Market Data Notices: November 5, 2012

FIX/FAST Operators Release
 

The life cycle of the FIX/FAST protocol, including streamlined FIX/FAST, is rapidly approaching its end as an industry standard in the United States. †The OPRA connected exchanges are eliminating FIX/FAST entirely by the end of this year. Given the increased availability of bandwidth as well as high speed connections such as co-location, compression has become less critical. In the short term, we are removing certain field operators (copy, default, delta and increment) from our data feed. In the longer term, CME Group continues to evaluate a next generation market data protocol.

These operators will be removed from all production FIX/FAST and streamlined FIX/FAST channels on the Market Data Platform by Sunday, November 18, 2012. A detailed schedule of the remaining channels is now available  online.

New templates will be required for the impacted channels. Per the normal process, the new templates are currently available on the CME Group ftp site for New Release and Production, along with the current and last generation templates. More information on template management is available in the  Client Systems Wiki.

The current Production channels without operators will also be available in the Certification environment.

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

These changes are currently available on all FIX/FAST channels in the New Release environment.

As a result of this launch, bandwidth utilization over the Market Data Platform will ultimately increase. CME Group is contacting customers who may have over-subscription risk.

†Please note: CME Group is not a member of the Options Pricing Reporting Authority (OPRA).

New S&P Market Data Template
Effective Saturday, November 17, S&P market data via streamlined FIX/FAST will utilize a new FIX/FAST template and source IPs due to CME Group maintenance.

The new template and config.xml are currently available in New Release and Production environments.

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

Dow Jones Indices via Streamlined FIX/FAST
Starting on Saturday, November 17, 2012, CME Group will begin disseminating real-time Dow Jones Indices market data via streamlined FIX/FAST.

Streamlined FIX/FAST is an optimized version of the FIX/FAST market data format for non-actionable price data. Streamlined FIX/FAST has a dedicated message specification distinct from the CME Globex FIX/FAST format and new templates. More information on streamlined FIX/FAST is available  online.

On Friday, November 16, 2012, Security Definitions will be broadcast for Dow Jones Indices between 11:30 pm Central Time (CT) and 12:30 am CT. The Security Definitions for the Dow Jones Indices will be re-broadcast during the normal window on Saturday evening.

Detailed information on enhanced Dow Jones Indices market data via streamlined FIX/FAST is available  Client Impact Assessment.

Starting on Sunday, October 21, we will begin broadcasting heartbeats in the production environment for Market Data Platform (MDP) channel 151. In addition, the new template and the config.xml file will be available in production.

Please Note: CME Group recommends all system providers supporting Dow Jones Indices market data to test these enhancements thoroughly in New Release and complete certification in AutoCert+.

With this change, the dissemination of the 52-week high and lows index values for Dow Jones Indices will be discontinued. In addition, the announcement of new indices will be disseminated through News messages (tag 35-MsgType=B) only.

As of Saturday, November 17, 2012, Dow Jones Indices market data will no longer be disseminated in ITC 2.1 format.

 Streamlined FIX/FAST – ERIS Exchange Swapbook 3.0 Upgrade
Effective Sunday, December 2 (trade date Monday, December 3), CME Group will implement an upgrade to the ERIS Exchange market data in streamlined FIX/FAST. The ERIS Exchange Swapbook 3.0 upgrade will provide robust support for spread products and functionality.

This upgrade will include new source IP address changes and templates. The new source IP address will be available in the config.xml from the  CME Group FTP site on Sunday, October 21, 2012. The new template will be available on November 4, 2012.

With this upgrade, TCP Replay of Security Definitions functionality will be available for the ERIS Exchange. Detailed information for the ERIS Exchange market data upgrade is available  online.

The ERIS Exchange market data upgrade will be available for customer testing in New Release on Monday, November 5, 2012.

 New Fixing Prices for Mexican Peso Futures
Effective Sunday, December 2 (trade date Monday, December 3), CME Group will begin disseminating Fixing Prices via FIX/FAST for the Mexican Peso futures.

The Mexican Peso price fixing prices will be published Monday through Friday, at 9:00a.m., 11:00 a.m., 2:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. Central Time (CT). Fixing Price is a volume-weighted average price for the underlying futures contract and is used to determine which options strikes are in-the-money and exercisable.

Fixing Price data blocks are sent in the FIX/FAST Market Data Incremental Refresh (tag 35-MsgType=X):

• Tag 279- MDUpdateAction will be set to 0 = New
• Tag 269-MDEntryType will be set to W = Fixing Price
• Tag 5790-FixingBracket will display the time that the Fixing Price was calculated
• The new Fixing Price Data Block is now available in New Release for customer testing.

The new Fixing Price Data Block will be available in New Release for customer testing on Monday, November 19.

