Cboe Options Exchanges Rule Filings

Rule filings are not effective until approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), with the exception of certain types of rule filings that may take effect upon filing with the SEC if they meet the conditions specified under Section 19 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 19b-4 thereunder. Below are pending rule filings submitted by the Exchange, followed by rule changes that have been approved by the SEC or became immediately effective pursuant to the Exchange Act.

Pending Rule Changes

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SR-CboeBZX-2024-026: April 15, 2024; The Exchange proposes to amend Rule 14.11(l).
SR-CboeBZX-2024-018: February 22, 2024; The Exchange proposes to list and trade shares of the Franklin Ethereum ETF under BZX Rule 14.11(e)(4), Commodity-Based Trust Shares.
SR-CboeBZX-2024-007: January 25, 2024; The Exchange proposes to amend the definition of Retail Order, and codify interps and policies regarding permissible uses of algorithms by RMOs.
SR-CboeBZX-2024-006: January 8, 2024; The Exchange proposes to amend Rule 11.9(c)(6) and 11.13(a)(4)(D) to permit the use of BZX Post Only Orders at prices below $1.00.
SR-CboeBZX-2024-004: January 2, 2024; The Exchange proposes to adopt a CAT Fee Schedule.
SR-CboeBZX-2023-101: December 5, 2023; The Exchange proposes to list and trade shares of the Pando Asset Spot Bitcoin Trust under BZX Rule 14.11(e)(4), Commodity-Based Trust Shares.
SR-CboeBZX-2023-095 Amendment No. 1: March 18, 2024; The Exchange proposes an amendment to SR-CboeBZX-2023-095.
SR-CboeBZX-2023-095: November 17, 2023; The Exchange proposes to list and trade shares of the Fidelity Ethereum Fund, under BZX Rule 14.11(e)(4), Commodity-Based Trust Shares.
SR-CboeBZX-2023-087: October 20, 2023; The Exchange proposes to list and trade shares of the Invesco Galaxy Ethereum ETF under BZX Rule 14.11(e)(4), Commodity-Based Trust Shares.
SR-CboeBZX-2023-070 Amendment No. 1: February 14, 2024; The Exchange proposes an amendment to SR-CboeBZX-2023-070.
SR-CboeBZX-2023-070: September 6, 2023; The Exchange proposes to list and trade shares of the ARK 21Shares Ethereum ETF under BZX Rule 14.11(e)(4), Commodity-Based Trust Shares.
SR-CboeBZX-2023-069 Amendment No. 1: February 16, 2024; The Exchange proposes an amendment to SR-CboeBZX-2023-069.
SR-CboeBZX-2023-069: September 6, 2023; The Exchange proposes to list and trade shares of the VanEck Ethereum ETF, under BZX Rule 14.11(e)(4), Commodity-Based Trust Shares.
SR-CboeBZX-2023-062: August 14, 2023; The Exchange proposes to amend the initial period after commencement of trading of a series of ETF Shares on the Exchange as it relates to the holders of record and/or beneficial holders, as provided in Exchange Rule 14.11(l).

