Topics in this issue include:
For the latest roadmap of CME Group technology initiatives:
See the Development Launch Schedule.
To simplify the iLink session behavior, effective Sunday, January 6, 2019 (trade date Monday, January 7), all Convenience Gateway (CGW) iLink sessions will move to MSGW-style Session Connection and Resend Request. The following CGW features will as a result match the MSGW current state.
Please note that certification is required for all CGW customer systems via AutoCert+ by end of day Friday, January 4, 2019, for continued access to the production environment. Customer systems that trigger port closures due to resend requests or other issues will not be allowed to reopen ports and access the market until certification is complete.
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| Functionality | Current Behavior | New Behavior | Certification Required |
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| Resend behavior from CME Globex to Client System |
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These changes are currently available in New Release for customer testing.
Drop Copy is not impacted by this change.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your Global Account Manager 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.
CME Group is implementing end-to-end technology changes to support increased price granularity. Currently, CME Group systems support a maximum of 7 decimals. With this initiative, products with up to 9 decimals may be listed and traded. On Sunday, January 13, 2019 (trade date Monday, January 14), pending regulatory approval, the 2-Year Treasury Note futures, all 2-Year Treasury Future Spreads (including Calendar Spreads, Tail Spreads and Inter-Commodity Spreads with a 2-Year Treasury Future) along with the futures portion of covered options UDS, will move from 7 decimals to 8 to support trading at 1/8 of 1/32.
A production test instrument for the 2-Year Treasury Note futures is currently available on CME Globex to give customers the ability to confirm system readiness for the introduction of 8-digit decimal price precision. Clients systems that are not prepared to handle 8 decimal precision must ensure their systems have the ability to ignore market data and iLink/Drop Copy execution reports on the new test instrument.
Customers are encouraged to move to support 9 decimals now; but there are no plans to list a product that uses the 9th decimal at this time.
Customer certification is required for MDP 3.0 and Streamlined SBE. The new Market Data templates are currently available in New Release, AutoCert+, and in production.
The Client Impact Assessment includes additional information on the following:
Please watch the Price Precision Extension Technology video for a technical impact overview.
Starting Sunday, February 3, 2019 (trade date Monday, February 4), CME Group will launch consolidated iLink fill messages on CME Globex to reduce the number of iLink Execution Report - Fill messages. With this launch, CME Globex will consolidate Fill Execution Reports. Currently, when an aggressor order matches with multiple resting orders, CME Globex sends execution reports to the aggressor for each individual resting order.
The key client system impacts of consolidated iLink fill messages include:
All CME Group products will support Consolidated iLink Fill Messages, except the following products:
| Product | MDP3.0 Security Definition message (tag 35-MsgType=d): tag 762- SecuritySubType |
|---|---|
| CBOT Treasury Invoice Swaps | IN |
| Invoice Swap Calendar Spread | SC |
| Invoice Swap Switch Spread | SW |
Please review the Client Impact Assessment and view a brief explanatory video for additional information on Consolidated iLink Fill Messages.
Consolidated iLink Fill Messages Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) is now available.
| Consolidated iLink Fill Messages Timeline | |||
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| Market Segment ID | Market Segment Description | New Release Launch | Production Launch |
| 50 68 |
CME Eurodollar Options CBOT and CME Equity Futures excluding E-mini S&P |
Available | Sunday, February 3, 2019 |
| Market Segment ID | Market Segment Description | New Release Launch | Production Launch |
| 54 64 72 |
CBOT and CME Equity Options CME E-mini S&P 500 Futures CBOT Commodity Futures |
Available | Sunday, February 24, 2019 |
| Market Segment ID | Market Segment Description | New Release Launch | Production Launch |
| 52 60 70 82 88 |
CME Globex FX Futures and Options II CBOT and CME Commodity Options CME Commodity Futures CME Eurodollar Futures CME Globex FX Futures and Options |
Available | Sunday, March 3, 2019 |
56 76 |
NYMEX and COMEX Options NYMEX and COMEX Metals and Alternative Market Futures |
Monday, January 14, 2019 | Sunday, March 10, 2019 |
CME Group will offer the iLink mock trading session on Saturday, February 2, 2019. This mock trading session will offer customers the opportunity to interact with the system and experience the new consolidated iLink fill messages in the CME Globex production environment. Customers are required to register in advance in order to participate in this mock trading session. The mock trading session script is now available.
