
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 13, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9175-9183]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-04555]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-85265; File No. SR-NYSEARCA-2019-08]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing 
and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Amend Rules 
7.16-E, 7.18-E, 7.31-E, 7.34-E, 7.35-E, and 7.38-E

March 7, 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 February 25, 2019, NYSE Arca, Inc. (``NYSE Arca'' or the 
``Exchange'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission 
(``SEC'' or ``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in 
Items I, II, and III below, which Items have been prepared by the 
Exchange. 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 Exchange proposes to amend Rules 7.16-E (Short Sales), 7.18-E 
(Halts), 7.31-E (Orders and Modifiers), 7.34-E (Trading Sessions), 
7.35-E (Auctions), and 7.38-E (Odd and Mixed Lots). The proposed rule 
change is available on the Exchange's website at www.nyse.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 those 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 parts of such statements.

A. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and the 
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change

1. Purpose
    The Exchange proposes to amend Rules 7.16-E (Short Sales), 7.18-E 
(Halts), 7.31-E (Orders and Modifiers), 7.34-E (Trading Sessions), 
7.35-E (Auctions), and 7.38-E (Odd and Mixed Lots). The proposed rule 
changes are intended to provide additional specificity in the 
Exchange's rules, streamline order processing when a security is halted 
or paused, and reduce operational complexity when transitioning to 
continuous trading.
Rule 7.16-E, Short Sales
    Rule 7.16-E(f) sets forth how the Exchange handles short sale 
orders when the provisions of paragraph (b)(1) of Rule 201 of 
Regulation SHO are in effect (``Short Sale Period'').\3\ The Exchange 
proposes to make two changes to Rule 7.16-E. First, the Exchange 
proposes to amend how sell short Market Orders would be processed 
during a Short Sale Period. Second, the Exchange proposes to amend how 
sell short orders in Auction-Eligible Orders would be priced before an 
auction during a Short Sale Period.
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    \3\ 17 CFR part 242.201(b)(1).
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    With respect to the processing of Market Orders, Rule 7.16-E(f)(5) 
sets forth how short sale orders are processed during a Short Sale 
Period, which is defined in Rule 7.16-E(f)(4). More specifically, Rule 
7.16-E(f)(5)(B) provides how the Exchange processes sell short Priority 
1 and Priority 3 Orders during a Short Sale Period.\4\ The

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current rule provides that such orders, which are not displayed, are 
re-priced at a Permitted Price \5\ and are continuously re-priced at a 
Permitted Price as the national best bid moves both up and down. 
Accordingly, under the current rule, during a Short Sale Period, orders 
ranked Priority 1--Market Orders, are processed in the same manner as 
orders ranked Priority 3--Non-Display Orders.
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    \4\ Pursuant to Rule 7.36-E(e)(1), an order ranked ``Priority 
1--Market Orders,'' which is referred to in Rule 7.16-E(f)(5)(B) as 
a ``Priority 1 Order'' refers to unexecuted Market Orders. Pursuant 
to Rule 7.31-E(a)(1)(A), a Market Order may be held undisplayed on 
the NYSE Arca Book. Pursuant to Rule 7.36-E(e)(3), an order ranked 
``Priority 3--Non-Display Orders,'' which is referred to in Rule 
7.16-E(f)(5)(B) as a ``Priority 3 Order'' refers to non-marketable 
Limit Orders for which the working price is not displayed, including 
the reserve interest of Reserve Orders.
    \5\ The Permitted Price is one minimum price variation above the 
current NBB. See Rule 7.16-E(f)(5)(A).
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    The Exchange proposes to change how sell short Market Orders during 
a Short Sale Period are processed during continuous trading to conform 
to how such orders are processed for an auction. As provided for in 
Commentary .01(a) to Rule 7.35-E, for purposes of pricing an auction 
and ranking orders for allocation in an auction, sell short Market 
Orders that are adjusted to a Permitted Price are processed as Limit 
Orders ranked Priority 2--Display Orders.\6\ With this proposed rule 
change, the Exchange proposes to extend the functionality currently 
applicable to sell short Market Orders during an auction to how sell 
short Market Orders would be processed during continuous trading, i.e., 
that during a Short Sale Period, sell short Market Orders would be 
converted into display orders and would be ranked and allocated as a 
displayed order. To effect this change, the Exchange proposes to delete 
references to ``Priority 1 Orders'' and ``Market Orders'' in current 
Rule 7.16-E(f)(5)(B) and add new Rule 7.16-E(f)(5)(C) that would be 
applicable only to Market Orders. Orders ranked Priority 3--Non-Display 
Orders would continue to be processed in the same manner as they are 
today under Rule 7.16-E(f)(5)(B).
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    \6\ See Commentary .01(a) to Rule 7.35-E.
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    Proposed new Rule 7.16-E(f)(5)(C) would provide that, during a 
Short Sale Period, a sell short Market Order would be ranked Priority 
2--Display Orders and would be subject to Trading Collars specified in 
Rule 7.31-E(a)(1)(B)(i).\7\ As discussed below, when a sell short 
Market Order is ranked as Priority 2--Display Orders, it would be 
assigned a limit price of one MPV above $0.00. The Exchange believes 
that applying Limit Order Price Protection when such orders are ranked 
as Priority 2--Display Orders would result in all such orders being 
rejected as being priced too far away from the NBBO.\8\ Accordingly, to 
ensure that there is a mechanism available to prevent such orders from 
causing significant price dislocation during a Sell Short Period, the 
Exchange proposes that such orders would continue to be subject to 
Trading Collars, which are applicable to Market Orders, rather than to 
Limit Order Price Protection.
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    \7\ During Core Trading Hours, the Trading Collar is based on a 
price that is a specified percentage away from the consolidated last 
sale price and is continuously updated based on market activity. If 
there is no consolidated last sale price on the same trading day, 
the Exchange uses the last Official Closing Price for the security. 
See Rule 7.31-E(a)(1)(B)(i).
    \8\ Pursuant to Rule 7.31-E(a)(2)(B), a Limit Order to buy 
(sell) is subject to Limit Order Price Protection and will be 
rejected if it is priced at or above (below) the greater of $0.15 or 
a specified percentage away from the NBO (NBB).
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    To address what would happen when a Short Sale Period is triggered 
when there is a resting Market Order on the NYSE Arca Book, proposed 
Rule 7.16-E(f)(5)(C) would further provide that if a Short Sale Period 
is triggered when an order ranked Priority 1--Market Orders is resting 
on the NYSE Arca Book, such resting order would be converted to an 
order ranked Priority 2--Display Orders. This could happen if there is 
an unexecuted Market Order that is undisplayed on the NYSE Arca Book 
pursuant to Rule 7.31-E(a)(1)(A). In such case, the resting order would 
be converted to an order ranked Priority 2--Display Orders and would be 
ranked and allocated for all purposes as a displayed order. If the 
Short Sale Period ends intraday, such order would be converted back to 
an order ranked Priority 1--Market Orders.
