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Approved Immediately Effective Proposed Federal Register
2008 2007 2006

2006 Approved Rule Filings

File NumberDate ApprovedDescription
SR Amex 2006-111
 
12/04/06
Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Relating to Odd-Lot Rejections by Away Markets in the AEMI-One Pilot.
SR Amex 2006-109
 
12/28/06
Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of a Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto Relating to Listing Standards for Series of Portfolio Depositary Receipts and Index Fund Shares.
SR Amex 2006-105
 
12/11/06
Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposal relating to fees for the routing of orders to other market centers through a private linkage.
SR Amex 2006-104
 
11/02/06
Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Eliminate Certain Licensing Fees.
SR Amex 2006-103
 
11/02/06
Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Eliminating the Post-Trade Allocation Feature in ANTE.
SR Amex 2006-98
 
12/22/06
Order Approving Proposed Rule Change Relating to the Codification of Exchange Policy Regarding Specialist Commissions.
SR Amex 2006-97
 
10/12/06
Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Amend the Electronic Access Fee.
SR Amex 2006-95
 
10/18/06
Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 thereto relating to the Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund.
SR Amex 2006-93
 
11/02/06
Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change to Revise the Equities and Exchange Traded Fund Shares ("ETFs") Fee Schedule.
SR Amex 2006-92
 
10/04/06
Approves our filing to clarify that options holders of quarterly options have until the expiration date to make a decision to exercise or not exercise an expiring option.
SR Amex 2006-91
 
10/04/06
Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change Relating to the Extension of the Pilot Period Applicable to the Listing and Trading of Options on the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index.
SR Amex 2006-88
 
11/30/06
Order Approving Proposed Rule Change to Extend the Term of Index-Linked Securities.
SR Amex 2006-87
 
12/20/06
Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of a Proposed Rule Change and Amendment Nos. 1 and 2 Thereto Relating to Criteria for Securities that Underline Options Traded on the Exchange.
SR Amex 2006-85
 
10/04/06
Order Granting Accelerated Approval to Proposed Rule Changes Relating to Exchange to Exchange Billing Under the Linkage Plan.
SR Amex 2006-84
 
10/03/06
Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Relating to a Suspension of Transaction Charges for Specialist Orders in the Nasdaq-100 Tracking Stock (QQQQ).
SR Amex 2006-82
 
11/29/06
Order Granting Accelerated Approval to a Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto and Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval to Amendment No. 2 Thereto Relating to MACRO Tradeable Shares.
SR Amex 2006-80
 
12/11/06
Approval of proposed rule to amend Rule 777 regarding depository eligibility.
SR Amex 2006-79
 
09/22/06
Approves the amendment to the Payment for Order Flow Plan to include Supplemental Registered Options Traders.
SR Amex 2006-78
 
11/09/06
Order Granting Accelerated Approval to Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto and Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval to Amendment No. 2 Thereto Relating to Generic Listing Standards for Series of Portfolio Depository Receipts and Index Fund Shares Based on International or Global Indexes.
SR Amex 2006-76
 
12/29/06
Order Granting Accelerated Approval to Proposed Rule Change as Modified by Amendments No. 1, 2, 3, and 4 Thereto and Notice of Filing of Amendments No. 3 and 4 Relating to the Listing and Trading of the DB Multi-Sector Commodity Trust.
SR Amex 2006-75
 
08/30/06
Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Relating to the Extension of a Pilot Program that Increases Position and Exercise Limits for Equity Options and Options on the Nasdaq-100 Tracking Stock.
SR Amex 2006-73
 
08/23/06
Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Clarify the Applicability of Certain Rules to Securities Also Listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market and the Nasdaq Global Market.
SR Amex 2006-72
 
11/03/06
Order Approving a Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto, and Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval to Amendment No. 3, To Adopt New Rules To Implement on a Pilot Basis an Initial Version of AEMI, Its Proposed New Hybrid Market Trading Platform For Equity Products and Exchange Traded Funds.
SR Amex 2006-71
 
08/11/06
Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Proposed Rule Change Relating to Floor Broker HandHeld Terminals.
SR Amex 2006-70
 
09/26/06
Order Approving Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto to Apply Certain Provisions of Its Minor Rule Violation Plan to Registered Options Traders, Supplemental Registered Options Traders, and Remote Registered Options Traders.
SR Amex 2006-69
 
