• CME Globex Notices: December 08, 2014

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      • CME Globex and Market Data Customers
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      • 20141208
      • Notice Date
      • 08 December 2014

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      Topics in this issue include:

       

       

      Critical System Updates

      Update - MDP 3.0 Migration

      CME Group completed the launch of Market Data Platform (MDP) 3.0 on Sunday, December 7, 2014. Market Data Platform (MDP) 3.0 is a low latency and direct data access solution designed to improve customers' ability to process and act on real-time price information. The new MDP 3.0 channels will run in parallel with the current FIX/FAST channels for six months after completion of the rollout of all MDP 3.0 channels.

      During the six month parallel window, the following guidelines will be leveraged in case of market data failures. These are guidelines only and CME Group will review each event individually to determine the best response.

      • Until this Friday, December 12, markets will be halted for FIX/FAST issues only.
      • As of Sunday, December 14, markets may be halted for either FIX/FAST or MDP 3.0 issues.
      • In the final state, markets will be halted for MDP 3.0 issues only.

      The final state will be announced via the CME Globex Notices.

      TAS Pre-Open Validation

      Order entry will be permitted in TAS (Trade at Settlement) markets as soon as the Pre-Open state message is published, regardless of whether it is received first via the FIX/FAST or MDP 3.0 feeds. The CME Group Market Regulation rules for TAS Transactions can be found here.

      Customer systems receiving market data via CME Globex must complete mandatory certification via AutoCert+. The client impact assessment, functional specifications, and message specifications provide detailed functionality and messaging information.

      Please contact your Global Account Manager with any questions or concerns in the U.S. at +1 800 438 8616, in Europe at +44 800 898 013 or in Asia at +65 6532 5010 for additional information.

       

       

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      Negative Price Eligibility for User-Defined Spreads

      Effective Sunday, December 21 (for trade date Monday, December 22) CME Globex will add the Negative Price Eligibility flag in the Security Definition (tag 35-MsgType=d) message for eligible User-Defined Spreads (UDS).

      This launch will be phased in as follows:

       

      Launch Schedule
      Production Launch Date Market Segment Tag 1300 MarketSegmentID
      Sunday, December 21 Hosted Partner Exchange markets 74

       

      Currently, CME Globex accepts orders and mass quotes with negative prices for Buy-Sell options strategies, with the exception of Option Strategies tag 762-SecuritySubType=VT, BO, CO, IB, IC, or BX, but the Negative Price Eligibility flag in the Security Definition message is not populated.

      With this change, the following tags and values will be used to identify this eligibility via the Security Definition messages for UDS. There are no changes to the current functionality.

       

      Negative Price Eligibility for User-Defined Spreads
      Market Data Feed Tags and Values
      FIX/FAST Tag 871-InstAttribType=24
      Tag 872-InstAttribValue=11
      MDP 3.0 Tag 872-InstAttribValue, Bit 10

       

      These new values are currently available for customer testing in New Release.

       

       

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      Automated iLink Port Closure

      Effective Sunday, January 11, 2015, CME Globex is introducing an Automated iLink Port Closure solution to protect CME Group markets and systems from potentially detrimental behavior. This solution is an enhancement to the CME Globex Port Closure Policy introduced in January 2012.

      With this enhancement, CME Globex will automatically logout and close both the primary and backup ports for any iLink session that exceeds 5 invalid Logon (tag 35=A) messages in 60 seconds. Logon messages may be invalid due to:

      • Incorrect sequence number
      • Invalid password
      • Invalid heartbeat interval
      • Malformed message
      • Required tag missing or sent with invalid value
      • Invalid SenderCompID (iLink tag 49)

      Automated iLink Port Closure can also be triggered by customers sending messages other than a Logon when the session has not been successfully logged in.

      When triggered, CME Globex will send a Logout message (tag 35=5) with tag 58-Text="(1000) CME Administered Port Closure Due to Invalid Number of Login Attempts Being Exceeded". Sessions with active-active fault tolerance will receive the Logout message on both the primary and backup instances. Sessions without fault tolerance will only receive the Logout on the primary instance, but both the primary and backup ports will be closed.