    While a sell short Market Order would be ranked and allocated as 
Priority 2--Display Orders during a Short Sale Period, not all 
functionality applicable to displayed orders would be applicable to 
such Market Orders. As proposed, when ranked as Priority 2--Display 
Orders, such order would be (1) assigned a limit price of one MPV above 
$0.00; (2) assigned a working and (during Core Trading Hours) a display 
price that is the higher of the Permitted Price or one MPV above the 
lower Trading Collar as determined under Rule 7.31-E(a)(1)(B)(i); and 
(3) cancelled if the Permitted Price is or becomes lower than the Lower 
Price Band, as provided in Rule 7.11-E(a)(5).
    The Exchange believes that assigning a Market Order with a limit 
price equal to one MPV above $0.00 would provide for a limit price for 
such order while it is functioning as an order ranked Priority 2--
Display Orders. However, as noted above, such limit price would not be 
used for purposes of Limit Order Price Protection. Rather, the Exchange 
proposes to continue applying the Trading Collars applicable to Market 
Orders even if such order converts to displayed interest. Next, the 
Exchange believes that assigning such order a working and display price 
(during Core Trading Hours) that is the higher of the Permitted Price 
or one MPV above the lower Trading Collar is consistent both with how 
sell short Priority 2--Display Orders are displayed and priced during a 
Short Sale Period and with the proposal that Trading Collars would 
continue to be applicable to such orders. Not displaying such orders 
until Core Trading Hours is also consistent with the continued behavior 
that such Market Orders are not eligible to trade until the Core 
Trading Session. Finally, the Exchange proposes to cancel such order if 
the Permitted Price (i.e., the displayed price of the order) is or 
becomes lower than the Lower Price Band, which is consistent with how 
Market Orders are processed pursuant to Rule 7.11-E(a)(5)(A)(i) if they 
cannot be traded or routed at prices at or within the Price Bands. In 
other words, if the Permitted Price would be a price at or below the 
Lower Price Band, the Exchange proposes to cancel such order rather 
than re-pricing it once again to the Lower Price Band, even though the 
Lower Price Band would be at a price higher than the Permitted Price. 
Thus, no short sale order would be executed (effected) at or below the 
NBB during a Short Sale Period.
    With the adoption of proposed Rule 7.16-E(f)(5)(C), the Exchange 
further proposes to re-number each of current sub-paragraphs (C)-(I) of 
Rule 7.16-E(f)(5) as (D)-(J) without making any substantive change to 
those rules.
    With respect to sell short orders and how they are priced during an 
auction, Rule 7.16-E(f)(6) states that during a Short Sale Period, a 
short sale order will be executed and displayed without regard to price 
if, at the time of initial display of the short sale order, the order 
was at a price above the then current National Best Bid (``NBB'').\9\ 
Consistent with this rule, if a short sale order is eligible to be 
displayed at that price pursuant to Rule 7.16-E(f)(6), it would remain 
at its previously displayed price for participation in an opening, 
reopening or closing auction. Otherwise, short sale orders that are 
unable to remain at their previously displayed price pursuant to Rule 
7.16-E(f)(6) are priced to a Permitted Price as required by Rule 7.16-
E(f)(5).
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    \9\ See also 17 CFR part 242.201(b)(1)(iii)(A).
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    The Exchange proposes to change this behavior and no longer apply 
the exception permitted under Rule 7.16-E(f)(6) to short sale orders 
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participate in an auction. Accordingly, during a Short Sale Period, the 
Exchange proposes to adjust the price of all short sale orders to a 
Permitted Price prior to an auction during a Short Sale Period, even if 
such orders were eligible to remain at their previously displayed price 
pursuant to Rule 7.16-E(f)(6). Short sale orders not executed in an 
auction would remain at a Permitted Price for the duration of the Short 
Sale Period.
    To effect this change, new subparagraph (8) to Rule 7.16-E(f) would 
provide that notwithstanding subparagraph (6) of Rule 7.16-E(f), with 
respect to the execution of short sale orders in a covered security in 
any auction during the Short Sale Period, the Exchange would adjust the 
working price and display price of such short sale orders in a covered 
security to a Permitted Price before such auction. Subparagraph (8) to 
Rule 7.16-E(f) would further provide that if such a short sale order is 
not executed in the applicable auction and is eligible to trade, it 
will be priced consistent with paragraph (f)(5)(A) of Rule 7.16-E. In 
other words, after the auction, it would not revert back to a 
previously-displayed price pursuant to Rule 7.16-E(f)(6). The Exchange 
believes that the proposed rule change would streamline order 
processing by adjusting the price of all short sale orders to a 
Permitted Price. The proposal is also consistent with the treatment of 
short sale orders on the Exchange's affiliate, which also re-prices all 
short sale orders in advance of an auction.\10\
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    \10\ New York Stock Exchange LLC (``NYSE'') Rule 440B(h) 
provides that with respect to the execution of short sale orders in 
a covered security in any single-priced opening, re-opening or 
closing transaction during the Short Sale Period, the NYSE will re-
price short sale orders in a covered security as follows: (1) 
Opening--one minimum price increment above the national best bid at 
9:30 a.m.; (2) Re-opening following a halt or pause in trading--one 
minimum price increment above the last published Exchange bid prior 
to such halt or pause in trading; and (3) Closing--one minimum price 
increment above the last published Exchange bid prior to the close. 
The Exchange is not proposing to re-price short sale orders to a 
price other than the Permitted Price. Unlike NYSE Rule 440B(h), 
proposed Rule 7.16E(f)(8) uses the term ``auction'' in place of 
``single-priced opening, re-opening or closing transaction'' for 
consistency with Rule 7.35-E.
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    With this proposed change, there may be circumstances when a short 
sale order displayed at a price other than a Permitted Price pursuant 
to Rule 7.16-E(f)(6) may lose the opportunity to participate in an 
auction when it re-priced to a Permitted Price for the auction. For 
example, currently, if a short sale order is displayed at $9.99 
pursuant to current Rule 7.16-E(f)(6), the Permitted Price at the time 
of the auction is $10.01 (i.e., the NBB crosses the Exchange's 
displayed offer of $9.99), and the auction is priced at $10.00, that 
sell short order would be eligible to participate in the auction.\11\ 
However, under the proposed new behavior, that sell short order would 
be re-priced to $10.01 and would not be eligible to participate in the 
auction at $10.00. Based on the Exchange's review of existing trading 
data, the Exchange believes that this would be an extremely rare event 
and would have a de minimis impact on the overall execution of short 
sale orders in auctions at the Exchange.
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    \11\ Pursuant to Rule 7.35-E(a)(6), orders are ranked for 
purposes of allocation in an auction and not all orders are 
guaranteed to participate.
