Alerts

Warrior Met Coal, Inc. (HCC) has announced a Special Cash Dividend. Associated strike price adjustments will become effective on Friday, May 3, 2019. HCC options will continue to trade without interruption on the MIAX Exchanges.

All GTC orders resting on the MIAX order books in HCC will be canceled at the close of business on Thursday, May 2, 2019.

Additional details about the Warrior Met Coal, Inc. (HCC) dividend are provided in the attached OCC Memo.

Please contact MIAX Options Listings with any questions at Listings@MIAXOptions.com or (609) 897-7308.
 

Warrior Met Coal, Inc. (HCC) has announced a Special Cash Dividend. Associated strike price adjustments will become effective on Friday, May 3, 2019. MOMO options will continue to trade without interruption on the MIAX Exchanges.

All GTC orders resting on the MIAX order books in HCC will be canceled at the close of business on Thursday, May 2, 2019.

Additional details about the Warrior Met Coal, Inc. (HCC) dividend are provided in the attached OCC Memo.

Please contact MIAX Options Listings with any questions at Listings@MIAXOptions.com or (609) 897-7308.
 

Full details can be found in the attached press release.

For further information, please visit www.MIAXOptions.com or contact MIAX Trading Operations at TradingOperations@MIAXOptions.com.

For corporate communications, contact Dominique Prunetti-Miller at (609) 897-1465 or dprunetti@miami-holdings.com. 

On March 19, 2019, the CAT NMS Plan Participants presented the timelines and provided the documentation for Industry Members to register for reporting to the Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT).
 
For further information on Industry Member Registration please refer to:

• MIAX Options Regulatory Circular 2019-31
• MIAX PEARL Regulatory Circular 2019-18
• MIAX Emerald Regulatory Circular 2019-50

 Regulatory questions may be directed to Regulatory@MIAXOptions.com or (609) 897-7309.

iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (VXXB) will change its symbol to (VXX) and iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Mid-Term Futures ETN (VXZB) will change its symbol to (VXZ) effective for Thursday, May 2, 2019.
 
All GTC orders resting on the MIAX order books in VXXB and VXZB will be canceled at the close of business on Wednesday, May 1, 2019.

NOTE: VXX and VXZ options will continue to trade on Cloud 19 on MIAX Options and on Cloud 9 on MIAX PEARL and MIAX Emerald.

Additional details about the above symbol changes are provided in the attached OCC Memos.

Please contact MIAX Options Listings with any questions at Listings@MIAXOptions.com or (609) 897-7308.

Effective May 1, 2019, pending SEC approval, the MIAX Options Fee Schedule will be amended.  

A summary of the May 1, 2019 transaction fee changes is attached.  For full details, please review the May 1, 2019 MIAX Options Fee Schedule posted on the MIAX website at www.miaxoptions.com/fees.

For additional information, please contact MIAX Sales at Sales@MIAXOptions.com or (609) 897-8177.

If you need assistance, please contact MIAX Trading Operations at TradingOperations@MIAXOptions.com or (609) 897-7302.

Micro Focus International plc (MFGP) has announced a Share Consolidation effective for Tuesday, April 30, 2019.  On that date, the current MFGP option class will change to MFGP1. The MIAX Exchanges will not list MFGP1 options. Therefore, no options on MFGP will be available for trading on Tuesday, April 30, 2019. Micro Focus International plc (MFGP) will resume trading on the MIAX Exchanges on Wednesday, May 1, 2019.

All GTC orders resting on the MIAX order books in MFGP will be canceled at the close of business on Monday, April 29, 2019.

Additional details about the Micro Focus International plc (MFGP) Share Consolidation are provided in the attached OCC Memo.

Please contact MIAX Options Listings with any questions at Listings@MIAXOptions.com or (609) 897-7308.

SunCoke Energy Partners, L.P.  (SXCP) will be de-listed from the MIAX Options and MIAX PEARL Exchanges effective on Monday, April 29, 2019.

