System Admin News & Updates

CME: Mandatory iLink 3 Binary Order Entry Protocol for MSGW 

iLink 3 is now supported in Production. Please contact your Onboarding Manager when you are ready to migrate. All GTC/GTDs should be cancelled prior to migrating to iLink3.

iLink 2 and iLink 3 for MSGW will run in parallel until February 26, and at that time will incur additional charges by CME for continued iLink2 connections. On March 28, iLink 2.0 for MSGW will be decommissioned. 

For the iLink 2 to 3 migration, CME Group does not require customers to obtain new iLink sessions. Customers will have the ability to migrate their existing iLink sessions from iLink 2 to 3 within the CME Request Center. For all existing migrated sessions, standard Session Policy Charges will apply. All GTC/GTDs should be cancelled prior to migrating to iLink3.

Customers who wish to utilize CME’s Self Match Prevention functionality should associate their existing SMP IDs to their account, or create a new SMP ID.

X_TRADER® Platform Impact
X_TRADER will not support iLink 3.0.

TT® Platform Impact
TT now supports iLink 3.0 in UAT and Production.

SGX: New Product Additions – SGX FTSE China Free H50 Index Options 

March 15

SGX is introducing the below contracts for the trade date of Monday, March 15. Additional SGX FTSE China Free H50 Index Futures contracts will also be added.

X_TRADER Impact
To trade this product, apply an updated pMerge file to all SGX Gateways:

1. Copy the SGX.pmg file to <drive letter>:\tt\config.
2. Stop GuardServer.
3. Navigate to <drive letter>:\tt\bin.
4. Double-click pMerge.exe. The Enter Exchange Name window appears.
5. Specify the exchange name and flavor and click OK. The Open Guardian product table merge file window appears.
6. Navigate to <drive letter>:\tt\config and select the SGX.pmg file. pMerge will update the existing Guardian Product Table with the correct values. After pMerge completes its tasks, the pMerge status bar displays Finished.
7. Close the pMerge status bar.
8. Start GuardServer.

The above listed steps need to be repeated for each SGX Gateway

After pMerge runs, verify that the Guardian Product Table contains the following values:

TT Platform Impact
No action required; products will be added automatically.

[UPDATED] Refinitiv: RIC Code Changes – Postponed Until March 28

March 28

Refinitiv will remove the prefix “1” from RIC codes for CME futures and spreads, effective March 28. With this change, Refinitiv will only support Composite (no prefix) RICs. 

Examples

• Existing RIC: 1EDV0
  New RIC: EDV0
• Existing RIC: 1A32FN0
  New RIC: A32FN0

Affected RIC codes will be updated on the TT platform after the close on March 26 and will be available on March 28.

[UPDATED] HKEX: Post-Release Test for Technical Refresh/Upgrade

March 20

HKEX will be holding a Post-Release Test for their Technical Refresh and Hardware/Network Upgrade and Relocation. TT will participate in connectivity testing, but no customer participation will be supported. This test has been postponed from March 6th until March 20th.

HKEX: New Product Additions – MSCI Taiwan (USD) Index Options and MSCI China Free (USD) Index Options 

March 15

HKEX is introducing the below contracts for the trade date of Monday, March 15. 

X_TRADER Platform Impact
No action required; pmerge will be applied prior to March 15th.

TT Platform Impact
No action required; products will be added automatically.

IDEM: SOLA 15 API Upgrade

April 12

On Monday, April 12, IDEM will upgrade to SOLA version 15 in production.

X_TRADER Platform Impact
With the SOLA 15 upgrade, IDEM will no longer be supported on the X_TRADER platform.

TT Platform Impact
We will complete conformance and roll out software changes prior to the upgrade in order to support required modifications.

IDEM will hold a mock session on Saturday, March 20. Customers who wish to participate in this testing should contact their TT Onboarding representative by March 12 to register their interest. Please note that TT’s participation in this testing is dependent upon sufficient customer registration, and may be cancelled due to insufficient interest.

ICE: Abu Dhabi 

March 29

ICE plans to launch IFAD and trading in ICE Murban Crude Oil Futures on March 29 subject to the completion of regulatory approvals. The products for ICE Abu Dhabi are categorized under both S2FO (IFEU Energy Div Oil) and IFAD (ICE Futures Abu Dhabi) as outlined in the table below.

