• Market Data Notices: May 20, 2013

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      • 20130520
      • Notice Date
      • 20 May 2013
    • Topics in this issue include:
      Critical System Updates
      New Functionality
      Product Launches
      Product Changes
      Events and Announcements
      Critical System Updates

      Bursa Malaysia Derivative Berhad New External Instrument Naming Convention
      Effective Sunday, June 2 (trade date Monday, June 3), Bursa Malaysia Derivative Berhad (BMD) will introduce a new external instrument naming convention for futures, options and spreads listed on CME Globex. This change will make these products easier to support by aligning the convention with that of CME Globex.

      The Client Impact Assessment with details on these changes is now available  online.

      To facilitate these changes, customers are asked to cancel all Good 'Till Cancel (GTC), Good 'Till Date (GTD) and User-Defined Spread (UDS) orders for all contracts after their close on Friday, May 31. The CME Globex Control Center (GCC) will cancel all remaining GTC, GTD orders and eliminate all UDS orders for BMD products after market close on Friday, May 31.

      The new BMD instruments are now available for customer testing in New Release.

      CME Group recommends that customers purge and re-load their instrument databases on Sunday, June 2.


      Streamlined FIX/FAST - Modification of Notional Value for Eris Exchange Contracts
      Effective Monday, June 3, 2013, the notional value for all Eris Exchange futures contracts will change from $1,000,000 to $100,000. There will be no changes to streamlined FIX/FAST messaging.

      The new contract pricing is currently available in New Release for customer testing .

      There will be changes to open interest by CME Clearing. Additional details on these changes are available  online.


      New KCBT MDP Channel and ITC Format
      Effective Monday, July 1, 2013, Kanas City Board of Trade (KCBT) market data will be disseminated in CME’s version of   ITC 2.1 Specifications.

      With this change, KCBT market data will be disseminated via a new Market Data Platform (MDP) channel 101. The new MDP channel 101 will be available for customers and broadcasting heartbeats starting on Monday, June 24.

      The port, multicast addresses, and source IPs for the new channel will be announced in forthcoming Market Data notices.

      Please Note: The Value Line Index will remain on MDP channel 107 in the KCBT version of ITC through Friday, September 1.

      New Functionality

      CME Europe on CME Globex
      Pending regulatory recognition, CME Europe markets will be available via CME Globex for iLink order routing and market data in Q3 2013. Only non-US customers are eligible to trade on CME Europe. Eligible customers who would like to trade CME Europe products must establish all appropriate agreements and accounts to be authorised to trade CME Europe products and clear through CME Clearing Europe.

      The launch includes the following impacts:

      • New tag value to identify the exchange
      • New products in FX Futures
      • New market data channels to disseminate market data
      • New streamlined Fix/Fast market data to publish block information

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

      Onboarding information is available  online.

      Please note: The schedules mentioned within the CME Europe Globex Onboarding Reference Guide will be available in the near future.

      A new CME Europe mandatory certification suite is currently available in AutoCert+. Customer systems that plan to support CME Europe via CME Globex must complete this certification.

      The implementation is currently available in New Release for customer testing.

      Please contact your  Global Account Manager for further information.

      Product Launches

      Class III vs. Class IV Milk Inter-commodity Spread
      Effective Sunday, June 2 (trade date Monday, June 3), the following Class III vs. Class IV Milk Inter-commodity futures spread will be listed for trading on CME Globex.

      Class III vs. Class IV Milk Inter-commodity Spread

      Spread tag 1151-SecurityGroup tag 55-Symbol tag 762-SecuritySubType
      Class III vs. Class IV Milk Inter-commodity Spread DC DC IS

      The new intercommodity spread is currently available in New Release for customer testing.

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


      Coal (API 5) foc Newcastle Futures
      Effective Sunday, June 16 (trade date Monday, June 17), Coal (API 5) foc Newcastle futures (tag1151-SecurityGroup=ACM, tag 55-Symbol=CO) will be listed on CME Globex.

      Coal (API 5) foc Newcastle futures contract is a financially settled contract based on an index of prices for thermal coal exported from Australia. The API 5 index measures the price of coal with a standardized energy content of 5,500 kcal/kg, and is a combination of prices published by Argus Media and IHS McCloskey.

      These futures will be available for customer testing in New Release on Monday, June 3.

      Please view the  New Product Summary.

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


      NEW 1000 oz. Silver Futures
      Effective Sunday, June 16 (trade date Monday, June 17), 1000 oz. Silver futures and calendar spreads (tag1151-SecurityGroup=SIL, tag 55-Symbol=SI) will be listed on CME Globex.

      These futures will be available for customer testing in New Release on Monday, June 3.

      Please view the  New Product Summary.

