Options 7 Pricing Schedule
(a) Removal of Days for Purposes of Volume Pricing Tiers:
(1) (A) Any day that the Exchange announces
in advance that it will not be open for trading will be excluded from the options tier calculations set
forth in its Pricing Schedule; and (B) any day with a scheduled early market close ("Scheduled Early
Close") may be excluded from the options volume tier calculations only pursuant to paragraph (3) below.
(2) The Exchange may exclude the following days
("Unanticipated Events") from the options volume tier calculations only pursuant to paragraph (3) below,
specifically any day that: (A) the market is not open for the entire trading day, (B) the
Exchange instructs members in writing to route their orders to other markets, (C) the Exchange is
inaccessible to members during the 30-minute period before the opening of trade due to an Exchange system
disruption, or (D) the Exchange's system experiences a disruption that lasts for more than 60 minutes
during regular trading hours.
(3) If a day is to be excluded as a result of
paragraph (1)(B) or (2) above, the Exchange will exclude the day from any member's monthly options volume
tier calculations as follows:
(A) the Exchange may exclude from the ADV
calculation any Scheduled Early Close or Unanticipated Event; and
(B) the Exchange may exclude from any other
applicable options volume tier calculation provided for in its Pricing Schedule (together with (3)(A),
"Volume Tier Calculations") any Scheduled Early Close or Unanticipated Event.
provided, in each case, that the Exchange will only
remove the day for members that would have a lower Volume Tier Calculation with the day included.
(b) Fee Disputes. All fee disputes concerning fees which are billed by the Exchange must be submitted to the Exchange in
writing and must be accompanied by supporting documentation. All fee disputes must be submitted no later
than sixty (60) calendar days after receipt of a billing invoice.
(c) Definitions. For purposes of assessing fees, the following references should serve as guidance. Fees and rebates are
listed per contract per leg unless otherwise noted.
An "Affiliated Entity" is a relationship between an Appointed Market Maker and an Appointed OFP for purposes
of qualifying for certain pricing specified in the Schedule of Fees. Market Makers and OPs are required to
send an email to the Exchange to appoint their counterpart, at least 3 business days prior to the last day
of the month to qualify for the next month. The Exchange will acknowledge receipt of the emails and specify
the date the Affiliated Entity is eligible for applicable pricing, as specified in the Pricing Schedule.
Each Affiliated Entity relationship will commence on the 1st of a month and may not be terminated prior to
the end of any month. An Affiliated Entity relationship will automatically renew each month until or unless
either party terminates earlier in writing by sending an email to the Exchange at least 3 business days
prior to the last day of the month to terminate for the next month. Affiliated Members may not qualify as a
counterparty comprising an Affiliated Entity. Each Member may qualify for only one (1) Affiliated Entity
relationship at any given time.
An "Affiliated Member" is a Member that shares at least 75% common ownership with a particular Member
as reflected on the Member's Form BD, Schedule A.
An "Appointed Market Maker" is a Market Maker who has been appointed by an OFP for purposes of
qualifying as an Affiliated Entity.
An "Appointed OFP" is an OFP who has been appointed by a Market Maker for purposes of qualifying as an
Affiliated Entity.
A "Broker-Dealer" order is an order submitted by a member for a broker-dealer account that is not its
own proprietary account.
A "Complex Order" is any order involving the simultaneous purchase and/or sale of two or more
different options series in the same underlying security, as provided in Nasdaq ISE Options 3, Section 14,
as well as Stock-Option Orders.
A "Crossing Order" is an order executed in the Exchange's Facilitation Mechanism, Solicited Order
Mechanism, Price Improvement Mechanism (PIM) or submitted as a Qualified Contingent Cross order. For
purposes of this Pricing Schedule, orders executed in the Block Order Mechanism are also considered Crossing
Orders.
"Customer Total Consolidated Volume" means the total national volume cleared at The Options Clearing
Corporation in the Customer range in equity and ETF options in that month.
An “Exposed Order” is an order that is broadcast via an order exposure alert as described within Options 5, Section 4 (Order Routing). Unless otherwise noted in Options 7, Section 3 pricing, Exposed Orders will be assessed the applicable “Taker” Fee and any order or quote that executes against an Exposed Order during a Route Timer will be paid/assessed the applicable “Maker” Rebate/Fee.
A "Firm Proprietary" order is an order submitted by a member for its own proprietary account.
"NDX" means A.M. or P.M. settled options on the full value of the Nasdaq 100® Index.
A "Non-Nasdaq ISE Market Maker" is a market maker as defined in Section 3(a)(38) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, registered in the same options class on another options exchange.
"Non-Priority Customers" include Market Makers, Non-Nasdaq ISE Market Makers (FarMMs), Firm Proprietary / Broker-Dealers, and Professional Customers.
"Non-Select Symbols" are options overlying all symbols excluding Select Symbols.
An "Order Flow Provider" ("OFP") is any Member, other than a Market Maker, that submits orders, as
agent or principal, to the Exchange.
A "Priority Customer" is a person or entity that is not a broker/dealer in securities, and does not
place more than 390 orders in listed options per day on average during a calendar month for its own
beneficial account(s), as defined in Nasdaq ISE Options 1, Section 1(a)(38). Unless otherwise noted, when
used in this Pricing Schedule the term "Priority Customer" includes "Retail" as defined below.
A "Professional Customer" is a person or entity that is not a broker/dealer and is not a Priority
Customer.
A "Regular Order" is an order that consists of only a single option series and is not submitted with a
stock leg.
"Responses to Crossing Order" is any contra-side interest submitted after the commencement of an
auction in the Exchange's Facilitation Mechanism, Solicited Order Mechanism, Block Order Mechanism or PIM.
A "Retail" order is a Priority Customer order that originates from a natural person, provided that no
change is made to the terms of the order with respect to price or side of market and the order does not
originate from a trading algorithm or any other computerized methodology.
"Select Symbols" are options overlying all symbols listed on the Nasdaq ISE that are in the Penny
Interval Program.
(d) Unrelated Market or Marketable Interest Pricing
The below applies to orders in Select and Non-Select Symbols (excluding Index Options)* executed in the Exchange's Facilitation Mechanism (“FAC Order”), Solicited Order Mechanism (“SOL Order”), and Price Improvement Mechanism (“PIM Order”).
(1) The FAC Order or SOL Order executes against unrelated market or marketable interest received during an auction:
(A) The FAC Order or SOL Order will be assessed the applicable Fees for Crossing Orders (except PIM Orders) or Facilitation and Solicitation Break-up Rebates in Section 3 (for regular FAC Orders and SOL Orders) and Section 4 below (for complex FAC Orders and SOL Orders). Qualifying FAC Orders and SOL Orders may also be assessed the applicable Solicitation Rebate in Section 6.A below or PIM and Facilitation Rebate in Section 6.C below.
(B) The unrelated market or marketable interest received during an auction will be assessed the applicable Fees for Responses to Crossing Orders (except PIM Orders) in Section 3 (for regular interest) and Section 4 below (for complex interest).
(2) The PIM Order executes against unrelated market or marketable interest received during an auction:
(A) The PIM Order will be assessed the applicable (1) Fees for PIM Orders or PIM Break-up Rebates in Section 3 below (for regular PIM Orders) and (2) Fees for PIM Orders in Section 4 below (for complex PIM Orders). Qualifying PIM Orders may also be assessed the applicable PIM and Facilitation Rebate in Section 6.C below.
(B) The unrelated market or marketable interest received during an auction will be assessed the applicable Fees for Responses to PIM Orders in Section 3 (for regular interest) and Section 4 below (for complex interest).
(3) The FAC Order, SOL Order, or PIM Order executes against unrelated market or marketable interest received prior to the commencement of an auction:
(A) The FAC Order, SOL Order, or PIM Order would be subject to the applicable taker pricing in Section 3 (for regular FAC Orders, SOL Orders, and PIM Orders) and Section 4 below (for complex FAC Orders, SOL Orders, and PIM Orders).
(B) The unrelated market or marketable interest received prior to the commencement of an auction will be assessed the applicable maker pricing in Section 3 (for regular interest), and Section 4 below (for complex interest).
* All transactions in Index Options are subject to separate pricing in Section 5 below.
Adopted October 23, 2018 (SR-ISE-2018-89); amended December 21, 2018 (SR-ISE-2018-102); amended June 6, 2019
(SR-ISE-2019-17); amended Dec. 9, 2019 (SR-ISE-2019-32); amended February 3, 2020 (SR-ISE-2020-03); amended
February 12, 2020 (SR-ISE-2020-06); amended June 25, 2020 (SR-ISE-2020-25), operative July 1, 2020; amended July 9, 2020 (SR-ISE-2020-29); amended July 20, 2020 (SR-ISE-2020-30); amended Dec. 1, 2021 (SR-ISE-2021-26); amended Feb. 18, 2022 (SR-ISE-2022-04); amended Oct. 3, 2022 (SR-ISE-2022-21); amended Oct. 14, 2022 (SR-ISE-2022-22); amended Oct. 24, 2022 (SR-ISE-2022-24); amended Feb. 28, 2023 (SR-GEMX-2023-04), operative Mar. 30, 2023; amended May 17, 2023 (SR-ISE-2023-10), operative Jun. 16, 2023; amended Oct. 23, 2023 (SR-ISE-2023-23); amended May 7, 2024 (SR-ISE-2024-18), operative Sep. 1, 2024; amended Apr. 27, 2022 (SR-ISE-2022-11), operative Sep. 23, 2024; amended Sep. 4, 2025 (SR-ISE-2025-24), operative Oct. 4, 2025.
Section 2. Collection
of Exchange Fees and Other Claims
(a) Each Member, and all applicants for registration as such shall be required to provide a clearing account
number for an account at the National Securities Clearing Corporation ("NSCC") for purposes of permitting
the Exchange to debit any undisputed or final fees, fines, charges and/or other monetary sanctions or other
monies due and owing to the Exchange or other charges related to ISE General 2, Section 2, Options 2A,
Section 7 and; provided, however, that the fees set forth in Section 10 (Market Data) of the Exchange's
Pricing Schedule shall be excluded from this Rule. If a Member disputes an invoice, the Exchange will not
include the disputed amount in the debit if the member has disputed the amount in writing to the Exchange's
designated staff by the 15th of the month, or the following business day if the 15th is not a business day,
and the amount in dispute is at least $10,000 or greater.
[Adopted October 23, 2018 (SR-ISE-2018-89); amended June 6, 2019 (SR-ISE-2019-17).]
