• Market Data Notices: June 06, 2011

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      • 20110606
      • Notice Date
      • 06 June 2011
    • Topics in this issue include:
      Critical System Updates
      New Functionality
      Product Launches
      Product Changes
      S&P Launches and Changes
      Critical System Updates

      Network Time Protocol (NTP) Server Decommission
      As a part of the expansion of CME Globex to Data Center 3, CME Group deployed new Network Time Servers. Customers who utilize the NTP synchronization service from CME Group are required to update their NTP configurations to the following NTP servers. These changes can be made at anytime. If the NTP configuration is not updated, customers may not be synchronized to CME clock source.

      Customers should update their configuration to utilize the following NTP servers.

      • 09.133.24.7
      • 205.209.218.172
      • 205.209.218.173

      The following CME Network time Protocol (NTP) servers located at Data Center 1 will be decommissioned effective this Friday, June 10, 2011:

      • 65.164.7.70
      • 65.164.7.71

      Details on the Network Time Protocol Sever are available in the   Production Network Connectivity Guide.

      New Functionality

      S&P Indexes via Streamlined FIX/FAST
      On Monday, June 13, CME Group is launching streamlined FIX/FAST, a new version of the FIX/FAST market data format, optimized for non-actionable price data. The initial launch of streamlined FIX/FAST will support S&P Indices market data. Streamlined FIX/FAST has a   dedicated message specification distinct from the CME Globex FIX/FAST format and a new template.

      Please note: CME Group recommends customer systems pull the templates from the CME Group ftp site every week, prior to Sunday start.

      To ensure S&P customers currently receiving ITC 2.1 market data have sufficient time to develop, certify (if applicable), and deploy the streamlined FIX/FAST solution, ITC 2.1 market data format will continue to be disseminated for approximately 5 months following the streamlined FIX/FAST launch.

      Effective Monday, May 9, new functionality will only be implemented on streamlined FIX/FAST. Index launches will be supported on both ITC 2.1 and the new streamlined FIX/FAST.

      Streamlined FIX/FAST is currently available in New Release for customer testing.

      Detailed information for S&P Indices via streamlined FIX/FAST is available online in the   Client Impact Assessment.


      MexDer Markets via CME Globex
      In early Q3 2011, MexDer, Mercado Mexicano de Derivados markets will be available via CME Globex for iLink order routing and FIX/FAST market data. CME Group customers who would like to trade MexDer products must establish all appropriate agreements and accounts to be authorized to trade MexDer products. CME Group customers interested in accessing MexDer products via the CME Globex platform must develop and complete certification for new functionality and messaging specific to MexDer markets.

      Please contact your   Global Account Manager for further information.

       

      MexDer market data via CME Globex will utilize a new FIX/FAST template. The new template is currently available in New Release. A new mandatory certification suite will be available Monday, May 2, in AutoCert+ for customer systems planning to support MexDer via CME Globex.

      MexDer markets via CME Globex are currently available in New Release for customer testing.

      The  client impact assessment provides detailed functionality and messaging for customer systems interested in supporting MexDer products via CME Globex.

      Product Launches

      Update Trading At Marker (TAM)- London
      Effective this Sunday, June 12 (trade date Monday, June 13), CME Group will introduce Trading at Marker (TAM) futures on CME Globex pending receipt of required regulatory approvals. TAM futures are similar to the existing Trading At Settlement (TAS) products, where customers can trade at a differential to a not-yet-known price. For TAS, the not-yet-known price is the end-of-day settlement price; for TAM, it is a “marker” price.

      For any given product, there may be more than one marker available to trade. This launch includes a 4:30 p.m. London GMT time marker to correspond with the London market close and allow market participants to trade relative to the Exchange calculated marker price.

       

      In the same way TAS uses “0” to represent the unknown settlement price and trades ± 10 ticks, TAM uses “0” to represent the price at the time of the marker and trades at ± 10 ticks.

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

      Trading At Marker (TAM)- London

      Product tag 1151-SecurityGroup tag 55-Symbol
      Light Sweet Crude Oil (WTI) - London CLL TM
      Brent Crude Oil Last Day Financial - London BZL
      Heating Oil - London HOL
      RBOB Gasoline - London RBL

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

      Please view the  New Product Summary.

      The TAM marker prices will be disseminated via the  Market Data Platform NYMEX ITC channel.


      Update 30-Day Federal Funds Mid-Curve Options
      Effective Sunday, June 19 (trade date Monday, June 20), 30-Day Federal Funds Mid-Curve options will be listed for trading on CME Globex and open outcry. The new Fed Funds Mid-Curve options are short-dated options on deferred Fed Funds futures that will expire on the last trading date of their expiration month, with reference to the daily settlement price of the underlying Fed Funds futures contract.

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

      Please view the  New Product Summary.


