REGISTRATION NO. 333-17669

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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                        POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 29
                                      TO
                                   FORM S-6

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               FOR REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
       OF SECURITIES OF UNIT INVESTMENT TRUSTS REGISTERED ON FORM N-8B-2

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                              SEPARATE ACCOUNT FP
                                      OF

                     AXA EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
                             (EXACT NAME OF TRUST)

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                     AXA EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
                           (EXACT NAME OF DEPOSITOR)

                                                    MARK PEARSON,
                                               CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
     1290 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS         AXA EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
       NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10104              1290 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
  (ADDRESS OF DEPOSITOR'S PRINCIPAL            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10104
          EXECUTIVE OFFICES)            (NAME AND ADDRESS OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)

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             TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE: (212) 554-1234

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                 PLEASE SEND COPIES OF ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO:

                               SHANE DALY, ESQ.
                              VICE PRESIDENT AND
                           ASSOCIATE GENERAL COUNSEL
                     AXA EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
                          1290 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
                           NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10104

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It is proposed that this filing will become effective immediately upon filing
pursuant to Rule 462(d).

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                                     NOTE

This Post Effective Amendment No. 29 ("PEA") to the Form S-6 Registration
Statement No. 333-17669 ("Registration Statement") of AXA Equitable Life
Insurance Company ("AXA Equitable") and its Separate Account FP is being filed
pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), solely for the purpose of filing exhibits to the
Registration Statement. Accordingly, this PEA consists only of a facing page,
this explanatory note and Item 6 of Part II of the Registration Statement on
Form S-6 setting forth the exhibits to the Registration Statement. This PEA
does not modify any other part of the Registration Statement. Pursuant to
Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, this PEA shall become effective
immediately upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The
contents of the Registration Statement are hereby incorporated by reference.



                                    PART II

The PEA does not amend or delete the currently effective Prospectus Supplement
or supplements to the Prospectus Supplement, or any other part of the
Registration Statement except as specifically noted herein. (Parts I and II of
Post-Effective Amendment Nos. 27 and 28 to the Form S-6 Registration Statement
(File No. 333-17669), filed with the Commission on April 21, 2017 and on
December 21, 2017, respectively, are incorporated by reference.)

Other Exhibits:

     6               Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, filed herewith.



                                  SIGNATURES

   Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
has duly caused this Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, and its seal to be
hereunto affixed and attested, in the City and State of New York, on the 11th
day of April, 2018.

                                 SEPARATE ACCOUNT FP OF AXA EQUITABLE LIFE
                                 INSURANCE COMPANY
                                 (REGISTRANT)

                                 By: AXA EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
                                                    (DEPOSITOR)

                                 By: /s/ Shane Daly
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                                     Shane Daly
                                     Vice President and Associate General
                                     Counsel

Attest:  /s/ Shane Daly
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         Shane Daly ,
         Attorney-in-Fact
         Pursuant to Power of Attorney
         April 11, 2018



                                  SIGNATURES

       As required by the Securities Act of 1933, the Depositor has caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf, by the undersigned, duly
authorized, in the City and State of New York, on this 11th day of April, 2018.

                                         AXA EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
                                                      (Depositor)

                                         By:  /s/ Shane Daly
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                                              Shane Daly
                                              Vice President and Associate
                                              General Counsel

As required by the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:

PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER:

*Mark Pearson                  Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer,
                               Director and President

PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER:

*Anders B. Malmstrom           Senior Executive Director
                               and Chief Financial Officer

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING OFFICER:

*Andrea M. Nitzan              Executive Director, Chief Accounting Officer
                               and Controller

*DIRECTORS:

Barbara Fallon-Walsh       Mark Pearson
Daniel G. Kaye             Bertram Scott
Kristi A. Matus            Thomas Buberl
Ramon de Oliveira          George Stansfield
                           Richard C. Vaughan

*By:  /s/ Shane Daly
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         Shane Daly
         Attorney-in-Fact

April 11, 2018



                                 EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT NO.                                        TAG VALUE
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6           Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP  EX-99.6