For the latest roadmap of CME Group technology initiatives:
See the Development Launch Schedule.

Additional Resources

Critical System Information

NDF Tailored Order Book - January 26

Effective Sunday, January 26 (trade date Monday, January 27), pending the completion of all regulatory review periods, Tailored Order Book trading will be made available in FX NDFs on CME Globex for EBS UK MTF customers. 

Please review the client impact assessment for full technical details and launch schedule. 

Tailored Order Book are currently available for customer testing in New Release.

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 are currently available in the New Release environment for customer testing.

iLink 3 certification is required to trade the CME FX Spot+. The new AutoCert+ supplemental test suite is now available for customer certification.

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+.

The Straight Through Processing (STP) client impact assessment for CME FX Link and FX Spot+ is available.  

CME FX Spot+  Specification Update

The CME FX Spot+ client impact assessment has been updated to reflect the following updates:

Post-Trade

CME STP - DigiCert Root CA Certificate Update

CME STP post-trade services use DigiCert as the certificate authority for the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol. CME Group is rolling out the changes being implemented by DigiCert to its root and intermediate CA certificates now through the end of January. In order to avoid service disruptions, all client systems of CME STP, are recommended to establish trust with the updated certificates by installing the new certificates.

CME STP FIXML on Google Cloud - March 31

Effective Monday, March 31, all client systems must complete a mandatory certification of regional switch processing for CME STP FIXML on Google Cloud.

This certification is not a prerequisite for clients migrating to CME STP FIXML on Google Cloud.

View the client impact assessment for additional information.

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