• New Release Rescheduled - Changes to User Defined Spreads Functionality: Resting Order Eliminations

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      • CME Globex and Market Data Customers
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      • Global Market Solutions and Services
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      • 20190201
      • Notice Date
      • 01 February 2019

    • The New Release launch for changes to User Defined Spreads (UDS) functionality on CME Globex has been rescheduled as follows:

      Changes to User Defined Spreads Functionality
      Market Segment ID Market Segment Description Current New Release Launch Updated New Release Launch Production Launch
      To facilitate this change, customers will be asked to cancel all Good ‘Till Cancel (GTC) and Good ‘Till Date (GTD) orders for User-Defined Spreads (UDS) only for the affected products by the close on Friday before the production launch. After 16:00 CT on specified Friday, any remaining GT orders on UDS will be cancelled or deleted by the CME Global Command Center (GCC).
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      88      		 CME Interest Rate Options
      CME Globex FX Futures and Options II
      CME Equity Futures II; CBOT Equity Futures
      CME, CBOT and MGEX Commodity Futures
      CBOT Commodity Futures II
      NYMEX and COMEX Metals and Alternative Market Futures
      NYMEX Emissions and Non-Crude Energy Futures
      CME Globex FX Futures and Options      		 Monday, February 4, 2019 Monday, February 25, 2019 Q2 2019
      Market Segment ID Market Segment Description Current New Release Launch Updated New Release Launch Production Launch

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      CBOT and CME Equity Options
      NYMEX Emissions Options; NYMEX Energy, Metals, Softs and Alternative Markets Options; COMEX Options; DME Options

      CBOT Interest Rate Options
      CME, CBOT and MGEX Commodity Options
      CME Equity Futures - E-mini S&P
      KRX Futures; BMD Futures and Options; NYMEX SEF
      DME Futures; NYMEX Crude and Crude Refined Energy Futures
      CME Interest Rate Futures
      CBOT Interest Rate Futures

      		 Monday, February 25, 2019 Monday, March 4, 2019 Q2 2019

      In Q2 2019, CME Group will implement the following changes to User Defined Spreads (UDS) functionality on CME Globex:

      • Performance changes
      • Improved spread recognition logic
      • Extended timing for UDS creation
      • Effects of UDS creation in non-Open Market states
      • Changes to tag 5979-RequestTime value
      • Harmonization of SecurityID Source values

      Please review the Client Impact Assessment for additional information.

      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.

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