      Update 4 Singapore Fuel Oil Futures
      Effective this Sunday, June 19 (trade date Monday, June 20), CME Group will introduce the following petroleum futures contracts on open outcry and for submission for clearing through CME ClearPort.

      • Singapore Fuel Oil 180 cst (Platts) 6.35 Dubai Crack Spread Swap Futures
      • Singapore Fuel Oil 380 cst (Platts) 6.35 Dubai Crack Spread Swap Futures
      • Singapore Fuel Oil 180 cst (Platts) 6.35 Brent Crack Spread Swap Futures
      • Singapore Fuel Oil 180 cst (Platts) 6.35 Dubai Crack Spread BALMO Swap Futures

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

      Please view the  New Product Summary.


      NEW RBOB Gasoline vs. Euro-bob Oxy (Argus) NWE Barges (1000mt) Swap Futures
      Effective this Sunday, June 19 (trade date Monday, June 20), CME Group will introduce RBOB Gasoline vs. Euro-bob Oxy (Argus) NWE Barges (1000mt) Swap futures contracts on open outcry and for submission for clearing through CME ClearPort.

      This contract is listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of NYMEX.

      Please view the  New Product Summary.


      NEW 3 Brent Crack Spreads
      Effective this Sunday, June 19 (trade date Monday, June 20), CME Group will introduce the following petroleum futures contracts on open outcry and for submission for clearing through CME ClearPort.

      • NY 3.0% Fuel Oil vs. Gulf Coast No. 6 Fuel Oil 3.0% (Platts) Swap Futures
      • NY 2.2% Fuel Oil vs. Gulf Coast No. 6 Fuel Oil 3.0% (Platts) Swap Futures
      • NY 0.7% Fuel Oil vs. NY 1.0% Fuel Oil (Platts) Swap Futures
      • Gulf Coast Unl 87 Gasoline M2 (Platts) vs. RBOB BALMO Swap Futures

      This contract is listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of NYMEX.

      Please view the  New Product Summary.


      NEW 3 NY Fuel Oil Spreads and Gasoline BALMO Spread
      Effective this Sunday, June 19 (trade date Monday, June 20), CME Group will introduce the following petroleum futures contracts on open outcry and for submission for clearing through CME ClearPort.

      • RBOB Gasoline vs. Brent Crack Spread Swap Futures
      • Heating Oil vs. Brent Crack Spread Swap Futures
      • Gulf Coast No.6 Fuel Oil 3.0% (Platts) vs. Brent Crack Spread Swap Futures

      This contract is listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of NYMEX.

      Please view the  New Product Summary.

      NEW Gulf Coast Gasoline, Diesel and Jet Futures
      Effective this Sunday, June 19 (trade date Monday, June 20), CME Group will introduce the following petroleum futures contracts on open outcry and for submission for clearing through CME ClearPort.

      • Gulf Coast Unl 87 Gasoline M2 (Argus) Swap Futures
      • Gulf Coast Unl 87 Gasoline M2 (Argus) vs. RBOB Spread Swap Futures
      • Gulf Coast ULSD (Argus) Up-Down BALMO Swap Futures
      • Gulf Coast Jet (Argus) Up-Down BALMO Swap Futures

      This contract is listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of NYMEX.

      Please view the  New Product Summary.


      NEW Trading At Marker (TAM) - Singapore
      Effective Sunday, July 10 (trade date Monday, July 11), CME Group will introduce the Singapore Trading at Marker (TAM) on CME Globex.

      TAM is similar to the existing Trading at Settlement (TAS) trading, where customers will be permitted to trade at a differential that represents a not-yet-known price. TAM trading will use a marker price, whereas TAS trading uses the Exchange-determined settlement price for the applicable contract month.

      These contracts are listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of NYMEX. Additional information for Singapore TAM trading is available  online.

      For any given product, there may be more than one marker available to trade. This launch includes a 4:30 p.m. Singapore GMT time marker to correspond with the Singapore market close and allows market participants to trade relative to the Exchange calculated marker price.

      In the same way TAS uses “0” to represent the unknown settlement price and trades ± 10 ticks, TAM uses “0” to represent the price at the time of the marker and trades at ± 10 ticks.

      Trading At Marker (TAM) - Singapore

      Product tag 1151-SecurityGroup tag 55-Symbol
      WTI Crude Oil Trading at Marker - Singapore CLS TS
      Brent Crude Oil Trading at Marker - Singapore BZS

      Please view the  New Product Summary.

      Product Changes

      NASDAQ Indexes Dissemination
      Effective close of business this Friday, June 10, CME Group will cease the dissemination of real-time values via Market Data Platform channel 3 for the following indexes:

      • NASDAQ Biotechnology Index - BQX
      • NASDAQ Composite Index - QCX
      • NASDAQ-100 Index - IQX

      In order to continue receiving real-time values for these indexes, customers will need to contact   NASDAQ OMX Global Data Products at +1 301 978 5307 or +45 33 93 33 66 directly in order to subscribe to NASDAQ OMX Global Index Data Service (GIDS).


