Self-Regulatory Organizations; Nasdaq ISE, LLC; Notice of Filing of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend the Short Term Option Series Program Related to Qualifying Securities

ge Commission. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Proposal At this time, the Exchange proposes to amend the listing and trading of Qualifying Securities to: (1) permit the listing of up to two Tuesday and Thursday Expirations for options on certain Exchange- Traded Funds that meet the current criteria in addition to the existing Monday and Wednesday Expirations; and (2) permit the listing of up to two Monday and Wednesday Expirations for options on additional Exchange-Traded Fund Shares that meet new additional criteria. As noted above, the Exchange proposes to designate the Exchange-Traded Fund Shares that meet the current criteria in Supplementary Material .03 to Options 4, Section 5 as ``Tier 1 Qualifying Securities'' and designate the Exchange-Traded Fund Shares that meet the proposed new set of criteria for Qualifying Securities that would only be permitted to trade up to two Monday and Wednesday Expirations, as ``Tier 2 Qualifying Securities.'' Expansion of Exchange-Traded Fund Shares Qualifying Securities On May 1, 2025, ISE filed a rule proposal, which was approved by the SEC on January 16, 2026, to permit the listing of Qualifying Securities.\9\ The Exchange began listing Qualifying Securities on January 26, 2026 on Tesla, Inc. (TSLA); NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA); Apple Inc. (AAPL); iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT); Amazon.com , I