Approved and Immediately Effective Rule Changes

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SR-CboeBZX-2018-096: December 26, 2018; The Exchange proposes a rule change related to fees as they apply to the equity options platform.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-095: December 21, 2018; The Exchange proposes to replace the current logical port fee with a new match capacity fee.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-094: December 20, 2018; The Exchange proposes a rule change to list and trade under BZX Rule 14.11(c)(4) shares of the VanEck Vectors Short High-Yield Municipal Index ETF of the VanEck Vectors ETF Trust.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-093: December 20, 2018; The Exchange proposes a rule change to extend the Penny Pilot Program.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-092: December 18, 2018; The Exchange proposes to adopt definitions of ports and discontinue bulk order functionality and implement bulk message functionality.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-090: December 18, 2018; The Exchange proposes to amend the Halt Auction process.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-089: December 18, 2018; The Exchange proposes a rule change to list and trade shares from a series of funds of the VanEck Vectors ETF Trust under BZX Rule 14.11(c)(4), which governs the listing and trading of index fund shares based on fixed income securities indices.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-087: December 3, 2018; The Exchange proposes to amend the BZX Equities Fees Schedule.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-086: November 29, 2018; The Exchange proposes to amend its provision related to its Risk Monitor Mechanism.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-085: November 28, 2018; The Exchange proposes a rule change to list and trade shares of the Cambria Global Momentum ETF under Rule 14.11(i), Managed Fund Shares.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-084: November 23, 2018; The Exchange proposes a rule change to list up to 10 long-term options on SPY.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-083: November 13, 2018; The Exchange proposes to modify certain Routing Fees.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-082: November 6, 2018; The Exchange proposes a rule change to modify the handling of market orders to sell in no-bid series.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-079 Amendment No. 1: October 29, 2018; The Exchange proposes an amendment to SR-CboeBZX-2018-079.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-079: October 18, 2018; The Exchange proposes a rule change to establish how the BZX Official Closing Price would be determined for BZX-listed securities.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-078 Amendment No. 1: December 3, 2018; The Exchange proposes an amendment to SR-CboeBZX-2018-078.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-078: October 9, 2018; The Exchange proposes a rule change to list and trade shares of the WisdomTree Long-Term Treasury PutWrite Strategy Fund, WisdomTree Corporate Bond PutWrite Strategy Fund, WisdomTree International PutWrite Strategy Fund, and WisdomTree Emerging Markets PutWrite Strategy Fund, each a series of WisdomTree Trust.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-077 Amendment No. 1: February 20, 2019; The Exchange proposes an amendment to SR-CboeBZX-2018-077.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-077: November 2, 2018; The Exchange proposes a rule change to list and trade shares of the JPMorgan Inflation Managed Bond ETF of the J.P. Morgan Exchange-Traded Fund Trust under Rule 14.11(i), Managed Fund Shares.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-076 Amendment No. 2: November 30, 2018; The Exchange proposes a second amendment to SR-CboeBZX-2018-076.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-076 Amendment No. 1: November 8, 2018; The Exchange proposes an amendment to SR-CboeBZX-2018-076.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-076: October 2, 2018; The Exchnage proposes a rule change to list and trade shares of the FormulaFolios Sector Rotation ETF, a series of the Northern Lights Fund Trust IV, under Rule 14.11(i), Managed Fund Shares.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-075: October 1, 2018; The Exchange proposes a rule change to add certain fees related to the listing and trading of options that overlie the Russell 2000 Index (“RUT options”).
SR-CboeBZX-2018-074: September 28, 2018; The Exchange proposes to: (1) establish Purge Ports for equities trading and amend the Interpretations and Policies to Rule 11.13, Order Execution and Routing, to reflect the proposed Purge Ports, and (2) modify the fee schedule applicable to the Exchange’s equities platform (“BZX Equities”) to identify and to set fees for Purge Ports.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-072: September 26, 2018; The Exchange proposes a rule change to list and trade shares of the JPMorgan Municipal ETF and JPMorgan Ultra-Short Municipal ETF of the J.P. Morgan Exchange-Traded Fund Trust under Rule 14.11(i), Managed Fund Shares.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-071: September 14, 2018; The Exchange proposes a rule change relating to the Securities Industry Essentials ("SIE") Examination.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-070: August 30, 2018; The Exchange proposes to list and trade under BZX Rule 14.11(c)(4) the shares of the iShares iBonds Dec 2025 Term Muni Bond ETF of iShares Trust.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-069: August 27, 2018; The Exchange proposes a rule change to delete obsolete language regarding the timing of listing long-term options series.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-066: October 11, 2018; The Exchange proposes to permit the listing and trading of P.M.-settled series on certain broad-based index options on a pilot basis.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-065: August 16, 2018; The Exchange proposes a rule change related to fees.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-064: August 16, 2018; The Exhange proposes to amend certain representations made in a proposed rule change previously filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 19b-4 relating to the Innovator S&P 500 Buffer ETFs.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-063: August 10, 2018; The Exchange proposes a rule chnage to modify the fee schedule applicable to the Exchange's options platform to amend the rate of its Options Regulatory Fee.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-061: August 9, 2018; The Exchange proposes a rule change to implement changes to its fee schedule for its equity options platform to clarify how the Options Regulatory Fee is assessed and collected.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-060: August 9, 2018; The Exchange proposes a rule change related to fees.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-058 Amendment No. 2: September 24, 2018; The Exchange proposes a second amendment to SR-CboeBZX-2018-058.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-058 Amendment No. 1: September 18, 2018; The Exchange proposes an amendment to SR-CboeBZX-2018-058.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-058: August 2, 2018; The Exchange proposes a rule change to permit the listing and trading of options that overlie the Mini-SPX Index, the Russell 2000 Index, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-057: August 1, 2018; The Exchange proposes a rule change to amend Rule 1.5(c), which defines the After Hours Trading Session, to allow trading until 8:00 p.m. ET.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-051: July 11, 2018; The Exchange proposes a rule change to amend the operation of the Super Aggressive order instruction under paragraph (b)(4)(C) of Exchange Rule 11.13.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-050: July 5, 2018; The Exchange proposes a rule change related to fees.