      Primary and secondary clearing firm members must contact the Global Command Center directly to have a port re-opened. The GCC can be reached at 800.438.8616 in the USA, 44.800.898.013 in Europe, and 65.6532.5010 in Asia.

      Automated iLink Port Closure are currently available for customer testing in New Release. To facilitate customer testing, the parameters in New Release will be 10 invalid Logon (tag 35=A) messages in 60 seconds.

       

       

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      New iLink Architecture

      In Q1 2014, CME Group launched the first Phase of new iLink Architecture, Market Segment Gateway (MSGW) for TAS markets only. In Q3 2015, CME Group will launch Phase 2 of this initiative, which will implement Market Segment Gateways throughout the rest of the iLink infrastructure, to provide:

      • FIFO ordered message handling per market segment.
      • Elimination of variability associated with multiple sessions across multiple gateways.

      All customers are encouraged to review the new iLink Architecture Client Impact Assessment.

      The Phase 2 launch will allow customers to access the Market Segment Gateways directly which will involve a new session ID model, messaging and functionality changes. Customers may choose to access CME Globex markets through the MSGWs or the current Convenience Gateways (CGWs), which will continue to be supported and will route through the MSGWs.

      Phase 2 will be launched over several weekends. Prior to each launch weekend, CME Group will conduct a mock trading session. MSGWs will be available in New Release for customer testing in January 2015. A new MSGW certification suite will be available in AutoCert+ in January 2015. Customer systems who want to connect directly to the MSGW must complete this mandatory certification. Additional information on the MSGW launch schedules and mock trading sessions will be published in the CME Globex Notices.

      Details on the new iLink Architecture roadmap can be found online. For an overview of the new iLink architecture, please review the iLink Architecture webinar.

      Please contact your Global Account Manager with any questions or concerns in the U.S. at +1 800 438 8616, in Europe at +44 800 898 013 or in Asia at +65 6532 5010 for additional information.

       

       

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      New iLink Failover Process

      In Q2 2015, CME Group will introduce a new iLink failover process to improve customers’ ability to recover from a CME Globex component failure.

      When a CME Globex component fails over from the primary to backup instance, customer iLink messages will be rejected with Session Level Reject (tag 35=3) messages including tag 58=Technical Error – Market Segment: <MarketSegmentID> is not available at this time. After the backup instance is up, order entry will be allowed again.

      Currently, messages sent during failover are not guaranteed to be acknowledged by CME Globex. This new iLink Failover Process change will affect all iLink sessions.

      Detailed information including this failover behavior change is now available online.

      The new iLink failover process will be available for customer testing in New Release in Q1 2015.

      Further details on the launch schedule will be published in future CME Globex Notices.

       

       

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      Drop Copy 4.0 Implementation

      In Q2/Q3 2015, CME Group will introduce a new Drop Copy implementation to provide further consistency across iLink and Drop Copy. The new Drop Copy 4.0 implementation will have both functional and messaging changes as compared to the existing Drop Copy service.

      The new Drop Copy 4.0 implementations will include:

      • Harmonized customer experience between iLink and Drop Copy
      • New message format with encapsulated message type.
      • New supported FIX tags on Drop Copy messages – inbound and outbound
      • Harmonized resend behavior (elimination of Application Resend functionality to align with iLink)
      • Sequencing by market segment (see: New iLink Architecture client impact assessment)
      • Robust fault tolerance

      The client impact assessment, functional specifications, and message specifications provide detailed functionality and messaging information.

      The existing implementation of Drop Copy will be phased out on a date to be published in the CME Globex Notices. All customers leveraging the Drop Copy service must be certified by that date.

      With the new implementation, the Drop Copy service will have a new session model where customers will have access to two types of target sessions:

      • Drop Copy Convenience Gateway (CGW) target session - consumers manage sequence streams from Convenience Gateway iLink source sessions across all market segments.
      • Drop Copy Market Segment Gateway target session - consumers manage sequence streams from Market Segment Gateway iLink source sessions per unique market segment; with the possibility of having the same sequence numbers from multiple market segments.

      To facilitate migration to the new Drop Copy service, CME Group will support a parallel feed. Traffic from Convenience Gateway source sessions will be available via their current Drop Copy IPs and ports and via the new Drop Copy 4.0 IPs and ports. Certification is required for production access to Drop Copy 4.0. Please coordinate your migration with the CME Group Account Manager.