Certification is not required for Consolidated iLink Fill Messages.
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.
In Q1 2019, a new exchange-defined Averaged Price Bundle futures spread (FIX tag 762-SecuritySubType=AB) for the 3 Month SOFR futures will launch on CME Globex. The AB spread type will allow customers to trade the 3 Month SOFR quarterly futures contracts with leg price sensitivity to the underlying market.
| Averaged Price Bundle Futures Spread – 3 Month SOFR Futures | |||
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| Product Name | MDP 3.0: tag 6937-Asset | iLink: tag 55-Symbol MDP 3.0: tag 1151 - Security Group |
762-SecuritySubType |
| 3 Month SOFR Futures | SR3 | SS | AB |
This strategy is available as a futures Exchange-Defined Spread only.
Averaged Price Bundle spread has:
Example:
Please Note:The fair market price can be either the most recent available prices from outright markets; trade, best bid/best offer, or Indicative Opening Price.
Pricing:
Pricing Example – Equal Distribution:
Averaged Price Bundle trades at 9705.0
Pricing Example – Unequal Distribution:
Averaged Price Bundle trades at 9700.0
These contracts are listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of CME.
The spread will be available for customer testing in New Release in Q1 2019.
Effective Sunday, March 31, 2019 (trade date Monday, April 1), in response to customer requests, iLink order entry will launch a new FIX tag 5149-Memo. This new tag will allow customers to submit a free-form Note with orders to help facilitate with end-of-day trade reconciliation between trading and clearing firms.
When tag 5149-Memo is submitted on the iLink inbound messages, it will be returned on all associated iLink outbound messages. iLink tag 5149-Memo values will be passed through to Drop Copy and CME STP.
The new iLink tag 5149 can be submitted on the following messages:
Tag 5149 will be returned on the following iLink messages only when it is sent on the originating message:
| tag 5149-Memo | |||||
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| Tag | FIX Name | Req | Valid Values | Format | Description |
| 5149 | Memo | N | -- | String (75) | Allows users to submit a free-form Note tag with a customer order and persists from order entry through clearing |
If tag 5149-Memo value on inbound messages exceeds the max length of 75 bytes, iLink will return a truncated 75 bytes from the right on the response.
Certification is not required for iLink and Drop Copy customers who wish to use the new tag 5149.
Tag 5149-Memo is currently available in New Release for customer testing.
Effective Sunday, March 31, 2019 (trade date Monday, April 1), iLink order entry will support new FIX tags to instruct CME Clearing House to clear CME Globex trades in a particular way. Currently, special characters in tag 1-Account are used to signal post-trade instructions. With this launch, the following new FIX tags will be used for post-trade clearing instructions on customer orders:
Please note: Both new clearing instruction tag and special character in tag 1-Account will be supported until further notice. If both tags are submitted, new clearing instruction tag will take precedence.
When these new tags are submitted on the iLink inbound messages, it will be returned on all associated iLink outbound messages.
Drop Copy will also support these new tags at launch.
These new tags can be submitted on the following messages:
These new tags will be returned on the following iLink messages only when it is sent on the originating message:
| Clearing Instruction | |||||
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| Tag | FIX Name | Req | Valid Values | Format | Description |
| 819 | AvgPXIndicator | N | 0 – No Average Pricing (Default) |
String (3) | Indicates if the resulting trade is to be average priced or not. This tag is also used to indicate type of average price grouping. |
| 1731 | AvgPxGroupID | N | -- | String (20) | Used to identify account numbers or orders for grouping trades together for average price calculations. If incoming value is greater than max length, iLink will return the right most twenty bytes. |
| 1598 | ClearingTrade PriceType | N | 0 – Trade Clearing at Execution Price 1 – Trade Clearing at Alternate Clearing Price |
String (1) | Indicates whether spread differential trade is clearing at execution price (Tag 31-LastPx) or alternate clearing price (i.e. previous day’s settlement price). |
Certification is not required for iLink and Drop Copy customers who wish to use these new tags.
The new clearing instruction tags are currently available in New Release for customer testing.
