• CME Globex Notices: February 19, 2018

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      • 20180219
      • Notice Date
      • 22 February 2018
      • Effective Date
      • 22 February 2018

    • Topics in this issue include:

    • Critical System Updates

      CME Globex Performance Enhancements - This Week

      Effective this Sunday, February 25 (trade date Monday, February 26), CME Group will implement an enhancement to options markets on the CME Globex platform. In internal testing, these enhancements reduced latency on CME Globex greater than 10% for options on futures.

      There will be no changes to functionality or messaging format with these performance improvements. Good 'Till Cancelled and Good 'Till Date (GTC/GTD) orders will not be impacted.

      CME Globex Performance Enhancements
      Tag1300-MarketSegmentID Market Segment Production Launch
      58 CBOT Interest Rate Options February 25
      54 CME and CBOT Equity Options February 25

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      New Source IPs for ftp.cmegroup.com - March 10

      Effective Saturday, March 10, the source IPs for all ftp.cmegroup.com content will be changed to the following. Please update all firewall and network devices to accept content from these IPs immediately to ensure seamless access to the information.

      • 52.7.201.185
      • 34.199.179.189
      • 13.57.174.25
      • 13.57.171.25

      This change only affects the public ftp site; there is no impact to the secure sFTP content.

      Connect now to ftp://betaftp.cmegroup.com to verify your ability to receive content from the new Source IPs.

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      New New - User-Defined Spreads for Natural Gas Futures  - March 11

      Effective Sunday, March 11 (trade date Monday, March 12), User-Defined Spreads will be enabled for all Natural Gas futures products in the NG group (tag 1151-SecurityGroup=NG). The following types will be supported:

      Please note: SA Strips are average priced strips where the spread price is identical to the price of the legs.

      UDS functionality on Natural Gas futures will be available for customer testing in New Release on Monday, February 26.

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      CME Globex API Secure Logon – iLink and Drop Copy  - Q1 2018

      CME Group is committed to our customers’ information security. To ensure the highest levels of security, CME Group will continue hardening iLink and Drop Copy 4.0 session authentication at logon in Q1 2018 with the launch of CME Globex API Secure Logon.

      In production, the new logon will be supported in parallel with the current model without surcharges until Friday, April 27. Customers are strongly encouraged to make the change before the end of April to ensure no business interruption. Any iLink or Drop Copy Target sessions that connect using plain text password after April 27 will be subject to surcharges as follows:

      • Sunday April 29 – Friday June 1: $100/session/month
      • Sunday June 3 – Friday June 29: $500/session/month

      Only Secure Logons will be supported starting Sunday, July 2.

      CME Globex API Secure Logon includes:

      • Security credentials
      • New logon procedure
      • New iLink and Drop Copy message tags

      The Client Impact Assessment provides more detailed process and messaging information.

      A new iLink and Drop Copy certification suite is currently available in AutoCert+. iLink and Drop Copy 4.0 customer systems must complete this mandatory certification.

      The CME Globex API Secure Logon is now available for customer testing in New Release.

      Please contact your Global Account Manager with any questions or concerns in the U.S. at +1 312 634 8700, in Europe at +44 203 379 3754 or in Asia at +65 6593 5505 for additional information.

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      TCP Recovery Performance Improvement for CME Globex and Streamlined Production Environments - April 20

      CME Group implemented load balancing for MDP 3.0 and Streamlined TCP Recovery to improve performance during high utilization periods. To support this change, new Historical Replay IPs and ports were introduced for MDP 3.0 for CME Globex and Streamlined production environments.

      The new IPs and ports for Historical Replay are currently available in the config_20180422.xml file for customer download. The legacy IP and ports will continue to be available in parallel until close of business on Friday, April 20. 

      On Sunday, April 22 (trade date Monday, April 23), the new IP and ports will be added to the production config.xml file.

      Please note: Backup IP addresses will be eliminated.

      TCP Recovery Performance Improvement for CME Globex and Streamlined Production Environments
      Feed Legacy IP and Port New IP and Port
      CME Globex 205.209.220.72:10000
      205.209.222.72:10000      		 205.209.218.10:10000
      Streamlined 205.209.222.61:9000
      205.209.220.61:9000      		 205.209.218.10:9000

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      Price Precision Extension - 2018

      In the second half of 2018, the supported decimal price precision for CME Globex and streamlined blocks SBE market data will be increased from 7 to 9 decimals to provide greater price granularity for future launches.

