System Admin News & Updates

TOCOM: TT Migration to JPX Colo

August 23 and 30

During the weekend of August 30, we will migrate the TT platform infrastructure that supports TOCOM to the JPX colo data center.

On August 23, we will test connectivity from the new infrastructure with the exchange, including connection of order sessions in Mock Mode. Contact your Onboarding representative for additional information.

No customer action is required during the migration on the weekend of August 30.

SGX: New Product Additions – SGX FTSE Equity Net Total Return Index Futures and SGX REIT Index Futures

August 24

SGX is launching eight equity index futures on August 24.

X_TRADER® Platform Impact
To trade these products, 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 available automatically.

JSE: 2020 API Enhancements 

August 24 

JSE is planning an exchange release during the weekend of August 24 consisting of several API enhancements as well as broader platform functional enhancements. We participated in the Market Facing Dress Rehearsal that was completed on July 11.

X_TRADER Platform Impact
None.

TT Platform Impact
We will perform required upgrades in the TT platform to support JSE API enhancements before the weekend of August 24.

Additional Resources
JSE Release Document

SGX: Industry-Wide Business Continuity Planning Exercise 

August 29

SGX will conduct its annual industry-wide exercise to validate its ability to recover and operate the market in the event of a data center failover scenario and to test its crisis communication capabilities. Further details will be announced in upcoming weeks.

To participate, you must provide your TAM/Customer Success representative with your exchange-assigned DR IP/port. This IP should start with 10.1.35. You will not be able to connect if you don’t provide this information prior to the test.

X_TRADER and TT Platform Impacts
Contact your TAM/Customer Success representative if you would like to participate. Further details will be provided in upcoming weeks.

HKEX: New Product Additions – MSCI Asia and Emerging Market Index Futures and Options 

August-Q4 2020

HKEX continues to add MSCI Asia and Emerging Market Index futures and options. Remaining products to be launched are listed below. Launch dates will be provided when finalized by the exchange.

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

Copy the HKEX.pmg file to <drive letter>:\tt\config.

1. Stop GuardServer.
2. Navigate to <drive letter>:\tt\bin.
3. Double-click pMerge.exe. The Enter Exchange Name window appears.
4. Specify the exchange name and flavor and click OK. The Open Guardian product table merge file window appears.
5. 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.
6. Close the pMerge status bar.
7. 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:

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

Additional Resources
Exchange Notice, June 1, 2020

FIA Industry-Wide Testing

October 24

The Futures Industry Association will sponsor its annual industry-wide disaster recovery testing on October 24. We will facilitate customer participation for registered TT platform customers. 

Testing is available on the following exchanges:

• CFE 
• CME 
• Eurex 
• Euronext
• ICE 
• Montréal Exchange
• Nodal

Customers who plan to use TT platform software to participate in the FIA IWT are expected to contact their Onboarding Manager to register with TT by September 25.

TT Platform Impact
We‘ve implemented the Mock Mode feature to support mock trading on the TT platform. Documentation on the use of Mock Mode, including proper use and limitations, is available here.

Of particular note for the FIA testing:

• Log in to mock.trade.tt for testing.
• Any Setup changes needed for a mock session must be made in Production (e.g., changes to IP and/or Port to connect to an exchange DR site). When a user clicks Setup while logged in to mock.trade.tt, they will be directed to the Production Setup database. It’s important to note that any changes made to Setup specifically for a mock session must be manually reverted after testing is complete if you don’t want to keep them in Production.

TT Support
Support during the FIA disaster recovery test will be available as during normal production hours. For assistance during testing, please submit feedback via the TT platform or contact TT Support:

U.S. Toll Free:   +1 877 424 8844
Chicago:           +1 312 476 1002
London:            +44 20 7621 8181
Singapore:        +65 6395 7002
Sydney:            +61 2 8022 1702
Tokyo:              +81 3 4577 8345

Additional Resources
FIA DR Test Website
Mock Mode Documentation

Euronext: Oslo Børs Optiq Migration

November 30

Following Euronext’s acquisition of Oslo Børs in June 2019, Oslo Børs’ trading systems across asset classes will migrate from the Millennium Exchange and SOLA systems to the Euronext Optiq systems. The migration timeline is as follows:

• April 13: Availability in p-EUA
• November 14 and 21: Dress rehearsals in Production
• November 30: Production go-live

The Oslo Børs Migration Guidelines and Guide to New Trading System documents are available in the IT Documentation section of the Euronext Connect customer portal.

X_TRADER Platform Impact
Oslo Børs products will not be supported on the X_TRADER platform.

TT Platform Impact
We will make Oslo Børs available for customer testing in UAT in the near future. 

CME: Mandatory iLink 3 Binary Order Entry Protocol for MSGW and BrokerTec Migration

Q4 2020

CME Group will be launching iLink 3, a new order-entry protocol for trading futures, options and BrokerTec products on CME Globex. All customers connected via Market Segment Gateway (MSGW) will need to migrate to iLink 3 by Q4 2020. iLink 2 and iLink 3 for MSGW will run in parallel until the Q4 2020 date. BrokerTec products will migrate to CME in October and will be available on iLink 3 MSGW only. CGW will remain on iLink 2 and will not be impacted.

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. 

X_TRADER Platform Impact
X_TRADER will not support iLink 3.0 for MSGW or BrokerTec products that will migrate to CME in Q4. Customers using iLink 3.0 for MSGW after the hard date, tentatively in November 2020, will need to move their connections to CGW. It is strongly encouraged to migrate to the TT platform prior to the November date. 

TT Platform Impact
We will support both the iLink 3.0 upgrade and the BrokerTec US Migration to CME on the TT platform. More details, including UAT and Production availability dates, will be provided in future updates. 

Additional Resources
Globex Notice August 3, 2020

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.