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IDEM: SOLA Hardware Refresh

February 1

IDEM has advised that the production release of the new hardware for the SOLA platform is confirmed for February 1.

Important note: GTD orders expiring after January 29 will be cancelled at the end of the trading session of January 29.

X_TRADER® and TT Platform Impact
Customers should delete all GTC orders prior to the close on January 29.

[UPDATED] CME BrokerTec: Migration to CME iLink 3 Binary Order Entry Protocol for Market Segment Gateway

January 31

BrokerTec products will migrate to CME in Production on January 31 and will only be available on iLink 3 MSGW. Customers will need to obtain a dedicated iLink Session ID to be used for only the BrokerTec market segment. CGW will remain on iLink 2 and will not be impacted.

Customers may pre-configure the new connection, but it should not be enabled until after the CME close on January 29. TT will be copying all BrokerTec accounts and user limits to the new CME BrokerTec products on January 29

X_TRADER Platform Impact
ILink3 will not be supported on X_TRADER.

TT Platform Impact
MSGW iLink3 for CME BrokerTec is available in UAT for customer testing. 

[UPDATED] CME: Mandatory iLink 3 Binary Order Entry Protocol for MSGW 

February 1

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.

HKEX: New Product Additions

February 1

HKEX added new products for trading on January 25. X_TRADER will support these products beginning February 1. See products below.

X_TRADER Platform Impact
To trade these products, apply an updated pMerge file to all HKEX Gateways:

  1. Copy the HKEX.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 HKEX.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 HKEX Gateway

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

ContractProduct CodePoint Value
WuXi Biologics (Cayman) Inc. Futures and OptionsWXB500
JD Health International Inc. Futures and Options JDH500

TT Platform Impact
No customer action required; Products will be available automatically.

SGX: Product Renaming

February 1

SGX has renamed the below product in December 2020. The product symbol is remaining the same.

Product SymbolPrevious NameCurrent (New)  Name
ZBHISGX Bharti Infratel FuturesSGX Indus Towers Futures

X_TRADER Platform Impact
This change will be reflected in a future pmerge file.

TT Platform Impact
No action needed; the product name will update automatically.

MEFF: IP Changes Required for Order Connections

February 1

This weekend, as a result of infrastructure changes at the exchange, the current IPs being used for FIX order connections will no longer be available.

X_TRADER Platform Impact
We will make the required configuration changes this weekend.

TT Platform Impact
Customers must set primary IP to 10.200.34.209 and secondary to 10.200.34.210 for all Order Connections by this weekend for startup on Monday. Note that this change can be made any time this week, as these IPs are currently available.

SGX: Suspension and Dormancy of SGX MSCI Derivatives Contracts

January 29

SGX will be implementing the suspension and dormancy of a second batch of MSCI contracts. These contracts will be delisted in due course. The exchange will suspend trading of contracts and contract months that have no existing open interest. 

Contract months with open interest will continue trading up til close of the T-session on January 29. Thereafter, the exchange will restrict trading for these contracts only to enable the closing out of positions. 

The following contracts will be suspended on January 29:

Product NameProduct Symbol

SGX MSCI Emerging Markets (USD) Index Futures
EM
SGX MSCI Australia Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures NAU
SGX MSCI Emerging Market Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures NEM
SGX MSCI Vietnam Net Total Return (USD) Index FuturesNVN
SGX MSCI Indonesia Net Total Return (USD) Index FuturesNID
SGX MSCI Japan Net Total Return (USD) Index FuturesNJP
SGX MSCI Philippines Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures NPH
SGX MSCI Thailand Net Total Return (USD) Index FuturesNTH
SGX MSCI Taiwan Net Total Return (USD) Index FuturesNTW

To allow for the orderly close out of outstanding open interest, the handling of the following relevant contracts will be as follows:

Relevant ContractsSGX MSCI China Free Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures (NCH)SGX MSCI Emerging Market Asia Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures (NEA)SGX MSCI Malaysia Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures (NMY)SGX MSCI India Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures (NMD)
January 2021 Contract monthAll screen trading will continue as normal until Last Trading Day (LTD) of the January 2021 contract.
Contract months with no open interest (excluding January 2021)All screen trading to cease after the close of the T-session, Monday, 4 January 2021.
This includes all existing contract months of the above Relevant Contracts except for March 2021* expiry.
Contract months with open interest (excluding January 2021)The March 2021* contract series will continue to be available for trading until the end of T session on Friday, 29 January 2021. Thereafter, these series will be disabled.
Participants who are still holding positions beyond 29 January 2021 may either (i) hold the contract to their natural expiry or (ii) both counterparties to submit a form via their Clearing Member(s) to Singapore Exchange Derivatives Clearing Limited (“SGX-DC”) to request for registration of the trade for clearing by SGX-DC. 
SGX-DC will approve if there is no increase to total Open Interest.

*As of January 4

The following contracts will be made dormant effective February 1:

Product NameProduct Symbol

SGX MSCI Emerging Markets (USD) Index Futures
EM
SGX MSCI Australia Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures NAU
SGX MSCI Emerging Market Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures NEM
SGX MSCI Vietnam Net Total Return (USD) Index FuturesNVN
SGX MSCI Indonesia Index FuturesID
SGX MSCI Indonesia Net Total Return (USD) Index FuturesNID
SGX MSCI Japan Net Total Return (USD) Index FuturesNJP
SGX MSCI Philippines Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures NPH
SGX MSCI Thailand Net Total Return (USD) Index FuturesNTH
SGX MSCI Taiwan Net Total Return (USD) Index FuturesNTW

Refinitiv: RIC Code Changes

February 28

Refinitiv will remove the prefix “1” from RIC codes for CME futures and spreads, effective February 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 February 26 and will be available on February 28.

IDEM: SOLA 15 API Upgrade

By End of Q1

Date to be determined, however, by end of Q1 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.

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.