NYSE Arca Offers Cash Back for Manual Option Trades
Published Date: 1/28/2026
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Summary
NYSE Arca is giving extra cash-back rewards (rebates) to traders who do certain manual and QCC option trades. This change helps floor brokers save money and started right away on January 14, 2026. If you trade options this way, you’ll see some nice savings in your fees!
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Manual-Trade Rebates for Floor Brokers
If you are a Floor Broker who joins the Floor Broker Fixed Cost Prepayment Incentive Program (FB Prepay Program), you get a rebate of $0.08 per manual billable side, payable monthly. If you do more than 500,000 manual billable sides in a month, you get an extra $0.02 per billable side, and those extra rebates apply retroactively to the first billable side.
New Combined QCC + Manual Volume Rebates
The Exchange adds additional rebates tied to combined manual and QCC billable volume: an extra $0.01 per manual billable side and $0.01 per Non-Customer vs. Non-Customer QCC contract if a participant exceeds the aggregate of QCC Tier 1 and QCC Tier 2 qualifications in combined manual and QCC billable contracts. These additional rebates are payable retroactively to the first billable side and are paid monthly.
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