      E-mini MSCI Index Futures Delisting
      Effective close of business Friday, June 17, the following E-mini MSCI Index futures and cash indexes will be delisted:

      • E-mini MSCI Emerging Markets Index futures (tag 1151-SecurityGroup=EMI)
      • E-mini MSCI EAFE Index futures (tag 1151-SecurityGroup=EFE)
      • MSCI Underlying Cash Index - EFD
      • MSCI Emerging Markets - EMX

      Update Operational Russian Ruble Options Display Factor Changes
      Effective Sunday, June 19 (trade date Monday June 20), changes to Tag 9787-DisplayFactor values will be implemented for Russian Ruble options.

      This is an operational change only and does not impact the current minimum price increments allowed for the Russian Ruble Options under CME Rule 260A01.C. Price Increments. Russian Ruble options outright trades continue to occur at a minimum tick of US$0.00001 per Russian ruble (= $25) and US$0.000005 per Russian ruble (= $12.50) for cabinet trades. The new Tag 9787-Display Factor specifies 0.000001, as the options price at termination as it must align with the calculation of the expiring futures final settlement price.

      Russian Ruble Options Display Factor Changes

      Product Tag 1151–SecurityGroup Tag 55–Symbol Current Tick Tag 9787-DisplayFactor New Tick Tag 9787-DisplayFactor
      Russian Ruble Options 6R UO 0.00001 0.000001
      Russian Ruble Weekly 6R1-6R5

      These changes will be available for customer testing in New Release this Monday, June 6.

      These contracts are listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of CME. More information on tag 9787-DisplayFactor is available in the   FIX/FAST Message Specifications module of the FIX/FAST SDK.


      Update Expansion of Listings for COMEX Gold Options
      Effective Sunday, June 19 (trade date Monday June 20), CME Group will expand the contract listings for COMEX Gold options (tag1151-SecurityGroup=OG) such that options will be listed on each of the nearest twenty consecutive futures maturities. Currently options are listed on each of the nearest six consecutive future maturities. The June and December maturities are not included in this expansion and will continue to be listed for seventy-two (72) months.

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

      The expanded listings are currently available for customer testing in New Release.


      Expansion of Listings for COMEX Silver Options
      Effective Sunday, June 19 (trade date Monday, June 20), CME Group will expand the listing schedule for Silver options (tag 1151-SecruityGroups=SO) for trading on CME Globex as follows:

      • Strike prices for the first three maturities will be at an interval of $.05 and an additional ten strike prices will be listed at $.25 increments above and below the highest and lowest five-cent increment, beginning with the strike price evenly divisible by $.25.
      • All other trading maturities, strike prices are set at an interval of $.05 if the underlying futures price is less than $25.00 per troy ounce. If the underlying futures price is greater than $25.00 per troy ounce, strike prices are set at an interval of $.10 for the ± 20 ATM.
      • An additional 10 strike prices will be listed at $.25 increments above the highest $.10 increment and an additional ten strike prices will be listed at $.25 increments below the lowest $.10 increment, beginning with the first available strike that is evenly divisible by $.25.

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

      The expanded strike price listings are currently available for customer testing in New Release.


      Update Expansion of COMEX Copper Strike Price Listings
      Effective Sunday, June 19 (trade date Monday, June 20), CME Group will expand the listing schedule for Copper options (tag 1151-SecurityGroup=HX) for trading on CME Globex as follows:

      • Strike prices for maturities 1 through 3 will be listed at an interval of $.01 and an additional ten strike prices will be listed at $.05 increments ± the highest and lowest one-cent increment, beginning with the strike price evenly divisible by $.05.
      • All other trading maturities, strike prices are at an interval of $.05 if the underlying futures price is less than $2.00 per pound. If the underlying futures price is greater than $2.00 per pound, strike prices are at an interval of $.05 for the ± 20 ATM.
      • An additional 10 strike prices will be listed at $.25 increments above the highest $.05 increment and an additional ten strike prices will be listed at $.25 increments below the lowest $.05 increment, beginning with the first available strike that is evenly divisible by $.25.

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

      The expanded strike price listings are currently available for customer testing in New Release.


      NEW New Release Environment Harmonization
      To provide a robust customer testing environment as close to production as possible, CME Group is harmonizing the New Release environment Saturday, June 25. This synchronization will result in listed instruments in New Release better matching those listed in production; for instance, strike prices will match. The following impacts will occur:

      • All GTC and GTD orders will be removed.
      • All User-Defined Spreads (UDS) will be eliminated.
      • The tag 48-SecurityID values for all currently listed products will be impacted.
        • CME Group recommends all customers purge and re-load their instrument databases from the Security Definition (tag 35-MsgType=d) market data messages every week.
        • There is no impact for customers who purge and re-load weekly, or who do not rely on the tag 48-SecurityID values for instrument identification.
        • Please contact your front-end system provider for more information.