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    The Exchange also proposes to make a related change to Commentary 
.01(b) to Rule 7.35-E. That Commentary provides that short sale orders 
that are included in Auction Imbalance Information, but are not 
eligible for continuous trading before the applicable auction, will be 
adjusted to a Permitted Price as the NBB moves both up and down. For 
example, for the Auction Imbalance Information for the Closing Auction, 
sell short MOC and LOC Orders, which are not eligible for continuous 
trading, are continually adjusted to a Permitted Price. With the 
proposed change to Rule 7.16-E, all short sale orders would be 
participating in an auction at a Permitted Price. Accordingly, the 
Exchange proposes to amend this Commentary to remove the clause ``but 
are not eligible for continuous trading before the applicable 
auction.'' With this proposed change, the Auction Imbalance Information 
would reflect the Permitted Price at which a short sale order would 
participate in an auction.
Rule 7.18-E, Halts \12\
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    \12\ The Exchange also proposes to delete a superfluous 
reference to the word ``Halt'' at the beginning of Rule 7.18-E.
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    Rule 7.18-E(b) states that the Exchange does not conduct Trading 
Halt Auctions in UTP Securities and sets forth how the Exchange 
processes new and existing orders in UTP securities during a UTP 
Regulatory Halt.\13\ Rule 7.18-E(b)(1) states that during a UTP 
Regulatory Halt the Exchange will cancel any unexecuted portion of 
Market Orders and orders not eligible to trade in the current trading 
session on the NYSE Arca Book. The Exchange proposes to amend this Rule 
to further provide that orders that are not displayed would also be 
cancelled during a UTP Regulatory Halt. To reflect this change, the 
Exchange proposes to amend Rule 7.18-E(b)(1) to provide that Non-
Displayed Limit Orders,\14\ Mid-Point Liquidity (``MPL'') Orders,\15\ 
Tracking Orders,\16\ Market Pegged Orders,\17\ Discretionary Pegged 
Orders,\18\ and Retail Price Improvement (``RPI'') Orders \19\ would 
also be canceled during a UTP Regulatory Halt. The Exchange believes 
that cancelling these non-displayed orders during a UTP Regulatory Halt 
would streamline order processing once trading resumes.
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    \13\ A ``UTP Regulatory Halt'' is defined in Rule 1.1 as a trade 
suspension, halt, or paused [sic] called by the UTP Listing Market 
in a UTP Security that requires all market centers to halt trading 
in that security. The terms UTP Security and UTP Listing Market are 
also defined in Rule 1.1.
    \14\ See Rule 7.31-E(d)(2).
    \15\ See Rule 7.31-E(d)(3).
    \16\ See Rule 7.31-E(d)(4).
    \17\ See Rule 7.31-E(h)(1).
    \18\ See Rule 7.31-E(h)(3).
    \19\ See Rule 7.44-E(a)(4).
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    Rule 7.18-E(c) sets forth how the Exchange processes new and 
existing orders in Exchange-listed securities during a halt or pause. 
Currently, during such a halt or pause, unexecuted Market Orders are 
cancelled and all other resting orders, including non-displayed orders, 
are maintained at their last working price and display price. The 
Exchange proposes to amend how orders in Exchange-listed securities are 
processed during a halt or pause based on whether orders are eligible 
to participate in the Trading Halt Auction.
    First, the Exchange proposes to cancel the unexecuted portion of 
non-displayed orders that are not eligible to participate in a Trading 
Halt Auction. To effect this change, the Exchange proposes to amend 
Rule 7.18-E(c)(1) to provide that any unexecuted portion of Non-
Displayed Limit Orders, MPL Orders, Tracking Orders, Market Pegged 
Orders, Discretionary Pegged Orders, and RPI Orders in an Exchange-
listed security would be cancelled during a halt or pause. This 
proposed change is consistent with the above proposal regarding how 
non-displayed orders for UTP Securities during a UTP Regulatory Halt 
would be processed under Rule 7.18-E(b)(1). The Exchange proposes to 
make this change for Exchange-listed securities as well because such 
order types are not eligible to participate in an auction.
    Second, because Market Orders are eligible to participate in a 
Trading Halt Auction, the Exchange proposes to add new paragraph (c)(2) 
to Rule 7.18-E \20\ to provide that the unexecuted quantity of a Market 
Order would be retained.\21\

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The Exchange also proposes to delete reference to Market Orders in Rule 
7.18-E(c)(1).
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    \20\ The Exchange proposes to renumber the subparagraphs in Rule 
7.18-E(c) to account for the addition new subparagraph (c)(2).
    \21\ The quantity of a Market Order to buy (sell) not traded or 
routed will remain undisplayed on the NYSE Arca Book at a working 
price of the NBO (NBB) and be eligible to trade with incoming sell 
(buy) orders at that price. See Rule 7.31-E(a)(1)(A).
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    Third, the Exchange proposes to amend Rule 7.18-E(c)(3) to provide 
that it would re-price all other resting orders on the NYSE Arca Book 
to their limit price.\22\ This proposed change would not alter how 
those orders would be ranked for purposes of a Trading Halt Auction, 
which is based on their limit price.\23\
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    \22\ The Exchange notes that it previously priced orders resting 
the NYSE Arca Book during a halt at their limit price. See 
Securities Exchange Act Release No. 78615 (August 18, 2016), 81 FR 
57986 (August 24, 2016) (SR-NYSEArca-2016-117).
    \23\ See Rule 7.35-E(a)(6)(A) (Limit Orders, LOO Orders, and LOC 
orders will be ranked based on their limit price and not the price 
at which they would participate in the auction).
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    Rule 7.18-E(c)(4), which would be renumbered as Rule 7.18-E(c)(5), 
currently provides that incoming Limit Orders designated as IOC, Cross 
Orders, Tracking Orders, Market Pegged Orders, and Discretionary Pegged 
Orders, and Retail Orders entered during a halt or pause are rejected. 
The Exchange proposes to make a related change to proposed Rule 7.18-
E(c)(5) to provide that incoming Non-Displayed Limit Orders, MPL 
Orders, and RPI Orders entered during a halt or pause would also be 
rejected.
    Because such non-displayed orders would be cancelled during a halt 
or pause, the Exchange proposes to amend Rule 7.18-E(c)(5) further to 
no longer provide that a request to cancel and replace a Tracking 
Order, Market Pegged Order, Discretionary Pegged Order, or Retail Order 
is treated as a cancellation without replacing the order. This text in 
current Rule 7.18-E(c)(4) is no longer necessary because incoming 
Tracking Orders, Market Pegged Orders, Discretionary Pegged Orders, and 
Retail Orders would be rejected and any unexecuted portion of such 
orders resting on the NYSE Arca Book would be cancelled during a halt 
or pause.