Effective this Sunday, December 16 (trade date Monday, December 17), crack spreads will be listed for 24 consecutive months for WTI Houston Crude Oil futures on CME Globex.
| Listing WTI Houston Crude Oil Crack Spreads | |||
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| Product | MDP 3.0: tag 6937-Asset | iLink: tag 55-Symbol MDP 3.0 tag 1151 - Security Group |
Tag 762- SecuritySubType |
| WTI Houston Crude Oil Futures vs. NY Harbor ULSD Futures | HCL | IE | C1 (Crack 1:1) |
| WTI Houston Crude Oil Futures vs. RBOB Gasoline Futures | HCL | IE | C1 (Crack 1:1) |
The spreads are currently available for customer testing in New Release.
These contracts are listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of NYMEX.
Effective this Sunday, December 16 (trade date Monday, December 17), the following Inter-Commodity spreads will be listed on CME Globex and for submission for clearing via CME ClearPort.
| Energy Futures Inter-Commodity Spreads | ||||
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| Product | MDP 3.0: tag 6937-Asset | iLink: tag 55-Symbol MDP 3.0 tag 1151 - Security Group |
Tag 762- SecuritySubType |
Listing Cycle |
| WTI Houston Crude Oil vs Light Sweet Crude Oil Futures | HCL | HC | IP (Inter-Commodity Spread) |
The first 12 months, Jan-Mar, Mar-Jun, Jun-Sep and Sep-Dec for the nearest 12 months and all combinations of Jun-Dec for nearest 48 months |
| WTI Houston Crude Oil vs Brent Crude Oil Last Day Financial Futures | HCL | HC | IP (Inter-Commodity Spread) |
The first 12 months, Jan-Mar, Mar-Jun, Jun-Sep and Sep-Dec for the nearest 12 months and all combinations of Jun-Dec for nearest 48 months |
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.
Effective this Sunday, December 16 (trade date Monday, December 17), pending completion of all regulatory review periods, Methanol FOB Houston (Argus) futures will be listed for trading on CME Globex and for submission for clearing via CME ClearPort.
| Methanol FOB Houston (Argus) Futures | |||
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| Product | MDP 3.0: tag 6937-Asset | iLink: tag 55-Symbol MDP 3.0 tag 1151 - Security Group |
Market Data Channel |
| Methanol FOB Houston (Argus) Futures | MTH | JR | 386 |
This futures are currently available for customer testing in New Release.
These contracts are listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of NYMEX.
Effective Sunday, January 6, 2019 (trade date Monday, January 7), the 10-Year T-Note Futures vs. U.S. Treasury Bond futures inter-commodity ratio spread will be listed on CME Globex. The spread will have a 3:1 spread and leg pricing ratio, as reflected in Security Definition (tag 35-MsgType=d) messages tag 5570-Price Ratio.
| Treasury Inter-Commodity Spread | |||
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| Product | MDP 3.0: tag 6937-Asset | iLink: tag 55-Symbol MDP 3.0 tag 1151 - Security Group |
Tag 762- SecuritySubType |
| 10-Year T-Note Futures vs. U.S. Treasury Bond Futures | NIB | IV | IV |
This spread will be available for customer testing in New Release on Monday, December 17.
These contracts are listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of CBOT.
At customers’ requests, the following Henry Hub Natural Gas futures butterfly spreads are now available for trading on CME Globex.
| Listing of Natural Gas Henry Hub Futures Butterfly Spreads | ||||
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| Product | MDP 3.0: tag 6937-Asset | iLink: tag 55-Symbol MDP 3.0 tag 1151 - Security Group |
Tag 762- SecuritySubType |
MDP 3.0 TAG 55-Symbol iLink tag 107-SecurityDesc |
| Henry Hub Natural Gas Futures | NG | NG | BF | NG:BF F9-H9-J9 NG:BF K9-Q9-V9 NG:BF N9-U9-V9 NG:BF F0-H0-J0 NG:BF K0-Q0-V0 NG:BF N0-U0-V0 NG:BF J9-K9-V9 |
Please contact the Global Command Center (GCC) at +1 800 438 8616 in the USA, +44 20 7623 4747 in Europe, and +65 6532 5010 in Asia for any special product request.
These contracts are listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of NYMEX.
On Monday, December 10, the following Coal futures, options and combos were delisted, and effective close of business Friday, December 14 these products will be removed from CME Globex.
