We are pleased to announce the introduction of SLEDS (Single Line Entry of Differential Spreads) for pit traded equity futures calendar spreads beginning on November 8, 2004.   

Next Steps
Informational Seminars have been set-up for back office and trading floor personnel:

Monday, October 25, 2004 2:30 p.m., Committee room HIJ, 3rd floor North Tower
Tuesday, October 26, 2004 9:30 a.m., Committee Room HIJ, 3rd floor North Tower

End-to-End firm testing will be available via the E2E testing environment. The first set of test scripts will be available on the CME FTP site by Monday at noon.

Tuesday, October 26, 2004
Thursday, October 28, 2004
Monday, November 1, 2004
Wednesday, November 3, 2004
Friday, November 5, 2004

If you have any questions regarding SLEDS, please call Gary George, Associate Director, Clearing Operations, at 648-3774.