# 2026-15925: NYSEArca Hikes Options Fee: Traders Yawn in Unison

2026-15925, Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSEArca, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend the Options Regulatory Fee (ORF), is a Federal Register notice from Securities and Exchange Commission published 2026-08-06, effective 2026-07-01; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-13).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-15925
- As of: 2026-08-13
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-15925
- Title: Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSEArca, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend the Options Regulatory Fee (ORF)
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Securities and Exchange Commission
- Citation: 91 FR 50905
- Published: 2026-08-06
- Effective: 2026-07-01
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-08-13

## In one line

NYSEArca Hikes Options Fee: Traders Yawn in Unison

## Summary

No summary available.

## Effects PRIA read

- ORF Charged Only For On‑Exchange Customer Trades: mixed, medium. Starting July 1, 2026, the Options Regulatory Fee (ORF) is assessed only for options executions that occur on NYSE Arca and that clear in the OCC customer range. The ORF will be collected by the Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) on behalf of the Exchange from the clearing firm (OTP Holders/OTP Fir…
- ORF Rate Raised Then Reduced Schedule: cost, medium. Prior to July 1, 2026 the ORF was $0.0026 per contract. The Exchange set an ORF rate of $0.0120 per contract effective July 1, 2026 through August 31, 2026 and now proposes a lower rate of $0.0080 per contract effective September 1, 2026.
- ORF Billing Uses Trade‑Date Clearing Instructions: mixed, low. The Exchange will assess ORF based on the clearing instruction provided on the execution on the trade date and will not take into account CMTA transfers or changes that occur at OCC; same‑day on‑Exchange adjustments will be considered. This affects which clearing firm and which side of a transactio…

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## Sources
- [2026-15925 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/06/2026-15925/self-regulatory-organizations-nysearca-inc-notice-of-filing-and-immediate-effectiveness-of-a)
- [2026-15925 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-06/pdf/2026-15925.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-15925 (as of 2026-08-13).