      In Q4 2018, in conjunction with the price precision update, pending regulatory approval, the minimum price increment (MPI) for the 2 Year Treasury Note futures, future spreads and inter-commodity spreads will be reduced from 1/4th of 1/32nd (0.0078125) to 1/8th of 1/32nd (0.00390625). As a result, the maximum price precision will increase from 7 to 8 decimals.

      The Client Impact Assessment includes additional information on the following:

      • CME Globex iLink
      • CME Globex MDP3
      • Streamlined MDP
      • ITC
      • CME Globex Drop Copy
      • Referential Data

      These changes will be available in New Release for customer testing first half of 2018.

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      New Functionality

      Update Update - Inter-Exchange Ratio Spread: Fed Fund vs Eurodollar - March 11

      † Denotes update to the article

      Effective Sunday, March 11 (trade date Monday, March 12), a new exchange-defined Inter-Exchange Reduced Tick Ratio Spread will be made available for trading on CME Globex. The new inter-exchange reduced tick ratio spread is the simultaneous purchase (sale) of two 30-Day Federal Funds futures (tag 6937-Asset=ZQ) and sale (purchase) of a Eurodollar future (tag 6937=GE) and † utilizes the new strategy type EF. † The EF strategy type will allow customers to trade 90-day short term interest rates in a single package across exchanges or commodities.

      Additional information on the technical details are available in the Client Impact Assessment.

      Inter-Exchange Ratio Spread: Fed Fund vs Eurodollar
      Product Name MDP 3.0: tag 6937-Asset iLink: tag 55-Symbol
      MDP 3.0 tag 1151 - Security Group      		 Tag 762-SecuritySubType
      30-Day Fed Funds futures vs Eurodollar futures ZQ ZQ EF

      The †Fed Fund vs Eurodollar Inter-exchange reduced tick ratio spread is currently available for customer testing in New Release.

      These contracts are listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of CBOT and CME.

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      CME FX Link  - March 25

      On Sunday, March 25 (for trade date Monday, March 26), CME Group is launching CME FX Link, which is a new spot FX basis spread on CME Globex. CME FX Link will provide unique new capital, margin and operational benefits for the FX marketplace by efficiently linking trading activity in FX futures and OTC Spot FX via CME Globex.

      Spot FX basis spreads will be offered between OTC Spot FX and CME FX futures for the following six currency pairs:

      • EUR/USD
      • JPY/USD
      • GBP/USD
      • CAD/USD
      • AUD/USD
      • MXN/USD

      Additional information CME Globex processing and messaging impacts for CME FX Link is available in the Client Impact Assessment.

      CME STP and CME STP FIX will support trade confirmations.

      The CME FX Link is currently available for customer testing in New Release.

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      Product Launches

      Listing New Strips and Spreads for Fuel Oil Products Phase 1 - This Week

      Effective this Sunday, February 25 (trade date Monday, February 26), the following Fuel Oil futures strips and spreads will be available for trading on CME Globex.

