CME Globex Notices: March 10, 2008

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.

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.

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.

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.

 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.