Effective Sunday, June 28 (trade date Monday, June 29), the following new fields will be added on CME Reference Data API to support the expansion of the variable tick values for VTT Code 17 and 18 from two to four levels.

CME Reference Data API - New Attributes
Endpoint Attribute Name Description Type Market Type
optionSeries vttLowThreshold Low Price Threshold Double Listed Derivatives
vttMidLowTick This field defines the smallest tick the instrument can trade at as defined by the vttMidLowThreshold.
vttMidLowThreshold Mid-Low Price Threshold
vttMidHighTick This field defines the smallest tick the instrument can trade at as defined by the vttMidHighTick.
vttMidHighThreshold Mid-High Price Threshold
vttHighTick This field defines the smallest tick the instrument can trade at as defined by the vttHighThreshold.
vttHighThreshold High Price Threshold

These changes will be available for customer testing in New Release on Thursday, June 18.

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