      Listing New Strips and Spreads for Fuel Oil Products Phase 1
      Product MDP 3.0: tag 6937-Asset iLink: tag 55-Symbol
      MDP 3.0 tag 1151 - Security Group      		 New Listing Schedule
      3.5% Fuel Oil Cargoes FOB MED (Platts) vs. 3.5% Fuel Oil Barges FOB Rdam (Platts) Futures AFK RF
      • SA – Energy Strip:
        • 3 calendar year strips
        • 3 calendar quarterly strips for Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4
      • SP – Standard Calendar Spread:
        • All Calendar Month Spreads for the first 12 outright months without Implication.
        • 2 Calendar Month Spreads “Jan against June”
        • 2 Calendar Month Spreads “Jul against Dec”
        • 2 Calendar Month Spreads “Dec against Dec”
      • SB – Energy Balanced Strip Spread:
        • 2 Calendar Year Strip Spreads
        • 3 Q1 vs. Q2 Strip Spreads
        • 3 Q2 vs. Q3 Strip Spreads
        • 3 Q3 vs. Q4 Strip Spreads
        • 2 Q4 vs. Q1 Strip Spreads
      European 3.5% Fuel Oil Cargoes FOB MED (Platts) Futures AUI RF
      • SA – Energy Strip:
        • 3 calendar year strips
        • 3 calendar quarterly strips for Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4
      • SP – Standard Calendar Spread:
        • All Calendar Month Spreads for the first 12 outright months without Implication.
        • 2 Calendar Month Spreads “Jan against June”
        • 2 Calendar Month Spreads “Jul against Dec”
        • 2 Calendar Month Spreads “Dec against Dec”
      • SB – Energy Balanced Strip Spread:
        • 2 Calendar Year Strip Spreads
        • 3 Q1 vs. Q2 Strip Spreads
        • 3 Q2 vs. Q3 Strip Spreads
        • 3 Q3 vs. Q4 Strip Spreads
        • 2 Q4 vs. Q1 Strip Spreads
      NY 3.0% Fuel Oil (Platts) vs. Gulf Coast HSFO (Platts) Futures FOC RF
      • SA – Energy Strip:
        • 3 calendar year strips
        • 3 calendar quarterly strips for Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4
      • SP – Standard Calendar Spread:
        • All Calendar Month Spreads for the first 12 outright months without Implication.
        • 2 Calendar Month Spreads “Jan against June”
        • 2 Calendar Month Spreads “Jul against Dec”
        • 2 Calendar Month Spreads “Dec against Dec”
      • SB – Energy Balanced Strip Spread:
        • 2 Calendar Year Strip Spreads
        • 3 Q1 vs. Q2 Strip Spreads
        • 3 Q2 vs. Q3 Strip Spreads
        • 3 Q3 vs. Q4 Strip Spreads
        • 2 Q4 vs. Q1 Strip Spreads
      3.5% Fuel Oil CIF MED (Platts) Futures 7D CP
      • SA – Energy Strip:
        • 4 calendar year strips
        • 4 calendar quarterly strips for Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4
      • SP – Standard Calendar Spread:
        • All Calendar Month Spreads for the first 12 outright months without Implication.
        • 2 Calendar Month Spreads “Jan against June”
        • 2 Calendar Month Spreads “Jul against Dec”
        • 2 Calendar Month Spreads “Dec against Dec”
      • SB – Energy Balanced Strip Spread:
        • 3 Calendar Year Strip Spreads
        • 4 Q1 vs. Q2 Strip Spreads
        • 4 Q2 vs. Q3 Strip Spreads
        • 4 Q3 vs. Q4 Strip Spreads
        • 3 Q4 vs. Q1 Strip Spreads
      Mini 3.5% Fuel Oil Barges FOB Rdam (Platts) Crack Spread (100mt) Futures MFR RF
      • SA – Energy Strip:
        • 4 calendar year strips
        • 4 calendar quarterly strips for Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4
      • SP – Standard Calendar Spread:
        • All Calendar Month Spreads for the first 12 outright months without Implication.
        • 2 Calendar Month Spreads “Jan against June”
        • 2 Calendar Month Spreads “Jul against Dec”
        • 2 Calendar Month Spreads “Dec against Dec”
      • SB – Energy Balanced Strip Spread:
        • 3 Calendar Year Strip Spreads
        • 4 Q1 vs. Q2 Strip Spreads
        • 4 Q2 vs. Q3 Strip Spreads
        • 4 Q3 vs. Q4 Strip Spreads
        • 3 Q4 vs. Q1 Strip Spreads
      1% Fuel Oil Cargoes FOB NWE (Platts) vs. 3.5% Fuel Oil Barges FOB Rdam (Platts) Futures FSS PT
      • SA – Energy Strip:
        • 4 calendar year strips
        • 4 calendar quarterly strips for Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4
      • SP – Standard Calendar Spread:
        • All Calendar Month Spreads for the first 12 outright months without Implication.
        • 2 Calendar Month Spreads “Jan against June”
        • 2 Calendar Month Spreads “Jul against Dec”
        • 2 Calendar Month Spreads “Dec against Dec”
      • SB – Energy Balanced Strip Spread:
        • 3 Calendar Year Strip Spreads
        • 4 Q1 vs. Q2 Strip Spreads
        • 4 Q2 vs. Q3 Strip Spreads
        • 4 Q3 vs. Q4 Strip Spreads
        • 3 Q4 vs. Q1 Strip Spreads

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

      These contracts are listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of NYMEX.