08/01/06
Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto Relating to an Extension of a Pilot Program for the Fee Cap Program for Certain Options Spread Trades.
SR Amex 2006-68
 
07/20/06
Approves the application of the allocation algorithm in Rule 935ANTE to Supplemental Registered Options Traders.
SR Amex 2006-67
 
07/12/06
Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Permit the Listing and Trading of Quarterly Options Series.
SR Amex 2006-66
 
07/12/06
Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Extend the Short Term Option Series Pilot Program.
SR Amex 2006-64
 
09/07/06
Order Granting Approval to a Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto Relating to a Retroactive Suspension of Transaction Charges for Specialist Orders in the Nasdaq-100 Tracking Stock (QQQQ).
SR Amex 2006-63
 
08/15/06
Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Relating to Transaction Based Fees for Supplemental Registered Options Traders.
SR Amex 2006-62
 
07/17/06
Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Proposed Rule Change to Extend the Linkage Fee Pilot Program.
SR Amex 2006-61
 
07/21/06
Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto Relating to the Handling of Immediate or Cancel Orders in Options.
SR Amex 2006-60
 
06/30/06
Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change Relating to the Extension of the Pilot Period Applicable to the Listing and Trading of Options on the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index.
SR Amex 2006-59
 
06/23/06
Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change Relating to its Options Marketing Fee Program.
SR Amex 2006-58
 
08/02/06
Approves an Amendment to Amex Rule 27 to revise the number and composition of the Allocation Committee.
SR Amex 2006-57
 
12/22/06
Order Approving Proposed Rule Change Relating to Stop Orders for Exchange Traded Funds and Trust Issued Receipts.
SR Amex 2006-56
 
06/09/06
Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Relating to the Adoption of an Options Licensing Fee in Connection with Certain Russell Indexes.
SR Amex 2006-55
 
06/07/06
Approves the twelve month extension for the Exchanges odd lot pilot program for Nasdaq securities traded on the Exchange pursuant to unlisted trading privileges thru June 30, 2007.
SR Amex 2006-53
 
05/24/06
Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Relating to the DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund.
SR Amex 2006-52
 
05/25/06
Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Amend Numerical Designations of Paragraphs in Amex Rule 935 – ANTE.
SR Amex 2006-51
 
05/26/06
Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Adopt an Options Licensing Fee for Options on Market Vectors-Gold Miners Exchange-Traded Fund.
SR Amex 2006-50
 
05/25/06
Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Proposed Rule Change Regarding Options Quote Size Mitigation.
SR Amex 2006-49
 
05/19/06
Immediate Effectiveness of the Proposal to Extend until June 5, 2007, a Pilot Program for Listing Options on Selected Stocks Trading Below $20 at One-Point Intervals.
SR Amex 2006-48
 
12/06/06
Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval to Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto Modifying the Exchange’s Independent Director and Audit Committee Corporate Governance Standards.
SR Amex 2006-47
08/16/06
Order Approving Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 2 Thereto Relating to the Member Firm Guarantee for FLEX Equity Options.
SR Amex 2006-46
05/23/06
Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval to a Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto Relating to the Elimination of the Prohibition on Computer Generated Orders.
SR Amex 2006-45
 
05/08/06
Immediate effectiveness of the proposal relating to the Prohibition Against the Entry of Multiple Options Orders.
SR Amex 2006-44
 
09/14/06
Approves the listing and trading of the DB Currency Index Value Fund.
SR Amex 2006-43
 
05/17/06
Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change to List for Trading Options on the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund.
SR Amex 2006-42
 
07/03/06
Order Granting Approval to a Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto Relating to a Retroactive Suspension of Transaction Charges for Specialist Orders in the Nasdaq-100 Tracking Stock (QQQQ).
SR Amex 2006-41
 
06/23/06
Order Granting Approval to Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto and Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval to Amendment No. 2 Thereto Relating to the Listing and Trading of Shares of the ProShares Trust.
SR Amex 2006-40
 
08/08/06
Order Granting Approval of a Proposed Rule Change Relating to Direct Registration System Eligibility Requirements.
SR Amex 2006-39
 
05/11/06
Immediate Effectiveness of Proposal to adopt a licensing fee for options on the Vanguard Dividend Appreciation VIPERs.
SR Amex 2006-38
 
06/05/06
Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto Relating to Locked Markets.
SR Amex 2006-37
 
04/21/06
Immediate Effectiveness of Amendment to the Technology Fee.
SR Amex 2006-36
 
