• CME Globex Updates

      • To
      • CME Globex and Market Data Customers
      • From
      • Global Market Solutions & Services (GMSS)
      • #
      • 20200320
      • Notice Date
      • 20 March 2020

    • Topics in this issue include:

    • Postponed - Mandatory iLink 3 Binary Order Entry Protocol for MSGW

      To allow additional time for clients adjusting to the impacts of COVID-19, the launch of iLink 3, the new order entry protocol for trading futures, options, and BrokerTec products on CME Globex, has been postponed to Sunday, May 17.

      The mock trading sessions this weekend and next, March 21 and 28, have also been postponed. The next mock trading session will be Saturday, May 2.

      iLink 3 Production Launch Schedule:

      Market Segment ID Market Segment Description Production Launch
      76

       

      		 NYMEX Metals, Softs and Alternative Markets Futures; COMEX Futures

      Sunday, May 17, 2020
      50
      68

       

      		 CME Interest Options
      CME Equity Futures II; CBOT Equity Futures

      Sunday, May 31, 2020
      52
      54
      58
      60
      70
      72
      84
      88      		 CME FX Futures and Options II
      CME and CBOT Equity Options
      CBOT Interest Rate Options
      CME, CBOT and MGEX Commodity Options
      CME, CBOT and MGEX Commodity Futures
      CBOT Commodity Futures II
      CBOT Interest Rate Futures
      CME FX Futures and Options

      Sunday, June 7, 2020

      56
       

      64
      74
      78
      80
      82

      NYMEX Emissions Options; NYMEX Energy, Metals, Softs and Alternative Market Options; COMEX Options; DME Options

      CME Equity Futures – E-mini S&P
      BMD Futures and Options; NYMEX SEF
      NYMEX Emissions and Non-Crude Energy Futures
      DME Futures; NYMEX Crude and Crude Refined Energy Futures
      CME Interest Rate Futures

      Sunday, June 21, 2020

      iLink 3 Mock Trading Sessions:

      • Saturday, May 2, 2020
      • Saturday, May 16, 2020
      • Saturday, May 30, 2020
      • Saturday, June 6, 2020
      • Saturday, June 20, 2020

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      Postponed - CME Globex Market Segment Gateway Enhancements

      The Market Segment Gateway (MSGW) enhancements have been postponed.

      The mock trading sessions have been rescheduled for Saturday, May 30 and Saturday, June 6.

      MSGW Enhancements Timeline
      Market Segment ID Market Segment Description Production Launch
      50
      76      		 CME Interest Rate Options
      NYMEX Metals, Softs and Alternative Markets Futures; COMEX Futures

      Sunday, June 21, 2020
      54
      68
      72
      88

      CME and CBOT Equity Options
      CME Equity Futures II; CBOT Equity Futures
      CBOT Commodity Futures II
      CME FX Futures and Options

      		 Sunday, July 12, 2020
      52
      58
      60
      64
      70
      78      		 CME FX Futures and Options II
      CBOT Interest Rate Options
      CME, CBOT and MGEX Commodity Options
      CME Equity Futures - E-mini S&P
      CME, CBOT and MGEX Commodity Futures
      NYMEX Emissions and Non-Crude Energy Futures      		 Sunday, July 26, 2020

      56
       

      74
      80
      82
      84

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

      BMD Futures and Options; NYMEX SEF
      DME Futures; NYMEX Crude and Crude Refined Energy Futures
      CME Interest Rate Futures
      CBOT Interest Rate Futures

      		 Sunday, August 2, 2020

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