    The Exchange believes these proposed changes to Rules 7.18-E(c) 
relating to non-displayed orders are reasonable because none of these 
order types are eligible to participate in a Trading Halt Auction 
either by definition or by their operation.\24\ Rejecting or cancelling 
these orders resting on the NYSE Arca Book during a halt or pause would 
reduce operational complexity and ease order processing once the 
Trading Halt Auction occurs and the Exchange transitions to continuous 
trading.
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    \24\ Non-Displayed Limit Orders, MPL Orders, Market Pegged 
Orders, and Discretionary Pegged Orders are by definition ineligible 
to participate in auctions. See Rule 7.31-E(d)(2), (d)(3), (h)(1), 
and (h)(3), respectively. Tracking Orders are to only execute 
against orders that are in the process of being routing away and not 
against contra-side interest in an auction. See Rule 7.31-E(d)(4). 
RPI Orders must be designated as either a Non-Displayed Limit Order 
or an MPL Order, neither of which are eligible to participate in 
auctions. See Rule 7.44-E(a)(4)(d).
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Rule 7.31-E, Orders and Modifiers
    The Exchange proposes to make a number of changes to Rule 7.31-E, 
each of which are designed to streamline order processing.
    Limit Order Price Protection. As described above, Rule 7.31-
E(a)(2)(B) sets forth Limit Order Price Protection for Limit Orders and 
currently provides that a Limit Order entered before the Core Trading 
Session that becomes eligible to trade in the Core Trading Session will 
become subject to Limit Order Price Protection after the Core Opening 
Auction. With this functionality, orders not yet eligible to trade will 
not be rejected on arrival, but rather will be evaluated for Limit 
Order Price Protection when they become eligible to trade.
    The Exchange proposes a change to whether Limit Order Price 
Protection would be applied to Limit Orders in Auction-Eligible 
Securities entered during a halt or pause. As proposed, a Limit Order 
in an Auction-Eligible Security entered during a trading halt or pause, 
i.e., a period when the Exchange is not open for trading in such 
securities, would not be subject to Limit Order Price Protection. With 
this proposed change, similar to current functionality, Limit Orders in 
Auction-Eligible Securities would continue to not be subject to Limit 
Order Protection on arrival. The first opportunity for an order entered 
during a period when there is no trading in such security on the 
Exchange, i.e., during a trading halt or pause, would be the single-
priced transaction of a Trading Halt Auction. In such case, the Limit 
Order would be traded in such auction at the price of the auction and 
not at the limit price. Accordingly, the Exchange does not believe that 
Limit Order Price Protection would be necessary for such orders.
    To reflect this change, the Exchange proposes to amend Rule 7.31-
E(a)(2)(B) to provide that a Limit Order in an Auction-Eligible 
Security entered during a trading halt or pause would not be subject to 
Limit Order Price Protection.
    Re-pricing of Resting Orders. Rule 7.31-E(a)(2)(C) currently 
describes how the Exchange re-prices resting orders under specified 
circumstances. Specifically, if a BB (BO) that is locked or crossed by 
an Away Market PBO (PBB) is cancelled, executed or routed and the next 
best-priced resting Limit Order(s) on the NYSE Arca Book that would 
become the new BB (BO) would have a display price that would lock or 
cross the PBO (PBB), such Limit Order(s) to buy (sell) will be assigned 
a display price one MPV below (above) the PBO (PBB) and a working price 
equal to the PBO (PBB). Such Limit Orders are re-priced when the PBBO 
is updated, including if the Exchange receives a Day ISO that would 
result in at least a round lot being displayed as the new BBO.
    The Exchange proposes to amend this text to provide that the 
arrival of any-sized Day ISO would result in the re-pricing of such 
resting orders. The arrival of a Day ISO of any size provides the 
Exchange with notice that the ETP Holder that has entered such order 
has met the requirement under Rule 7.31-E(e)(3)(A)(ii) to 
simultaneously route one or more additional Limit Orders to trade 
against the full displayed size of any protected bids (for sell orders) 
or protected offers (for buy orders) on Away Markets. Accordingly, the 
Exchange would adjust the PBBO based on the arrival of any-sized Day 
ISO. Because the PBBO would be adjusted based on the arrival of any-
sized Day ISO, the Exchange believes it would no longer be necessary to 
wait for a round-lot sized Day ISO before re-pricing orders under Rule 
7.31-E(a)(2)(C). Accordingly, the Exchange proposes to delete the 
following text in the second sentence of current Rule 7.31-E(a)(2)(C)--
``and would result in at least a round lot being displayed as a new BB 
(BO)''--and the third and last sentence of current Rule 7.31-
E(a)(2)(C).
    The Exchange also proposes to provide additional specificity in 
Rule 7.31-E(h)(2)(B) regarding when a Primary Pegged Order's display 
price and working price would be adjusted when the PBBO is locked or 
crossed.\25\ Specifically, the Exchange proposes to specify that 
Primary Pegged Orders would be re-priced whenever a Limit Order is re-
priced pursuant to Rules 7.31-E(a)(2)(C) or 7.35-E(h)(3)(A)(ii).\26\ 
Re-pricing a Primary Pegged Order like a Limit Order pursuant to Rule 
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E(a)(2)(C) ensures that if the PBBO is locked or crossed, a resting 
Primary Pegged Order would not be re-priced to a locking or crossing 
price, for example, if the Exchange BBO changes.\27\ To effect this 
change, the Exchange proposes to amend Rule 7.31-E(h)(2)(B) to specify 
that if a resting Limit Order on the NYSE Arca Book is assigned a new 
display price and working price pursuant to Rules 7.31-E(a)(2)(C) or 
7.35-E(h)(3)(A)(ii) and the PBBO is still locked or crossed, a resting 
Primary Pegged Order would also be assigned a new display price and 
working price pursuant to Rule 7.31-E(a)(2)(C). The proposed text 
represents current functionality. The Exchange believes that this 
proposed rule change would provide clarity and transparency in Exchange 
rules of when a Primary Pegged Order would be re-priced consistent with 
Rule 7.31-E(a)(2)(C).
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    \25\ Pursuant to Rule 7.31(h)(2), a Primary Pegged Order is a 
displayed Pegged Order to buy (sell) with a working price that is 
pegged to the PBB (PBO), with no offset allowed.
    \26\ Under Rule 7.35-E(h)(3)(A)(ii), before publishing a quote 
following a Trading Halt Auction, the display price of orders that 
are marketable against a protected quotation on an Away Market will 
be adjusted consistent with Rule 7.31-E(a)(2)(C).
    \27\ For example, if the PBBO is 10.00 x 10.02, and NYSE Arca's 
BB is 10.00, a Primary Pegged Order to buy would peg to that 10.00. 