04/19/06
Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Relating to the Adoption of a Licensing Fee for Options on the First Trust IPOX-100 Index Fund Shares.
SR Amex 2006-34
06/12/06
Order Approving Proposed Rule Change Relating to Minor Rule Violations and the Bunching of Odd-Lot Orders.
SR Amex 2006-33
05/08/06
Immediate Effectiveness of Proposal to correct Section 141 of the Amex Company Guide so that annual fees in connection with Closed End Fund issuers may not be deferred, waived or rebated.
SR Amex 2006-32
 
04/14/06
Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Relating to Commentary .10 to Amex Rule 958 and Commentary .09 to Amex Rule 958—ANTE.
SR Amex 2006-30
 
04/25/06
Immediate Effectiveness of Suspension of Transaction Charges for Specialist Orders in the Nasdaq-100 Tracking Stock (QQQQ) through June 30, 2006.
SR Amex 2006-29
 
04/13/06
Immediate Effectiveness of One year extension of the Allocation and Performance Evaluation Procedures for securities admitted to dealings on an Unlisted Basis.
SR Amex 2006-28
 
04/03/06
Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Adopt Rules and Procedures Governing the Execution of Complex Orders Involving Options and Securities Futures.
SR Amex 2006-27
 
08/14/06
Order Approving a Proposed Rule Change and Amendments No. 1 and 2 Thereto Relating to Interim Members.
SR Amex 2006-26
 
03/20/06
Immediate effectiveness of the proposal relating to the extension of time for exercising expiring options and submitting Contrary Exercise Advices.
SR Amex 2006-25
 
05/12/06
Immediate effectiveness of the proposal to amend Rule 935-ANTE to revise the manner in which executed contracts are allocated.
SR Amex 2006-24
 
03/17/06
Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Relating to the Adoption of a Licensing Fee for Options on the First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund Shares.
SR Amex 2006-23
 
03/08/06
Immediate effectiveness of the proposal to modify its Options Fee Schedule by adopting a per contract license fee for options transactions in six new Rydex exchange-traded funds.
SR Amex 2006-21
 
03/14/06
Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change Relating to a Rebate of the Exchange's Options Cancellation Fee.
SR Amex 2006-18
 
02/24/06
Immediate effectiveness of the proposal to modify Options Fee Schedule by adopting a per contract license fee for options transactions in the PowerShares Zacks SmallCap Portfolio.
SR Amex 2006-16
 
02/17/06
Immediate effectiveness of the proposal to amend Amex Rule 903 providing that the Exchange will typically open four expiration months for each class of options open for trading.
SR Amex 2006-15
 
02/15/06
Immediate effectiveness of the proposal to increase the equity options marketing fee from the current level of $0.40 to $0.75 per contract.
SR Amex 2006-14
 
03/22/06
Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment Nos. 1 and 2 Thereto Relating to Specialists’ Transactions with Public Customers.
SR Amex 2006-13
 
02/15/06
Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Extend the Deadline for Implementation of the ANTE System.
SR Amex 2006-12
 
02/15/06
Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Establish a Technology Assessment Fee for the Use of Legacy Options Trading Systems.
SR Amex 2006-11
 
02/03/06
Immediate effectiveness of the proposal to modify Options Fee Schedule.
SR Amex 2006-10
03/03/06
Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto Relating to Its Fee Cap Program for Certain Options Spread Trades.
SR Amex 2006-09
 
02/07/06
Immediate effectiveness of the non substantive amendment to our proposal to eliminate the all or none also known as an AON order type.
SR Amex 2006-08
 
02/06/06
Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Relating to the Specialist Transaction Fee.
SR Amex 2006-07
 
01/31/06
Proposal for a six month extension of the pilot program increasing the standard position and exercise limits for options on the QQQQ and equity option classes traded on the Exchange.
SR Amex 2006-04
 
04/14/06
Order Approving a Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto Relating to Procedures for Denying Initial and Continued Listing.
SR Amex 2006-03
 
02/07/06
Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of a Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto to Adjust the Close of Normal Trading Hours in Equity Options and Narrow-Based Index Options.
SR Amex 2006-02
 
01/13/06
Approves the immediate effectiveness of a six-month extension of the odd-lot pilot program for Nasdaq securities traded on the Exchange pursuant to unlisted trading privileges through June 30, 2006.
SR Amex 2006-01
 
