# 2026-12531: Another Exchange Mandates Monthly Customer Reviews

2026-12531, Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Amend Rule 1 To Require OTP Holders and OTP Firms To Review Customer Activity on a Monthly Basis, is a Federal Register notice from Securities and Exchange Commission published 2026-06-23, effective 2026-07-01; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-30).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-12531
- As of: 2026-06-30
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-12531
- Title: Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Amend Rule 1 To Require OTP Holders and OTP Firms To Review Customer Activity on a Monthly Basis
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Securities and Exchange Commission
- Citation: 91 FR 37484
- Published: 2026-06-23
- Effective: 2026-07-01
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-30

## In one line

Another Exchange Mandates Monthly Customer Reviews

## Summary

NYSE Arca is making OTP Holders and OTP Firms check their customers’ trading activity every month to see if they should be labeled as “Professional Customers.” This change helps keep trading rules clear and fair. It starts right away and doesn’t cost anyone extra money.

## Effects PRIA read

- OTP Firms Must Review Customers Monthly: benefit, low. If you are an Options Trading Permit (OTP) Holder or an OTP Firm, you must review customer trading activity every calendar month and make any representation changes within five days after the end of the calendar month instead of five days after the end of the calendar quarter. The Exchange says thi…
- Faster Professional-Customer Reclassification: cost, medium. If you place a lot of listed options orders, firms must now check monthly (not quarterly) whether your orders should be labeled a "Professional Customer". A Professional Customer is defined to include accounts that place more than 390 orders in listed options per day on average during a calendar mo…

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## Sources
- [2026-12531 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/23/2026-12531/self-regulatory-organizations-nyse-arca-inc-notice-of-filing-and-immediate-effectiveness-of-proposed)
- [2026-12531 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-23/pdf/2026-12531.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-12531 (as of 2026-06-30).