Please note: The combo serves as the synthetic underlying future product to the options.
| Delisting and Removal of Coal Futures, Options and Combos | ||
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| Product | MDP 3.0: tag 6937-Asset | iLink: tag 55-Symbol MDP 3.0 tag 1151 - Security Group |
| Indonesian Coal (McCloskey sub-bituminous) Futures | MCC | ZZ |
| Indonesian Coal (McCloskey sub-bituminous) Option on Calendar Futures Strip | ICC | EF |
| Indonesian Coal (McCloskey sub-bituminous) Calendar Futures Strip Combo | ICS | 08 |
| Indonesian Coal (McCloskey sub-bituminous) Average Price Option | ICA | EF |
| Indonesian Coal (McCloskey sub-bituminous) Option on Quarterly Futures Strip | IC4 | EF |
| Indonesian Coal (McCloskey sub-bituminous) Quarterly Futures Strip Combo | I4S | 08 |
| Coal (API 8) cfr South China (Argus/McCloskey) Average Price Option | A8A | EF |
| Coal (API 8) cfr South China (Argus/McCloskey) Option on Quarterly Futures Strip | A84 | EF |
| Coal (API 8) cfr South China (Argus/McCloskey) Quarterly Futures Strip Combo | A8S | 08 |
| Coal (API 8) cfr South China (Argus/McCloskey) Option on Calendar Futures Strip | AC8 | EF |
| Coal (API 8) cfr South China (Argus/McCloskey) Calendar Futures Strip | ACS | 08 |
These products currently have no open interest.
Effective Sunday, December 16 (trade date Monday, December 17), the minimum quantity requirement to trigger a triangulation execution will change from 10 to 5 contracts for all FX Vol-Quoted Options (VQO).
In conjunction with the above change, to increase the range of triangulated strike prices at market open, the initial triangulation delta range will be configured to include strikes from 10 to 80 deltas. Currently, the initial range only includes strikes from 10 to 70 deltas.
These changes are currently available for customer testing in New Release.
Effective Sunday, January 6, 2019 (trade date Monday, January 7), the listing cycle for the LNG Japan/Korea Marker (Platts) futures will be expanded on CME Globex as follows:
| Listing Cycle Expansion for LNG Japan/Korea Marker (Platts) Futures | ||||
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| Product | MDP 3.0: tag 6937-Asset | iLink: tag 55-Symbol MDP 3.0 tag 1151 - Security Group |
Current Listing Schedule | New Listing Schedule |
| LNG Japan/Korea Marker (Platts) Futures | JKM | JKM | Monthly contracts listed for the current year and the next 2 calendar years. Monthly contracts for a new calendar year will be added following the termination of trading in the December contract of the current year. |
Monthly contracts listed for the current year and the next 5 calendar years. Monthly contracts for a new calendar year will be added following the termination of trading in the December contract of the current year |
This change will be available for customer testing in New Release on Monday, December 17.
These contracts are listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of NYMEX.
Effective Sunday, January 13, 2019 (trade date Monday January 14), to better facilitate delta-neutral option spread trading on CME Globex, clients will be able to create Covered User-Defined Spreads (UDS) with future legs from more than one Security Group (FIX tag 1151-SecurityGroup). Any combination of the following futures can be used for Crude Oil Covered UDS:
This enhancement will be available for customer testing on Monday, December 17.
These contracts are listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of NYMEX.
Effective with the listing of the September 2019 quarterly options, these CME FX options will reflect the following changes:
These changes will be in effect for all option instruments that expire after Sunday, June 9, 2019. Currently listed instruments, and any instruments that expire before June 9, 2019, will continue to use the 2:00 pm expiration and 2:00 pm fixing price for exercise.
Additional information on these changes including a two minute overview video can be found at cmegroup.com/10am.
The instrument last trade date and time can be found by leveraging FIX tags 865=7 (Last eligible trade date) and 1145-EventTime in the Security Definition (tag 35-MsgType=d) message.
The Fixing Price data blocks are sent in the MDP 3.0 Market Data Incremental Refresh (tag 35-MsgType=X) with the following attributes:
This change is currently available for customer testing in New Release.
These contracts are listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of CME.
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Starting this Saturday, December 15, CME Group will begin prompting customers with CME Group Login profiles to reagree to CME Group policies. This simple process will ensure customer profiles remain current and that users are aware of CME Group policy updates. To maintain secure accounts, CME Group will deem a profile inactive and will terminate access if it is not updated within the given timeframe.
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Embed the CME Reference Data API in your system’s product matrices and databases to automate product reference data for all CME Group and hosted partner exchange markets.
CME Reference Data API includes:
Key Benefits:
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