11/22/06
Approves Proposed Rule Change and Amendments No. 1, 2 and 3 thereto to list and trade principal protected notes linked to the Dow Jones-AIG ExEnergy Sub-Index.
SR Amex 2005-131
 
01/19/06
Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval to a Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto Relating to the Implementation of a Quote Risk Manager.
SR Amex 2005-130
 
02/09/06
Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of a Proposed Rule Change, and Amendment No. 1 Thereto, Relating to the Specialist Transaction Fee.
SR Amex 2005-128
 
01/05/06
Approval Relating to the Trading Pursuant to Unlisted Trading Privileges of the Euro Currency Trust.
SR Amex 2005-127
 
03/31/06
Order Approving Proposed Rule Change and Amendment Nos. 1 and 2 Thereto Relating to the Listing and Trading of Units of the United States Oil Fund, LP.
SR Amex 2005-125
 
05/09/06
Order Granting Approval of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto Relating to Dual Listing.
SR Amex 2005-124
 
03/07/06
Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Proposed Rule Change and Amendments Nos. 1 and 3 Thereto Relating to Increases in the Original Listing and Annual Fees.
SR Amex 2005-117
 
03/21/06
Order Granting Approval of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment Nos. 1 and 2 Thereto Relating to Amendments to the Amex Membership Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation.
SR Amex 2005-116
 
06/01/06
Approves the Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto Relating to Written Compliance and Supervisory Controls.
SR Amex 2005-114
 
01/03/06
Order Granting Approval Relating to Initial Listing Standards.
SR Amex 2005-112
 
05/12/06
Order Granting Approval to Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Relating to the Prohibition of Trade Shredding by Members.
SR Amex 2005-110
 
02/28/06
Approved amendments to Amex Rule 184 requiring specialists and specialist units to employ an adequate number of clerks to enable the specialist unit to efficiently handle actual and reasonably anticipated trading volume in the specialist unit’s registered securities.
SR Amex 2005-107
 
04/17/06
Order Granting Approval of a Proposed Rule Change and Amendment Nos. 1 and 2 to Amend Exchange Delisting Rules to Conform to Recent Amendments to Commission Rules Regarding Removal from Listing and Withdrawal from Registration.
SR Amex 2005-105
 
06/22/06
Order Granting Approval of Proposed Rule Change and Amendments No. 1 and 2 Thereto Relating to the Listing and Trading of Principal Protected Notes Linked to the Metals-China Basket.
SR Amex 2005-104
 
10/04/06
Order Approving a Proposed Rule Change and Amendments No. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 Thereto, and Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval to Amendment No. 6, to Establish a New Hybrid Trading System Known as AEMI.
SR Amex 2005-103
 
05/11/06
Order Granting Approval of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 Thereto Allowing Issuers of Listed Equity Securities, Structured Products, and Exchange Traded Funds a Right to Request a New Specialist.
SR Amex 2005-100
 
04/13/06
Order Approving Proposed Rule Change and Amendments No. 1 and 2 Thereto and Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval to Amendment No. 4 Relating to the Establishment of a New Class of Registered Options Trader Called a Remote Registered Options Trader.
SR Amex 2005-096
 
07/25/06
Order Granting Approval of a Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto Relating to the Relocation of Registered Options Traders Assigned Options Classes.
SR Amex 2005-075
 
04/12/06
Order Approving Proposed Rule Change and Amendments No. 2 and 3 Thereto Relating to the Establishment of a New Class of Registered Options Trader Called a Supplemental Registered Options Trader ("SROT").
SR Amex 2005-072
 
03/20/06
Order Granting Approval of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto Relating to the Listing and Trading of Shares of the iShares Silver Trust.
SR Amex 2005-064
 
01/09/06
Order Approving Proposed Rule Change and Amendment Nos. 1 and 2 Thereto Relating to Telemarketing.
SR Amex 2005-061
 
01/30/06
Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval to Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto Relating to the Listing and Trading of Options on Certain Russell Indexes.
SR Amex 2005-060
 
10/16/06
Order Approving a Proposed Rule Change and Amendment Nos. 1, 2, and 3 Thereto and Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval to Amendment Nos. 4 and 5 Thereto Relating to Amendments to the Obvious Error Rules.
SR Amex 2005-059
 
01/11/06
Accelerated approval of a proposed rule change relating to the listing and trading of the DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund.