# 2025-11096: NYSE Seeks Green Light for Commodity Trust Options Trading

2025-11096, Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE American LLC, NYSE Arca Inc.; Order Instituting Proceedings To Determine Whether To Approve or Disapprove Proposed Rule Changes To Amend Rules To Permit Options on Commodity-Based Trust Shares, is a Federal Register notice from Securities and Exchange Commission published 2025-06-17, effective 2025-06-12 (as of 2026-06-08).

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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-11096
- Title: Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE American LLC, NYSE Arca Inc.; Order Instituting Proceedings To Determine Whether To Approve or Disapprove Proposed Rule Changes To Amend Rules To Permit Options on Commodity-Based Trust Shares
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Securities and Exchange Commission
- Citation: 90 FR 25687
- Published: 2025-06-17
- Effective: 2025-06-12
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

NYSE Seeks Green Light for Commodity Trust Options Trading

## Summary

The NYSE American and NYSE Arca want to let people trade options on Commodity-Based Trust Shares, which are like special investment bundles tied to commodities. The SEC is now deciding if this change is a good idea, with a deadline around mid-June 2025. If approved, investors could see new ways to trade and possibly more money-making chances in the near future.

## Effects PRIA read

- Options Trading Allowed on Commodity Trusts: benefit, medium. The NYSE American and NYSE Arca have proposed rules to allow listing and trading of options on Commodity-Based Trust Shares. The Exchanges filed the proposals on February 24, 2025, and the SEC instituted proceedings on June 12, 2025 (with a designation touching June 15, 2025) to determine whether t…
- Broader Eligibility Without Extra SEC Approval: benefit, medium. The Exchanges propose that any exchange-traded fund approved to list on the primary market as a Commodity-Based Trust Share would qualify as an underlying for options on the Exchanges without requiring separate additional Commission approval. This change would apply once an ETF is approved as a Com…
- Existing ETF Option Rules Will Apply: benefit, low. The Exchanges state that options on Commodity-Based Trust Shares would trade under the same existing ETF option rules, including listing criteria, continued listing standards, expirations (weekly/monthly/quarterly/LEAPS), exercise/strike price rules, minimum increments, position and exercise limits…

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## Sources
- [2025-11096 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/17/2025-11096/self-regulatory-organizations-nyse-american-llc-nyse-arca-inc-order-instituting-proceedings-to)
- [2025-11096 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-17/pdf/2025-11096.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-11096 (as of 2026-06-08).