CME Globex Notices: July 21, 2008

Order Status Enhancements
CME Group is launching enhancements to both the inbound Order Status Request and outbound Execution Report - Order Status iLink messages. Scheduled to launch Sunday, August 24, 2008, these enhancements will provide more precise and current state information on working orders.

These enhancements provide:

• The most current state in the order chain is always reflected in the Execution Report - Order Status Reponse Message
• Cumulative order quantity reflects the actual quantity in the most current state in the order chain.
• More precision on the details of the order state.

A  Client Impact Assesment is now available with detailed information. CME Group strongly recommends all front-end trading systems completely test the enhanced order status messaging in New Release, available now.

 Implied Functionality Enhancements
In Q4 2008, CME Group is scheduled to launch enhancements to the implied functionality on CME Globex. This launch will also include new implied intercommodity spreads for Treasury futures.

With this launch, Eurodollar Pack Spreads, including Pack Butterflies, will support implied functionality for the first 10 years listed.

Customers and system providers are not required to certify for these enhancements; however, CME Group encourages all system providers to complete testing with these new instruments and functionality in the New Release environment starting September 11.

A  Client Impact Assesment is now available with detailed information.

New Weather Futures on CME Globex
Effective this Sunday, July 27 (trade date Monday, July 28), the following Heating Degree Days (HDD), Cooling Degree Days (CDD) and Cumulative Average Temperature (CAT) Weather futures, weeklies and strips will be listed for trading on the CME Globex platform:

In addition, with this launch the following Weather seasonal strips will be available:

These new Weather futures, weeklies and strips are currently available for customer testing in New Release and Certification.

Options on E-mini S&P® SmallCap 600® Futures
Effective this Sunday, July 27, 2008 (for trade date Monday, July 28), options on the E-mini S&P SmallCap 600 futures will launch on CME Globex. Full User-Defined Spreads (UDS) functionality will be available upon launch; in addition, the following exchange-defined strategies will be listed.

These options and strategies are available for customer testing in Certification and New Release.

Options on Eurodollar Futures Calendar Spreads
Effective Sunday, August 17, 2008 (trade date Monday, August 18), CME Group is launching options on Eurodollar futures calendar spreads. Both outright options and straddles will be available on CME Globex for trading, as well as full User-Defined Spreads (UDS) functionality.

Eurodollar calendar spread options are designed to help market participants better manage risk exposures specifically tied to the slope of the Eurodollar rate curve. Call options will be exercisable into one long nearby Eurodollar futures contract and one short deferred Eurodollar futures contract, for example June 2008 (long) and June 2009 (short). Put options will be exercisable into a short nearby Eurodollar future and a long deferred one.

These options will be listed with the futures calendar spread as the indicated underlying. There will not be a synthetic future listed, as is the current practice for the NYMEX complex options on CME Globex. These options will support zero and negative strike prices.

These options and strategies are now available for customer testing in New Release.

NYMEX LCH ECM & MTF Products on CME Globex
As previously announced, this summer NYMEX and LCH.Clearnet are launching a broad range of global energy products for trading on the CME Globex platform. NYMEX is offering a new and distinct slate of OTC and futures products for clearing through LCH.Clearnet through two new exchanges: NYMEX ECM and NYMEX MTF. The initial slate will encompass the global benchmark oil contracts, including WTI, Brent and Gasoil, as well as key natural gas and electricity contracts. These new products will be cleared by LCH.Clearnet using existing and widely distributed clearing technology, thus optimizing operational efficiencies for market participants.

This historic alliance will deliver improved capital and operational efficiencies through wider execution capabilities, broader credit intermediation and margining benefits for customers and market participants.

More information on the arrangement and benefits for market participants is available at  www.nymexonlchclearnet.com.

Please note: the NYMEX ECM contracts require development to support trading of these unique products. Detailed development information is available in the  NYMEX ECM and NYMEX MTF Products on CME Globex Client Impact Assessment. The complete lists of new products are available in the  NYMEX ECM Snapshot and  NYMEX MTF Snapshot.