      Upon completion of the Drop Copy 4.0 certification, customers can request Drop Copy CGW and/or Drop Copy MSGW target sessions.

      Certification and New Release Drop Copy sessions will be re-issued by your to Global Account Manager upon customer request.

      A new Drop Copy certification suite will be available in AutoCert+. Customer systems leveraging the Drop Copy service must complete this mandatory certification.

      Certification environments for customer testing will be available in January 2015.

      Please contact your Global Account Manager with any questions or concerns in the U.S. at +1 800 438 8616, in Europe at +44 800 898 013 or in Asia at +65 6532 5010 for additional information.

       

       

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      New Functionality

      Self-Match Prevention Enhancements

      Effective Sunday, December 21 (trade date Monday, December 22), pending regulatory review periods, CME Group will launch enhancements to the CME Globex Self-Match Prevention (SMP).

      This launch will be phased in as follows:

       

      Self-Match Prevention Enhancements
      Tag 1300-MarketSegementID Market Segment Production launch
      76 NYMEX and COMEX Metals and Alternative Market futures December 21, 2014
      * All remaining markets January 11, 2015

       

      With these enhancements, iLink customers will be able to dictate whether the resting or aggressing order is cancelled in the event of a self-match. In addition, for FIFO-only markets, orders will only be cancelled if they would have matched. Currently, when Self-Match Prevention is triggered, CME Globex cancels all resting orders with the same SMP ID and Executing Firm ID at all executable price levels.

      This launch introduces new iLink tags and values. Detailed information, including messaging impacts and launch schedules, is available in the Client Impact Assessment. The new SMP enhancements are currently available for customer testing in New Release. Customer certification is not required, but CME Group strongly recommends all system providers test these changes thoroughly in New Release.

      Please contact your Global Account Manager with any questions or concerns in the U.S. at +1 800 438 8616, in Europe at +44 800 898 013 or in Asia at +65 6532 5010 for additional information.

       

       

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      UDS: Covereds Enhancements for Natural Gas Derivatives

      Effective Sunday, January 11, 2015 (trade date Monday, January 12), User-Defined Spreads: Covereds functionality will be enhanced to better support Natural Gas trading on CME Globex.

      With this enhancement, futures allocations for Natural Gas options covered by Henry Hub Penultimate futures (NPG) will account for the contract size differences, as detailed in the table below.

       

      UDS: Covereds Enhancements for Natural Gas Derivatives
      Product FIX/FAST and iLink: tag 1151-Security Group
      MDP 3.0: tag 6937-Asset      		 Contract Size Multiplier for UDS: Covereds Futures Allocation
      Henry Hub Penultimate futures NPG 2,500 mmBtu --
      Natural Gas options (American) ON 10,000 mmBtu 4
      Natural Gas weekly options (American) ON1-ON5 10,000 mmBtu 4
      Natural Gas options (European) LNE 10,000 mmBtu 4
      Natural Gas financial weekly options LN1-LN5 10,000 mmBtu 4
      Natural Gas (Henry Hub) daily options KDB 10,000 mmBtu 4
      Natural Gas short-term options U01-U31 10,000 mmBtu 4
      Natural Gas (Henry Hub) last-day financial options AE7 10,000 mmBtu 4

       

      Please Note: There are no messaging changes for this launch.

      As an example:

      • Customer creates a UDS: Covered with a Natural Gas option (European) LNE leg covered by a Henry Hub Penultimate future NPG leg and a customer-submitted delta value of 0.40
      • The futures allocation quantity would be 1.60
        • Futures allocation quantity = customer-submitted delta value * (option contract size/future contract size)
        • Futures allocation quantity = 0.40(10,000/2,500 mmBtu)
      • A UDS: Covered trade of 100 LNE options would be allocated 160 NPG covering futures
        • Today, this trade would be allocated 40 covering futures

      More information on UDS: Covereds functionality and trading is available online.

      The UDS: Covereds enhancement is currently available for customer testing in New Release.

