically with booked customer limit orders, the Exchange believes the proposed rule change is consistent with section 6(b)5of the Act in general, and furthers the objectives of section 6(b)(5)6of the Act in particular, because it is designed to promote just and equitable principles of trade, 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.
Footnotes:
5 15 U.S.C. 78f.
6 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition
The Exchange believes that the proposed rule change will not impose any burden on competition that is not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the Act.
C. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Comments on the Proposed Rule Change Received From Members, Participants or Others
No written comments were solicited or received with respect to the proposed rule change.
III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for Commission Action
Within 35 days of the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register or within such longer period (i) as the Commission may designate up to 90 days of such date if it finds such longer period to be appropriate and publishes its reasons for so finding or (ii) as to which the CBOE consents, the Commission will:
(A) By order approve such proposed rule change, or
(B) Institute proceedings to determine whether the proposed rule change should be disapproved.
IV. Solicitation of Comments
Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views and arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether the proposal is consistent with the Act. Persons making written submissions should file six copies thereof with the Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street NW., Washington, DC 20549-0609. 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. Copies of such filing will also be available for inspection and copying at the principal office of CBOE. All submissions should refer to File No. SR-CBOE-2003-42 and should be submitted by November 28, 2003.
For the Commission, by the Division of Market Regulation, pursuant to delegated authority.7
Footnotes:
7 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
Jill M. Peterson,
Assistant Secretary.
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