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      Listing New Strips and Spreads for Fuel Oil Products Phase 2 - March 11

      Effective Sunday, March 11 (trade date Monday, March 12), the following Fuel Oil futures strips and spreads will be available for trading on CME Globex.

      Listing New Strips and Spreads for Fuel Oil Products Phase 2
      Product MDP 3.0: tag 6937-Asset iLink: tag 55-Symbol
      MDP 3.0 tag 1151 - Security Group      		 New Listing Schedule
      Mini European 3.5% Fuel Oil Barges FOB Rdam (Platts) Futures A0D RF
      • SA – Energy Strip:
        • 5 calendar year strips
        • 5 calendar quarterly strips for Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4
      • SP – Standard Calendar Spread:
        • All Calendar Month Spreads for the first 12 outright months without Implication.
        • 2 Calendar Month Spreads “Jan against June”
        • 2 Calendar Month Spreads “Jul against Dec”
        • 2 Calendar Month Spreads “Dec against Dec”
      • SB – Energy Balanced Strip Spread:
        • 4 Calendar Year Strip Spreads
        • 5 Q1 vs. Q2 Strip Spreads
        • 5 Q2 vs. Q3 Strip Spreads
        • 5 Q3 vs. Q4 Strip Spreads
        • 4 Q4 vs. Q1 Strip Spreads
      Singapore Fuel Oil 380 cst (Platts) vs. European 3.5% Fuel Oil Barges FOB Rdam (Platts) Futures EVC RF
      • SA – Energy Strip:
        • 6 calendar year strips
        • 6 calendar quarterly strips for Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4
      • SP – Standard Calendar Spread:
        • All Calendar Month Spreads for the first 12 outright months without Implication.
        • 2 Calendar Month Spreads “Jan against June”
        • 2 Calendar Month Spreads “Jul against Dec”
        • 2 Calendar Month Spreads “Dec against Dec”
      • SB – Energy Balanced Strip Spread:
        • 5 Calendar Year Strip Spreads
        • 6 Q1 vs. Q2 Strip Spreads
        • 6 Q2 vs. Q3 Strip Spreads
        • 6 Q3 vs. Q4 Strip Spreads
        • 5 Q4 vs. Q1 Strip Spreads
      Singapore Fuel Oil 380 cst (Platts) Futures SE PT
      • SA – Energy Strip:
        • 6 calendar year strips
        • 6 calendar quarterly strips for Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4
      • SP – Standard Calendar Spread:
        • All Calendar Month Spreads for the first 12 outright months without Implication.
        • 2 Calendar Month Spreads “Jan against June”
        • 2 Calendar Month Spreads “Jul against Dec”
        • 2 Calendar Month Spreads “Dec against Dec”
      • SB – Energy Balanced Strip Spread:
        • 5 Calendar Year Strip Spreads
        • 6 Q1 vs. Q2 Strip Spreads
        • 6 Q2 vs. Q3 Strip Spreads
        • 6 Q3 vs. Q4 Strip Spreads
        • 5 Q4 vs. Q1 Strip Spreads
      Mini Singapore Fuel Oil 380 cst (Platts) Futures MTS RF
      • SA – Energy Strip:
        • 6 calendar year strips
        • 6 calendar quarterly strips for Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4
      • SP – Standard Calendar Spread:
        • All Calendar Month Spreads for the first 12 outright months without Implication.
        • 2 Calendar Month Spreads “Jan against June”
        • 2 Calendar Month Spreads “Jul against Dec”
        • 2 Calendar Month Spreads “Dec against Dec”
      • SB – Energy Balanced Strip Spread:
        • 5 Calendar Year Strip Spreads
        • 6 Q1 vs. Q2 Strip Spreads
        • 6 Q2 vs. Q3 Strip Spreads
        • 6 Q3 vs. Q4 Strip Spreads
        • 5 Q4 vs. Q1 Strip Spreads
      Singapore Fuel Oil 180 cst (Platts) vs. 380 cst (Platts) Futures SD PT
      • SA – Energy Strip:
        • 6 calendar year strips
        • 6 calendar quarterly strips for Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4
      • SP – Standard Calendar Spread:
        • All Calendar Month Spreads for the first 12 outright months without Implication.
        • 2 Calendar Month Spreads “Jan against June”
        • 2 Calendar Month Spreads “Jul against Dec”
        • 2 Calendar Month Spreads “Dec against Dec”
      • SB – Energy Balanced Strip Spread:
        • 5 Calendar Year Strip Spreads
        • 6 Q1 vs. Q2 Strip Spreads
        • 6 Q2 vs. Q3 Strip Spreads
        • 6 Q3 vs. Q4 Strip Spreads
        • 5 Q4 vs. Q1 Strip Spreads
      Mini Singapore Fuel Oil 180 cst (Platts) Futures A0F RF
      • SA – Energy Strip:
        • 6 calendar year strips
        • 6 calendar quarterly strips for Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4
      • SP – Standard Calendar Spread:
        • All Calendar Month Spreads for the first 12 outright months without Implication.
        • 2 Calendar Month Spreads “Jan against June”
        • 2 Calendar Month Spreads “Jul against Dec”
        • 2 Calendar Month Spreads “Dec against Dec”
      • SB – Energy Balanced Strip Spread:
        • 5 Calendar Year Strip Spreads
        • 6 Q1 vs. Q2 Strip Spreads
        • 6 Q2 vs. Q3 Strip Spreads
        • 6 Q3 vs. Q4 Strip Spreads
        • 5 Q4 vs. Q1 Strip Spreads
      Singapore Fuel Oil 180 cst (Platts) Futures UA PT
      • SA – Energy Strip:
        • 6 calendar year strips
        • 6 calendar quarterly strips for Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4
      • SP – Standard Calendar Spread:
        • All Calendar Month Spreads for the first 12 outright months without Implication.
        • 2 Calendar Month Spreads “Jan against June”
        • 2 Calendar Month Spreads “Jul against Dec”
        • 2 Calendar Month Spreads “Dec against Dec”
      • SB – Energy Balanced Strip Spread:
        • 5 Calendar Year Strip Spreads
        • 6 Q1 vs. Q2 Strip Spreads
        • 6 Q2 vs. Q3 Strip Spreads
        • 6 Q3 vs. Q4 Strip Spreads
        • 5 Q4 vs. Q1 Strip Spreads

