SEC Pauses Vote on Trading Risk Fee for Options Clearing
Published Date: 2/11/2025
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Summary
The Options Clearing Corporation wants to add a new fee to all clearing member accounts to help manage risks from fast, short-term trading during and after the day. The SEC is taking extra time to decide if this new charge is a good idea. This change could affect how much money clearing members need to keep on hand and when it might happen.
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
New Margin Add-On for Clearing Members
If you are an Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) Clearing Member, OCC proposes a new margin add-on charge that would be applied to all Clearing Member accounts to help mitigate risks from intraday and overnight trading activity, particularly short-dated options trading. The Securities and Exchange Commission set April 9, 2025, as the date by which it will either approve or disapprove the proposed rule change.
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