Change of Venue for Weather Options Trading from GLOBEX. to the NASDAQ-100. Options Pit and Expansion of Option Strike Listing Ranges

Market Data Advisory Notices

To	Market Data Distributors
From	Market Data Operations
Subject	Change of Venue for Weather Options Trading from GLOBEX. to the NASDAQ-100. Options Pit and Expansion of Option Strike Listing Ranges
Notice Date	2004-07-14
Notice Number	Q2004-88
Effective Date
Effective with the trading session beginning on Sunday, July 25, 2004 (trade date July 26^th) Weather Options trading will change venue from the GLOBEX platform to the NASDAQ-100 options pit on the trading floor. The option strike listing ranges will also be expanded. These changes are being made to provide customers with the ability to trade Weather Options at desirable strike prices, while reducing the maintenance burden on GLOBEX of supporting a wide range of strike prices at which there may be no activity. . Thank you.