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


      NEW DJ-UBS Roll Select Commodity Index Futures
      Effective Sunday, June 16 (trade date Monday, June 17), DJ-UBS Roll Select Commodity Index futures (tag1151-SecurityGroup=DRS, tag 55-Symbol=RS) will be listed on CME Globex.

      The Dow Jones-UBS Roll Select Commodity Index is a version of the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index that aims to mitigate the effects of contango on index performance. For each commodity, the index rolls into the futures contract showing the most backwardation or least contango, selecting from those contracts with nine months or fewer until expiration.

      These futures will be available for customer testing in New Release on Monday, June 3.

      Please view the  New Product Summary.

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

      Product Changes

      Expansion of Strike Listings for COMEX Silver Options
      Effective Sunday, June 2 (trade date Monday, June 3), the strike listing rules will be modified for all Silver options (tag 1151-SecruityGroup=SO, tag 55-Symbol=SO) for trading on CME Globex. These listing rules will be modified as follows:

      • Strikes prices will be listed in intervals of $0.25 for± 20 ATM strike price
      • Additional strike prices with $0.10 intervals will be listed for ± 10 ATM strike price if the underlying futures price is less than $10.00 per ounce

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

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


      FIX tag 55-Symbol Changes for Energy Future
      Effective Sunday, June 16, the FIX tag 55-Symbol values for the following for energy futures will be changed as follows:

      FIX tag 55-Symbol Changes for Energy Future

      Product tag 1151-SecurityGroup Current tag 55-Symbol New tag 55-Symbol
      Dated Brent (Platts) BALMO Futures DBB JR PT
      DME Oman Crude Oil Swap Futures DOO JR PT
      Brent (Euro Denominated) Financial Futures IBE JR PT
      Brent (Singapore Marker) Futures IBS JR PT
      Singapore Mogas 97 Unleaded (Platts) BALMO Futures YNO JR PT
      Crude Oil Last Day Financial Futures 26 JR PT
      Argus Sour Crude Index ("ASCI") Trade Month Futures 29 JR PT
      Argus Sour Crude Index ("ASCI") Calendar Month Futures 37 JR PT
      Argus WTI Formula Basis Calendar Month Futures 39 JR PT
      Argus LLS Trade Month Futures AA4 JR PT
      WTI Midland (Argus) Financial Futures AXB JR PT
      WTS (Argus) Trade Month Futures AY JR PT
      Brent 25-Day (Platts) Financial Futures BDC JR PT
      Daily WTI Financial Futures DCL JR PT
      Micro Brent Crude Oil Penultimate Financial Futures MBZ JR PT
      Mars (Argus) Trade Month Futures MO JR PT
      Mars (Argus) Financial Futures MX JR PT
      Argus WTI Trade Month Futures V7 JR PT
      ICE Brent (Singapore Marker) vs. DME Oman Crude Oil Swap Futures BSG JR PT
      Brent CFD (Platts) vs. Brent Third Month (Platts) Weekly Futures CFC JR PT
      Canadian Sweet Synthetic Oil Index (Net Energy) Futures CSN JR PT
      ICE Brent vs. DME Oman Crude Oil Swap Futures DBO JR PT
      DME Oman Crude Oil vs. Dubai (Platts) Swap Futures DPO JR PT
      Singapore Gasoil (Platts) vs. DME Oman Crude Oil Swap Futures DZB JR PT
      Singapore Fuel Oil 180 cst (Platts) 6.35 Brent Crack Spread Futures STR JR PT
      Argus Sour Crude Index ("ASCI") vs. WTI Diff Spread Trade Month Futures 36 JR PT
      Argus Sour Crude Index ("ASCI") vs. WTI Diff Spread Calendar Month Futures 38 JR PT

      Market Data Platform channels will not be impacted.

      To facilitate these changes, customers are asked to cancel all Good 'Till Cancel (GTC) and Good 'Till Date (GTD) orders for the impacted futures after their close on Friday, June 14. After 16:00 CT on Friday, June 14, all remaining GTC and GTD orders for these products will be cancelled by the CME Group Global Command Center (GCC).

      These changes will be available in New Release for customer testing on Monday, June 3.

      Events & Announcements

      CME Globex Connectivity Update
      CME Group would like to announce the following connectivity updates for May 2013:

      • Lower monthly recurring fee for CME EConnect from $8,000 to $4,000
      • New bandwidth offering for existing CME DIRECTLink customers
        • 200mb for $9,500 per month
        • 400mb for $11,000 per month
      • The CME DIRECTLink connectivity offering will no longer be available to new customers as of Friday, May 31, 2013

       

      Please contact your  Global Account Manager with any questions or concerns at 312-634-8700, in Europe at 44-20-3379-3754 or in Asia at +65 6593 5505 for additional information.