If next, an Away Market PBO is displayed at 9.98, crossing the NYSE 
Arca BB, pursuant to Rule 7.31-E(h)(2)(B), the Primary Pegged Order 
would remain displayed at 10.00. If next, the 10.00 BB on NYSE Arca 
cancels, the Primary Pegged Order would need to re-price, but at 
that point, the PBBO is crossed because of the Away Market PBO of 
9.98. In this scenario, the Primary Pegged Order would be re-priced 
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    A Primary Pegged Order is currently eligible to participate in 
auctions at its limit price. The Exchange proposes to amend Rule 7.31-
E(h)(2) to provide that Primary Pegged Orders would no longer be 
eligible to participate in the Closing Auction. Because a Primary 
Pegged Order, which intraday is pegged to display to the same-side 
PBBO, would likely need to be re-priced to its limit price in order to 
participate in the Closing Auction, the Exchange believes that making 
such orders ineligible to participate in the Closing Auction would 
streamline order processing when transition [sic] to the Closing 
Auction. This is also consistent with one other exchange that precludes 
Pegged Orders from participating in select auctions.\28\ ETP Holders 
wishing to participate in the Closing Auction could do so through the 
use of other orders types, such as Limit Orders, which like Primary 
Pegged Orders, participate in the Closing Auction at their limit price.
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    \28\ See Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (``BZX'') Rule 
11.23(a)(8)(A)(ii) (precluding Pegged Orders from participating in 
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Rule 7.34-E, Trading Sessions
    Rule 7.34-E(c)(1) describes order entry during the Early Trading 
Session.\29\ The Exchange proposes to add new subparagraph (F) to Rule 
7.34-E(c)(1) to provide that the following non-displayed orders would 
be rejected if entered before the Auction Processing Period for the 
Early Trading Session concludes: Non-Displayed Limit Orders, 
Discretionary Pegged Orders [sic],\30\ MPL Orders, Tracking Orders, and 
RPI Orders. Similar to how the Exchange proposes to cancel non-
displayed orders during halt or pause, the Exchange believes that 
rejecting these non-displayed orders when the Exchange is not engaged 
in continuous trading would reduce operational complexity when the 
Exchange transitions to continuous trading. ETP Holders seeking to 
enter theses order types may do so once the Early Trading Session 
begins.
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    \29\ The Early Trading Session begins at 4:00 a.m. Eastern Time 
and concludes at the commencement of the Core Trading Session. See 
Rule 7.34-E(a)(1). The Core Trading Session begins at 9:30 a.m. 
Eastern Time. See Rule 7.34-E(a)(2).
    \30\ The Exchange has represented that it erroneously included a 
reference to ``Discretionary Pegged Orders'' in the Purpose and 
Statutory Basis sections of the filing that describes the proposed 
changes to subparagraph (F) to Rule 7.34E(c)(1) and that the 
proposed rule text set forth in Exhibit 5 does not list 
Discretionary Pegged Orders as one of the order types proposed to be 
added therein. Telephone conversation between Ira Brandriss and 
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Rule 7.35-E, Auctions
    Rule 7.35-E(e), Trading Halt Auction. Rule 7.35-E(e)(10) states 
that if the Re-Opening Time for a Trading Halt Auction would be in the 
last ten minutes of trading before the end of Core Trading Hours, the 
Exchange will not conduct a Trading Halt Auction in that security and 
will not transition to continuous trading. Instead, the Exchange 
remains halted or paused and will conduct a Closing Auction pursuant to 
Rule 7.35-E(d). Rule 7.35-E(e)(10)(A) provides that in such case MOO 
Orders, LOO Orders, and IO Orders entered during the pause or halt will 
not participate in the Closing Auction and be cancelled.
    Consistent with the proposed change to Rule 7.31-E(h)(2), described 
above, that Primary Pegged Orders are not eligible to participate in a 
Closing Auction, the Exchange proposes to amend Rule 7.35-E(e)(10)(A) 
to also provide that Primary Pegged Orders would be rejected on arrival 
and cancelled when resting if the Exchange does not transition to 
continuous trading under these circumstances.
    Because Primary Pegged Orders may be entered prior to a halt or 
pause and because by their terms, MOO, LOO, and IO Orders are not 
eligible to participate in a Closing Auction, the Exchange further 
proposes to amend Rule 7.35-E(e)(10)(A) to delete the phrase ``entered 
during the pause or halt will not participate in the Closing Auction 
and be cancelled'' as redundant text of the proposed new text that 
would provide that all such orders would be rejected on arrival and 
cancelled when resting.
    Rule 7.35-E(h), Transition to Continuous Trading. Rule 7.35-E(h) 
sets forth how the Exchange transitions to continuous trading following 
an auction, if there is no matched volume and an auction is not 
conducted, or when transitioning from one trading session to another. 
Rule 7.35-E(h)(2)(A) provides that during the transition to continuous 
trading, an order instruction (as defined in Rule 7.35-E(g)) received 
during the Auction Imbalance Freeze, the transition to continuous 
trading, or the Auction Processing Period would be processed in time 
sequence with the processing of orders as specified in Rules 7.35-
E(h)(3)(A) or (B) if it relates to an order that was received before 
the Auction Processing Period. The Exchange proposes to amend Rule 
7.35-E(h)(2)(A) to further provide that the processing of order 
instructions described in that sentence would also apply to orders that 
have already transitioned to continuous trading. This proposed rule 
text represents current functionality and is intended to promote 
clarity and transparency in Exchange rules of when an order instruction 
would be applied to an order.
    The Exchange proposes to make a corollary amendment to Rule 7.35-
E(h)(2)(B) to provide that this subparagraph of the Rule would apply 
only to an order instruction for an order that has not yet transitioned 
to continuous trading. The Exchange also proposes to make a clarifying 
amendment to add the word ``either'' before the phrase ``the Auction 
Processing Period or the transition to continuous trading.''
    Rule 7.35-E(h)(3) sets forth how orders are processed when 
transitioning to continuous trading from a prior trading session or 
following an auction.
    The Exchange proposes to amend Rule 7.35-E(h)(3)(A)(ii) to remove 
the term ``fully-executed'' from before the reference to ``display 
quantity.'' The Exchange has amended its Reserve Order functionality 
and specifically the circumstances when a Reserve Order would be 
replenished, and the reference to ``fully-executed'' is now moot.\31\
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    \31\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 83967 (August 28, 
2018), 83 FR 44984 (September 4, 2018) (SR-NYSEArca-2018-61) 
(amending Rule 7.31-E(d)(1)(A) to state that the replenish quantity 
of a Reserve Order is either the minimum display size of the order 
or the remaining quantity of reserve interest if it is less than the 
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    Rule 7.35-E(h)(3)(B) provides that unexecuted orders that were not 
eligible to trade in the prior trading session (or were received during 
a halt or pause) or that were received during the Auction Processing 
Period, will be assigned a new working time at the end of the Auction 
Processing Period in time sequence relative to one another based on 
original entry time. The Exchange proposes to amend Rule 7.35-
E(h)(3)(B) to remove references to orders received during a halt or 
pause. As noted above, the Exchange will be reducing the number of 
orders that would be accepted during a halt or pause. Orders not 
eligible to participate in a Trading Halt Auction would no longer be 
resting or accepted during a halt or pause, and therefore, there would 
no longer be a need to assign a working time for such securities. In 
addition, orders in Exchange-listed securities that are accepted during 
a halt or pause are eligible to participate in the Trading Halt 
Auction, and therefore, the working time for such orders is the 
original entry time, as provided for in Rule 7.36-E(f)(1). The Exchange 
believes it is reasonable for new orders received during a halt or 
pause to be processed as provided for in Rule 7.36-E(f)(1) as this is 
the default processing for assigning a working time.