      These spreads will be available for customer testing in New Release on Monday, February 26.

      These contracts are listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of NYMEX.

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      Methanol T2 FOB Rdam (ICIS) Futures - March 11

      Effective Sunday, March 11 (trade date Monday, March 12), Methanol T2 FOB Rdam (ICIS) futures will be listed for trading on CME Globex and for submission for clearing via CME ClearPort.

      Methanol T2 FOB Rdam (ICIS) Futures
      Product Name MDP 3.0: tag 6937-Asset iLink: tag 55-Symbol
      MDP 3.0 tag 1151 - Security Group
      Methanol T2 FOB Rdam (ICIS) Futures MT2 JR

      These futures will be available for customer testing in New Release on Monday, February 26.

      These contracts are listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of NYMEX.

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      Product Changes

      Change to Circuit Breakers for Certain Metals and Energy Contracts - This Week

      Effective this Sunday, February 25 (trade date Monday, February 26), the Circuit Breakers for the below futures will be changed as follows:

      Change to Circuit Breakers for Certain Metals and Energy Contracts
      Product MDP 3.0: tag 6937-Asset iLink: tag 55-Symbol
      MDP 3.0 tag 1151 - Security Group      		 Current tag
      1147 - UnitOfMeasureQty      		 New tag
      1147 - UnitOfMeasureQty
      Light Sweet Crude Oil Futures CL CL Level 1: 500
      Level 2: 1000
      Level 3: 1500
      Level 4: 2000
      Level 5: No Limit      		 Level 1: 600
      Level 2: 1200
      Level 3: 1800
      Level 4: 2400
      Level 5: No Limit
      NY Harbor ULSD Futures HO HO Level 1: 1500
      Level 2: 3000
      Level 3: 4500
      Level 4: 6000
      Level 5: No Limit      		 Level 1: 2000
      Level 2: 4000
      Level 3: 6000
      Level 4: 8000
      Level 5: No Limit
      RBOB Futures RB RB Level 1: 1500
      Level 2: 3000
      Level 3: 4500
      Level 4: 6000
      Level 5: No Limit      		 Level 1: 2000
      Level 2: 4000
      Level 3: 6000
      Level 4: 8000
      Level 5: No Limit
      E-mini Heating Oil Futures QH QH Level 1: 1500
      Level 2: 3000
      Level 3: 4500
      Level 4: 6000
      Level 5: No Limit      		 Level 1: 2000
      Level 2: 4000
      Level 3: 6000
      Level 4: 8000
      Level 5: No Limit
      E-mini RBOB Gasoline Futures QU QU Level 1: 1500
      Level 2: 3000
      Level 3: 4500
      Level 4: 6000
      Level 5: No Limit      		 Level 1: 2000
      Level 2: 4000
      Level 3: 6000
      Level 4: 8000
      Level 5: No Limit
      E-mini Crude Oil Futures QM QM Level 1: 5000
      Level 2: 10000
      Level 3: 15000
      Level 4: 20000
      Level 5: No Limit      		 Level 1: 6000
      Level 2: 12000
      Level 3: 18000
      Level 4: 24000
      Level 5: No Limit
      Palladium Futures PA PA Level 1: 6000
      Level 2: 12000
      Level 3: 18000
      Level 4: 24000
      Level 5: No Limit      		 Level 1: 7500
      Level 2: 15000
      Level 3: 22500
      Level 4: 30000
      Level 5: No Limit

      The price band settings for every CME Globex product are defined in the CME Globex Product Reference.

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

      These contracts are listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of NYMEX.

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      Change to Circuit Breakers for Crude Oil Bullet Futures - This Week

      Effective this Sunday, February 25 (trade date Monday, February 26), the Circuit Breakers for Crude Oil Bullet futures will change as follows:

      Change to Circuit Breakers for Crude Oil Bullet Futures
      Product MDP 3.0: tag 6937-Asset iLink: tag 55-Symbol
      MDP 3.0 tag 1151 - Security Group      		 Current tag
      1147 - UnitOfMeasureQty      		 New tag
      1147 - UnitOfMeasureQty
      Crude Oil Bullet Futures WS WS Level 1: 500
      Level 2: 1000
      Level 3: 1500
      Level 4: 2000
      Level 5: No Limit      		 Level 1: 600
      Level 2: 1200
      Level 3: 1800
      Level 4: 2400
      Level 5: No Limit

      The price band settings for every CME Globex product are defined in the CME Globex Product Reference.

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

      These contracts are listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of NYMEX.

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      Changes to Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Berhad (BMD) Crude Palm Oil Products  - This Week

      Effective this  Sunday, February 25 (trade date Monday, February 26), Bursa Malaysia Derivatives (BMD) will make changes to the following crude palm oil products:

      Changes to Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Berhad (BMD) Crude Palm Oil Products
      Product MDP 3.0: tag 6937-Asset iLink: tag 55-Symbol
      MDP 3.0 tag 1151 - Security Group      		 Current Listing Schedule New Listing Schedule Current Second Trading Session (Malaysia Time) New Second Trading Session (Malaysia Time)
      Crude Palm Oil Futures
      MYR      		 FCPO BC Spot month and next 5 succeeding months. Thereafter alternate (odd) months up to 24 months ahead Spot month and next 11 succeeding months. Thereafter alternate (odd) months up to 36 months ahead. 1500 to 1800 1430 to 1800
      Crude Palm Oil Futures USD FUPO BA Spot month and next 5 succeeding months. Thereafter alternate (odd) months up to 24 months ahead No Change
      Crude Palm Oil Options OCPO BP Monthly (3rd to 6th) then alternate (odd) months going out 24 months of the FCPO contract. The first spot option contract month will be trading the 3rd month FCPO contract. Monthly (3rd to 12th) then alternate (odd) months going out 36 months of the FCPO contract. The first spot option contract month will be trading the 3rd month FCPO contract.

      Please Note: The first trading session will remain unchanged at 1030 to 1230 Malaysia Time.

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

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      London Spot Gold and Silver Futures External Alias Change and Intercommodity Spreads  - This Week

      Effective this Sunday, February 25 (trade date Monday, February 26), the external alias in MDP 3.0 tag 55-Symbol and iLink tag 107-SecurityDesc for the London Spot Gold and Silver futures will change to reflect the contract delivery date.