These products are currently available for customer testing in the New Release environment. The mock trading session previously scheduled for June 28 has been cancelled. End-to-end testing to the LCH Clearing House is available in the New Release environment for configured customers. Please contact  CSET at 312.930.2322 or your  CME Globex Account Manager at 312.634.8700 to be configured.

 Japanese Yen Options Strike Range Changes
Effective this Sunday, July 27, (trade date Monday, July 28), the strike listing rules for American-style options on Japanese Yen futures on the CME Globex platform will change as follows:

 Maximum Order Quantity Changes for Legacy CBOT Commodity Products
Effective Sunday, August 3, 2008 (trade date Monday, August 4), the maximum order quantity will be increased for the following legacy CBOT commodity futures and options:

Please note: the intercommodity spreads for legacy CBOT commodity futures will also reflect these new Maximum Order Quantity limits. The Maximum Order Quantity for each instrument can be found in tag 1140-MaxTradeVol, in the FIX/FAST Security Definition message (tag 35-MsgType=d).

These changes will be available for customer testing in New Release this Monday, July 28.

 Israeli Shekel Calendar Spreads Algorithm Change
To align the FX futures calendar spreads matching behavior, the allocation algorithm for the Israeli Shekel calendars will be changed from FIFO (F) to Currency Calendars (C). With this change, all FX futures calendar spreads will use C.

This change will go into effect in all CME Globex environments Sunday, August 3 (trade date Monday, August 4).

The allocation algorithm is defined in FIX tag 1142-MatchAlgorithm, in the FIX/FAST Security Definition message (35=d).

30-Day Fed Funds Futures and Options Enhancements
Beginning Sunday, August 3, 2008 (trade date Monday, August 4) the following changes will be applied to the 30-Day Fed Funds futures, options and spreads:

• The expiring, front month of the 30-Day Fed Funds futures contract will trade in 1/4 basis points. Currently, all Fed Funds futures trade in 1/2 basis point increments. With this change, the front Fed Funds future will always trade in 1/4 tick increments beginning the first Sunday within the expiration month. Implied functionality will not be available on the 1/4 tick front month outrights and spreads.
• The price display format for the Fed Funds futures and options will be changed to match the current Eurodollar price display convention. With this change, the CME Globex minimum tick for the expiring, front month future, underlying options and spreads will display 0.25. All other months will display the minimum tick 0.50. Currently, the 30-Day Fed Funds price displays use a single decimal (i.e., minimum tick is 2.5 or 5).
• 12-month futures strips will be listed for trading on the CME Globex platform.

All these changes and the new 12-month futures strips are currently available in New Release for customer testing.

Interest Rate Futures Group Code Consolidation
Effective Sunday, August 3 (trade date Monday, August 4), the Instrument Group Codes for the following Interest Rate futures will be changed:

The Instrument Group Code can be found in the Security Definition (tag 35-MsgType=d) FIX/FAST message, tag 55-Symbol; and in the Instrument Creation (MO) RLC-format message at position 70.

These changes are now available for customer testing in New Release.

FIX/FAST Migration & the Elimination of RLC Format
Customers must complete their migration to FIX/FAST from the legacy RLC format market data by October 17, 2008.

The mandatory certification for FIX/FAST can be completed through AutoCert+ in New Release. More information is available in the  AutoCert+ User Guide. FIX/FAST is currently available for customer testing in the New Release and Certification environments.

After October 17, support surcharges will be assessed for each site still receiving RLC format market data:

• $2,000 per week in October
• $4,000 per week in November
• $6,000 per week in December

The legacy RLC format market data will be eliminated no later than the end of December 2008. The FIX/FAST Software Development Kit, including Market Data Platform channel definitions and reference code, is available  online.

On Sunday, October 14, 2007, CME Group launched the new FIX/FAST market data format on the CME Globex platform. FIX/FAST is the basis of a new industry standard for market data and improves bandwidth scalability. The new format is based on FIX and FAST protocols for increased efficiency. FIX provides the core message structure and syntax while the FAST protocol increases optimization.