    The Exchange proposes a non-substantive change to number the stand 
alone paragraph following Rule 7.35-E(h)(3)(C) as paragraph (D).
Rule 7.38-E (Odd and Mixed Lots)
    The Exchange proposes to amend Rule 7.38-E relating to Odd and 
Mixed Lots. Rule 7.38-E sets forth requirements relating to odd lot and 
mixed lot trading on the Exchange. Rule 7.38-E(b) further provides that 
round lot, mixed lot, and odd lot orders are treated in the same manner 
on the Exchange, provided that the working price of an odd lot order is 
adjusted both on arrival and when resting on the Exchange Book based on 
the limit price of the order. Currently, if the limit price of an odd 
lot order to buy (sell) is at or below (above) the PBO (PBB), the order 
has a working price equal to the limit price. If the limit price of an 
odd lot order to buy (sell) is above (below) the PBO (PBB), the order 
has a working price equal to the PBO (PBB). The rule further provides 
that if the limit price of an odd lot order to buy (sell) is above 
(below) the PBO (PBB) and the PBBO is crossed, the order has a working 
price equal to the PBB (PBO).
    Under the current rule, although the working price of an odd lot 
order is adjusted based on the PBBO, the display price of an odd lot 
order ranked Priority 2--Display Orders is not adjusted based on the 
PBBO. Additionally, the rule provides that an odd lot order ranked 
Priority 2--Display Orders will not be assigned a new working time if 
its working price is adjusted under the rule. If the display price of 
an odd lot order to buy (sell) is above (below) its working price, the 
order is ranked and allocated based on its display price. As a result, 
an odd lot bid or offer can be displayed on the Exchange's proprietary 
data feeds at a price that appears to cross the PBBO, even if such 
order would not be eligible to trade at that price.
    The Exchange proposes to amend Rule 7.38-E(b) to provide that the 
display price of an odd lot order would be adjusted whenever the 
working price is adjusted. To effect this change, the Exchange proposes 
to amend current Rule 7.38-E(b)(1) to provide that the working and 
display price of an odd lot order would be adjusted both on arrival and 
when resting on the NYSE Arca Book. The Exchange further proposes to 
break current Rule 7.38-E(b)(1) into subparagraphs (A)-(C) so that the 
rule provides how odd lot orders are ranked and executed under each of 
the instances provided in the current rule that are described above.
    Proposed Rule 7.38-E(b)(1)(A) would provide that if the limit price 
of an odd lot order to buy (sell) is at or below (above) the PBO (PBB), 
the order would have a working price and display price equal to the 
limit price of the order. This proposed rule text does not change any 
functionality, but rather, provides greater specificity of what the 
display price would be when the limit price of an odd lot order is not 
through the PBBO.
    Proposed Rule 7.38-E(b)(1)(B) would provide that if the limit price 
of an odd lot order to buy (sell) is above (below) the PBO (PBB), the 
order would have a working price and display price equal to the PBO 
(PBB) unless the order's instruction requires a display price to be 
different from the PBBO. This proposed rule text represents new 
functionality that the display price of an odd lot order would be 
adjusted at the same time as the working price is currently adjusted 
for such order. This proposed amendment does not change the price at 
which such odd lot order would be eligible to trade, only the price at 
which it is displayed on the Exchange's proprietary data feeds. The 
proposed rule text includes that the display price would be adjusted to 
the contra-side PBBO unless the order's instruction requires a display 
price to be different from the PBBO to account for those order types 
that, by their terms, do not allow the display price to be equal to a 
contra-side PBBO. For example, a Non-Routable Limit Order does not have 
a display price equal to the contra-side PBBO.\32\ Accordingly, if an 
odd lot order were to be a Non-Routable Limit Order, pursuant to that 
order's instructions, it would have a display price different from the 
contra-side PBBO.
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    Proposed Rule 7.38-E(b)(1)(C) would address what the display price 
of an odd lot order would be if the PBBO is locked or crossed. The 
Exchange proposes to expand the current rule text to include locked 
markets and add that both the display price and working price would be 
adjusted to the same-side PBBO if the PBBO is locked or crossed. 
Accordingly, as proposed, if the limit price of an odd lot order to buy 
(sell) is above (below) the PBO (PBB) and the PBBO is locked or 
crossed, the order would have a working price and display price equal 
to the PBB (PBO). The proposed rule would further provide that the 
working price and the display price of such odd lot order would not be 
adjusted again until the PBBO unlocks or uncrosses.
    Additionally, the Exchange proposes to delete the last two 
sentences of current Rule 7.38-E(b)(1) regarding the display price of 
odd lot orders and their ranking given the changes proposed to the 
current rule regarding the display price of an odd lot order render 
this text moot. By deleting this rule text, the general rules governing 
when a working time is assigned to an order, as specified in Rule 7.36-
E(f)(2), would be applicable to odd lot orders.
* * * * *
    Because of the technology changes associated with this proposed 
rule change, the Exchange will announce the implementation date of this 
proposed rule change by Trader Update. The Exchange anticipates that 
the implementation date will be in the second quarter of 2019.
2. Statutory Basis
    The proposed rule change is consistent with Section 6(b) of the 
Act,\33\ in general, and furthers the objectives of Section 
6(b)(5),\34\ in particular, because it is designed to prevent 
fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices, to promote just and 
equitable principles of trade, to foster cooperation and coordination 
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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 because it 
would provide additional specificity in the Exchange's rules, 
streamline order processing when a security is halted or paused, and 
reduce operational complexity when transitioning to continuous trading.
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    \33\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
    \34\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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    Rule 7.16-E, Short Sales. The Exchange believes that the proposed 
processing of sell short Market Orders during a Short Sale Period, as 
proposed in Rule 7.16-E(f)(5)(C), would remove impediments to and 
perfect the mechanism of a fair and orderly market because it would 
standardize the processing of sell short Market Orders for both 
auctions and continuous trading. As described in Commentary .01(a) to 
Rule 7.35-E, during a Short Sale Period, sell short Market Orders are 
currently processed as Limit Orders ranked Priority 2--Display Orders. 