       

       

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      Product Launches

      CBOT Treasury Invoice Swaps

      Effective this Sunday, December 14 (for trade date Monday, December 15), pending regulatory review, CBOT Treasury Invoice Swaps spreads will be listed for trading on CME Globex. CBOT Treasury Invoice Swaps are a type of standardized, forward starting Libor-reference interest rate swap which will be traded solely as inter-commodity spreads consisting of a long (short) specific, related Treasury futures contract and a long (short) Treasury Invoice Swap contract (IRS).

      Please Note: Any party entering an order for or executing a transaction involving a Treasury invoice swap contract shall be required to be either a CME IRS Clearing Member or an IRS Participant registered with CME. Accounts must be permissioned to trade the CBOT Treasury Invoice Swap spreads on CME Globex by their Clearing Firm Administrator via CME Account Manager. More information on permissioning accounts for these products is available online.

       

      CBOT Treasury Invoice Swaps
      Product FIX/FAST and iLink: tag 55-Symbol
      MDP 3.0 tag 1151 - Security Group      		 FIX/FAST and iLink: tag 1151-Security Group
      MDP 3.0: tag 6937-Asset      		 Delivery (First or Last)
      2 Year Treasury Invoice Swap, Candidate 1-3 per F/L (Non tradable) 06 T1A Last to deliver
      T2A
      T3A
      T4A First to deliver
      T5A
      T6A
      2 Year Treasury Invoice Swap Spread, Candidate 1-3 per F/L ZT TVA Last to deliver
      TVB
      TVC
      TVD First to deliver
      TVE
      TVF
      5 Year Treasury Invoice Swap, Candidate 1-3 per F/L (Non tradable) 06 F1A Last to deliver
      F2A
      F3A
      F4A First to deliver
      F5A
      F6A
      5 Year Treasury Invoice Swap Spread, Candidate 1-3 per F/L ZF FYA Last to deliver
      FYB
      FYC
      FYD First to deliver
      FYE
      FYF
      10 Year Treasury Invoice Swap, Candidate 1-3 per F/L (Non tradable) 06 N1A Last to deliver
      N2A
      N3A
      N4A First to deliver
      N5A
      N6A
      10 Year Treasury Invoice Swap Spread, Candidate 1-3 per F/L ZN TYA Last to deliver
      TYB
      TYC
      TYD First to deliver
      TAY
      TAB
      Treasury Bond Invoice Swap, Candidate 1-3 per F/L (Non tradable) 06 B1A Last to deliver
      B2B
      B3C
      B4D First to deliver
      B5E
      B6F
      Treasury Bond Invoice Invoice Swap Spread, Candidate 1-3 per F/L ZB UTA Last to deliver
      UTB
      UTC
      UTD First to deliver
      UTE
      UET
      Treasury Ultra Bond Invoice Swap, Candidate 1-3 per F/L (Non tradable) 06 U1A Last to deliver
      U2A
      U3A
      U4A First to deliver
      U5A
      U6A
      Treasury Ultra Bond Invoice Invoice Swap Spread, Candidate 1-3 per F/L ZU UBA Last to deliver
      UBB
      UBC
      UBI First to deliver
      UBP
      UBF

       

      Technical information on supporting CBOT Treasury Invoice Swaps and the inter-commodity spread on CME Globex is available in the Client Impact Assessment.

      These products are currently available for customer testing in New Release.

      These contracts are listed on, and subject to, the rules and regulations of CBOT.

       

       

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      Update - Streamlined FIX/FAST and ITC - Block Trades for CBOT Treasury Invoice Swap Spreads - Postponed

      † Denotes update to the article

      Effective this Sunday, December 14 (for trade date Monday, December 15), pending regulatory review, block trades for CBOT Treasury Invoice Swap Spreads will be published via streamlined FIX/FAST and ITC. With this launch, the new values will be introduced for streamlined FIX/FAST and ITC.

      Streamlined FIX/FAST

      Block trades for CBOT Treasury Invoice Swap Spreads will be disseminated on streamlined FIX/FAST CBOT Block Trades Channel 182. The following tag will be added to the Market Data Incremental Refresh (tag 35-MsgType = X) message:

       

      Tag FIX Name Valid Values Format Description
      762 SecuritySubType IN = Invoice Swap String(5) Strategy type

      †Please note: During the first week of trading blocks for CBOT Treasury Invoice Swap Spreads, the Market Data Incremental Refresh (tag 35-MsgType=X) message will be published without tag 762-SecuritySubType=IN. Starting Sunday, December 21, tag 762-SecuritySubType=IN will be published on all block trades for CBOT Treasury Invoice Swap Spreads.