Section 3. Regular Order Fees and
Rebates
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Select Symbols
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Market Participant
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Maker Rebate / Fee(17)
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Taker Fee(17)
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Fee for Crossing Orders Except PIM Orders(2)
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Fee for PIM Orders(2)
(13)
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Fee for Responses to Crossing Orders Except PIM Orders
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Fee for Responses to PIM Orders
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Facilitation and Solicitation Break-up Rebate(4)
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PIM Break-up Rebate
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Market Maker(8)
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$0.18(5)
(10)
(11)
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$0.45
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$0.17
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$0.10
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$0.50
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$0.50
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N/A
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N/A
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Non-Nasdaq ISE Market Maker (FarMM)
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$0.18(11)
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$0.46
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$0.17
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$0.10
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$0.50
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$0.50
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($0.20)
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N/A
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Firm Proprietary / Broker-Dealer
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$0.18(11)
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$0.46
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$0.17
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$0.10
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$0.50
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$0.50
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($0.20)
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N/A
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Professional Customer
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$0.18(11)
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$0.46
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$0.17(16)
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$0.10
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$0.50
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$0.50 |
($0.20)
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N/A
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Priority Customer
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$0.00
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$0.39
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$0.00
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$0.00
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$0.50
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$0.50 |
($0.20)
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($0.00)19
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Non-Select Symbols (Excluding Index Options) (7)
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Market Participant
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Maker Rebate / Fee(17)
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Taker Fee(3)(17)
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Fee for Crossing Orders Except PIM Orders(2)
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Fee for PIM Orders(2)
(13)
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Fee for Responses to Crossing Orders Except PIM Orders
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Fee for Responses to PIM Orders
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Facilitation and Solicitation Break-up Rebate(4) |
PIM Break-up Rebate
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Market Maker(8)
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$0.70(5)
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$0.90
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$0.17
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$0.10
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$1.10
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$1.10
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N/A |
N/A |
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Non-Nasdaq ISE Market Maker (FarMM)
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$0.70
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$0.90
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$0.17
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$0.10
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$1.10
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$1.10
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($0.20) |
N/A |
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Firm Proprietary / Broker-Dealer
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$0.70
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$0.90
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$0.17
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$0.10
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$1.10
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$1.10
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($0.20) |
N/A |
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Professional Customer
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$0.70
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$0.90
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$0.17(16)
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$0.10
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$1.10
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$1.10
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($0.20) |
N/A |
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Priority Customer
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($1.00)(15)
(18)
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$0.00
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$0.00
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$0.00
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$1.10
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$1.10
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($0.20) |
($0.00)19
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1. Reserved.
2. Fees apply to the originating and contra order.
3. Non-Priority Customer orders will be charged a
taker fee of $1.25 per contract for trades executed against a Priority Customer. Priority Customer orders
will be charged a taker fee of $1.00 per contract for trades executed against a Priority Customer.
4. Rebate provided for contracts that are submitted
to the Facilitation and Solicited Order Mechanisms that do not trade with their contra order except when
those contracts trade against pre-existing orders and quotes on the Exchange's order books. The applicable Fee for
Responses to Crossing Orders is applied to any contracts for which a rebate is provided.
5. Market Makers that qualify for Market Maker Plus
will not pay this fee if they meet the applicable tier thresholds set forth in the table below, and will
instead be assessed the below fees or rebates based on the applicable tier for which they qualify.
Market Makers are evaluated each trading day for the
percentage of time spent on the National Best Bid or National Best Offer ("NBBO") for qualifying series that
expire in two successive thirty calendar day periods beginning on that trading day. A Market Maker Plus is a
Market Maker who is on the NBBO a specified percentage of the time on average for the month based on daily
performance in the qualifying series for each of the two successive periods described above. Qualifying
series are series trading between $0.03 and $3.00 (for options whose underlying stock's previous trading
day's last sale price was less than or equal to $100) and between $0.10 and $3.00 (for options whose
underlying stock's previous trading day's last sale price was greater than $100) in premium. If a Market
Maker would qualify for a different Market Maker Plus tier in each of the two successive periods described
above, then the lower of the two Market Maker Plus tier fees or rebates shall apply to all contracts.
Market Makers may enter quotes in a symbol using one
or more unique, exchange assigned identifiers - i.e., badge/suffix combinations. Market Maker Plus status is
calculated independently based on quotes entered in a symbol for each of the Market Maker's badge/suffix
combinations, and the highest tier achieved for any badge/suffix combination quoting that symbol applies to
executions across all badge/suffix combinations that the member uses to trade in that symbol. Only
badge/suffix combinations quoting a minimum of ten trading days within the month will be used to determine
whether the Market Maker Plus status has been met and the specific tier to be applied to the Market Maker's
performance for that month.
A Market Maker's worst quoting day each month for
each of the two successive periods described above, on a per symbol basis, will be excluded in calculating
whether a Market Maker qualifies for this fee or rebate. A Market Maker who qualifies for Market Maker Plus
Tier 2 or higher in at least four of the previous six months will be eligible to receive a reduced Tier 2
incentive in a given month where the Market Maker does not qualify for Market Maker Plus Tier 2 or higher. For
Select Symbols, this rebate will be the applicable Tier 2 rebate reduced by $0.08 per contract. For
Non-Select Symbols, this fee will be the Tier 2 fee increased by $0.08 per contract. For the avoidance of doubt, if a Market Maker has achieved Tier 2 or higher in at least four of the previous six months, but does not achieve Tier 2 or higher in the current month, that Market Maker will receive the better of the reduced Tier 2 incentive or any applicable Tier 1 incentive the Market Maker qualified for in the current month.
The Exchange may exclude from any member's monthly
Market Maker Plus tier calculation any Unanticipated Event; provided that the Exchange will only remove the
day for members that would have a lower time at the NBBO for the specified series with the day included.
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Select Symbols other than SPY, QQQ, IWM, AMZN, META, and NVDA
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Market Maker Plus Tier (Specified Percentage)
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Maker Rebate
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Tier 1 (80% to less than 85%)
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($0.15)
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Tier 2 (85% to less than 95%)
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($0.18)
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Tier 3 (95% or greater)
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($0.22)
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SPY, QQQ, and IWM
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Market Maker Plus Tier (Specified Percentage)
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Regular Maker Rebate
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Linked Maker Rebate
(9)
(12)
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Tier 1a (50% to less than 65%)
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($0.00)
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N/A
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Tier 1b (65% to less than 80%) or (over 50% and adds liquidity in the qualifying symbol that is executed at a volume of greater than 0.10% of Customer Total Consolidated Volume)
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($0.10)
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N/A
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Tier 2 (80% to less than 85%) or (over 50% and adds liquidity in the qualifying symbol that is executed at a volume of greater than 0.20% of Customer Total Consolidated Volume)
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($0.18)
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($0.15)
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Tier 3 (85% to less than 90%) or (over 50% and adds liquidity in the qualifying symbol that is executed at a volume of greater than 0.25% of Customer Total Consolidated Volume)
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($0.22)
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($0.19)
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Tier 4 (90% or greater) or (over 50% and adds liquidity in the qualifying symbol that is executed at a volume of greater than 0.50% of Customer Total Consolidated Volume)
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($0.26)
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($0.23)
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AMZN, META, and NVDA
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Market Maker Plus Tier (Specified Percentage)
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Maker Rebate (14)
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Tier 1 (70% to less than 85%)
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($0.15)
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Tier 2 (85% to less than 95%)
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($0.18)
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Tier 3 (95% or greater)
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($0.22)
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Non-Select Symbols (excluding Index Options)(7)
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Market Maker Plus Tier (Specified Percentage)
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Maker Fee / Rebate
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Tier 1 (80% to less than 90%)
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$0.50
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Tier 2 (90% to less than 98%)
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$0.30
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Tier 3 (98% or greater)
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($0.40)(6)
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6. This rebate will be provided if the qualifying
Market Maker trades against non-Priority Customer orders. Qualifying Market Makers that trade against
Priority Customer orders will be charged a Market Maker Plus Tier 3 fee of $0.10 per contract instead of
receiving the Tier 3 rebate.
7. For all executions in regular NDX and XND orders,
the applicable index options fees in Section 5 will apply.
8. This fee applies to Market Maker orders sent to
the Exchange by Electronic Access Members.
9. The following symbols are linked for purposes of
the linked maker rebate: (1) SPY and QQQ, and (2) SPY and IWM. Market Makers that qualify for Market Maker
Plus Tiers 2-4 in note 5 above for executions in SPY, QQQ, or IWM may be eligible for a linked maker rebate
in a linked symbol in addition to the regular maker rebate for the applicable tier. Linked maker rebate
applies to executions in SPY, QQQ, or IWM if the Market Maker does not achieve the applicable tier in that
symbol but achieves the tier (i.e., any of Market Maker Plus Tiers 2-4) for any badge/suffix combination in
the other linked symbol, in which case the higher tier achieved applies to both symbols. If a Market Maker
would qualify for a linked maker rebate in SPY based on the tier achieved in QQQ and the tier achieved in
IWM then the higher of the two linked maker rebates will be applied to SPY. The regular maker rebate will be
provided in the symbol that qualifies the Market Maker for the higher tier based on percentage of time at
the NBBO.
10. There will be no fee charged or rebate provided
when trading against non-Priority Customer Complex Orders that leg into the regular order book.
11. $0.25 per contract fee applies instead of the
applicable fee or rebate when trading against Priority Customer Complex Orders that leg into the regular
order book. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Market Makers that qualify for Market Maker Plus in Select Symbols will not
pay any fee nor receive any rebate in the symbols for which they qualify for Market Maker Plus when trading
against Priority Customer Complex Orders that leg into the regular
order book.
12. Market Makers that achieve Priority Customer
Complex Tiers 7 - 9 in Section 4 will receive an additional $0.01 per contract rebate on executions in SPY,
QQQ, or IWM that qualify for the linked maker rebate program pursuant to note 9 above, in addition to the
linked maker rebate tiers 2 - 4.
13. Other than for Priority Customer orders, this
fee is $0.05 per contract for orders executed by Members that execute an ADV of 7,500 or more contracts in
the PIM in a given month. Members that execute an ADV of 12,500 or more contracts in the PIM will be charged
$0.02 per contract. The discounted fees are applied retroactively to all eligible PIM volume in that month
once the threshold has been reached.
14. Market Makers that qualify for Market Maker Plus
Tiers 1-3 in note 5 above for executions in two out of the three symbols AMZN, META, or NVDA will be eligible
for a maker rebate in the third symbol, in addition to the maker rebate for the applicable tier in the other
two symbols. The maker rebate will apply to executions in AMZN, META, or NVDA if the Market Maker does not
achieve the applicable tier in that symbol but achieves the tier (i.e., any of Market Maker Plus Tiers 1-3)
for any badge/suffix combination in the other two symbols. If a Market Maker would qualify for different
Market Maker Plus Tiers 1-3 in two symbols, then the lower of the two maker rebates will be applied to the
third symbol (e.g., Market Maker Plus qualification in Tier 1 and Tier 2 across two symbols would earn
Market Maker Plus Tier 1 in the third symbol). If all three symbols separately achieve any of Market Maker
Plus Tiers 1-3, the symbol that achieves the tier with the lowest maker rebate will instead receive the same
maker rebate as the symbol that achieved the next lowest tier.