The Exchange believes that it would remove impediments to and perfect 
the mechanism of a free and open market and a national market system to 
extend this functionality to how sell short Market Orders are processed 
during continuous trading. The Exchange further believes that because 
Market Orders would be assigned a limit price of one MPV above $0.00, 
it would remove impediments to and perfect the mechanism of a free and 
open market for sell short Market Orders that have been converted to an 
order ranked Priority 2--Display Orders to continue to be subject to 
Trading Collars and be cancelled if the Permitted Price is equal to or 
below the Lower Price Band. The Exchange believes that the proposed 
changes will provide clarity on the short sale order handling 
procedures employed by the Exchange so that such orders are handled by 
the Exchange consistent with Regulation SHO. The Exchange also believes 
that the proposed functionality related to the processing of short sale 
orders will assist ETP Holders in executing or displaying their orders 
consistent with Regulation SHO.
    The proposed change to adopt new subparagraph (8) to Rule 7.16-E(f) 
and to make a related change to Commentary .01(b) to Rule 7.35-E would 
promote just and equitable principles of trade and remove impediments 
to, and perfect the mechanism of a free and open market and a national 
market system because it would streamline order processing by adjusting 
the working and display price of all short sale orders to a Permitted 
Price ahead of an auction with any unexecuted portion of that short 
sale order remaining at a Permitted Price following the auction for the 
remainder of the Short Sale Period. The proposal would provide for 
consistent pricing of all short sale orders during a Short Sale Period, 
even though certain short sale orders would otherwise be permitted to 
remain at their previously displayed price pursuant to Rule 7.16-
E(f)(6). The Exchange believes that situations where the NBB would 
cross the price at which an auction is conducted are rare, and 
therefore the number of sell short orders that could lose an execution 
opportunity in such circumstances would be de minimis. The proposal is 
also consistent with the treatment of short sale orders on the 
Exchange's affiliate.\35\
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    Rule 7.18-E, Halts. The proposed change to Rule 7.18-E(b) to cancel 
certain non-displayed orders in UTP Securities during a halt or pause 
promotes just and equitable principles of trade and removes impediments 
to, and perfects the mechanism of a free and open market and a national 
market system because it would reduce the operational complexity of 
processing these orders following a halt or pause.
    The proposed changes to Rules 7.18-E(c)(1) and (4) to cancel or 
reject various types of non-displayed orders in Exchange-listed 
securities during a halt or pause also promotes just and equitable 
principles of trade and removes impediments to, and perfect the 
mechanism of, a free and open market and a national market system 
because none of those orders are eligible to participate in a Trading 
Halt Auction and would reduce operational complexity when the Exchange 
transitions to continuous trading and orders are placed on the NYSE 
Arca Book.
    The proposed changes to Rule 7.18-E(c)(1) and (2) to retain Market 
Orders in Exchange-listed securities during and halt or pause promotes 
just and equitable principles of trade because it would enable those 
Market Orders to participate in the Trading Halt Auction. ETP Holders 
that do not wish that their Market Order participate in a Trading Halt 
Auction may cancel their order while the security is halted or paused.
    The proposed change to Rule 7.18-E(c)(3) to provide that the 
Exchange would re-price orders resting in the NYSE Arca Book during a 
halt or pause to their limit price fosters cooperation and coordination 
with persons engaged in facilitating transactions in securities because 
it would align the pricing of those orders with price at which they 
would be ranked for purposes of the Trading Halt Auction.\36\
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    \36\ See Rule 7.35-E(a)(6)(A) (Limit Orders, LOO Orders, and LOC 
orders will be ranked based on their limit price and not the price 
at which they would participate in the auction).
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    Rule 7.31-E, Orders and Modifiers. The proposed change to Rule 
7.31-E(a)(2)(B) to not subject a Limit Order in an Auction-Eligible 
Security entered during a halt or pause to Limit Order Price Protection 
removes impediments to, and perfects the mechanism of, a free and open 
market and a national market system because it is consistent with other 
provisions of Rule 7.31-E(a)(2)(B) under which an order would not be 
subject to Limit Order Protection on arrival before they are eligible 
to trade. The first opportunity such order would have to trade would be 
a single-priced transaction of a Trading Halt Auction. In such case, 
the Limit Order would be traded in such auction at the price of the 
auction and not at the limit price. Accordingly, the Exchange does not 
believe that Limit Order Price Protection would be necessary for such 
orders. The proposal would also provide additional specificity in the 
Exchange's rules because Limit Orders are not eligible to trade during 
a halt or pause and, therefore, should not be subject to Limit Order 
Price Protection.
    The Exchange also believes the proposed change to Rule 7.31-
E(a)(2)(C) would remove impediments to and perfect the mechanism of a 
free and open market and a national market system by providing 
specificity regarding when resting orders would be re-priced due to the 
arrival of a Day ISO. Specifically, as proposed, because any-sized Day 
ISO would result in a new PBBO, it is not necessary for an arriving Day 
ISO to result in a round lot or more being displayed as a new BBO 
before resting orders would be re-priced under Rule 7.31-E(a)(2)(C). 
The Exchange therefore believes that this proposed change would remove 
impediments to and perfect the mechanism of a free and open market and 
a national market system because it would promote the display of orders 
at their limit price without locking or crossing the PBBO.
    Similarly, amending Rule 7.31-E(h)(2)(B) to describe when a resting 
Primary Pegged Order would be re-priced pursuant to Rule 7.31-
E(a)(2)(C) or Rule 7.35-E(h)(3)(A)(ii) removes impediments to, and 
perfects the mechanism of, a free and open market and a national market 
system because it does not propose new functionality, but rather, 
provides additional specificity in the Exchange's rules regarding the 
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such that it prevents a resting Primary Pegged Order from being re-
priced to peg to a locked or crossed market. This change does not alter 
the operation of Primary Pegged Orders. Rather, it would further 
clarify the Exchange's rules regarding when a Primary Pegged Order 
would be re-priced to avoid pegging to a locked or crossed PBBO.
    The additional proposed changes to Primary Pegged Orders remove 
impediments to and perfects the mechanism of a free and open market and 
a national market system because prohibiting Primary Pegged Orders from 
participating in the Closing Auction would streamline order processing 
in the Closing Auction process. ETP Holders wishing to participate in 
the Closing Auction may do so through the use of other orders types, 
such as Limit Orders, which like Primary Pegged Orders, participate in 
the Closing Auction at their limit price. The Exchange notes that not 
allowing Primary Pegged Orders in the Closing Auction is similar to the 
rules of another exchange that prohibits the entry of pegging orders in 
select auctions.\37\
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    \37\ See BZX Rule 11.23(a)(8)(A)(ii) (precluding Pegged Orders 
from participating in an IPO Auction). See also Securities Exchange 
Act Release No. 77476 (March 30, 2016), 81 FR 19661 (April 5, 2016) 
(SR-BATS-2016-17) (Approval Order) (stating that refining the types 
of orders processed in an IPO Auction and/or those that would be 
placed onto the BATS Book following such IPO Auction would simplify 
and reduce the complexity of the IPO Auction for BATS listed 
corporate securities). BZX further argued that the proposal would 
aid in ensuring a robust, but streamlined, IPO Auction process for a 
newly listed corporate securities. Id. at 19662.
