Learn the latest in electronic
trading on CME Globex
FCMs, IBs, proprietary trading groups, ISVs and market
data distributors -
Register today for the Singapore CME Electronic Trading Customer Forum.
The CME Electronic Trading Customer Forums are designed to bring CME and its customers together.
You will receive updates and information regarding CME Globex platform changes, electronic trading
policies and new offerings in the next 6-12 months.
These events are free and attendance is limited to CME customers.
The forum will cover:
- CBOT-CME proposed merger update
- Product updates
- NYMEX product updates and the CME Messaging Policy
- Enhanced Execution Reports
- User-Defined Spreads: Combos
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- New market data format: FIX/FAST
- New offering: Drop copy
- New offering: Cancel on disconnect
- New certification environments and AutoCert+ tool
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Singapore
Thursday, 7 June 2007
16:30 Registration
16:45 Presentation
Reception to follow
Fullerton Hotel
The Straits Room, 4th Floor
1 Fullerton Square
Singapore |
CLICK HERE to register.
Account FIX Tag 1 Reminder
As a reminder, CME strongly recommends customers do not use any leading spaces in Account,
FIX tag 1, in all CME iLink messaging. Submitting tag 1 with leading spaces can impact the CME
Globex Control Center's ability to provide order and trade status.
Complete information on CME iLink messaging values are available in the
CME iLink Messaging
Specifications volume of the
CME iLink SDK. If you have any questions
or concerns about CME iLink or tag 1, please contact your
CME Globex Account Manager.
Proposed CBOT Merger Client Impact
Assessment
CME previously announced that it intends to migrate e-cbot products to CME Globex in a phased
approach beginning Q1 2008, subject to completion of the CME-CBOT merger, which is expected to
occur mid-2007, pending approvals by regulators, shareholders of both companies and CBOT members,
as well as completion of customary closing conditions. In an effort to provide information as early
as possible regarding this electronic trading migration, the CME/CBOT Client Impact Assessment
document is now available for your reference at
www.cme.com/CBOTImpact. Key topics
discussed in this document are as follows:
- Key Dates and Events
- CME Globex System Impacts
- Product-Specific Functionality
- Fractional and Cabinet Pricing
- Implied Spread Functionality
- Matching Algorithms
- Market Data Messages and Channels
- Testing and Certification
- Bandwidth Recommendations
- Messaging Policy Implications
- User Identification
For more information about this client impact document, please contact
CME Globex Account Management
or via phone at 312.634.8700 or at +44.20.7796.7100 in Europe.
Reminder: CME Market Data Platform Lite Channel
Elimination
Effective
Sunday, May 20, the CME Market Data Platform Lite Channel (channel 18) will be
decommissioned. CME recommends all customers verify they are not relying solely on the Lite Channel
for market data before May 20.
Reminder: CME Hurricane Seasonal Maximum Futures
Launch
Effective
this Sunday, May 20, 2007 (for trade date Monday, May 21), the CME Hurricane
Seasonal Maximum futures will launch on the CME Globex platform. Based on the Carvill Hurricane
Indexes (CHI
TM
), the CME Hurricane Seasonal Maximum futures represent the highest index value of the
season for each region.
| CME
Hurricanes Seasonal Maximum Futures |
| Region |
Instrument
Group Code |
Product
Code |
| Florida |
HF |
HFM |
| Gulf
Coast |
HF |
HGM |
| Northern
Atlantic Coast |
HF |
HNM |
| Southern
Atlantic Coast |
HF |
HSS |
| Eastern
U.S. |
HF |
HXM |
These CME Hurricane Seasonal Maximum futures are currently available for customer testing in the
New Release Certification environment.
Reminder: CME Hurricane Seasonal Futures
Launch
Effective
this Sunday, May 20 (for trade date Monday, May 21), the CME Hurricane Seasonal
futures will launch on the CME Globex platform. Based on the Carvill Hurricane Indexes (CHI), the
CME Hurricane Seasonal futures represent the total cumulative index values for all hurricanes that
make landfall in each region during each hurricane season.
| CME
Hurricanes Seasonal Futures |
| Region |
Instrument
Group Code |
Product
Code |
| Florida |
HF |
HFA |
| Gulf
Coast |
HF |
HGA |
| Northern
Atlantic Coast |
HF |
HNA |
| Southern
Atlantic Coast |
HF |
HSA |
| Eastern
U.S. |
HF |
HXA |
These CME Hurricane Seasonal futures are currently available for customer testing in the New
Release Certification environment.