       

      The specifications for streamlined FIX/FAST block trades can be found here.

      The block trades for CBOT Treasury Invoice Swap Spreads are currently available in New Release for customer testing.

      ITC 2.1

      A new ITC Exceptional Indicator will be available for block trades for CBOT Treasury Invoice Swap Spreads:

       

      Code Definition
      I Invoice Swap Spread Blocks

       

       

       

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      Natural Gas Intercommodity Spreads

      Effective Sunday, December 21 (for trade date Monday, December 22), the following natural gas inter-commodity spreads will be listed for trading on CME Globex.

       

      Natural Gas Intercommodity Spreads
      Intercommodity Spreads FIX/FAST and iLink: tag 1151-Security Group
      MDP 3.0: tag 6937-Asset      		 FIX/FAST and iLink: tag 55-Symbol
      MDP 3.0 tag 1151 - Security Group
      Natural Gas (Henry Hub) Penultimate financial futures VS. Natural Gas (Henry Hub) Last-day financial futures HP-HH NG
      Natural Gas (Henry Hub) Penultimate financial futures VS. Henry Hub Natural Gas futures HP-NG NG
      Henry Hub Penultimate NP futures VS. Henry Hub Natural Gas Last Day financial futures (Per Month) NPG-NNE NG

       

      These spreads are currently available in New Release for customer testing.

       

       

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      CME Europe Gas Futures

      In Q1 2015, CME Europe will list the following energy futures for trading on CME Globex and clearing submission via CME ClearPort.

       

      CME Europe Gas Futures
      Product FIX/FAST and iLink: tag 1151-Security Group
      MDP 3.0: tag 6937-Asset      		 FIX/FAST and iLink: tag 55-Symbol
      MDP 3.0 tag 1151 - Security Group
      UK Natural Gas (ICIS Heren) calendar future (Variable Quantity) UKE JQ
      Dutch Natural Gas (ICIS Heren) calendar future(Variable Quantity) DUE JQ
      German Gaspool Natural Gas (ICIS Heren) calendar future (Variable Quantity) GRE JQ
      German NCG Natural Gas (ICIS Heren) calendar future (Variable Quantity) GNE JQ
      Austrian Natural Gas (ICIS Heren) calendar future (Variable Quantity) ASE JQ
      German NCG Natural Gas (ICIS Heren) vs. Dutch Natural Gas (ICIS Heren) spread calendar future(Variable Quantity) GME JQ
      German Gaspool Natural Gas (ICIS Heren) vs. Dutch Natural Gas (ICIS Heren) spread calendar future (Variable Quantity) GGE JQ
      UK Natural Gas (ICIS Heren) vs. Dutch Natural Gas (ICIS Heren) (Euro per MWh) spread future (Variable Quantity) NVT JQ
      Dutch Natural Gas daily future (Variable Quantity) TDE JQ
      Dutch Natural Gas calendar month future (Variable Quantity) TME JQ
      UK Natural Gas daily future NDE JQ
      UK Natural Gas calendar month future (Variable Quantity) NME JQ

       

      Detailed information regarding these contracts is available in the Client System Wiki.

      These products are currently available in New Release for customer testing.

      These contracts are listed on, and subject to, the rules of UK RIE CME Europe Ltd.

       

       

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      CME Europe Euro and US Dollar Denominated Deliverable Swap Futures

      Pending regulatory product approval CME Europe will list the following Euro and US Dollar Denominated Deliverable swap futures for trading on CME Globex and clearing submission via CME ClearPort for CME Clearing Europe (CMECE), in Q1 2015.

       

      CME Europe Euro and US Dollar Denominated Deliverable Swap Futures
      Product FIX/FAST and iLink: tag 1151-Security Group
      MDP 3.0: tag 6937-Asset      		 FIX/FAST and iLink: tag 55-Symbol
      MDP 3.0 tag 1151 - Security Group
      2-Year Deliverable Euro Interest Rate swap futures EU2 DS
      5-Year Deliverable Euro Interest Rate swap futures EU5 DS
      10-Year Deliverable Euro Interest Rate swap futures E10 DS
      2-Year Deliverable US Dollar Interest Rate swap futures DS2 DS
      5-Year Deliverable US Dollar Interest Rate swap futures DS5 DS
      10-Year Deliverable US Dollar Interest Rate swap futures D10 DS
      30-Year Deliverable US Dollar Interest Rate swap futures D30 DS

       

      These products are currently available in New Release for customer testing.

      These contracts are listed on, and subject to, the rules of UK RIE CME Europe Ltd.

       

       

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      CME Europe Cocoa Futures

      In Q1 2015, CME Europe will list the following Cocoa futures for trading on CME Globex and for clearing submission via CME ClearPort.

       

      CME Europe Cocoa Futures
      Product FIX/FAST and iLink: tag 1151-Security Group
      MDP 3.0: tag 6937-Asset      		 FIX/FAST and iLink: tag 55-Symbol
      MDP 3.0 tag 1151 - Security Group
      Cocoa future CCP JX
      Cocoa NY (ICE) future CCC JX

       

      These futures are currently available for customer testing in New Release.

       

       

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      Product Changes

      New - Listing Cycle Changes for Gasoil Futures

      On Monday, December 8, the listing cycle for the following Gasoil futures was reduced as follows:

       

      Listing Cycle Changes for Gasoil Futures
      Product FIX/FAST and iLink: tag 1151-Security Group
      MDP 3.0: tag 6937-Asset      		 FIX/FAST and iLink: tag 55-Symbol
      MDP 3.0 tag 1151 - Security Group      		 Current Listing Cycle New Listing Cycle
      NY Harbor ULSD vs. Gasoil futures HAB PT Current year +1 Monthly maturities up to and including December 2014

       

      These contracts are listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of NYMEX.

       

       

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      New - Delisting of NYMEX Power Option Products

      On Monday, December 8, the following power options were delisted the from CME Globex. The Security Definition (tag 35-MsgType=d) will continue to be available on CME Globex through Friday, December 12.

       

      Delisting of NYMEX Power Option Products
      Options FIX/FAST and iLink: tag 1151-Security Group
      MDP 3.0: tag 6937-Asset      		 FIX/FAST and iLink: tag 55-Symbol
      MDP 3.0 tag 1151 - Security Group
      PJM Northern Illinois Hub Peak Calendar-Month LMP Option AOU IZ
      MISO Indiana Hub (formerly Cinergy Hub) Peak Calendar-Month LMP Option AOQ IZ
      ISO New England Peak Calendar-Month LMP Option AOE IZ

       

      There is currently no open interest in these products.

       

       

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      Expanded Listing Cycle for U.S. Treasury Options

      Effective this Sunday, December 14 (trade date Monday, December 15), the listing cycle will be expanded to list three serial maturities for the following Treasury options. Currently, only two serial maturities are listed at a given time.

       

      Expanded Serial Maturities for U.S. Treasury Options
      Product FIX/FAST and iLink: tag 1151-Security Group
      MDP 3.0: tag 6937-Asset      		 FIX/FAST and iLink: tag 55-Symbol
      MDP 3.0 tag 1151 - Security Group
      2-Year Treasury Note options OZT N2
      5-Year Treasury Note options OZF 0N
      10-Year Treasury Note options OZN TE
      U.S. Treasury Bond options OZB UZ
      Ultra U.S. Treasury Bond options OUB UB

       

      This change is currently available for customer testing in New Release.

      These contracts are listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of CBOT.

       

       

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      New - Listing Cycle Expansion for Indonesian Coal Futures

      Effective Sunday, December 21 (trade date Monday, December 22), the listing cycle for Indonesian Coal futures will be expanded from current year plus next calendar year to current year plus next two full calendar years.

       

      Listing Cycle Expansion for Indonesian Coal Futures
      Product FIX/FAST and iLink: tag 1151-Security Group
      MDP 3.0: tag 6937-Asset      		 FIX/FAST and iLink: tag 55-Symbol
      MDP 3.0 tag 1151 - Security Group      		 Current Listing Cycle New Listing Cycle
      Indonesian Coal (McCloskey sub-bituminous) Futures MCC ZZ Monthly maturities for the current year plus next full calendar year Monthly maturities for the current year plus next two full calendar years

       

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

       

       

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      Minimum Tick Increment Changes to Henry Hub Gas Futures

      Effective Sunday, December 21 (trade date Monday, December 22), pending regulatory review periods, the minimum tick increment for the following Henry Hub futures will be change from .0001 to .001. With this change, tag 9787-DisplayFactor will be modified as follows:

       

      Minimum Tick Increment Changes to Henry Hub Gas Futures
      Product FIX/FAST and iLink: tag 1151-Security Group
      MDP 3.0: tag 6937-Asset      		 FIX/FAST and iLink: tag 55-Symbol
      MDP 3.0 tag 1151 - Security Group      		 Current tag 9787-DisplayFactor New tag 9787-DisplayFactor
      Henry Hub Natural Penultimate financial futures NPG NG 0.0001 0.001
      Natural Gas (Henry Hub) Penultimate financial futures HP NG 0.0001 0.001

       

      To facilitate these changes, customers are asked to cancel all Good 'Till Cancel (GTC) and Good 'Till Date (GTD) orders for the impacted options after their close on Friday, December 19. After 16:00 CT on Friday, December 19, all remaining GTC and GTD orders for these options will be cancelled by the CME Group Global Command Center (GCC).

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

      These contracts are listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of NYMEX.

       

       

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      Circuit Breaker and Daily Price Limit Changes for Certain CBOT Interest Rate, CME FX, and NYMEX/COMEX Metals Futures and Options

      Effective Sunday, December 21 (trade date Monday, December 22), CME Group will introduce circuit breaker methodology for certain CBOT Interest Rates, CME FX, and NYMEX/COMEX Metals futures and options, pending regulatory review periods.  For more details, please refer to Special Executive Reports for each asset class:

      FIX/FAST
      Customers are strongly encouraged to utilize the FIX/FAST Security Status (tag 35-MsgType=f) messages to obtain the daily price limits (tag 332-HighPx; tag 333-LowPx) to avoid the rejection of orders that breach price limit thresholds.
      Customers may also obtain the daily price limits from the Security Definition (tag 35-MsgType=d, tag 1149-HighLimitPrice and 1150-LowLimitPrice) messages on the instrument replay feed.

      MDP 3.0
      Customers may obtain daily price limits, included as tag 1149-HighLimitPrice and 1148-LowLimitPrice, from any of the following messages:

      • Market Data Incremental Refresh (tag 35-MsgType=X)
      • Security Definition (tag 35-MsgType=d,)
      • Market Data Snapshot Full Refresh (tag 35-MsgType=W) in the Market Recovery Feed

      These changes will be available for customer testing in New Release on Monday, December 8.

      If you have any questions, please contact the CME Global Command Center in the U.S. at 800-438-8616, in Europe at 0800 898 013 or in Asia at 65-6532-5010.

       

       

       

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      S&P Dow Jones Indices Calculation Frequency Increase

      Effective Thursday, January 1, 2015, S&P Dow Jones Indices will increase the calculation frequency for several indices on MDP channels 150 and 151.

      The frequency rate is sent in the Security Definition (tag 35=d) message where:

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

       

       

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      Events and Announcements

      New - CME Globex Messaging Efficiency Program 2015 Holiday Calendar

      The 2015 CME Globex Messaging Efficiency Program Holiday Calendar is now available online. As outlined in the CME Globex Messaging Efficiency Program (MEP), the MEP is not applied on certain dates before/on/after U.S. recognized holidays. This gives customers advance notice as to when MEP Ratios for all Product Groups included in the Program will not be enforced.

       

       

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      Streamlined FIX/FAST - Extension of Eris Exchange Trading Hours

      Effective Monday, December 22, Eris Exchange will extend Regular Trading Hours (RTH) from 7:20 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. Central Time (CT) Monday through Friday.

      The new trading schedule is currently available for customer testing in New Release.

       

       

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      Reduced Velocity Logic Parameters

      For the period of Wednesday, December 24, 2014 through Friday, January 2, 2015, CME Group will reduce the parameters to trigger Velocity Logic by 50 percent.

      Please note: Regular Velocity Logic parameters will apply to CME Europe products.

      The Velocity Logic parameters for every CME Globex product are defined in the CME Globex Product Reference in the Client Systems Wiki.