15. Members that execute more than 0.25% of Regular
Order Non-Select Symbol Priority Customer Volume (excluding Crossing Orders and Responses to Crossing
Orders) calculated as a percentage of Customer Total Consolidated Volume per day in a given month will
receive an additional rebate of $0.18 per contract. Members that meet the foregoing volume requirement will also be eligible to receive the Section 4 Priority Customer Complex Order rebates in Select Symbols and Non-Select Symbols that apply to one tier higher than the tier for which they currently qualify, except Members that already qualify for the highest Priority Customer Complex Tier in Section 4 will instead receive an additional rebate of $0.01 per contract in Select Symbols and Non-Select Symbols.
16. Fees for Crossing Orders applicable to Professional
Customers for an order submitted as a Qualified Contingent Cross order and orders executed in the Exchange's
Solicited Order Mechanism will be $0.00 per contract.
17. Reserved.
18. There will be no fee charged or rebate provided
in Non-Select Symbols when trading against Priority Customer Complex Orders that leg into the regular order
book.
19. Electronic Access Members that utilize PIM to execute more than 0.75% of Priority Customer volume of Regular Orders, calculated as a percentage of Customer Total Consolidated Volume (“TCV”) per day in a given month, will receive a PIM Break-Up Rebate of $0.26 per contract in Select Symbols and $0.60 per contract in Non-Select Symbols for Priority Customer Regular Orders under 250 contracts that are submitted to PIM and do not trade with their contra order except when those contracts trade against unrelated quotes or orders.
Adopted October 23, 2018 (SR-ISE-2018-89); amended December 21, 2018 (SR-ISE-2018-102); amended February 27,
2019 (SR-ISE-2019-03), operative March 1, 2019; amended February 28, 2019 (SR-ISE-2019-04), operative March
1, 2019; amended March 11, 2019 (SR-ISE-2019-07); amended May 1, 2019 (SR-ISE-2019-13); amended May 10, 2019
(SR-ISE-2019-15); amended October 1, 2019 (SR-ISE-2019-25); amended October 10, 2019 (SR-ISE-2019-26);
amended January 2, 2020 (SR-ISE-2020-01); amended February 3, 2020 (SR-ISE-2020-02); amended February 3,
2020 (SR-ISE-2020-03); amended February 12, 2020 (SR-ISE-2020-06); amended April 30, 2020 (SR-ISE-2020-19),
operative May 1, 2020; amended May 11, 2020 (SR-ISE-2020-20); amended June 25, 2020 (SR-ISE-2020-25), operative July 1, 2020; amended July 1, 2020 (SR-ISE-2020-26); amended July 9, 2020 (SR-ISE-2020-29); amended July 20, 2020 (SR-ISE-2020-30); amended Nov. 2, 2020 (SR-ISE-2020-36); amended Nov. 13, 2020 (SR-ISE-2020-35); amended Nov. 24, 2020 (SR-ISE-2020-40); amended Mar. 1, 2021 (SR-ISE-2021-02); amended Mar. 2, 2021 (SR-ISE-2021-03); amended June 8, 2021 (SR-ISE-2021-13); amended Feb. 23, 2022 (SR-ISE-2022-05); amended Mar. 1, 2022 (SR-ISE-2022-06); amended Mar. 4, 2022 (SR-ISE-2022-07); amended Jul. 1, 2022 (SR-ISE-2022-14); amended Aug. 1, 2022 (SR-ISE-2022-15); amended Aug. 9, 2022 (SR-ISE-2022-16); amended Feb. 1, 2023 (SR-ISE-2023-04); amended Jun. 1, 2023 (SR-ISE-2023-12); amended Feb. 28, 2023 (SR-GEMX-2023-04), operative Mar. 30, 2023; amended May 17, 2023 (SR-ISE-2023-10), operative Jun. 16, 2023; amended Oct. 31, 2023 (SR-ISE-2023-25); amended Nov. 1, 2023 (SR-ISE-2023-26); amended Nov. 7, 2023 (SR-ISE-2023-27); amended Nov. 13, 2023 (SR-ISE-2023-28); amended Dec. 1, 2023 (SR-ISE-2023-35); amended Jul. 31, 2024 (SR-ISE-2024-37), operative Aug. 1, 2024; amended Aug. 9, 2024 (SR-ISE-2024-38); amended Apr. 27, 2022 (SR-ISE-2022-11), operative Sep. 23, 2024; amended Oct. 1, 2024 (SR-ISE-2024-48); amended Feb. 6, 2025 (SR-ISE-2025-07), operative Mar. 8, 2025; amended Nov. 3, 2025 (SR-ISE-2025-33); amended Nov. 13, 2025 (SR-ISE-2025-36).
Section 4. Complex Order Fees and Rebates(5) (12) (15)
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Priority Customer Rebates
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Priority Customer Complex Tier(7)
(13)(16)(17)
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Total Affiliated Member or Affiliated Entity Complex Order Volume (Excluding Crossing
Orders and Responses to Crossing Orders) Calculated as a Percentage of Customer Total
Consolidated Volume
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Rebate for Select Symbols(1)
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Rebate for Non-Select Symbols(1)(4)
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Tier 1
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0.000% - 0.200%
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($0.25)
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($0.50)
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Tier 2
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Above 0.200% - 0.400%
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($0.30)
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($0.60)
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Tier 3
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Above 0.400% - 0.550%
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($0.40)
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($0.80)
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Tier 4
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Above 0.550% - 0.750%
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($0.45)
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($0.85)
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Tier 5
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Above 0.750% - 1.000%
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($0.46)
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($0.90)
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Tier 6
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Above 1.000% - 1.350%
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($0.48)
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($0.95)
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Tier 7
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Above 1.350% - 1.750%
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($0.54)
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($1.00)
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Tier 8
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Above 1.750% - 2.25%
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($0.56)
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($1.10)
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Tier 9
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Above 2.25% - 4.500%
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($0.58)
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($1.12)
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Tier 10
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Above 4.500%
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($0.59)
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($1.15)
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Maker and Taker Fees
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Market Participant
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Maker Fee for Select Symbols
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Maker Fee for Non-Select Symbols
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Maker Fee for Select Symbols when trading against Priority Customer
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Maker Fee for non-Select Symbols when trading against Priority Customer
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Taker Fee for Select Symbols
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Taker Fee for Non- Select Symbols
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Market Maker
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$0.10
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$0.20
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$0.50
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$1.03
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$0.50(3), (8)
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$1.15(8)
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Non-Nasdaq ISE Market Maker (FarMM)
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$0.20
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$0.20
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$0.50
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$1.05
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$0.50(3), (8)
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$1.15(8)
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Firm Proprietary / Broker-Dealer
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$0.10
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$0.20
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$0.50
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$1.05
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$0.50(3), (8)
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$1.15(8)
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Professional Customer
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$0.10
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$0.20
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$0.50
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$1.05
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$0.50(3), (8)
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$1.15(8)
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Priority Customer
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$0.00
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$0.00
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$0.00
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$0.00
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$0.00
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$0.00
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Crossing Order Fees and Rebates
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Market Participant
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Fee for Crossing Orders Except PIM Orders(10)(11)
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Fee for
PIM Orders(9)(11)
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Fee for Responses to Crossing Orders Except PIM Orders for Select Symbols
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Fee for Responses to Crossing Orders Except PIM Orders for non-Select Symbols
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Fee for Responses to PIM Orders for Select Symbols
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Fee for Responses to PIM Orders for Non-Select Symbols
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Facilitation and Solicitation Breakup Rebate for Select Symbols(2)
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Facilitation and Solicitation Break-up Rebate for Non-Select Symbols(2)
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Market Maker
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$0.17
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$0.10
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$0.50
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$1.10
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$0.50
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$1.10
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N/A
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N/A
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Non-Nasdaq ISE Market Maker (FarMM)
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$0.17
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$0.10
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$0.50
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$1.10
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$0.50
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$1.10
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($0.20)
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($0.20)
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Firm Proprietary / Broker-Dealer
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$0.17
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$0.10
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$0.50
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$1.10
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$0.50
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$1.10
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($0.20)
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($0.20)
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Professional Customer
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$0.17(14)
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$0.10
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$0.50
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$1.10
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$0.50
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$1.10
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($0.20)
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($0.20) |
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Priority Customer
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$0.00
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$0.00
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$0.50
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$1.10
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$0.50
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$1.10 |
($0.20)
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($0.20) |
1. Rebate provided per contract per leg if the order trades with Non-Priority Customer orders in the Complex
Order Book. This rebate will be reduced by $0.20 per contract in Select Symbols where the largest leg of the Complex Order is
under fifty (50) contracts and trades with quotes and orders on the regular order book. No Priority Customer
Complex Order rebates will be provided in Select Symbols if any leg of the order that trades with interest
on the regular order book is fifty (50) contracts or more. No Priority Customer Complex Order rebates will
be provided in Non-Select Symbols if any leg of the order trades with interest on the regular order book,
irrespective of order size.
2. Rebate provided per contract per leg for contracts that are submitted to Facilitation and Solicitation
Mechanisms that do not trade with their contra order except when those contracts trade against pre-existing
orders and quotes on the Exchange's order books. The applicable Fee for Responses to Crossing Orders is applied to any contracts for which a
rebate is provided.
3. This Taker Fee is $0.38 per contract when executed against Priority Customer Complex Orders in Select Symbols entered by an Affiliated Member or Affiliated Entity, excluding Complex Orders executed in the Facilitation Mechanism, Solicited Order Mechanism, and Price Improvement Mechanism.
4. No Priority Customer complex order rebates will be paid for orders in NDX, XND or MNX.
5. For all executions in complex XND orders, the XND index options fees in Section 5 will apply.
6. Reserved.
7. The rebate for the highest tier volume achieved is applied retroactively to all eligible Priority Customer
Complex volume once the threshold has been reached.
8. A $0.12 per contract surcharge will be assessed to Non-Priority Customer Complex Orders that take
liquidity from the Complex Order Book (including Exposure Complex Orders and Exposure Only Complex Orders pursuant to Options 3, Section 14(b)(13) and (14)) when executed against Priority Customer Complex Orders, excluding Complex Orders executed in the Facilitation Mechanism,
Solicited Order Mechanism, and Price Improvement Mechanism.
9. Other than for Priority Customer orders, the Complex Fee for PIM Orders is $0.05 per contract for orders executed by Members
that execute an ADV of 7,500 or more contracts in the Complex PIM in a given month. Other than for Priority Customer orders, Members that execute an ADV of
12,500 or more contracts in a given month in the Complex PIM will be charged a $0.02 per contract fee. The discounted fees are applied retroactively
to all eligible Complex PIM volume in that month once the threshold has been reached.
10. Fee charged for all legs.
11. Fees apply to the originating and contra order.
12. The Exchange will charge a stock handling fee of $0.0010 per share (capped at $50 per trade) for the
stock leg of stock-option orders executed against other stock-option orders in the complex order book.
13. Members will not receive rebates for net zero complex orders. For purposes of determining which complex
orders qualify as "net zero" the Exchange will count all complex orders that leg in to the regular order
book and are executed at a net price per contract that is within a range of $0.01 credit and $0.01 debit.
14. Fees for Crossing Orders applicable to Professional Customers for an order submitted as a Qualified Contingent
Cross order and orders executed in the Exchange's Solicited Order Mechanism will be $0.00 per contract.
15. During an "exposure" auction pursuant to Options 3, Section 14(c)(3), the originating side of the auction
order will be assessed the applicable maker fee or rebate, and the contra side will be assessed the
applicable taker fee or rebate.
16. Priority Customer Complex Tiers are based on Total Affiliated Member or Affiliated Entity Complex Order Volume (Excluding
Crossing Orders and Responses to Crossing Orders) Calculated as a Percentage of Customer Total Consolidated
Volume. All Complex Order volume executed on the Exchange, including volume executed by Affiliated Members,
is included in the volume calculation, except for volume executed as Crossing Orders and Responses to
Crossing Orders. Affiliated Entities may aggregate their Complex Order volume for purposes of calculating
Priority Customer Rebates. The Appointed OFP would receive the rebate associated with the qualifying volume
tier based on aggregated volume.
17. Members that execute more than 0.25% of Regular Order Non-Select Symbol Priority Customer Volume (excluding Crossing Orders and Responses to Crossing Orders) calculated as a percentage of Customer Total Consolidated Volume per day in a given month will be eligible to receive the Priority Customer Complex Order rebates in Select Symbols and Non-Select Symbols that apply to one tier higher than the tier for which they currently qualify, except Members that already qualify for the highest Priority Customer Complex Tier will instead receive an additional rebate of $0.01 per contract in Select Symbols and Non-Select Symbols.
Adopted October 23, 2018 (SR-ISE-2018-89); amended April 1, 2019 (SR-ISE-2019-09); amended June 6, 2019
(SR-ISE-2019-17); amended January 2, 2020 (SR-ISE-2020-01); amended February 3, 2020 (SR-ISE-2020-02);
amended March 2, 2020 (SR-ISE-2020-09); amended March 10, 2020 (SR-ISE-2020-12); amended July 1, 2020 (SR-ISE-2020-26); amended Nov. 2, 2020 (SR-ISE-2020-37); amended Nov. 13, 2020 (SR-ISE-2020-39); amended June 8, 2021 (SR-ISE-2021-13); amended Sep. 30, 2021 (SR-ISE-2021-21), operative Oct. 1, 2021; amended Aug. 1, 2022 (SR-ISE-2022-15); amended Aug. 9, 2022 (SR-ISE-2022-16); amended Dec. 2, 2022 (SR-ISE-2022-27), operative Dec. 1, 2022; amended Dec. 13, 2022 (SR-ISE-2022-29); amended Oct. 31, 2023 (SR-ISE-2023-25); amended Nov. 1, 2023 (SR-ISE-2023-26); amended Nov. 7, 2023 (SR-ISE-2023-27); amended Nov. 13, 2023 (SR-ISE-2023-28); amended Dec. 1, 2023 (SR-ISE-2023-35); amended Jan. 2, 2024 (SR-ISE-2024-01); amended Jan. 12, 2024 (SR-ISE-2024-04); amended Feb. 29, 2024 (SR-ISE-2024-08), operative Mar. 1, 2024; amended Mar. 8, 2024 (SR-ISE-2024-11); amended Feb. 6, 2025 (SR-ISE-2025-07), operative Mar. 8, 2025; amended Nov. 3, 2025 (SR-ISE-2025-33); amended Nov. 13, 2025 (SR-ISE-2025-36).
Section 5. Index Options Fees and
Rebates
A. NDX Index Options Fees for Regular Orders(1)(3)
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|
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Market Participant
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Fee
|
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Market Maker
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$0.75(4)
|
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Market Maker (for orders sent by Electronic Access Members)
|
$0.75(4)
|
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Non-Nasdaq ISE Market Maker (FarMM)
|
$0.75(4)
|
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Firm Proprietary / Broker-Dealer
|
$0.75(4)
|
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Professional Customer
|
$0.75(4)
|
|
Priority Customer
|
$0.50(2)
|
1. For all executions in complex NDX orders for Non-Priority Customers, the applicable complex order fees for Non-Select
Symbols in Section 4 will apply. For all executions in complex NDX orders for Priority Customers, the fee will be $0.25 per contract.
2. A surcharge of $0.25 per contract will be assessed to all Priority Customer complex executions in NDX.
3. A surcharge of $0.25 per contract will be assessed to all market participants for simple and complex executions in NDX with a premium price of $25.00 or greater.
4.A surcharge for NDX of $1.50 per contract will be assessed to regular Non-Priority Customer orders that remove liquidity.
B. Reserved
C. XND Index Options Fees for Regular and Complex Orders
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|
|
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Market Participant
|
Fee
|
|
Market Maker
|
$0.10
|
|
Market Maker (for orders sent by Electronic Access Members)
|
$0.10
|
|
Non-Nasdaq ISE Market Maker (FarMM)
|
$0.10
|
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Firm Proprietary / Broker-Dealer
|
$0.10
|
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Professional Customer
|
$0.10
|
|
Priority Customer
|
$0.00
|
D. Non-Priority Customer License Surcharge for Index Options
|
|
|
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Symbols
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Fee
|
|
BKX
|
$0.10
|
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NDX
|
$0.25
|
|
XND
|
$0.10
|
» The Non-Priority Customer License Surcharge applies to all executions in BKX and NDX, including executions
of BKX and NDX orders that are routed to one or more exchanges in connection with the Options Order
Protection and Locked/Crossed Market Plan.
Adopted October 23, 2018 (SR-ISE-2018-89); amended April 30, 2021 (SR-ISE-2021-10), operative May 3, 2021; amended May 11, 2021 (SR-ISE-2021-11); amended Oct. 31, 2023 (SR-ISE-2023-25); amended Nov. 7, 2023 (SR-ISE-2023-27); amended Nov. 30, 2023 (SR-ISE-2023-34), operative Dec. 1, 2023; amended Dec. 8, 2023 (SR-ISE-2023-36), operative Dec. 1, 2023; amended Jul. 1, 2024 (SR-ISE-2024-26); amended Jul. 12, 2024 (SR-ISE-2024-29); amended Feb. 6, 2025 (SR-ISE-2025-07), operative Mar. 8, 2025; amended Jun. 2, 2025 (SR-ISE-2025-17); amended Sep. 24, 2025 (SR-ISE-2025-29), operative Oct. 1, 2025.
Section 6. Other Options Fees and
Rebates
A. Solicitation Rebate
» Members using the Qualified Contingent Cross (QCC) and/or other solicited orders executed in the
Solicited Order Mechanism or Facilitation Mechanism will receive rebates for solicited orders executed in the Solicited Order or Facilitation Mechanisms (“Solicited Orders”) according
to the table below for each originating contract side in all symbols traded on the Exchange. Volume associated with QCC executions will be aggregated in calculating the Solicitation Rebate volume tiers in this section, but Members that execute QCC volume will receive the QCC Rebate in Section 6.B below.
Once a Member reaches a certain volume threshold in combined QCC and Solicited Orders during a month, the Exchange will provide rebates to
that Member for all of its Solicited Order traded contracts for that month. All eligible volume from
affiliated Members will be aggregated in determining the combined QCC and Solicited Order volume totals, provided there is
at least 75% common ownership between the Members as reflected on each Member's Form BD, Schedule A. The
applicable rebates will be applied on Solicited Order traded contracts once the volume threshold is met.
Members will receive the rebate for all Solicited Orders when at least one side of the Solicited Order is neither a Priority Customer nor Professional Customers. Solicited Orders between two Priority Customers, two Professional Customers, or a Priority Customer and a Professional Customer will not receive any rebate. The volume threshold
and corresponding rebates are as follows:
» Volume resulting from all QCC and Solicited Orders will be aggregated in determining the applicable volume tier.
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|
|
|
Originating Contract Sides
|
Rebate
|
|
0 to 749,999
|
($0.10)&
|
|
750,000 to 1,499,999
|
($0.11)&
|
|
1,500,000+
|
($0.12)*&
|
* Members will receive an additional rebate of $0.01 per originating contract side on Solicited Orders that
qualify for the Solicitation Rebate program if they achieve in a given month: (i) combined QCC and Solicited
Order volume of more than 1,750,000 originating contract sides and (ii) Priority Customer Complex Tier 6 or higher in Section 4.
& Members will receive an additional rebate of $0.01 per originating contract side on Solicited Orders that qualify for the Solicitation Rebate program if they achieve Priority Customer Complex Tier 2 or higher in a given month.
B. QCC Rebate
Members that submit QCC orders when at least one side of the QCC transaction is neither a Priority Customer nor Professional Customer will receive the below QCC Rebates. QCC Rebates will be paid to each originating contract side (“QCC Agency Side”) in all symbols traded on the Exchange.
QCC Rebate 1
When only one side of the QCC transaction is neither a Priority Customer nor Professional Customer, the Member will receive a $0.15 per contract rebate for each QCC Agency Side.
Members will receive an additional rebate of $0.01 per contract for each QCC Agency Side that qualifies for QCC Rebate 1 if they achieve Priority Customer Complex Tier 2 or higher in a given month.
QCC Rebate 2
When both sides of the QCC transaction are not any combination of Priority Customers and/or Professional Customers, the Member will receive a $0.23 per contract rebate for each QCC Agency Side.
Members will receive an additional rebate of $0.04 per contract for each QCC Agency Side that qualifies for QCC Rebate 2 if they achieve Priority Customer Complex Tier 2 or higher in a given month.
C. PIM and Facilitation Rebate
» Electronic Access Members that utilize PIM to execute more than 0.75% of Priority Customer volume in Regular Orders, calculated as a percentage of Customer Total Consolidated Volume (“TCV”) per day in a given month, will receive an $0.11 per contract rebate for Priority Customer Regular Orders under 250 contracts that are submitted to PIM. The rebate would be paid to the Agency Order as that term is defined within Options 3, Section 13. Eligible volume from Affiliated Members will be aggregated in calculating the percentage. Provided this rebate is higher than other rebates within Options 7, Section 6C, this rebate will be paid in lieu of other rebates within this Section C. In the event a Crossing Transaction consists of two Priority Customer Orders, the Exchange would not pay this rebate.
» Members using the Facilitation Mechanism or PIM for unsolicited Crossing
Orders, whereby the contra-side party of the Crossing Order (1) is either Firm Proprietary or Broker-Dealer
and (2) has total affiliated Average Daily Volume ("ADV") of 250,000 or more contracts, are eligible to earn
the following rebates during a given month. In determining total affiliated ADV, eligible volume from
Affiliated Members will be aggregated.
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|
|
|
Originating Contract Sides
|
Rebate
|
|
0 to 199,999
|
($0.02)
|
|
200,000 or more
|
($0.03)*
|
*Once a Member reaches or exceeds the volume threshold to qualify for a $0.03 per originating contract side
rebate during a given month, then the Member will receive the $0.03 rebate for all of its originating
contract sides that qualify for the PIM and Facilitation Rebate during that month, including for the
Member's first qualifying 0-199,999 originating contract sides.
Members that qualify for the PIM and Facilitation rebates on their unsolicited Crossing Orders, as set
forth in the above paragraph, may also earn either or both of the following additional rebates:
1. Members that achieve combined Qualified
Contingent Cross ("QCC") and Solicitation Originating Contracts Sides of more than 1,000,000 during a given
month can earn an additional rebate of ($0.01) per originating contract side on their unsolicited Crossing
Orders that qualify for the PIM and Facilitation Rebate program.
2. Members that achieve Priority Customer Complex
Order ADV of between 100,000-224,999 contracts can earn an additional rebate of ($0.01) per originating
contract side on all of their unsolicited Crossing Orders that qualify for the PIM and Facilitation Rebate
program; however, this additional rebate will be ($0.02) per originating contract on all unsolicited
Crossing Orders that qualify for the PIM and Facilitation Rebate Program to the extent that Members achieve
Priority Customer Complex Order ADV of 225,000 or more contracts. For avoidance of doubt, if a Member has
200,000 originating contract sides in a month that qualify for a $0.03 rebate under the PIM and Facilitation
Rebate program and the Member also achieves Priority Customer Complex Order ADV of 225,000 contracts in that
same month, then the Member will receive an additional $0.02 rebate on all of its 200,000 originating
contract sides that qualify for the PIM and Facilitation Rebate program, for a total rebate on such
originating contract sides of $0.05.
D. FLEX Order Fees(1)
|
Market Participant
|
Fee for FLEX Auctions
|
Fee for FLEX PIM and SOM(2)
|
Fee for Responses to FLEX PIM and SOM Orders
|
|
Market Maker
|
$0.10
|
$0.06
|
$0.50
|
|
Non-Nasdaq ISE Market Maker (FarMM)
|
$0.10
|
$0.06
|
$0.50
|
|
Firm Proprietary / Broker-Dealer
|
$0.10
|
$0.06
|
$0.50
|
|
Professional Customer
|
$0.10
|
$0.06
|
$0.50
|
|
Priority Customer
|
$0.00
|
$0.00
|
$0.50
|
(1) Fees are per contract and apply to single-leg and complex orders. For all executions in FLEX NDX and FLEX XND orders, the applicable index options fees in Options 7, Section 5 will apply.
(2) Fees apply to the originating and contra order.
E. Marketing Fee
|
|
|
|
Symbols
|
Fee
|
|
Non-Select Symbols
|
$0.00*
|
* No marketing fees are charged for Select and Non-Select Symbols. If the Exchange determines to charge a
marketing fee in the future, it will do so pursuant to a rule filing.
» Marketing fees apply to Nasdaq ISE Market Makers for each Regular Priority Customer contract executed
except as noted below.
» Marketing fees do not apply to Nasdaq ISE Market Makers for each Regular Priority Customer contract
executed in Select Symbols.
» Marketing fees are waived NDX, XND, MNX and for Complex Orders in all symbols.
» The marketing fee will be rebated proportionately to the members that paid the fee such that on a monthly
basis the marketing fee fund balance administered by a Primary Market Maker for a Group of options
established under Options 2, Section 3(b) does not exceed $100,000 and the marketing fee fund balance
administered by a preferenced Competitive Market Maker for such a Group does not exceed $100,000. A
preferenced Competitive Market Maker that elects not to administer a fund will not be charged the marketing
fee. The Exchange assesses an administrative fee of .45% on the total amount of the funds collected each
month.
F. Route-Out Fees1.
|
|
|
|
|
Market Participant
|
Select Symbols
|
Non-Select Symbols
|
|
All Market Participants
|
$0.60
|
$1.20
|
1. Fee applies to executions of orders in all symbols that are routed to one or more exchanges in
connection with the Options Order Protection and Locked/Crossed Market Plan.
G. Reserved.
H. Crossing Fee Cap
Reserved.
I. Inactive PMM Fee
» $100,000 per month per Membership. If a group has
not been open for trading, the PMM appointed to that group will be subject to an "inactive" fee of $100,000
per month.
J. Cancellation Fee
» $0.00 per order applies to a clearing Electronic
Access Member that cancelled at least 500 Priority Customer options orders in a month for itself or for an
introducing broker, for each order cancellation in excess of the total number of orders executed for itself
or for such introducing broker that month. All Priority Customer options orders from the same clearing
Electronic Access Member for itself or for such introducing broker executed in the same underlying symbol at
the same price within a 300 second period will be aggregated and counted as one executed order for purposes
of this fee. This fee shall not apply to the cancellation of options orders that improve Nasdaq ISE's
disseminated quotes at the time the orders were entered.
K. Back-up Trading Arrangements
» If Nasdaq ISE exclusively listed options are
traded at Nasdaq ISE's facility on a Backup Exchange pursuant to Nasdaq ISE Options 4, Section 10, the
Back-up Exchange has agreed to apply the per contract and per contract side fees in this fee schedule to
such transactions. If any other Nasdaq ISE listed options are traded on the Back-up Exchange (such as Nasdaq
ISE singly listed options that are listed by the Backup Exchange) pursuant to Nasdaq ISE Options 4, Section
10, the fee schedule of the Back-up Exchange shall apply to such trades.
» If the exclusively listed options of a Disabled
Exchange are traded on the Disabled Exchange's facility at Nasdaq ISE pursuant to Options 4, Section 10,
Nasdaq ISE will apply the per contract and per contract side fees in the fee schedule of the Disabled
Exchange to such transactions. If any other options classes of the Disabled Exchange are traded on Nasdaq
ISE (such as singly listed options of the Disabled Exchange) pursuant to Options 4, Section 10, the fees set
forth in the Nasdaq ISE fee schedule shall apply to such trades.
Adopted October 23, 2018 (SR-ISE-2018-89); amended April 1, 2019 (SR-ISE-2019-09); amended June 6, 2019
(SR-ISE-2019-17); amended February 3, 2020 (SR-ISE-2020-03); amended February 12, 2020 (SR-ISE-2020-06);
amended April 30, 2020 (SR-ISE-2020-19), operative May 1, 2020; amended May 11, 2020 (SR-ISE-2020-20); amended June 25, 2020 (SR-ISE-2020-25), operative July 1, 2020; amended July 9, 2020 (SR-ISE-2020-29); amended July 20, 2020 (SR-ISE-2020-30); amended Sep. 30, 2021 (SR-ISE-2021-21), operative Oct. 1, 2021; amended Aug. 1, 2022 (SR-ISE-2022-15); amended Aug. 9, 2022 (SR-ISE-2022-16); amended Oct. 3, 2022 (SR-ISE-2022-21); amended Oct. 14, 2022 (SR-ISE-2022-22); amended Oct. 24, 2022 (SR-ISE-2022-24); amended Feb. 1, 2023 (SR-ISE-2023-05); amended Jun. 1, 2023 (SR-ISE-2023-12); amended Feb. 28, 2023 (SR-GEMX-2023-04), operative Mar. 30, 2023; amended May 17, 2023 (SR-ISE-2023-10), operative Jun. 16, 2023; amended Oct. 31, 2023 (SR-ISE-2023-25); amended Nov. 1, 2023 (SR-ISE-2023-26); amended Nov. 7, 2023 (SR-ISE-2023-27); amended Nov. 13, 2023 (SR-ISE-2023-28); amended Dec. 1, 2023 (SR-ISE-2023-35); amended Apr. 27, 2022 (SR-ISE-2022-11), operative Sep. 23, 2024; amended Feb. 6, 2025 (SR-ISE-2025-07), operative Mar. 8, 2025; amended Mar. 12, 2025 (SR-ISE-2025-10), operative Apr. 7, 2025; amended Sep. 4, 2025 (SR-ISE-2025-24), operative Oct. 4, 2025; amended Dec. 1, 2025 (SR-ISE-2025-37); amended Dec. 10, 2025 (SR-ISE-2025-39).
A. Trading Application
1. Non-Standard Services. $350 per hour (one time).
B. Trading Application
1. PrecISE Trade® Terminal Fee-This fee is waived
for the first two months for all new users.
$350 per logged-in user per month, for the first 10
users.*
$100 per logged-in user per month, for each
subsequent user.
2. PrecISE Trade® Terminal Sponsored Customer Fee -
This fee is waived for the first two months for all new users of a sponsored customer. This fee applies only
to sponsored customers of non-affiliated firms.
$350 per logged-in user per month, for the first 10
users.*
$100 per logged-in user per month, for each
subsequent user.
3. Intermediate Routing Destination ("IRD"). A $20
fee is charged to an IRD for each PrecISE Trade terminal that is authorized to send such IRD orders. An IRD
is a Nasdaq ISE member that receives orders from another Nasdaq ISE member via a PrecISE Trade terminal and
routes those orders to other options exchanges.
*PrecISE Trade® fee waived for first five (5) users if the EAM or sponsored customer executes a minimum of
1.5 million crossing contracts during the prior calendar month. Free users will count towards the first ten
(10) users otherwise subject to the higher $350 per user fee.
C. Ports and Other Services
The below charges are assessed by ISE for connectivity to ISE.
A port is a logical connection or session that enables a market participant to send inbound messages and/or
receive outbound messages from the Exchange using various communication protocols. Fees are prorated for the first month of service under this section. Upon cancellation, market participants are required to pay for service for the remainder of the month, regardless of whether it is the first month of service.
(i) The following order and quote protocols are available on ISE.
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(1) FIX Port Fee
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$300 per port per month, per mnemonic
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(2) SQF Port Fee
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$1,185 per port per month
SQF Port Fees will be discounted, on a monthly basis, by the percentage discount in the below table provided a market participant has transacted the requisite amount of Total National Volume in the prior month. The percentage of Total National Volume is calculated by taking the total Market Maker Penny Symbol and Market Maker Non-Penny Symbol volume (excluding index options) executed on the Exchange in the prior month and attributing a multiple of five times to that Non-Penny Symbol volume (numerator) and dividing that by Market Maker volume (“M” capacity at The Options Clearing Corporation (“OCC”)) in multiply listed options across all options exchanges (denominator or Total National Volume).
