Dear CME^® Globex^® Customers,

FirmSoft 3.1.6 Rollout
Effective on the commencement of business Sunday, October 24, 2004, FirmSoft 3.1.6 will be available in our production environment. This new version of FirmSoft includes the following enhancements:

• Aggregate Fill Blotter (AFB)
  • The AFB allows users to summarize at the Account (iLink tag 1) or SenderSubID (iLink tag 50) level all the fills received by contract for a given time period.
• TOPS order searches
  • Limit and Stop prices will be displayed on the summary and order detail pages
  • The "TOPS ID" field will display the original TOPS ID in the "Cancel Info" section of the detail page
• An updated FirmSoft User Guide and reference information

Accessing FirmSoft 3.1.6
Accessing the new version of FirmSoft will require no changes for existing FirmSoft users. All existing FirmSoft user IDs and passwords will remain valid.

Any user experiencing access issues should contact the Globex Control Center at 312.456.2391.

Documentation
For complete details regarding FirmSoft 3.1.6, including release notes and a copy of the updated FirmSoft User Guide, please refer to .

For further information, please feel free to contact your Globex Account Manager at 312.634.8700.

Thank you,

Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Globex Account Management
312.634.8700