      Please note: The contract delivery date will be two London business days after the last trading day, if this is not a banking day in New York, the delivery day shall be the next banking day in both London and New York.

      London Spot Gold and Silver Futures External Alias
      Product MDP 3.0: tag 6937-Asset iLink: tag 55-Symbol
      MDP 3.0 tag 1151 - Security Group      		 Current
      MDP 3.0 tag 55-Symbol Value; iLink tag 107-SecurityDesc      		 New
      MDP 3.0 tag 55-Symbol Value; iLink tag 107-SecurityDesc
      London Spot Gold Futures GSP GL 55=GSPF809 55=GSPF811
      London Spot Silver Futures SSP SL 55=SSPF810 55=SSPF812

      The instrument last trade date can be found by leveraging fix tags 865=7 (Last eligible trade date) and 1145-EventTime in the Security Definition message. As a reminder, CME Group does not recommend parsing the external instrument name to determine instrument characteristics.

      With this change, the strategy type for the Gold Spot Spread and Silver Spot Spread will change from Reduced Tick (RT) to Reduced Tick Inter-Commodity Spread (RI).

      Intercommodity Spreads
      Product MDP 3.0: tag 6937-Asset iLink: tag 55-Symbol
      MDP 3.0 tag 1151 - Security Group      		 Current
      Tag 762-SecuritySubType      		 New
      Tag 762-SecuritySubType
      Gold Spot Spread GC GL RT (Reduced Tick) RI (Reduced Tick Inter-Commodity Spread
      Silver Spot Spread SI SL RT (Reduced tick) RI (Reduced Tick Inter-Commodity Spread

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

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      Listing Cycle Expansion for CPC Blend CIF Med Cargoes (Platts) vs. Dated Brent (Platts) Futures - March 11

      Effective Sunday, March 11 (trade date Monday, March 12), the listing cycle for the following CPC Blend CIF Med Cargoes (Platts) vs. Dated Brent (Platts) futures will be expanded on CME Globex.

      Listing Cycle Expansion for CPC Blend CIF Med Cargoes (Platts) vs. Dated Brent (Platts) Futures
      Product MDP 3.0: tag 6937-Asset iLink: tag 55-Symbol
      MDP 3.0 tag 1151 - Security Group      		 Current Listing Schedule New Listing Schedule
      CPC Blend CIF Med Cargoes (Platts) vs. Dated Brent (Platts) Futures CPD CC Monthly contracts listed for 6 consecutive months Monthly contracts listed for 12 consecutive months

      These futures will be available for customer testing in New Release on Monday, February 26.

      These contracts are listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of NYMEX.

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      Implied Functionality for Energy Futures Inter-commodity Calendar Spreads - March 11

      Effective Sunday, March 11 (trade date Monday, March 12), implied functionality will be enabled for the Inter-commodity Calendar Spread for Henry Hub Natural Gas futures vs Henry Hub Natural Gas Look-Alike Last-Day Financial futures. Implied functionality utilizes bids and offers in both spreads and their outright contracts to provide the most liquid possible markets with the best possible prices.  

      Energy Futures Inter-commodity Calendar Spread Implied Functionality Support
      Product MDP 3.0: tag 6937-Asset iLink: tag 55-Symbol
      MDP 3.0 tag 1151 - Security Group      		 Tag 762-SecuritySubType
      Henry Hub Natural Gas Futures vs Henry Hub Natural Gas Look-Alike Last-Day Financial Futures (NG:HH) NG NG IP

      Implied-enabled instruments are identified in tag 872-InstAttrbValue, bit 19-Implied Matching Eligible =1 in the MDP 3.0 Security Definition message (tag 35-MsgType=d).

      Implied functionality is currently available in the New Release environment for customer testing.

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      Events and Announcements

      New New - CME Globex 101 Video Series 

      To gain a basic understanding about the CME Globex trading platform features and components, please view the CME Globex 101 video series, which is now available and contains the following topics:

      • Introduction to CME Globex
      • Order entry
      • Match engine
      • Market data
      • Risk management services

      Please direct any feedback about the quality and usefulness of the video to UserFeedback@cmegroup.com.

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