In addition, the Mexican Peso fixing prices will also be disseminated in ITC 2.1 format down Market Data Platform (MDP) channel 3.

 Deliverable Interest Rate Swap Futures
The launch of the USD Interest Rate Swap futures and intercommodity spreads, previously scheduled for Sunday, November 11, has been rescheduled to Sunday, December 2.

Effective Sunday, December 2 (trade date Monday, December 3), USD Interest Rate Swap futures will be listed for trading on CME Globex and for submission on CME Clearport .

The   USD Interest Rate Swap futures will be listed for quarterly expiration on IMM dates, for physical delivery of OTC US dollar interest rate swaps at key terms to maturity (2, 5, 10, 30 years). Contracts will be quoted on a price basis, with a fixed coupon for each contract that is set by the Exchange when the contract is listed for trading. At expiration the holder of a long futures position will become the fixed rate receiver and floating rate payer in an OTC interest rate swap cleared by CME Clearing.

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

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

Please view the  New Product Summary.

Standard-Size and E-micro USD/Offshore RMB (CNH) Futures
The launch of the standard-size and E-micro USD/Offshore RMB (CNH) futures, previously scheduled for Sunday, November 18, has been postponed to Sunday, February 24, 2013.

Effective Sunday, February 24 (trade date Monday, February 25), standard-size and E-micro USD/Offshore RMB (CNH) futures will be listed for trading on CME Globex.

These futures feature physical delivery of Chinese Renminbi in Hong Kong (CNH), priced in interbank terms of Chinese Renminbi per U.S. dollar and associated daily settlement variation banked in Chinese Renminbi offshore in Hong Kong. The new CME USD/CNH futures will help international market participants hedge their U.S. dollar risk exposure to the deliverable Chinese currency.

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

Please view the  New Product Summary.

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

CME Globex Equity Index Trading Hours and Daily Price Limit Changes for Futures and Options
Effective Sunday, November 18 (trade date Monday, November 19), the electronic trading hours on CME Globex for Equity Index futures and options will be expanded to the following:

• 17:00 Central Time (CT) through 16:15 CT, with a 15 minute market pause (Pre-open) from 15:15 CT to 15:30 CT. This expansion does not impact the current halt in trading on CME Globex from 8:15 CT to 15:30 CT in the following full size Equity Index contracts (SP, ND, MD & DD).

With this change, the existing 5, 10, 20, and 30 percent daily price limits will be applied to the futures fixing price rather than the daily settlement price. The 5 percent ± price limits will be applied at 15:00 CT and will be in effect until 08:30 CT the following day.

Customers are strongly encouraged to utilize Security Status (tag 35-MsgType=f) to obtain the daily price limits (tag 332-HighPx; tag 333-LowPx) to avoid rejection of orders that breach price limit thresholds.

Customers may also obtain the daily price limits of the Security Definition (tag 35-MsgType=d) from the instrument replay feed (tag 1149-HighLimitPrice; 1150-LowLimitPrice).

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

If you have any questions, please contact the CME Global Command Center at (+1)312-456-2391, in Europe at +44-20-7623-4708 or in Asia at +65-6223-1357.

 Synthetic Soybean Crush Calculation Change
Starting Monday, November 19, 2012, the Synthetic Soybean Crush (ITC Code: BCX) prices will be derived by using CME Globex Soybean, Soybean Meal and Soybean Oil futures prices. Currently, the Synthetic Soybean Crush prices are derived from the open outcry prices.

The contract symbol (BCX) and Market Data Channel 100 will remain the same.

Please note the Synthetic Soybean Crush is a non-tradable futures contract and is being distributed for informational purposes only.

 CME Group Regional Failover Mock Trading Session - Postponed
The Regional Failover customer mock trading session scheduled for this Saturday, November 10, has been postponed. The new mock trading session date will be announced in forthcoming CME Globex Notices.

On Saturday, November 10, CME Group will conduct a Regional Failover customer mock trading session. The mock trading session is designed to allow customers to test connectivity to the  New York Data Center (NYDC) in the case of a regional event that affects the Chicago metropolitan area. During the regional failover mock, customers who are on the CME Group network and who connect to CME Group from outside the Chicago metropolitan area will automatically be rerouted to the NYDC.

An  overview of the mock trading session is now available. Customers must register  online to participate.

Please contact your  Global Account Manager in U.S. at +1 312 634 8700, in Europe at +44 203 379 3754, or in Asia at +65 6593 5574 for further information.

 Veterans Day Holiday Schedule
The following CME Group open outcry markets (Foreign Exchange & Interest Rates) will be closed on Monday, November 12, 2011, in observance of Veteran's Day. Please view the Veteran's Day holiday hours by clicking on the following links for more details:

Holiday Schedules:

•   CME Globex
•   CME Group Chicago Trading Floor
•   CME Group New York Trading Floor
•   CME Clearport