REGISTRATION NO. 333-17663
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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                        POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 35
                                      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          MARK PEARSON,
                         OF             CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                 AXA EQUITABLE LIFE        AXA EQUITABLE LIFE
                 INSURANCE COMPANY         INSURANCE COMPANY
               (EXACT NAME OF TRUST)       1290 AVENUE OF THE
                                                AMERICAS
                 AXA EQUITABLE LIFE     NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10104
                 INSURANCE COMPANY        (NAME AND ADDRESS OF
              (EXACT NAME OF DEPOSITOR)    AGENT FOR SERVICE)

                 1290 AVENUE OF THE
                      AMERICAS
              NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10104
              (ADDRESS OF DEPOSITOR'S
                PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE
                      OFFICES)

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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
                 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. 35 ("PEA") to the Form S-6 Registration
Statement No. 333-17663 ("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 Supplements
or supplements to the Prospectus Supplements, or any other part of the
Registration Statement except as specifically noted herein. (Parts I and II of
Post-Effective Amendment Nos. 33 and 34 to the Form S-6 Registration Statement
(File No. 333-17663), 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