On March 7, 2014, EDGX Exchange, Inc. (“Exchange” or “EDGX”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”), pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) []
and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,[]
a proposed rule change to amend its rules to add a new order type called the Mid-Point Discretionary Order (“MDO”) and to reflect the priority of MDOs. The proposed rule change was published for comment in the
Federal Register
on March 25, 2014.[]
On May 2, 2014, the Commission extended the time period in which to either approve or disapprove the proposed rule change to June 23, 2014.[]
On June 20, 2014, the Commission instituted proceedings to determine whether to approve or disapprove the proposed rule change.[]
The Commission received no comment letters on the proposed rule change. On August 22, 2014, EDGX withdrew the proposed rule change (SR-EDGX-2014-05).
September 2, 2014.
For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated authority.[]
Kevin M. O'Neill,
Deputy Secretary.