Nasdaq GEMX Updates Taker Fees and Qualifying Thresholds for Traders
Published Date: 6/27/2025
Notice
Summary
Nasdaq GEMX is changing some fees for traders who take orders, like Market Makers and Professional Customers, and adjusting the levels needed to qualify for special pricing tiers. These updates start right away and could save or cost traders a bit depending on their activity. If you trade options on GEMX, keep an eye on these new fees and thresholds starting June 2025!
Analyzed Economic Effects
5 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 2 costs, 2 mixed.
New Note 18: $0.42 Fee in Specific Cases
GEMX adds a new note 18 that sets Tier 3 and Tier 4 Penny Symbol taker fees for Market Makers and FarMMs at $0.42 per contract when (i) the Member is both the buyer and the seller, or (ii) the Member removes liquidity from another Member as an Affiliated Member or Affiliated Entity. Members may receive the more favorable SPY pricing under either note 17 or note 18 for a given month, but not both. This change is effective immediately after the June 2025 filing.
Tier Qualification: Only Maker Volume Counts
GEMX changes its Qualifying Tier Thresholds so that taker volume is no longer counted and all eligible market participant maker volume (not just Priority Customer maker volume) counts toward tier qualification. The tier maker-percentage thresholds are amended to: Tier 1 = less than 0.85% maker volume; Tier 2 = 0.85% to less than 1.2%; Tier 3 = 1.2% to less than 1.75%; Tier 4 = 1.75% or greater of Customer Total Consolidated Volume. These changes take effect immediately after the June 2025 filing.
Tier 3 Penny Taker Fee Rises $0.01
GEMX raises the Tier 3 Penny Symbol taker fee for Non-Priority Customers from $0.49 to $0.50 per contract. This change applies to Non-Priority Customers (which include Market Makers, FarMMs, Firm Proprietary/Broker-Dealers, and Professional Customers) and is effective immediately after the filing in June 2025.
Tier 4 Market-Maker Fee Up $0.02
GEMX increases the Tier 4 Penny Symbol taker fee for Market Makers and Non-Nasdaq GEMX Market Makers (FarMM) from $0.47 to $0.49 per contract. This amendment is effective immediately upon the June 2025 filing.
SPY Tier 3 Fee Gets $0.01 Discount
GEMX amends note 17 so that the SPY Penny Symbol Tier 3 taker fee for Market Makers/Non-Nasdaq GEMX Market Makers (FarMM) will be decreased by $0.01 per contract (in addition to the existing Tier 4 SPY $0.01 decrease). This amendment to note 17 is effective immediately following the June 2025 filing.
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