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Tier
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Percentage of Total National Volume
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Percentage SQF Port Discount
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1
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less than 0.10%
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0%
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2
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greater than or equal to 0.10% and less than 0.25%
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10%
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3
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greater than or equal to 0.25% and less than 0.40%
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30%
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4
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greater than or equal to 0.40%
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50%
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For example, a Market Maker that executed 3,000,000 in Penny Volume and 200,000 in Non-Penny Volume in a given month on the Exchange, where the Total National Volume was 1,000,000,000, would qualify for a discount of 50% on their SQF Port fees ((200,000 x 5= 1,000,000) + 3,000,000 = 4,000,000 which is 0.40% of 1,000,000,000). A Market Maker may not subscribe to more than 250 SQF Ports per month.
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(3) SQF Purge Port Fee
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$1,185 per port per month
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(4) OTTO Port Fee1
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$400 per port per month, per mnemonic
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1 OTTO Port Fees are subject to a monthly cap of $4,000.
(ii) The following order and execution information is available to Members.
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(1) CTI Port Fee
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$500 per port per month, per account number
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(2) FIX DROP Port Fee
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$500 per port per month, per account number
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(iii) The following data port fees apply in connection with data subscriptions pursuant to ISE Rules at
Section 10. These ports are available to non-ISE Members and ISE Members.
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(1) Nasdaq ISE Depth of Market Data Port
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$0 per port, per month
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(2) Nasdaq ISE Order Feed Port
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$0 per port, per month
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(3) Nasdaq ISE Top Feed Port
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$0 per port, per month
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(4) Nasdaq ISE Trades Feed Port
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$0 per port, per month
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(5) Nasdaq ISE Spread Feed Port
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$0 per port, per month
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(iv) Other ports:
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Disaster Recovery Port Fee for ports in subsections (i) - (ii)
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$50 per port, per month
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Nasdaq Testing Facility Port Fee1
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$0 per port, per month
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1The Nasdaq Testing Facility Port Fee is applicable to all ports within this Section 7C.
Adopted October 23, 2018 (SR-ISE-2018-89); amended Sep. 1, 2022 (SR-ISE-2022-19); amended Feb. 3, 2023 (SR-ISE-2023-06), operative Mar. 5, 2023; amended May 17, 2023 (SR-ISE-2023-10), operative Jun. 16, 2023; amended May 7, 2024 (SR-ISE-2024-18), operative Aug. 1, 2024 (Options 7 Section 7C only); amended Feb. 3, 2023 (SR-ISE-2023-06), operative Sep. 23, 2024; amended Dec. 20, 2024 (SR-ISE-2024-61), operative Jan. 1, 2025; amended Dec. 31, 2024 (SR-ISE-2024-64), operative Jan. 1, 2025; amended Feb. 6, 2025 (SR-ISE-2025-07), operative Mar. 8, 2025; amended Jul. 22, 2025 (SR-ISE-2025-21), operative Aug. 1, 2025; amended Dec. 16, 2025 (SR-ISE-2025-41), operative Jan. 1, 2026.
A. Access Fees
Electronic Access Member - $500 per month per membership.
Market Maker
Primary Market Maker - $5,000 per month per membership.
Competitive Market Maker - $2,500 per month per membership.
B. Reserved.
C. Gateway Fees
Shared Gateway - $0
D. Telco Line Charges
These fees are paid to 3rd parties.
E. Reserved
F. Reserved
G. Reserved
H. Reserved
I. Exchange Testing Facilities
Subscribers to the Testing Facility located in Carteret, New Jersey shall pay a fee of $1,100 per hand-off,
per month for connection to the Testing Facility. The hand-off fee includes either a 1Gb or 10Gb switch port
and a cross connect to the Testing Facility. Subscribers shall also pay a one-time installation fee of
$1,100 per hand-off.
The connectivity provided under this rule also provides connectivity to the other markets of NASDAQ BX, Inc.,
Nasdaq PHLX LLC, The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC, Nasdaq MRX LLC, and Nasdaq GEMX LLC.
Adopted October 23, 2018 (SR-ISE-2018-89); amended Mar. 1, 2024 (SR-ISE-2024-09); amended Apr. 29, 2024 (SR-ISE-2024-16); amended Jun. 27, 2024 (SR-ISE-2024-23); amended Aug. 26, 2024 (SR-ISE-2024-44); amended May 7, 2024 (SR-ISE-2024-18), operative Sep. 1, 2024; amended Oct. 11, 2024 (SR-ISE-2024-50); amended Nov. 8, 2024 (SR-ISE-2024-52).
A. Application
Primary Market Maker - $7,500 per Firm (one time).
Competitive Market Maker - $5,500 per Firm (one time).*
Electronic Access Member - $3,500 per Firm (one time).
Lessor - $1,000 per Applicant (one time).
*This Competitive Market Maker application fee is waived for applicants that share at least 75% common
ownership with another CMM as reflected on each firm's Form BD, Schedule A.
B. Administrative
DTR Approval - $500 per Trader (one time).*
Pg2-U4 for Non-Registered Persons - $100 per Individual (one time).
*This fee is waived for DTRs of affiliated CMMs that are already registered as DTRs under the affiliated
entity.
C. Options Regulatory Fee
As of January 2, 2026, the ORF is $0.0011 per contract side.
The Options Regulatory Fee (“ORF”) is assessed by ISE to each ISE Member for options transactions cleared by The Options Clearing Corporation (“OCC”) in the customer range where: (1) the execution occurs on ISE or (2) the execution occurs on another exchange and is cleared by an ISE Member. The ORF is collected by OCC on behalf of ISE from (1) ISE clearing members for all customer transactions they clear or (2) non-members for all customer transactions they clear that were executed on ISE. ISE uses reports from OCC when assessing and collecting ORF. The Exchange will notify Members via an Options Trader Alert of any change in the amount of the fee at least 30 calendar days prior to the effective date of the change.
Effective July 1, 2026, the ORF is $0.0092 per contract side
The Options Regulatory Fee (“ORF”) is assessed by ISE for options transactions cleared by The Options Clearing Corporation (“OCC”) in the customer range for executions that occur on ISE. Specifically, the ORF is collected by OCC on behalf of ISE from ISE Members and non-Members for all customer transactions executed on ISE. The Exchange will notify Members via an Options Trader Alert of any change in the amount of the fee at least 30 calendar days prior to the effective date of the change.
D. Reserved.
E. FINRA Web CRD Fees
These fees are collected and retained by FINRA via the Web CRD registration system for the registration of
associated persons of member organizations of the Exchange that are not FINRA members. FINRA, on behalf of the Exchange, will bill and collect these fees.
General Registration Fees:
$125-For each initial Form U4 filed for the registration of a representative or principal.
$155-For the additional processing of each initial or amended Form U4, Form U5 or Form BD that includes the
initial reporting, amendment or certification of one or more disclosure events or proceedings.
FINRA Annual System Processing Fee: for each registered representative and principal (annually, based on the number of securities regulators with which each such registered person is registered, excluding registration as an investment adviser representative):
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Number
of Securities Regulators
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Fee
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1-5
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$70
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6-20
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$95
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21-40
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$110
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41 +
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$125
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Fingerprint Processing Fees:
$31.25-Initial Submission (Electronic)
$41.25-Initial Submission (Paper)
$20.00-Second Submission (Electronic)
$30.00-Second Submission (Paper)
$31.25-Third Submission (Electronic)
$41.25-Third Submission (Paper)
$30.00-FINRA Processing Fee for Fingerprint Results Submitted by Self-Regulatory Organizations other than
FINRA.
Continuing Education Fee:
The Continuing Education Fee will be assessed as to each individual who is required to complete the Regulatory Element of the Continuing Education Requirements pursuant to Exchange General 4, Section 1240. This fee is paid directly to FINRA.
Maintaining Qualifications Program (“MQP”) Fee: $100 fee for each individual electing to participate in the continuing education program under FINRA Rule 1240(c) for each year that such individual is participating in the program. Individuals who elect to participate in the program within two years from the termination of a registration would also be assessed any accrued annual fee. This fee is paid directly to FINRA.
$25 Continuing Education Regulatory Element Session Fee for all Registrations. This fee will be assessed as to each individual who is required to complete the Regulatory Element of the Continuing Education Requirements pursuant to Exchange General 4, Section 1240. This fee is paid directly to FINRA.
Adopted October 23, 2018 (SR-ISE-2018-89); amended June 6, 2019 (SR-ISE-2019-17); amended Nov. 2, 2020 (SR-ISE-2020-37); amended Nov. 13, 2020 (SR-ISE-2020-39); amended March 16, 2021 (SR-ISE-2021-04), operative April 1, 2021; amended July 30, 2021 (SR-ISE-2021-16), operative October 1, 2021; amended November 5, 2021 (SR-ISE-2021-24), operative January 2, 2022; amended Jan. 11, 2022 (SR-ISE-2022-01), operative Jan. 31, 2022; amended Jan. 20, 2022 (SR-ISE-2022-02), operative Feb. 1, 2022; amended Nov. 29, 2022 (SR-ISE-2022-26); amended Dec. 7, 2022 (SR-ISE-2022-26); amended Jul. 25, 2023 (SR-ISE-2023-14), operative Aug. 1, 2023; amended Oct. 15, 2024 (SR-ISE-2024-49), operative Jan. 1, 2025; amended Nov. 27, 2024 (SR-ISE-2024-56), operative Jan. 1, 2025; amended Jan. 28, 2025 (SR-ISE-2025-06); amended Apr. 28, 2025 (SR-ISE-2025-13); amended Jul. 17, 2025 (SR-ISE-2025-20), operative Jan. 2, 2026; amended Sep. 5, 2025 (SR-ISE-2025-25); amended Dec. 31, 2025 (SR-ISE-2025-45), operative Jan. 1, 2026; amended Dec. 19, 2025 (SR-ISE-2025-42), operative Jan. 2, 2026.
A. Nasdaq ISE Open/Close Trade Profile End of Day
Subscription - $850 per month with an annual subscription.
Ad-hoc Request (historical data) - $600 per request per month. An ad-hoc request can be for any number of
months beginning with January 2006 for which the data is available.
Academic Ad-hoc request (historical data) - $500 per request. An ad-hoc request for up to 12 months of data.
Academic institutions may use this data for academic purposes only and not for actual securities trading.
Academic Complete Set (historical data) - $1,000 per request. A complete set includes all the months from January 2006 through the current month. Academic institutions may use this data for academic purposes only and not
for actual securities trading.
Free trial-A one month free trial is available to both members and non-members who have not previously
subscribed to the Nasdaq ISE Open/Close Trade Profile End of Day.
B. Nasdaq ISE Open/Close Trade Profile Intraday
Subscription - $2,500 per month.
Ad-hoc Request (historical data). An ad-hoc request can be for any number of months, quarters or years beginning with October 2009 for
which the data is available.
$1,000 per request per month.
Academic Ad-hoc request (historical data) - $1,000* per ad-hoc request for up to 12 months of data. Academic
institutions may use this data for academic purposes only and not for actual securities trading.
