Market Data Notices: September 16, 2013

 Postponed: Market Data Improvements
To give customers more time to prepare for these enhancements, the market data performance improvements scheduled to launch this weekend have been postponed. The revised launch schedule will be published in the CME Globex and Market Data Notices.

 S&P and Dow Jones Source IP Changes
As a reminder, the source IP changes for S&P and Dow Jones streamlined FIX/FAST market data channels (150 and 151), have been postponed.

For now, we will continue to use the current Source IPs except for weekends that we will be conducting Disaster Recovery testing. The production cash index data will be broadcast for S&P and Dow Jones utilizing the new source IPs on those weekends. The new source IPs are currently available in the config.xml file on the FTP site.

The Disaster Recovery test dates and new production launch date will be announced via future Market Data Notices.

 Source IP Changes for BM&FBOVESPA and Mexder on the Market Data Platform
Effective Sunday, November 10 (trade date Monday, November 11), CME Group will be changing the multicast source IPs for the Brazilian Mercantile and Futures Exchange (BM&FBOVESPA) and MexDer Mercado Mexicano de Derivados (MexDer) market data channels. If a firewall or network device is configured with the source IP information, please correct your configuration to use the entire range of eligible addresses. Port, multicast addresses, and source IPs for BM&FBOVESPA Market Data Platform are available in the config.xml file on the  FTP site.

These changes will be available in New Release on Monday, September 30.

As a reminder, CME Group requires that customers configure servers to connect to the Market Data Platform ports and multicast addresses for each desired channel. CME Group does not recommend restricting data flow via the source IPs, as these may change without notice.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your  Global Account Manager with any questions or concerns in the U.S. at +1 312 634 8700, in Europe at +44 20 3379 3754 or in Asia at +65 6593 5505. If you experience any connectivity issues,  CME Global Command Center in the U.S. at +1 312 456 2391, in Europe at +44 20 7623 4708 or in Asia at +65 6223 1357.

 New User Defined Spread Combination Expiration Rules
Effective Sunday, November 10 and 17 (trade date Monday, November 11 and 18), the expiration rules for User Defined Spreads (UDS) combinations on CME Globex will be changed to better meet customers’ trading needs.

With this change, CME Globex will assign the expiration date and time as either the earliest leg expiration or the end of the current trading week, whichever occurs first. If there is a working Good ‘Till Cancel (GTC) order on the Combo after the close on Friday, the expiration will be extended an additional week. This extension will repeat as many times as necessary until the earliest leg expires. Tag 866-EventDate contains this expiration date and time in the Market Data Platform FIX/FAST Security Definition (tag 35-MsgType=d) message.

Currently, an options strategy remains an active contract on CME Globex for two weeks or until the leg with the shortest maturity expires, unless there is any activity during the week of expiration.

Please note: This change will not impact the expiration rules for the Covered, which continues to expire at the end of the trading date in which it has been created.

This launch will be phased in as follow:

This change will be available for customer testing in New Release on Monday, October 7.

Detailed information including functionality and messaging for UDS Combos Expiration and Extension are available in the   Client Systems Wiki.

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

New CME Globex Market Data Protocol
CME Group is introducing Market Data Platform (MDP) 3.0, a low latency and direct data access solution designed to improve customers’ ability to process and act on real-time price information. The protocol will launch on new production parallel channels beginning in Q4 2013.

MDP 3.0 includes:

• Simple Binary Encoding (SBE); replaces the current FAST compression model
• FIX 5.0 (SP2) Market by Price messaging formats
• Event-driven market price and trade information
• Enhanced market state dissemination
• Increased timestamp granularity
• Trade identifier on both market data and order entry messages

The  client impact assessment provides detailed functionality and messaging information.

A new MDP 3.0 certification suite will be available in AutoCert+ in Q3 2013. Customer systems receiving market data via CME Globex must complete this mandatory certification.

MDP 3.0 functional specification is now available  online. The functional specification provides the complete MDP 3.0 functionality details, whereas the client impact assessment outlines the differences in functionality between FIX/FAST and MDP 3.0.