All GTC orders resting on the MIAX order books in SXCP will be canceled at the close of business on Friday, April 26, 2019.

Please contact MIAX Options Listings with any questions at Listings@MIAXOptions.com or (609) 897-7308.

Achaogen, Inc. (AKAO) will be de-listed from the MIAX Exchanges effective on Friday, April 26, 2019.

All GTC orders resting on the MIAX order books in AKAO will be canceled at the close of business on Thursday, April 25, 2019.

Details about the Achaogen, Inc. (AKAO) corporate action are provided in the attached OCC memo.

Please contact MIAX Listings with any questions at Listings@MIAXOptions.com or (609) 897-7308.

The MIAX Options, PEARL and Emerald Exchanges will be participating in the 2019 SIFMA BCP Testing on Saturday, October 26, 2019.  All members that are required to test with MIAX Options and/or MIAX PEARL Exchanges in accordance with Regulation Systems Compliance and Integrity (Regulation SCI) have been notified.  However, all members are encouraged to test.  Please note, the MIAX Emerald Options exchange initially launched on March 1, 2019.  Emerald Options Exchange members meeting the designation standards during the April 1, 2019 through June 30, 2019 measurement quarter will be notified of their testing obligation no later than July 15, 2019.

All Exchange designated Members are required to maintain connection to the MIAX Disaster Recovery (DR) environment for a twelve (12) month period after receiving notification for mandatory testing.

All of the Exchanges will operate out of the Chicago (CH4) Disaster Recovery site for the scheduled test.

Connectivity Testing Preparation
Telnet testing to the DR environments for each of the MIAX Exchanges will be available:

• Saturday, September 28, 2019, between 8:00AM - 12:00PM EST
• Saturday, October 5, 2019, between 8:00AM - 12:00PM EST
• Monday, October 21, 2019 through Friday, October 25, 2019, between 8:00AM - 5:30PM EST

October 26, 2019 Test Day Timeline

• 08:30 - Firms can connect to the Trading Systems and enter Orders and Quotes
• 09:15 - Live Quote Window will open
• 09:30 - Opening
• 13:00 - Closing

MIAX, PEARL & Emerald Options Exchanges BCP Testing Requirements
Members mandated to participate in accordance with Regulation SCI are obligated, at a minimum, to demonstrate the following:

Electronic Exchange Members (EEM)

• Send at least two orders in any of the options listed below
• Receive at least one execution in any of the options listed below

Market Makers (MM)

• MIAX Options Exchange:
  • Send at least one, two-sided quote in any of the options listed below
  • Receive at least one execution in any of the options listed below
• MIAX PEARL Options Exchange:
  • Send at least one, two-sided order in any of the options listed below
  • Receive at least one execution in any of the options listed below
• MIAX Emerald Options Exchange:
  • Send at least one, two-sided quote in any of the options listed below
  • Receive at least one execution in any of the options listed below

Options

1. AAPL -  JAN 17 20 – C - 205.00
2. AAPL - JAN 17 20 – P - 205.00
3. BAC - NOV 15 19 - C - 30.00
4. BAC - NOV 15 19 - P - 30.00
5. GE - JAN 17 20 - C - 10.00
6. GE - JAN 17 20 - P - 10.00
7. MSFT - JUN 19 20 - C - 65.00
8. MSFT - JUN 19 20 - P - 65.00
9. SPY - DEC 20 19 - C - 290.00
10. SPY - DEC 20 19 - P - 290.00

Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plans Testing Member Designation Standards

• MIAX Options Exchange  MIAX_Options_RC_2017_60
• MIAX PEARL Options Exchange MIAX_PEARL_RC_2017_66
• MIAX Emerald Options Exchange  MIAX_Emerald_RC_2019_15

For test day support, to coordinate participation or to arrange connectivity testing, please contact MIAX Trading Operations at TradingOperations@MIAXOptions.com or (609) 897-7302.