CME Direct Software Enhancement Coming November 22

On Sunday, November 22 (trade date Monday, November 23), there will be a CME Direct software upgrade. The software release includes:

• Directed RFQ (DRFQ): Reply to All – A DRFQ Initiator can now choose to reply to multiple counterparties at once.
• Directed RFQ: Auto Populate Bid/Offer – Quickly populate your Bid/Offer by clicking on the displayed quote in a Negotiation form, now with quoted underlying reference, volatility and delta for Delta Negotiated DRFQ’s.
• Request for Cross (RFC) – The RFC ticket now allows for marking an Account as Favorite and will display recent Accounts used for a Cross.
• Market Data Billing Audit Trail – Firm Admins can download a Market Data permission Audit Trail to view when a User’s Exchange permission was assigned or removed.

For detailed information on new features and enhancements, please see the CME Direct Release Notes.

The CME Direct team recommends you save a copy of your workspace prior to the system upgrade. To save a workspace, navigate to:  Menu > Export Window Layout.

If you receive an “out-of-date” notification when attempting to launch CME Direct following the software update, use this link to open the application: https://cmedirect.cmegroup.com.

Please contact the Global Command Center (GCC) with any questions in the U.S. at +1 800 438 8616, in Europe at +44 20 7623 4747 or in Asia at +65 6532 5010.