Academic Complete Set (historical data) - $2,000* per request for a complete set that includes all the months
from October 2009 through the current month. Academic institutions may use this data for academic purposes
only and not for actual securities trading.
*Credits will apply for previous purchases of Nasdaq ISE Open/Close data for the academic author and/or
university that provide a link to published research papers on the use of Nasdaq ISE Open/Close data that
can be posted on the Nasdaq ISE website. For example, a university that previously purchased the Nasdaq ISE
Open/Close Trade Profile for $1,000 would pay an incremental $1,000 for all of the history for the
Open/Close Trade Profile Intraday data.
C. Nasdaq ISE Trade Profile Historical Data and External Distribution of Derived Data
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Account Type
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Fee
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Historical Data for Current End of Day Product Distributors:
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$7,200 for the most recent 36 months
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Historical Data for Current Intra-Day Product Distributors:
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$12,000 for the most recent 36 months
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The most recent 36 months is measured based on the date of purchase of the 36 months of data by a Current Distributor.
A “Current Distributor” is any firm that purchases either the End of Day Product for the current month, or the Intra-Day Product for the current month in the same month that the 36 months of historical End of Day or Intra-Day data is ordered.
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Unlimited External Distribution of Derived Data from ISE Trade Outline:
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$4,500 per month
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Fees for external distribution of Derived Data from ISE Trade Outline are in addition to fees for the End of Day product or the Intraday product, or both, as applicable.
“Derived Data” is any information generated in whole or in part from Exchange Information such that the information generated cannot be reverse engineered to recreate Exchange Information, or be used to create other data that is recognizable as a reasonable substitute for such Exchange Information.
“Exchange Information” is any data or information that has been collected, validated, processed and/or recorded by the Exchange and made available for transmission relating to: (i) eligible securities or other financial instruments, markets, products, vehicles, indicators or devices; (ii) activities of the Exchange; or (iii) other information or data from the Exchange. Information includes, but is not limited to, any element of information used or processed in such a way that Exchange Information or a substitute for such Information can be identified, recalculated or re-engineered from the processed information.
D. Nasdaq ISE Open/Close Trade Profile End of Day and Nasdaq ISE Open/Close Trade Profile Intraday
Subscription - $3,100 per month with an annual subscription.
E. Enhanced Sentiment Market Data
Nasdaq ISEE Select Data Feed
Firms will be charged $0.10 per
end user for redistribution to up to 10,000 end users on a monthly basis.
Firms will be charged $0.10 per
end user for redistribution to 10,001 to 74,999 end users on a monthly basis.
Firms will be charged $0.084
per end user for redistribution to 75,000 to 199,999 end users (minimum increment of 5,000 end users).
Firms will be charged $0.0825
per end user for redistribution to 200,000 or more end users (minimum increment of 5,000 end users).
F. Real-time Depth of Market Raw Data Feed
Professionals (internal use only).
$5,300 (op. 1/1/25); $5,500 (op. 1/1/26); $5,700 (op. 1/1/27) per month per
distributor.* $50 per month per controlled device.** Each distributor's combined maximum fee is capped at
$8,000 (op. 1/1/25); $8,400 (op. 1/1/26); $8,600 (op. 1/1/27) per month. Each distributor's fee for the first month after connection is established between Nasdaq
ISE and distributor shall be $1,000. All user fees are waived for the first month after connection is
established between Nasdaq ISE and distributor.
Professionals (external redistribution by distributor through a controlled device).
$5,300 (op. 1/1/25); $5,500 (op. 1/1/26); $5,700 (op. 1/1/27) per month per
distributor. $50 per month per controlled device. Each distributor's combined maximum fee is capped at
$10,650 (op. 1/1/25); $11,100 (op. 1/1/26); $11,450 (op. 1/1/27) per month. Each distributor's fee for the first month after connection is established between Nasdaq
ISE and distributor shall be $1,000. All user fees are waived for the first month after connection is
established between Nasdaq ISE and distributor.
Non-Professional (external redistribution by distributor through a controlled device).
$5,000 per month per
distributor. $5 per month per controlled device. Each distributor's combined maximum fee is capped at
$10,000 per month. Each distributor's fee for the first month after connection is established between Nasdaq
ISE and distributor shall be $1,000. All user fees are waived for the first month after connection is
established between Nasdaq ISE and distributor.
Managed Data Access Service is any retransmission of the Real-time Depth of Market Raw Data Feed offered by a
Managed Data Access Distributor*** where the Managed Data Access Distributor must first agree to reformat
and/or redisplay the Real-time Depth of Market Raw Data Feed prior to retransmission, but not to affect the
integrity of the Real-time Depth of Market Raw Data Feed and not to render it inaccurate, unfair,
uninformative, fictitious, misleading, or discriminatory. (Temporary Program ending August 31, 2016)
$2,500 per month per Managed
Data Access Distributor. $750 per month per IP address for redistribution by a Managed Data Access
Distributor to a Managed Data Access Recipient,**** who may be a Professional or Non-Professional user. $50
per month per controlled device for redistribution by a Managed Data Access Distributor to a Managed Data
Access Recipient who is a Professional user. $5 per month per controlled device for redistribution by a
Managed Data Access Distributor to a Managed Data Access Recipient who is a Non-Professional user. The
minimum monthly fee for each Managed Data Access Distributor for the Real-time Depth of Market Raw Data Feed
is $5,000.
*A distributor is any firm that receives the Real-time Depth of Market Raw Data Feed directly from Nasdaq ISE
or indirectly through a redistributor and then distributes it either internally or externally. A
redistributor includes market data vendors and connectivity providers such as extranets and private network
providers.
**A controlled device is any device that a distributor of the Real-time Depth of Market Raw Data Feed permits
to access the information in the Real-time Depth of Market Raw Data Feed.
***A Managed Data Access Distributor redistributes the Real-time Depth of Market Raw Data Feed and permits
access to the information in the Real-time Depth of Market Raw Data Feed through a controlled device. A
Managed Data Access Distributor can also redistribute a data feed solution to specific IP addresses,
including an Application Programming Interface (API) or similar automated delivery solutions, with only
limited entitlement controls (e.g., usernames and/or passwords) to a recipient of the information.
****Managed Data Access Recipient is a subscriber of the Managed Data Access Distributor who receives a
reformatted Real-time Depth of Market Raw Data Feed in a controlled device or at a specific IP address. A
Managed Data Access Recipient who receives the data feed outside of a controlled device is charged the fee
per IP address, which covers both primary and back-up IP addresses.
Hardware-Based Delivery of Real-time Depth of
Market Raw Data Feed.
The charges to be paid by Distributors for processing
the Real-time Depth of Market Raw Data Feed using hardware-based delivery
technology, in addition to other applicable fees in this section, shall be:
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Hardware-Based
Delivery
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Monthly
Fee
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Internal
Only Distributor
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$12,500 Per Distributor
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External
Only Distributor
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$1,000
Per Distributor
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Internal and External Distributor
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$13,500
Per Distributor
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The term “Hardware-Based Delivery” means that a
distributor is processing data sourced from a hardware-coded market data format
such as field-programmable
gate array (“FPGA”) technology.
G. Nasdaq ISE Order Feed
Internal Use Only.
$3,150 (op. 1/1/25); $3,280 (op. 1/1/26); $3,360 (op. 1/1/27) per month per
distributor.* There are no controlled device fees for internal use.
External Redistribution.
$3,150 (op. 1/1/25); $3,280 (op. 1/1/26); $3,360 (op. 1/1/27) per month per
distributor. $20 per month per external controlled device.** Each distributor's combined maximum fee for
external redistribution is capped at $5,270 (op. 1/1/25); $5,480 (op. 1/1/26); $5,600 (op. 1/1/27) per month.
Internal and External Redistribution.
$$3,150 (op. 1/1/25); $3,280 (op. 1/1/26); $3,360 (op. 1/1/27) per month per
distributor. $20 per month per external controlled device. Each distributor's combined maximum fee for both
internal and external redistribution is capped at $5,270 (op. 1/1/25); $5,480 (op. 1/1/26); $5,600 (op. 1/1/27) per month.
Managed Data Access Service is any retransmission of the Nasdaq ISE Order Feed offered by a Managed Data
Access Distributor*** where the Managed Data Access Distributor must first agree to reformat and/or
redisplay the Nasdaq ISE Order Feed prior to retransmission, but not to affect the integrity of the Nasdaq
ISE Order Feed and not to render it inaccurate, unfair, uninformative, fictitious, misleading, or
discriminatory. (Temporary Program ending August 31, 2016)
$2,000 per month per Managed
Data Access Distributor. $500 per month per IP address for redistribution by a Managed Data Access
Distributor to a Managed Data Access Recipient,**** who may be a Professional or Non-Professional user. $20
per month per controlled device for redistribution by a Managed Data Access Distributor to a Managed Data
Access Recipient who is a Professional user. There is no controlled device fee for Non-Professional users.
The minimum monthly fee for each Managed Data Access Distributor for the Nasdaq ISE Order Feed is $4,000.
*A distributor is any firm that receives the Nasdaq ISE Order Feed directly from Nasdaq ISE or indirectly
through a redistributor and then distributes it either internally or externally. A redistributor includes
market data vendors and connectivity providers such as extranets and private network providers.
**An external controlled device is any device that a distributor of the Nasdaq ISE Order Feed permits an
external user to access the information in the Nasdaq ISE Order Feed.
***A Managed Data Access Distributor redistributes the Nasdaq ISE Order Feed and permits access to the
information in the Nasdaq ISE Order Feed through a controlled device. A Managed Data Access Distributor can
also redistribute a data feed solution to specific IP addresses, including an Application Programming
Interface (API) or similar automated delivery solutions, with only limited entitlement controls (e.g.,
usernames and/or passwords) to a recipient of the information.
****Managed Data Access Recipient is a subscriber of the Managed Data Access Distributor who receives a
reformatted Nasdaq ISE Order Feed in a controlled device or at a specific IP address. A Managed Data Access
Recipient who receives the data feed outside of a controlled device is charged the fee per IP address, which
covers both primary and back-up IP addresses.
H. Nasdaq ISE Top Feed
Professional (internal use only).
$3,180 (op. 1/1/25); $3,320 (op. 1/1/26); $3,400 (op. 1/1/27) per month per
distributor.* $20 per month per controlled device.** Each distributor's combined maximum fee for internal
redistribution is capped at $4,240 (op. 1/1/25); $4,420 (op. 1/1/26); $4,540 (op. 1/1/27) per month.
Professional (external redistribution).
$3,180 (op. 1/1/25); $3,320 (op. 1/1/26); $3,400 (op. 1/1/27) per month per
distributor. $20 per month per controlled device. Each distributor's combined maximum fee for external
redistribution is capped at $5,300 (op. 1/1/25); $5,540 (op. 1/1/26); $5,680 (op. 1/1/27) per month.
Professional (internal and external redistribution).
