Additional Resources

• Weekly CME Globex Notices provide the latest information on listed derivatives and are available at 8 a.m. CT Thursdays.
• Previous EBS Market on CME Globex Notices are available from the Notice Search page.

Critical System Information

CME STP Migration for EBS Customers - December 31

Central Post Trade (CPT) TOF and FIX will be decommissioned on December 31.

All EBS clients must migrate to CME STP solutions before the decommission. Both CME STP and CME STP FIX currently support EBS trades as well as BrokerTec on CME Globex, BrokerTec Stream, and CME Group futures and options.

Start planning your CPT migration now to ensure no interruption of service, and continued access to new products and features, which will only be supported in CME STP. 

To facilitate your migration, Message Specifications  and CME STP FIX Data Dictionary are now available along with Migration Guides for CPT TOF and CPT FIX to CME STP.

CME STP for EBS FX Markets are currently available for customer testing in New Release. Functional certification is required.

Please contact Global Account Management with any questions regarding this migration.

Decommission of EBS Central Post Trade Email Service - December 31

EBS Central Post Trade (CPT) email service will be decommissioned on December 31.

EBS clients who currently use CPT email service are recommended to use CME STP Trade View. The CME STP Trade View trade details PDF feature has been designed to replace the CPT email PDF.

3DES Cipher Deprecation for All Customer VPN Connections - This Week

Effective this Friday, September 6, as part of continued security measures and best practices to deprecate legacy security protocols and ciphers, CME Group will no longer support 3DES cipher. Please plan to move off of 3DES to keep the ability to connect via VPN.

To continue using IKEv1, please choose to  move to another supported policy such as AES256+SHA256. This is the simplest and recommended method for existing connections. 

If you wish to migrate your VPN to IKEv2, please contact Global Account Management to arrange a network engineering session for implementation.

For reference, please see supported VPN settings.

UpdateAccess to EBS Market NDFs - September 30

† Denotes update to the article

As first communicated in December 2023, EBS will consolidate NDF trading into a single liquidity pool, using the current EBS UK MTF from Monday, September 30, 2024. The initiative will bring operational efficiencies for customers as well as enhanced liquidity and market data for NDF trading on EBS.

As part of this process, NEX SEF will publish a market notice advising that after close of trading on Friday, September 27, all NDF instruments will be suspended from trading on the EBS Market segment of the NEX SEF (MIC: NEXS). Thereafter, all customers should continue to access and trade NDFs on the EBS UK MTF (MIC: XEBS), offered by BrokerTec Europe Limited.

† All ON SEF NDF instruments will be suspended in new release effective Friday, September 13.

For more information, please see the EBS Regulatory structure.

For any questions, please contact cmefxemergingccys@cmegroup.com or your EBS account representative.

Advertised Routes Update for Google Cloud Access via Client-Managed Connectivity Solutions - October 12

To prepare for the upcoming migrations of CME STP and other CME Group services to Google Cloud, effective Saturday, October 12, the following Public IP Prefixes will be advertised on all CME Group for EBS connectivity options. Clients should ensure their networking teams are aware of and prepared for this change to ensure no interruption of services.

Production Ranges	New Release, Certification and hCL2 Ranges
167.204.72.128/25 - New to RNet connections only; already advertised on other connection types 208.112.152.0/24 208.112.153.0/24 208.112.154.0/24 208.112.155.0/24 208.112.168.0/24 208.112.169.0/24 208.112.170.0/24 208.112.171.0/24 208.112.184.0/24 208.112.185.0/24 208.112.186.0/24 208.112.187.0/24 208.112.248.0/24 208.112.249.0/24 208.112.250.0/24 208.112.251.0/24	208.112.216.0/24 208.112.217.0/24 208.112.218.0/24 208.112.219.0/24 208.112.232.0/24 208.112.233.0/24 208.112.234.0/24 208.112.235.0/24

CME FX Spot+ - March 2025

Effective March 2025, CME Group will launch CME FX Spot+, a new tradable spot FX instrument, leveraging CME FX Link liquidity to bring together OTC spot FX and FX futures.

CME FX Spot+ will enable spot FX market participants to tap into CME FX futures liquidity through an open, transparent central limit order book while giving FX futures users broader access to OTC liquidity. This unique liquidity connection will be made possible by implied matching through CME FX Link, a liquid, tradable spread between OTC spot FX and FX futures.

The FX Spot+ products will be available for the following currency pairs:  EUR/USD, GBP/USD, AUD/USD, NZD/USD, USD/JPY, USD/CAD, USD/CHF, and USD/MXN.

All of the FX Spot+ products will be available in the New Release environment for customer testing on Monday, November 11.

More information on these new products and the associated messaging and functionality enhancements is available in the FX Spot+ client impact assessment. A new FX Spot+ Credit Overview is also available with credit features and details for both FX Link and FX Spot+.

Product Launch

Listing Bloomberg BFIX Metal Fixing Rate Instruments- September 22

Effective Sunday, September 22 (trade date Monday, September 23), Bloomberg BFIX Metal Fixing Rate Instruments will be listed for trading on CME Globex.

LISTING EFIX BLOOMBERG FX FIXING RATE INSTRUMENTS ON CME GLOBEX
PRODUCT	MDP 3.0: TAG 6937-ASSET	TAG 55-SYMBOL MDP 3.0 TAG 1151 - SECURITY GROUP	MARKET IDENTIFIER CODE (MIC CODE)	MARKET SEGMENT ID
FXSPOT.XAU/USD BFIX_LN	EBGCUS	ELE	EBSC	36
FXSPOT.XAG/USD BFIX_LN	EBSIUS	ELE
FXSPOT.XPT/USD BFIX_LN	EBPLUL	ELE
FXSPOT.XPD/USD BFIX_LN	EBPAUL	ELE

These instruments are currently available for customer testing in New Release.

Announcements and Additional Resources

CME Network Service Provider (CME NSP) Connectivity Option Launch - Coming Soon

CME Group will soon launch the ability for clients to connect to EBS services via the new CME NSP connectivity option.

Clients will be able to connect via a resilient, fully managed service from leading global network service providers to the following services:

• EBS Workstation – EBS UI on client managed hardware
• CPT FIX 
• CME STP 
• EBS Direct LCI 
• iLink CGW
• Credit Screened TCP MDP

CME NSP will be an alternative connectivity option to the Client Delivery Network (CDN). This connectivity solution is suitable for clients who do not wish to manage the connections themselves or are not located in close proximity to CME data centers.

Please contact Global Account Management with any questions regarding the NSP connectivity option, and for details about product information, services accessible, and contact details of the initially available NSPs.