The products with market type 196 are categorized under Security Exchange S2FO (IFEU Energy Div Oil). The products with market types 194, 195, 216, 217, and 218 are under IFAD (ICE Futures Abu Dhabi).

X_TRADER Platform Impact
The ICE Abu Dhabi products will not be supported on X_TRADER.

TT Platform Impact
The ICE Abu Dhabi products will be supported only on the TT platform.

Additional Resources
ICE Press Release
ICE Abu Dhabi

Eurex: T7 Disaster Recovery Test 

April 17

On Saturday, April 17, Eurex will conduct a business continuity test in the production environment. Additional details from the exchange may be found here.

Customers must register their interest with the exchange here by close of business on February 26. 

TT Platform Impact
Customers who wish to participate in this testing should contact their TT Onboarding representative by March 17 to register their interest. Please note that TT’s participation in this testing is dependent upon sufficient customer registration, and may be cancelled due to insufficient interest.

HKEX: Volatility Control Mechanism and Pre-Market Opening Session Enhancements

Q2

HKEX plans to enhance the Volatility Control Mechanism (VCM) and Pre-Market Opening Session (POS) of the Derivatives Market. Tentative launch date is Q2. More information can be found in the Additional Resources linked below. 

X_TRADER Platform Impact
These features will not be launched before the X_TRADER sunset, therefore will not be supported.

TT Platform Impact
These features are currently enabled and can be tested in the UAT environment.

Additional Resources
POS and VCM Enhancements Overview
HKEX Circular 

ICE: STPF and Manual Order Indicator Support

Q2

ICE Self Trade Prevention Functionality will be available on the TT platform in Q2. There will be settings in TTUS to provide the STP ID and the instructions.

1. Self Match Prevention ID 

2. Self Match Prevention Instruction

• R= Cancel Resting order
• T=Cancel Taker order
• B= Cancel Both orders

ICE has started supporting the field Manual Order Indicator, Tag 1028, to indicate if an order originated from an automated trading system or if the order was manually keyed in. TT will support this field in Q2. This field is an optional field for ICE as of now. 

Both the features mentioned above are part of ICE Q1 API upgrade and will only be supported on the TT platform.

OSE: J-GATE 3.0 API Upgrade

September 21

Osaka Exchange (OSE) and Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) have announced that the production launch of the next-generation derivatives trading system, J-GATE 3.0, will be on September 21. 

TT will provide  information relevant to planning, schedules, client impact and testing availability (for both UAT and Production Weekend Tests) in the near future.

FIA: Execution Source Code Schema Initiative (Tag 1031) 

Timeline varies by exchange

Multiple exchanges, in cooperation with the FIA Execution Source Code Schema Initiative, are moving forward with plans to implement FIX tag 1031 (CustOrderHandlingInst) on their APIs.

Exchange-Specific Plans

• CME: Tag 1031 is supported and is mandatory.
• ICE: Tag 1031 is supported, but not required. 
• Eurex: Tag 1031 is supported, but not required. 
• CurveGlobal/IDEM: Tag 1031 is supported with the SOLA 14 Upgrade on February 3, but is not required.

X_TRADER Platform Impact
For CME, tag 1031 is now available in production. Customers should enter a valid value in the FFT6 field in Customer Defaults and/or FIX Account Defaults. For FIX Order Routing applications, FFT6 maps to tag 16903. If no value is set, a default value of “Y” will be sent. CME Gateway 7.18.49 was released on October 18. 

For ICE, tag 1031 is now available with ICE Gateway 7.18.29. Customers should use FFT6 to send the value to the exchange. The field is optional for ICE.

TT Platform Impact
For CME, tag 1031 is now available for use in Production. Customers should select a valid value in Setup or set Order Tag Defaults. 

For ICE, tag 1031 is now available for use in Production. Customers should select a valid value in Setup or set Order Tag Defaults to send the value to the exchange. Customers can choose not to select any value as this is an optional field for ICE.

For Eurex, support of tag 1031 on the TT platform is now available. Customers should select a valid value in Setup or set Order Tag Defaults to send the value to the exchange. Customers can choose not to select any value as this is an optional field for Eurex. On the X_TRADER platform, tag 1031 is not currently supported.

For CurveGlobal and IDEM, support for tag 1031 was added on February 3 for both exchanges.

Additional Resources
FIA Indirect Clearing Documentation

PRODUCT RELEASES
No new products were released this week.