MDP 3.0 will be available in New Release for customer testing in Q3 2013. Further information on the deployment plan and timing for all customer-facing environments will be published in upcoming CME Globex and Market Data Notices.

Test versions of MDP 3.0 template and PCAP (Packet Capture) test files will be available  online starting Monday, August 12. The PCAP files will contain sample MDP 3.0 packets of various types in binary format.

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.

CME Europe on CME Globex
Effective Sunday, September 29 (trade date Monday, September 30), CME Europe markets will be available via CME Globex for iLink order routing and market data, pending regulatory approval.

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  futures calendar spread type
  • For the Sunday, September 29 launch the calendar spread will be non-implied. The implied functionality will be made available in New Release on Monday, October 7 and in production on Sunday, October 13.
• 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.

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.

Mock Trading Sessions
 

Two mock trading sessions will be offered on Saturday, September 21 and Saturday, September 28, 2013, to ensure customers can trade and receive market data for the CME Europe products on CME Globex.

U.S. Dollar/South African Rand (USD/ZAR) Futures
Effective this Sunday, September 22 (trade date Monday, September 23),   U.S. Dollar/South African Rand (USD/ZAR) futures (tag 1151-SecurityGroup=ZAR, tag 55-Symbol=6Z) will be listed for trading on CME Globex, pending certification with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

The USD/ZAR futures is a physically deliverable contract with a notional contract size of 100,000 U.S. dollars.

Please view the  New Product Summary.

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

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

S&P MLP Index Futures
Effective this Sunday, September 22 (trade date Monday, September 23), S&P MLP Index futures (tag1151-SecurityGroup=MLP, tag 55-Symbol=MP) will be listed for trading on CME Globex.

The S&P MLP Index futures contract tracks an S&P index of Master Limited Partnerships that are publicly traded on a securities exchange. MLPs combine the tradability of common stocks with the tax treatment of partnerships.

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

Please view the  New Product Summary.

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

TETCO STX Natural Gas (Platts IFERC) Fixed Price Futures
Effective this Sunday, September 22 (trade date Monday, September 23), TETCO STX Natural Gas (Platts IFERC) Fixed Price futures (tag1151-SecurityGroup=ZTS, tag 55-Symbol=GU) will be listed for trading on CME Globex.

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

Please view the  New Product Summary.

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

Natural Gas (Platts IFERC) Fixed Price Futures
Effective this Sunday, September 22 (trade date Monday, September 23), the following Natural Gas (Platts IFERC) Fixed Price futures will be listed for trading on CME Globex.

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

Please view the  New Product Summary.

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

Natural Gas Transco Fixed Futures
Effective this Sunday, September 22 (trade date Monday, September 23), the following Natural Gas Transco Fixed futures will be listed for trading on CME Globex.

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

Please view the  New Product Summary.

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

 Western Power Futures
Effective Sunday, September 29 (trade date Monday, September 30), the following Western Power futures will be listed for trading on CME Globex.

These futures will be available for customer testing in New Release on Monday, September 23.

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

Please view the  New Product Summary.

 Bursa Malaysia Derivative Berhad (BMD) Gold Futures
Effective Sunday, October 6 (trade date Monday, October 7), having received approval from the Securities Commission (SC), Bursa Malaysia Derivative Berhad (BMD) will list Gold futures (tag1151-SecurityGroup=FGLD, tag 55-Symbol=BG) for trading on CME Globex.

These BMD Gold futures will support implied functionality.

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

KC Hard Red Winter Wheat (HRW) Swaps Fractional Indicator Change
Effective this Sunday, September 22 (trade date Monday, September 23), the ITC fractional price indicator for KC Hard Red Winter (HRW) Wheat Swaps will change from E to 4. With this change, prices will be displayed decimal format.

ITC 2.1 ticker test will be held on Friday, September 20 at approximately 6:45 p.m. Central Time (CT) for customer testing.

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

Display Factor Change for TAS Futures
Effective Sunday, September 29 (trade date Monday, September 30), changes tag 9787-DisplayFactor will be implemented for the following TAS futures:

These changes will be available in New Release for customer testing on Monday, September 16.