$3,180 (op. 1/1/25); $3,320 (op. 1/1/26); $3,400 (op. 1/1/27) per month per
distributor. $20 per month per controlled device. Each distributor's combined maximum fee for both internal
and external redistribution is capped at $5,300 (op. 1/1/25); $5,540 (op. 1/1/26); $5,680 (op. 1/1/27) per month.
Non-Professional (external redistribution through a controlled device).
$3,000 per month per
distributor. There are no monthly controlled device fees.
Managed Data Access Service is any retransmission of the Nasdaq ISE Top Quote Feed offered by a Managed Data
Access Distributor*** where the Managed Data Access Distributor must first agree to reformat and/or
redisplay the Nasdaq ISE Top Quote Feed prior to retransmission, but not to affect the integrity of the
Nasdaq ISE Top Quote Feed and not to render it inaccurate, unfair, uninformative, fictitious, misleading, or
discriminatory. (Temporary Program ending August 31, 2016)
$2,000 per month per Managed
Data Access Distributor. $500 per month per IP address for redistribution by a Managed Data Access
Distributor to a Managed Data Access Recipient,**** who may be a Professional or Non-Professional user. $20
per month per controlled device for redistribution by a Managed Data Access Distributor to a Managed Data
Access Recipient who is a Professional user. There is no controlled device fee for Non-Professional users.
The minimum monthly fee for each Managed Data Access Distributor for the Nasdaq ISE Top Quote Feed is
$4,000.
*A distributor is any firm that receives the Nasdaq ISE Top Quote Feed directly from Nasdaq ISE or indirectly
through a redistributor and then distributes it either internally or externally. A redistributor includes
market data vendors and connectivity providers such as extranets and private network providers.
**A controlled device is any device that a distributor of the Nasdaq ISE Top Quote Feed permits to access the
information in the Nasdaq ISE Top Quote Feed.
***A Managed Data Access Distributor redistributes the Nasdaq ISE Top Quote Feed and permits access to the
information in the Nasdaq ISE Top Quote Feed through a controlled device. A Managed Data Access Distributor
can also redistribute a data feed solution to specific IP addresses, including an Application Programming
Interface (API) or similar automated delivery solutions, with only limited entitlement controls (e.g.,
usernames and/or passwords) to a recipient of the information.
****Managed Data Access Recipient is a subscriber of the Managed Data Access Distributor who receives a
reformatted Nasdaq ISE Top Quote Feed in a controlled device or at a specific IP address. A Managed Data
Access Recipient who receives the data feed outside of a controlled device is charged the fee per IP
address, which covers both primary and back-up IP addresses.
I. Nasdaq ISE Spread Feed
Professional (internal use only).
$3,100 (op. 1/1/25); $3,200 (op. 1/1/26); $3,275 (op. 1/1/27) per month per
distributor.* $25 per month per controlled device.** Each distributor's combined maximum fee for internal
redistribution is capped at $4,500 (op. 1/1/25); $4,700 (op. 1/1/26); $4,825 (op. 1/1/27) per month.
Professional (external distribution).
$3,100 (op. 1/1/25); $3,200 (op. 1/1/26); $3,275 (op. 1/1/27) per month per
distributor. $25 per month per controlled device. Each distributor's combined maximum fee for external
redistribution is capped at $5,800 (op. 1/1/25); $6,100 (op. 1/1/26); $6,250 (op. 1/1/27) per month.
Professional (internal and external redistribution).
$3,100 (op. 1/1/25); $3,200 (op. 1/1/26); $3,275 (op. 1/1/27) per month per
distributor. $25 per month per controlled device. Each distributor's combined maximum fee for both internal
and external redistribution is capped at $5,800 (op. 1/1/25); $6,100 (op. 1/1/26); $6,250 (op. 1/1/27) per month.
Non-Professional (external redistribution through a controlled device).
$3,000 per month per
distributor. There are no monthly controlled device fees.
Managed Data Access Service is any retransmission of the Nasdaq ISE Spread Feed offered by a Managed Data
Access Distributor*** where the Managed Data Access Distributor must first agree to reformat and/or
redisplay the Nasdaq ISE Spread Feed prior to retransmission, but not to affect the integrity of the Nasdaq
ISE Spread Feed and not to render it inaccurate, unfair, uninformative, fictitious, misleading, or
discriminatory. (Temporary Program ending August 31, 2016)
$2,000 per month per Managed
Data Access Distributor. $500 per month per IP address for redistribution by a Managed Data Access
Distributor to a Managed Data Access Recipient,**** who may be a Professional or Non-Professional user. $25
per month per controlled device for redistribution by a Managed Data Access Distributor to a Managed Data
Access Recipient who is a Professional user. There is no controlled device fee for Non-Professional users.
The minimum monthly fee for each Managed Data Access Distributor for the Nasdaq ISE Spread Feed is $4,000.
*A distributor is any firm that receives the Nasdaq ISE Spread Feed directly from Nasdaq ISE or indirectly
through a redistributor and then distributes it either internally or externally. A redistributor includes
market data vendors and connectivity providers such as extranets and private network providers.
**A controlled device is any device that a distributor of the Nasdaq ISE Spread Feed permits to access the
information in the Nasdaq ISE Spread Feed.
***A Managed Data Access Distributor redistribute the Nasdaq ISE Spread Feed and permits access to the
information in the Nasdaq ISE Spread Feed through a controlled device. A Managed Data Access Distributor can
also redistribute a data feed solution to specific IP addresses, including an Application Programming
Interface (API) or similar automated delivery solutions, with only limited entitlement controls (e.g.,
usernames and/or passwords) to a recipient of the information.
****Managed Data Access Recipient is a subscriber of the Managed Data Access Distributor who receives a
reformatted Nasdaq ISE Spread Feed in a controlled device or at a specific IP address. A Managed Data Access
Recipient who receives the data feed outside of a controlled device is charged the fee per IP address, which
covers both primary and back-up IP addresses.
J. Nasdaq ISE Trade Feed
$1,040 (op. 1/1/25); $1,070 (op. 1/1/26); $1,087 (op. 1/1/27) per month for unlimited internal and/or external distribution of ISE Trade Feed.
K. Nasdaq ISE Implied Volatility and Greeks Feed
Professional (internal use only).
$5,000 per month per Business
Unit* at a Subscriber.** $50 per month per controlled device*** (in excess of the first 50 controlled
devices). This subscription includes the first 50 controlled devices.
Managed Data Access Service (MDAS) is any retransmission of the Nasdaq ISE Implied Volatility and Greeks Feed
offered by a Managed Data Access Distributor**** where the Managed Data Access Distributor must first agree
to reformat and/or redisplay the Nasdaq ISE Implied Volatility and Greeks Feed prior to retransmission, but
not to affect the integrity of the Nasdaq ISE Implied Volatility and Greeks Feed and not to render it
inaccurate, unfair, uninformative, fictitious, misleading, or discriminatory.
Managed Data Access Distributors (MDAD)-Non-Professional (external redistribution through a controlled
device).
$1,500 per month per MDAD. $1
per month per controlled device.
Managed Data Access Distributors (MDAD)-Professional (external redistribution through a controlled device).
$1,500 per month per MDAD. $50
per month per controlled device.
Managed Data Access Distributors (MDAD)-Professional from an Application Programming Interface (internal
redistribution only).
$1,500 per month per MDAD.
$1,000 per month for up to
10,000 symbols.
$2,000 per month for up to
25,000 symbols.
$3,000 per month for up to
50,000 symbols.
$4,000 per month for up to
100,000 symbols.
$5,000 per month for over
100,000 symbols.
Managed Data Access Recipient (MDAR)***** API Log-In Fee
$250 per month per login.
*A Business Unit is a separate and distinct business group at a Subscriber firm that has access to the Nasdaq
ISE Implied Volatility and Greeks Feed. A market making desk, a risk management group, etc. would each be
considered a Business Unit.
**A Subscriber is any firm that receives the Nasdaq ISE Implied Volatility and Greeks Feed directly from the
Nasdaq ISE or indirectly through a redistributor and then distributes it either internally or externally. A
redistributor includes market data vendors and connectivity providers such as extranet and private network
providers.
***A controlled device is any device that a Subscriber or Managed Data Access Distributor of the Nasdaq ISE
Implied Volatility and Greeks Feed permits to access the information in the Nasdaq ISE Implied Volatility
and Greeks Feed.
****A Managed Data Access Distributor is a subscriber of the Nasdaq ISE Implied Volatility and Greeks Feed
that permits access to the information in the Nasdaq ISE Implied Volatility and Greeks Feed through a
"controlled device." A Managed Data Access Distributor can also offer a data feed solution, including an
Application Programming Interface (API) or similar automated delivery solutions, with only limited
entitlement controls (e.g., usernames and/or passwords) to a recipient of the information.
*****A Managed Data Access Recipient is a subscriber to the Managed Data Access Service for the purpose of
accessing the Nasdaq ISE Implied Volatility and Greeks Feed offered by a Managed Data Access Distributor.
Adopted October 23, 2018 (SR-ISE-2018-89); amended Feb. 3, 2023 (SR-ISE-2023-06), operative Mar. 5, 2023; amended May 17, 2023 (SR-ISE-2023-10), operative Jun. 16, 2023; amended Jul. 1, 2024 (SR-ISE-2024-25); amended Jul. 15, 2024 (SR-ISE-2024-32); amended Jul. 29, 2024 (SR-ISE-2024-36); amended Sep. 6, 2024 (SR-ISE-2024-46); amended Feb. 3, 2023 (SR-ISE-2023-06), operative Sep. 23, 2024; amended Dec. 23, 2024 (SR-ISE-2024-63), operative Jan. 1, 2025; amended Jan. 6, 2025 (SR-ISE-2025-02); amended Sep. 22, 2025 (SR-ISE-2025-28), operative Oct. 1, 2025.
A. Training - $500
B. Testing - $100
C. Third party Developers
• Set-up - $1,000 (one time)
• Usage - $1,000 per month
D. Disaster Recovery Testing & Relocation Services - $3,000
Adopted October 23, 2018 (SR-ISE-2018-89).
The Sales Value Fee is assessed by the Exchange to each Member for sales on the Exchange with respect to
which the Exchange is obligated to pay a fee to the Commission under Section 31 of the Exchange Act. To the
extent that there may be any excess monies collected under this Rule, the Exchange may retain those monies
to help fund its general operating expenses. The sales transactions to which the fee applies are sales of
options (other than options on a security index) and the sales of securities resulting from the exercise of
physical-delivery options. The fee is collected indirectly from Members through their clearing firms by the
Clearing Corporation on behalf of Nasdaq ISE with respect to options sales and options exercises. The Sales
Value Fee is equal to (a) the Section 31 fee rate multiplied by (b) the Member's aggregate dollar amount of
covered sales resulting from options transactions occurring on the Exchange during any computational period.
[Adopted June 6, 2019 (SR-ISE-2019-17).]