GLOBEX Advisory Notices
To | CME Globex Customers
From | CME Globex Account Management
Subject | CME Globex Notices: March 10, 2008
Notice Date | 2008-03-10
Notice Number | 20080310
Effective Date | 1969-12-31
Topics in this issue include:
| Critical System Updates Changes to Instrument Creation (MO) Replay Channels - March 30
| Product Launches NYMEX Emissions Futures - This Week Nonfarm Payroll Futures and Options - April 27
| Product Changes Side-by-Side Trading for Grain and Oilseed Options on Futures - April 13
Critical System Updates
Changes to Instrument Creation (MO) Replay Channels Effective Sunday, March 30, 2008, CME Group will decommission the Instrument Creation (MO) Replay channels 1 and 16 in the production and Certification environments. Channels 1 and 16 have been decommissioned in New Release. The new MO Replay channels on the Market Data Platform, introduced in November 2007, allow customers to listen only to the MO messages for which they receive market data. With these new channels, every product RLC data channel (e.g., channel 7, Equity futures; channel 8, Equity options, etc.) now has a dedicated MO Replay channel. Please note, these changes only affect the RLC-format channels. There are no changes to the ITC 2.1-format channels. The new MO Replay channels are currently available in New Release, Certification and production. The channel definition tables are available online for Certification and New Release, and for production.
Product Launches
NYMEX Emissions Futures Effective this Sunday, March 16 (trade date Monday, March 17), NYMEX Emissions futures will be listed for trading on the CME Globex platform. With this launch, calendar spreads for all products (Strategy Type Code SP) and strips for NYMEX SO2 Emissions only (Strategy Type Code FS) will also be available. More details on these new NYMEX products is available from NYMEX Product Marketing at 212.299.2301. NYMEX Emissions Futures
Product | Instrument Group Code | Product Code
Futures
Carbon EUA Emissions Euro | VO | EUA
Carbon Certified Emission Reduction Euro | CCR
NYMEX SO2 Emissions | RSN
NYMEX Annual NOX Vintage 2009 | WWN
NYMEX Annual NOX Vintage 2010 | YPN
NYMEX Annual NOX Vintage 2011 | YQN
NYMEX Annual NOX Vintage 2012 | YRN
NYMEX Seasonal NOX Vintage 2008 | RNN
NYMEX Seasonal NOX Vintage 2009 | YIN
NYMEX Seasonal NOX Vintage 2010 | YJN
NYMEX Seasonal NOX Vintage 2011 | YKN
NYMEX Seasonal NOX Vintage 2012 | YMN
These new instruments are currently available for customer testing in Certification and New Release. Nonfarm Payroll Futures and Options Effective Sunday, April 27 (trade date Monday, April 28), CME Group is launching futures and options on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) Nonfarm Payroll data exclusively on the CME Globex platform. These new products will allow customers to directly manage exposure to the government labor number and offset positions in the financial markets. Please note: these options are eligible for negative strike prices. Nonfarm Payroll Futures & Options
Product | Instrument Group Code | Product Code | MDP Channel
Nonfarm Payroll Futures | NP | NFP | 9
Nonfarm Payroll Options on Futures | 1F | NFP | 10
More information is available online. Nonfarm Payroll futures and options will be available for customer testing in Certification and New Release on Monday, April 14.
Product Changes
Side-by-side Trading for Grain and Oilseed Options Effective Sunday, April 13 (trade date Monday, April 14), the options on corn, wheat, soybeans, soybean meal, soybean oil, rough rice and oats futures will be available for electronic trading on CME Globex during the open outcry (RTH) trading hours. Currently, these contracts are only available on CME Globex during electronic trading hours (ETH), 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. Sunday through Friday. With this schedule change, these options will also be available on CME Globex 9:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. CT. More information is available online.