       

       

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      CME Globex Port Closure Fee Change

      Effective Thursday, January 1, 2015, the CME Globex Port Closure fee will increase from $500 to $1,000.

      Additional information on the CME Globex Port Closure Policy is available online.

      If you have any questions, please contact the CME Global Command Center at in U.S. at 800-438-8616, in Europe at 0800 898 013 or in Asia at 65-6532-5010.

       

       

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      Automated iLink Port Closure

      Effective Sunday, January 11, 2015, CME Globex is introducing an Automated iLink Port Closure solution to protect CME Group markets and systems from potentially detrimental behavior. This solution is an enhancement to the CME Globex Port Closure Policy introduced in January 2012.

      With this enhancement, CME Globex will automatically logout and close both the primary and backup ports for any iLink session that exceeds 5 invalid Logon (tag 35=A) messages in 60 seconds. Logon messages may be invalid due to:

      Automated iLink Port Closure can also be triggered by customers sending messages other than a Logon when the session has not been successfully logged in.

      When triggered, CME Globex will send a Logout message (tag 35=5) with tag 58-Text="(1000) CME Administered Port Closure Due to Invalid Number of Login Attempts Being Exceeded". Sessions with active-active fault tolerance will receive the Logout message on both the primary and backup instances. Sessions without fault tolerance will only receive the Logout on the primary instance, but both the primary and backup ports will be closed.

      Primary and secondary clearing firm members must contact the Global Command Center directly to have a port re-opened. The GCC can be reached at 800.438.8616 in the USA, 44.800.898.013 in Europe, and 65.6532.5010 in Asia.

      Automated iLink Port Closure is currently available for customer testing in New Release on Monday, November 10. To facilitate customer testing, the parameters in New Release will be 10 invalid Logon (tag 35=A) messages in 60 seconds.

       

       

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      GCC Inbound Contacts

      Starting Monday, November 17, the CME Global Command Center (GCC) began supporting GCC Inbound Contacts based on the FirmSoft permissions authorized through the FirmSoft Admin tool for their SMART Click user ID. The GCC will continue to support existing GCC Inbound Contacts based on a previously submitted CME Globex Schedule 3&4 until Tuesday, March 31, 2015. After this date, only users with a SMART Click ID and permissioned FirmSoft rights will be considered GCC Inbound Contacts with the necessary permission(s) to status and/or cancel orders.

      As a reminder, a SMART Click ID is a unique user ID that allows access to CME Group applications. The SMART Click ID is retained by the user even when the user changes firms (clearing or trading). All users should only have 1 SMART Click ID. Additional SMART Click information is available online.

      Please note that as a result of this new model, Clearing Firm Administrators will no longer be required to submit a CME Globex Schedule 3&4 to register GCC Inbound Contacts. Instead, the Administrators will use the FirmSoft tool to enable permissions for GCC Inbound Contacts as necessary.

      In instances where a GCC Inbound Contact’s SMART Click ID is permissioned in FirmSoft, but the GCC Inbound Contact also has legacy permissions which were established by a CME Globex Schedule 3&4, the GCC will first refer to the SMART Click permissions in FirmSoft. GCC Inbound callers may have to ask the GCC to look at their old permissions established via a CME Globex Schedule 3&4 if they are not fully set up in FirmSoft.

      FirmSoft provides more granularity than the existing CME Globex Schedule 3&4, and includes Firm, Session ID, Account and Tag50 permissions. To help support this transition, the CME Globex Schedule 3&4 will no longer be utilized when adding new GCC Inbound contacts but still should be utilized when adding new primary or secondary Clearing Firm Administrators as well as new EOS Trader users.

      Reports are available in the Firm Administrator Dashboard for both GCC Inbound registered contacts and FirmSoft user permissions. Firm Administrators are strongly encouraged to review existing SMART Click contact information and FirmSoft permissions on a periodic basis to ensure accuracy.

      CME Direct, GALAX-C and EOS Trader users will continue to be supported as they are today.

      If you have any questions about the new GCC Inbound Contact process, please contact your Global Account Manager in the U.S. at +1 800 438 8616, in Europe at +44 800 898 013 or in Asia at +65 6532 5010.

       

       

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