      If you experience any testing issues in New Release, please contact  Certification Support for Electronic Trading (CSET) at 312.930.2322 for assistance.


      Update Match Algorithm Change for CBOT Grain Futures Calendar Spreads
      Effective Sunday, June 26 (trade date Monday, June 27), the CME Globex match algorithm for the following CBOT Grain futures calendar spreads will be modified:

      • Corn futures (tag 1151-SecurityGroup=ZC)
      • Wheat futures (tag 1151-SecurityGroup=ZW)
      • Soybeans futures (tag 1151-SecurityGroup=ZS)
      • Soybean Meal futures (tag 1151-SecurityGroup=ZM)
      • Soybean Oil futures (tag 1151-SecurityGroup=ZL )
      • Oats futures (tag 1151-SecurityGroup=ZO)
      • Rice futures (tag 1151-SecurityGroup=ZR)

      These products will continue to utilize TOP order with a 40% FIFO/60% Pro-Rata split. However, the ‘leveling’ component of the algorithm, which assigns the residual volume to the largest orders in the book, will be replaced by a FIFO allocation.

      The match algorithm applied to each instrument is identified in the Security Definition (tag 35-MsgType=d) message in tag 1142-MatchAlgorithm. Descriptions of each algorithm currently in use on CME Globex are available   online.

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

      CBOT Grain futures calendar spreads with the modified match algorithm will be available for customer testing in New Release this Monday, June 13.


      Dow Jones Fractional Indicator Change
      Effective Monday, June 27, the ITC 2.1 price fractional indicator for the following equity futures and options disseminated via MDP channel 100 will change from a fractional indicator of 0 to 2:

      • $25 Dow Jones Futures (DD)
      • $10 Dow Jones Futures (DJ)/(ZD)
      • $10 Dow Jones Options (DJC/DJP)/(OZDC/OZDP)
      • $5 Mini-Sized Dow Jones Futures (YM)
      • $5 Mini-Sized Dow Jones Options (OYMC/OYMP)

      Please note the ITC 2.1 strike price fractional indicator will remain 0 for the equity options.

      These changes will be available for customer testing on Friday, June 4, June 10, and June 17 during the ITC 2.1 ticker test.


      PIMCO CRR TRAKRS Futures Delisting
      Effective close of business Wednesday, June 29, the PIMCO CRR TRAKRS futures (tag 1151-SecurityGroup=PCT) will be delisted with expiration of the June 2011 maturity.


      NEW Operational Cheese Futures Display Factor Changes
      Effective Sunday, July 10 (trade date Monday July 11), changes to Tag 9787-DisplayFactor values will be implemented for Cheese futures.

      This is an operational change only and does not impact the current minimum price increments allowed for Cheese futures under CME Rule 6002C. Price Increments. Minimum price fluctuations shall be in multiples of $.0010 per pound.

      Cheese Display Factor Changes

      Product Tag 1151–SecurityGroup Tag 55–Symbol Current Tick Tag 9787-DisplayFactor New Tick Tag 9787-DisplayFactor
      Cheese Futures CSC DY 0.0001 0.001

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

      These changes will be available for customer testing in New Release on Monday June 27.

      More information on tag 9787-DisplayFactor is available in the   FIX/FAST Message Specifications module of the FIX/FAST SDK.

      S&P Launches and Changes

      New S&P Real-time Indexes
      Effective Monday, June 13, CME Group will begin disseminating the new indexes detailed below. These indexes will be transmitted every 15 seconds.

      New S&P Real-time Indexes

      Index
      Name
      MDP
      Ticker
      Tag-55
      Symbol
      Currency Dissemination
      Times
      Fee
      Liable
      Pine River
      Mortgage
      REIT Index
      PRM PRMRI USD 8:30 - 16:30
      (CT)
      XW

      NEW New S&P Real-time Indexes
      Effective Monday, June 20, CME Group will begin disseminating the new indexes detailed below. These indexes will be transmitted every 15 seconds.

      New S&P Real-time Indexes

      Index
      Name
      MDP
      Ticker
      Tag-55
      Symbol
      Currency Dissemination
      Times
      Fee
      Liable
      S&P 1500
      Low Valuation
      Tilt Index
      LLV SP15TLLV USD 8:30 - 16:30
      (CT)
      XF
      S&P 1500
      Reduced Volatility
      Tilt Index
      LRV SP15TLRV USD 8:30 - 16:30
      (CT)
      XF
      S&P 1500
      Positive Momentum
      Tilt Index
      LPM SP15TLPM USD 8:30 - 16:30
      (CT)
      XF