Reminder: CME E-mini FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index
Futures Launch
Effective
this Sunday, May 20 (for trade date Monday, May 21), the CME E-mini FTSE
®/Xinhua
® China 25 Index futures on the CME Globex platform.
The
CME E-mini
FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index futures are designed to meet the growing need for 24-hour access to
the Chinese equity markets. The FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index is comprised of 25 of the largest, most
liquid red-chip and H-share Chinese companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
CME E-mini FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index futures are currently available for customer testing in
the New Release Certification environment.
Reminder: CME Market Data Platform Channel Changes
in New Release Certification -
Critical System Impact
Effective 5:00 p.m. Central time,
this Wednesday, May 24, the ports and IP addresses for
all CME Market Data Platform channels in the New Release Certification environment
are changing. Data will no longer be available at the current ports and IP addresses. Customers
receiving market data in the New Release Certification environment must access the new ports and IP
address to receive market data.
The new CME Market Data Platform channel information for the New Release Certification
environment is available
online. The current channel information is also available
online.
Memorial Day Schedule
The CME Globex Memorial Day schedule, for Monday, May 28, is now available
online.
Reminder: Discontinuing CME Globex Trader
Licenses
Effective
May 31, 2007, no new CME Globex Trader licenses or IDs will be issued. CME
anticipates CME Globex Trader will be decommissioned by the end of this year.
The limitation of CME Globex Trader to futures markets, aging functionality and infrastructure,
and the declining user base have led to the decision to decommission CME Globex Trader. Traders may
replace CME Globex Trader with a
third-party application,
CME EOS Trader or
CME Galax-C
handhelds to access CME Globex markets.
More information is available in the
CME Globex
Trader Update.
Reminder: CME Commodities Extended Electronic
Trading Hours
Effective Monday, June 4, 2007, trading hours for CME Commodity futures and options on CME
Globex will be extended to virtually 24 hours a day. The markets will open for trading at 9:05 a.m.
Central time (CT) Mondays and close at 1:30 p.m. CT Fridays, with a daily 60 minute trading halt
and trade date roll at 4:00 p.m.
Reminder: NYMEX Options Launch on CME Globex
Effective
Sunday, June 24, 2007 (for trade date Monday, June 25), options on NYMEX Crude Oil
and Natural Gas futures and COMEX Gold and Silver futures will launch on CME Globex.
For NYMEX options, CME is introducing variable length strike prices of up to 5 bytes in the
Complete Instrument Code field in RLC market data messages and in SecurityDesc (FIX tag 107) in CME
iLink messages. Currently, in these fields CME supports fixed strike prices within product groups
of up to 4 bytes. More information on RLC market data is available in the
CME Market Data Platform SDK RLC Message
Specifications volume. More information on CME iLink messaging is available in the
CME iLink SDK Message Specifications
volume.
CME will host two mock trading sessions in the CME production environment for customers, on
Saturday, June 16 and Saturday, June 23. More information on the mock trading sessions will be
available soon.
| Product |
Instrument
Group Code |
Product
Code |
MDP
Channel |
| Crude
Oil |
LO |
LO |
35 |
| Natural
Gas |
ON |
ON |
36 |
| Gold |
OG |
OG |
37 |
| Silver |
SO |
SO |
37 |
These NYMEX options will be available for customer testing in the New Release Certification
environment this Monday, May 21.
More information about this NYMEX options launch is available at
www.nymex.com.
Reminder: Legacy CME Certification Environment
Decommission
Effective
July 1, 2007, CME is decommissioning the legacy CME certification environment. The
new certification environments, launched earlier this year, provide greater flexibility and
functionality for developing, testing and certifying customer applications. More information on the
new certification environments is available at
www.cme.com/cert.
New IDs for the legacy CME certification environment are no longer available.
Any customers currently connected to the legacy CME certification environment will need to
migrate to the new environments before the July 1 cut-off. Please contact your
CME Globex Account Manager for
more information and to start your migration.
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Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc (CME). All rights reserved.
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CME
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