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-049: June 26, 2018; The Exchange proposes to extend the Penny Pilot Program.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-047 Amendment No. 4: October 8, 2018; The Exchange proposes a fourth amendment to SR-CboeBZX-2018-047.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-047 Amendment No. 2: September 24, 2018; The Exchange proposes a second amendment to SR-CboeBZX-2018-047.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-047: June 21, 2018; The Exchange proposes to amend its listing rules in Rule 14.8, General Listing Requirements - Tier I, in order to add listing standards applicable to Closed-End Funds.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-046: June 21, 2018; The Exchange proposes to amend the fees applicable to securities listed on the Exchange, which are set forth in BZX Rule 14.13, Company Listing Fees.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-042: June 18, 2018; The Exchange proposes to add a new optional order type modifier to be known as Non-Displayed Swap.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-039: June 1, 2018; The Exchange proposes a rule change related to fees.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-038: June 1, 2018; The Exchange proposes a rule change related to fees as they apply to the equity options platform.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-037: June 1, 2018; The Exchange proposes a rule change related to fees.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-036: May 24, 2018; The Exchange filed a proposal to amend a representation made in a proposed rule change previously approved by the Commission relating to the listing and trading of the iShares Inflation Hedged Corporate Bond ETF.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-035: May 14, 2018; The Exchange proposed a rule change to amend Rule 2.12 to add Cboe Options and C2 Options to the list of affiliated exchanges with respect to Cboe Trading’s role as an inbound router to Cboe exchanges.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-034: May 9, 2018; The Exchange proposes to amend a representation made in a rule change previously approved by the Commission relating to the listing and trading of the iShares Gold Strategy ETF, a series of the iShares U.S. ETF Trust.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-033: May 3, 2018; The Exchange proposes to list and trade under BZX Rule 14.11(c)(4) the shares of the iShares Long-Term National Muni Bond ETF of iShares Trust.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-032: May 1, 2018; The Exchange filed a proposal to amend a representation made in a proposed rule change previously filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 19b-4 relating to the Cambria Sovereign Bond ETF f/k/a Cambria Sovereign High Yield Bond ETF.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-031: May 1, 2018; The Exchange proposes a rule change related to fees as they apply to the equity options platform.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-030: May 1, 2018; The Exchange proposes a rule change related to fees.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-029: April 17, 2018; The Exchange proposes a rule change to allow the Horizons Cadence Hedged US Dividend Yield ETF, a series of the Horizons ETF Trust I, to hold listed options contracts in a manner that does not comply with Rule 14.11(i), Managed Fund Shares.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-027: April 5, 2018; The Exchange proposes a rule change related to fees as they apply to the equity options platform.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-026: April 2, 2018; The Exchange proposes to modify Rule 21.9 to modify the description of two existing routing strategies and to adopt a new routing strategy.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-025: March 29, 2018; The Exchange proposes a rule change to modify criteria for listing an option on an underlying covered security.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-023: March 29, 2018; The Exchange proposes a rule change related to fees.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-022: March 16, 2018; The Exchange proposes to amend paragraph (c)(5) of Exchange Rule 11.9 describing the operation of Minimum Quantity Orders.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-020: March 8, 2018; The Exchange proposes to amend its listing rules under Rule 14.11(d)(2)(K)(i) related to Equity Index-Linked Securities.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-019 Amendment No. 3: August 14, 2018; The Exchange proposes a third amendment to SR-CboeBZX-2018-019.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-019 Amendment No. 2: May 17, 2018; The Exchange proposes a second amendment to SR-CboeBZX-2018-019.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-019 Amendment No. 1: April 25, 2018; The Exchange proposes an amendment to SR-CboeBZX-2018-019.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-019: March 2, 2018; The Exchange proposes to list and trade shares of eighteen different series of the Trust under Rule 14.11(i), which governs the listing and trading of Managed Fund Shares.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-017: March 6, 2018; The Exchange proposes to amend the Market Data section of the fee schedule applicable to its equity options platform .
SR-CboeBZX-2018-016: February 28, 2018; The Exchange proposes to delist the shares of the iShares Edge U.S. Fixed Income Balanced Risk ETF from listing pursuant to Rule 14.11(i) and approval orders issued by the Commission as a series of Managed Fund Shares, and to re-list pursuant to Rule 14.11(c)(4) as a series of Index Fund Shares.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-015: March 1, 2018; The Exchange proposes a rule change related to fees.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-013: February 20, 2018; The Exchange proposes to introduce a new data feed on its equity options platform to be known as BZX Options Top.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-012: February 15, 2018; The Exchange proposes a rule change to permit listing of Monday SPY Expiration options.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-011: February 6, 2018; The Exchange filed a rule change to temporarily amend Rule 11.23(d)(2)(E) relating to the Halt Auction Collar for a Halt Auction for REX VolMAXX Short Weekly Futures Strategy ETF.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-009: February 1, 2018; The Exchange proposes a rule change related to fees as they apply to the equity options platform.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-008: January 31, 2018; The Exchange proposes a rule change related to fees as they apply to the equity options platform.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-007: January 31, 2018; The Exchange proposes a rule change related to fees.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-006: January 25, 2018; The Exchange proposes to update Rule 21.1, definitions, to adopt a new Time in Force and to modify an existing Time in Force applicable to the Exchange's equity options platform.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-005 Amendment No. 1: April 18, 2018; The Exchange proposes an amendment to SR-CboeBZX-2018-005.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-005: January 10, 2018; The Exchange proposes to list and trade shares of the Cboe Vest S&P 500 Premium Income ETF, a series of ETF Series Solutions, under Rule 14.11(c)(5), Index Fund Shares.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-003: January 8, 2018; The Exchange proposes to amend the Market Data section of its fee schedule to harmonize the definition of "Non-Professional User" with that of its affiliates.
SR-CboeBZX-2018-002: January 17, 2018; The Exchange proposes to amend the Market Data section of its fee schedule to harmonize the definition of "Non -Professional User" with that of its affiliates.