EBS Market Integration Notice: New and Updated Content

EBS Market Integration onto CME Globex

In Q4 2021, subject to applicable regulatory approvals, EBS Market's Central Limit Order Book and eFix Matching Service will launch on CME Globex. You will receive subsequent notices with additional details and actions required to support the EBS Market integration onto CME Globex.

The EBS Market on CME Globex Launch Schedule is now available with details on New Release and Production milestones.

Topics in this issue include:

• Client Testing for EBS Market and eFix Matching Service on CME Globex - April 26 Update
• Changes to CME Globex New Release and Certification Maintenance Window - April 28 New
• AutoCert+ Available Now
• Subscription Center for EBS Market Integration Notice

Update - Client Testing for EBS Market and eFix Matching Service on CME Globex

† Denotes update to the article

† Market data services for EBS on CME Globex will be available for client testing on Monday, April 26. These services include:

• CME MDP Conflated UDP – EBS Ultra New York
• CME MDP Conflated TCP – Credit Screened New York
• CME MDP Conflated UDP – EBS Ultra London
• CME MDP Conflated TCP – Credit Screened London
• CME MDP Conflated TCP – EBS Ultra Russian Ruble
• CME MDP Conflated UDP – EBS Ultra OFF SEF NDF
• CME MDP Conflated TCP – Credit Screened OFF SEF NDF
• CME MDP Conflated UDP – EBS Ultra ON SEF NDF
• CME MDP Conflated TCP – Credit Screened ON SEF NDF

† Please note: TCP sessions are required for CME MDP Conflated TCP testing. Clients may begin creating their sessions this Friday, April 23, to facilitate Monday testing. TCP sessions may be requested anytime and are available for use the following Thursday or Monday, as detailed.

Core features for EBS Market and eFix Matching Service are now available in the CME Globex New Release environment for client and vendor testing, including order entry, Drop Copy and product reference data.

Full details on features and functionality are available now in the EBS Market on CME Globex Launch Schedule.

All EBS Market and eFix Matching client systems will need to establish connectivity to the CME Globex New Release environment prior to testing or certifying. See the EBS integration environments overview for details about accessing the test environments. Clients may choose from the following options:

• CME Cert VPN: a secure, encrypted tunnel through an internet service that supports VPN protocols.
• CME Cert Data Center: cross-connect to CME Data Center locations (where offered), using a 1Gbps fiber handoff.

ACTION REQUIRED
Learn more about how to get set up for testing, including connecting to CME Globex New Release environment and setting up a system profile, company details, and sessions:

If you have any questions, please contact Global Account Management.

Please review the following Client Impact Assessments for more details:

• EBS Market on CME Globex Market Functionality
• EBS Reference Data API Migration
• CME Globex EBS Market - Market Data
• iLink 3 Binary Order Entry - EBS Market on CME Globex
• CME Drop Copy Service for EBS Market on CME Globex

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New - Changes to CME Globex New Release and Certification Maintenance Window

Starting Wednesday, April 28, to ensure a robust and stable environment for client testing, CME Group will modify the CME Globex New Release and Certification environments maintenance window. With this change, the New Release and Certification environments updated maintenance window will be 5 am - 12 pm Central Time (CT), Wednesdays. Currently, the New Release and Certification environments daily maintenance windows are 4 pm - 8 pm CT Monday – Thursday and 2 am - 5 am CT Wednesday.

Maintenance windows are a specified period of time during which an environment is unavailable to allow CME Group staff to launch and test new releases; and perform maintenance operations.

Please Note: Services are available from 8 pm Central Time (CT) Sunday to 4 pm CT Friday except during the maintenance window.

CME Group will announce future modifications to the New Release and Certification Maintenance Window in the EBS Market Integration Notices.

Please contact Certification Support for Electronic Trading (CSET) with any questions in the U.S. at +1 312 930 2322, in Europe at +44 20 3379 3803 or in Asia at +65 6593 5593.

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AutoCert+ Available Now

The iLink 3 and Drop Copy AutoCert+ test suites are currently available for customer application certification in preparation for the EBS Market launch on CME Globex. AutoCert+ is an automated testing tool for validating client application functionality prior to connecting to and transacting on CME Group platforms. Certification ensures messaging and processing reliability and the capability to gracefully recover during abnormal events.

CME Group requires that all client systems are certified by AutoCert+ before connecting to the Production environment for:

• transacting on CME Globex via iLink order routing for iLink 3 Market Segment Gateway and iLink 3 Convenience Gateway
• leveraging Drop Copy

For certification assistance or questions, please contact Certification Support for Electronic Trading (CSET).

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Subscription Center for EBS Market Integration Notice

Please be aware that customers can now subscribe to receive EBS Market Integration Notices via the Subscription Center, a self-serve online resource for managing email communications from CME Group. The EBS Market Integration Notices are currently sent bi-weekly at 2am Central Time (CT) Thursday and include communications regarding the up-to-date details and actions required for clients to support the EBS Market integration onto CME Globex.

All clients who currently receive the EBS Market Integration notice will remain on the distribution and will not require any action to continue receiving the notice.  New clients who want to start receiving the EBS Market Integration notice will need to use their CME Group Login to access Subscription Center and select “EBS Market Integration Notices” to subscribe. 

Additional details about how to Subscribe to the EBS Market Integration Notice are now available.

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