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    Rule 7.34-E, Trading Sessions. The proposed changes to Rule 7.34-
E(c) promote just and equitable principles of trade and remove 
impediments to, and perfect the mechanism of, a free and open market 
and a national market system because rejecting Non-Displayed Limit 
Orders, Discretionary Pegged Orders [sic], MPL Orders, Tracking Orders, 
and RPI Orders entered before the Auction Processing Period for the 
Early Open Auction concludes would reduce operational complexity when 
the Exchange transitions to continuous trading. It would also 
streamline order processing when the Exchange begins continuous trading 
by reducing the operational complexity of processing these orders 
following a halt or pause. ETP Holders seeking to enter theses order 
types may do so once the Early Trading Session begins.
    Rule 7.35-E, Auctions. The proposed change to Rule 7.35-E(e)(10) to 
reject on arrival and cancel MOO Orders, LOO Orders, IO Orders, and 
Primary Pegged Orders when resting on the NYSE Arca Book during a halt 
or pause when the Re-Opening Time for a Trading Halt Auction would be 
in the last 10 minutes of trading before the end of Core Trading Hours 
removes impediments to, and perfects the mechanism of, a free and open 
market and a national market system because, as described above, such 
order types would not be eligible to participate in a Closing Auction.
    The proposed changes to Rule 7.35-E(h)(2) would also remove 
impediments to, and perfect the mechanism of, a free and open market 
and a national market system because it adds further specificity to the 
Exchange's rules regarding how order instruction (as defined in Rule 
7.35-E(g)) are processed before and after the order transitions to 
continuous trading. The proposed rule change does not alter the manner 
in which the Exchange processes order instructions. Rather, the 
proposal provides additional specificity within the Exchange's rules, 
thereby removing any ambiguity and avoiding potential investor 
confusion.
    The proposed change to Rule 7.35-E(h)(3)(A)(ii) perfects the 
mechanism of a free and open market and a national market system 
because conforms the rule to a recent change to the description of 
Reserve Orders under Rule 7.31-E(d)(1)(A) to specify that the replenish 
quantity of a Reserve Order may not be the full display quantity.\38\
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    The proposed change to Rule 7.35-E(h)(3)(B) to process orders 
received during a halt or pause consistent with Rule 7.36-E(f)(1) is 
consistent with the proposed changes, described above, limiting the 
orders that are accepted during a halt or pause to those order types 
that are eligible to participate in a Trading Halt Auction. The 
Exchange believes that it would remove impediments to and perfect the 
mechanism of a free and open market and a national market system to 
apply the default process for assigning a working time to such orders.
    The non-substantive changes to Rules 7.18-E and 7.35-E(h)(3) 
promote just and equitable principles of trade because they are 
designed to promote clarity and consistency in Exchange rules.
    Rule 7.38--Odd and Mixed Lots. The Exchange believes that the 
proposed processing of odd lot orders would remove impediments to and 
perfect the mechanism of a fair and orderly market because the proposed 
change would align the working price and display price of odd lot 
orders. The proposed change would not alter the price at which an odd 
lot order would be eligible to trade, but rather, would provide greater 
transparency regarding what price an odd lot order would trade by 
aligning the display price of such order with its working price. The 
Exchange believes that this proposed rule change would further remove 
impediments to and perfect the mechanism of a free and open market and 
a national market system by reducing the potential for an odd lot order 
to appear on the Exchange's proprietary data feeds as though it is 
locking or crossing the PBBO. The Exchange further believes the 
proposed rule change, which proposes to assign a display price that is 
equal to the working price for odd lot orders, would remove impediments 
to and perfect the mechanism of a fair and orderly market because it 
would promote transparency in the ranking and execution of such orders. 
Additionally, the Exchange believes the proposed change to how the 
working time of an odd lot order would be adjusted would remove 
impediments to and perfect the mechanism of a free and open market by 
aligning the processing of odd lot orders with the standard manner by 
which the working time is assigned to an order, as provided for in Rule 
7.36-E(f)(2).

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 proposed changes to 
Rules 7.18-E, 7.31-E, 7.34-E and 7.35-E are designed to provide 
additional specificity to the Exchange's rules, reduce operational 
complexity during a halt or pause, and streamline order processing when 
transitioning to continuous trading following an auction. The proposed 
changes to Rules 7.16-E, 7.31-E, 7.38-E are also designed to provide 
additional specificity to the Exchange's rules and reduce operational 
complexity by (i) aligning the display price of an odd lot order with 
its working price, (ii) converting sell short Market Orders to 
displayed interest and adjusting the working and display price of short 
sale orders prior to an auction to the Permitted Price, (iii) 
clarifying that Primary Pegged Orders would not be re-priced to a 
locked or crossed PBBO, and (iv) promoting transparency in the ranking 
and execution of odd lot orders. These proposed changes should, 
therefore, promote competition by enhancing the Exchange's rules to 
provide greater specificity to market participants and improving the 
efficiency of the Exchange's order

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handling processes. The non-substantive changes to Rule 7.18-E and 
subparagraphs (B) and (D) of Rule 7.35-E(h)(3) would have no an impact 
on competition because they do not amend or alter the operation of 
either rule.

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

    The Exchange has filed the proposed rule change pursuant to Section 
19(b)(3)(A)(iii) of the Act \39\ and Rule 19b-4(f)(6) thereunder.\40\ 
Because the proposed rule change does not: (i) Significantly affect the 
protection of investors or the public interest; (ii) impose any 
significant burden on competition; and (iii) become operative prior to 
30 days from the date on which it was filed, or such shorter time as 
the Commission may designate, if consistent with the protection of 
investors and the public interest, the proposed rule change has become 
effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act and Rule 19b-
4(f)(6)(iii) thereunder.
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    \40\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6).
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    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 19(b)(2)(B) \41\ of the Act to determine whether the proposed 
rule change should be approved or disapproved.
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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 rule-comments@sec.gov. Please include 
File Number SR-NYSEARCA-2019-08 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-NYSEARCA-2019-08. 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 this filing will also 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-NYSEARCA-2019-08, and should be 
submitted on or before April 3, 2019.
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    \42\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\42\
Eduardo A. Aleman,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-04555 Filed 3-12-19; 8:45 am]
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