Market Data Advisory Notices
To | Market Data Distributors
From | Market Data Operations
Subject | American-style FX Options to Trade Side-by-Side on CME Globex - Effective Sunday, December 17, 2006
Notice Date | 2006-11-14
Notice Number | Q2006-209
Effective Date | 2006-11-14
Effective Sunday, December 17, 2006 (trade date Monday, December 18th), CME® will implement a change in CME Globex® trading hours for the American-style foreign exchange (FX) options listed below. Currently, these options trade on CME Globex from 2:00 p.m. to 7:15 a.m. the following day. CME will offer side-by-side Open Outcry and electronic trading for these options. These options will trade on CME Globex from 5:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. the following day (the same trading hours as the currently-listed European-style options). They will continue to trade via Open Outcry from 7:20 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Side-by-Side FX Options and Ticker Codes The FX Options that will be listed for trading side-by-side and their ticker codes are as follows: • CME Euro FX Options – 6E • CME Japanese Yen Options – 6J • CME British Pound Options – 6B • CME Swiss Franc Options – 6S • CME Canadian Dollar Options – 6C • CME Australian Dollar Options – 6A • CME New Zealand Dollar Options – 6N • CME Mexican Peso Options – 6M • CME Russian Ruble Options – 6R Ticker Testing Ticker testing on side-by-side FX Options will be held on Friday, December 8, 2006 at approximately 4:45 p.m. Central Time. If you have any questions during testing, please contact CME’s Enterprise Technology Operations Department at (312) 930-8160. If you have any questions regarding this notice, please contact: Marilee Radecki 312.930.8193 mradecki@cme.com Kevin Brady 312.648.3653 kbrady@cme.com Thank you.