System Admin News & Updates

• TFEX: Reactivation of TFEX Bait function
• LME: Production Firewall Maintenance and Connectivity Test
• NASDAQ : Genium INET 6.6.0.0 upgrade 
• Updated – Eurex: Simulation Downtime
• CME: Resting Order Elimination: Changes to US Dollar/Offshore Chinese Renminbi (USD/RMB) and Options on E-mini Standard and Poor’s 500 Stock Price Index Futures
• HKEX: Block Trade Facility Enhancement 
• FIA: Industry-Wide Testing
• JPX: Name Change of TSE Mothers Index Futures
• TFEX: New Currency Futures
• Eurex/EEX: T7 Release 12.0
• Eurex/EEX: ETI TLS Encryption
• SGX: Titan DT/DC Update
• TFEX: Extended Trading Hours
• CME: Mandatory Migration – iLink3 Binary Order Entry Protocol for CGW
• IDEM: Migration to Euronext
• HKEX: Self-Match Prevention Service Enhancements
• LME: New Trading Platform

TFEX: Reactivation of TFEX Bait function

September 18

TFEX has announced plans to reactivate their TFEX bait function (implied order matching) on September 18, 2023. TFEX Bait order generation and matching has been disabled on the exchange side since the launch of the New Trading System (since May 8, 2023) and they have now made public their intention to reactivate this feature.

Bait Order functionality is available for testing now in the UAT environment.

• ICE: New LegRatioQtyDenominator for Crude Futures – Daily Dated Brent (DDB S)
• SGX: Titan DT/DC Hardware Refresh
• NASDAQ : Genium INET 6.6.0.0 upgrade 
• Eurex: Simulation Downtime
• HKEX: Block Trade Facility Enhancement 
• FIA: Industry-Wide Testing
• JPX: Name Change of TSE Mothers Index Futures
• TFEX: New Currency Futures
• Eurex/EEX: T7 Release 12.0
• Eurex/EEX: ETI TLS Encryption
• SGX: Titan DT/DC Update
• TFEX: Reactivation of TFEX Bait function
• TFEX: Extended Trading Hours
• CME: Mandatory Migration – iLink3 Binary Order Entry Protocol for CGW
• IDEM: Migration to Euronext
• HKEX: Self-Match Prevention Service Enhancements
• LME: New Trading Platform

ICE: New LegRatioQtyDenominator for Crude Futures – Daily Dated Brent (DDB S)

September 9

Starting September 9, 2023, ICE will be updating the logic for setting LegRatioQtyDenominator (tag 9623) values for a subset of CFD strategy markets (Strategy Code 411) under the Oil (2) market type. The details of this change can be seen here. TT has evaluated and no changes are required on our end. These are available in UAT for review. The contracts to which this change applies are, 

• Global Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Requirement
• CEDX Single Stock Options update
• NSE: Change in Expiry for BANKNIFTY Weekly Options
• ICE: Support for Futures on Butterfly and Condor strategies on Brent Crude Futures
• ICE: New LegRatioQtyDenominator for Crude Futures – Daily Dated Brent (DDB S)
• SGX: Titan DT/DC Hardware Refresh
• Eurex: Simulation Downtime
• HKEX: Block Trade Facility Enhancement 
• FIA: Industry-Wide Testing
• JPX: Name Change of TSE Mothers Index Futures
• TFEX: New Currency Futures
• Eurex/EEX: T7 Release 12.0
• Eurex/EEX: ETI TLS Encryption
• SGX: Titan DT/DC Update
• TFEX: Reactivation of TFEX Bait function
• TFEX: Extended Trading Hours
• CME: Mandatory Migration – iLink3 Binary Order Entry Protocol for CGW
• IDEM: Migration to Euronext
• HKEX: Self-Match Prevention Service Enhancements
• LME: New Trading Platform

Global Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Requirement

Cyber security threats in our industry reinforce the importance of all of us instituting all available security tools.

To safeguard our customers and ensure that we deliver TT platform components in the most secure fashion, we will require all TT platform Production environment users to enable two-factor authentication (2FA) by close of business September 1, 2023. 

• This Weekend: ICE: API Upgrade 
• Eurex: NextGen ETD new OEXP Daily Options
• Global Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Requirement
• NSE: September Mock Session
• NSE: Change in Expiry for BANKNIFTY Weekly Options
• ICE: Support for Futures on Butterfly and Condor strategies on Brent Crude Futures
• ICE: New LegRatioQtyDenominator for Crude Futures – Daily Dated Brent (DDB S)
• SGX: Titan DT/DC Hardware Refresh
• Eurex: Simulation Downtime
• HKEX: Block Trade Facility Enhancement 
• FIA: Industry-Wide Testing
• JPX: Name Change of TSE Mothers Index Futures
• TFEX: New Currency Futures
• Eurex/EEX: T7 Release 12.0
• Eurex/EEX: ETI TLS Encryption
• SGX: Titan DT/DC Update
• TFEX: Reactivation of TFEX Bait function
• TFEX: Extended Trading Hours
• CME: Mandatory Migration – iLink3 Binary Order Entry Protocol for CGW
• IDEM: Migration to Euronext
• HKEX: Self-Match Prevention Service Enhancements
• LME: New Trading Platform

This Weekend: ICE: API Upgrade

Q3 2023

ICE has announced that they will undergo an API upgrade on 26th August 2023.

TT has made two changes for this ICE API upgrade which are now available in UAT for client review.

1. Exchange System ID Enhancement: TT has made the necessary changes to accommodate the extension of ICE generated system IDs. Before, these IDs were up to 9 digits long, but now they can be up to 14 digits long.

• ICE: API Upgrade 
• SGX_GIFT: Data Center Network Patching
• NSE: Change in Expiry for MIDCPNIFTY Futures and Options
• TFEX: Annual Broker DRP #1 Test
• HKEX: Data Center Failover Rehearsal
• Eurex: NextGen ETD new OEXP Daily Options
• NSE: September Mock Session
• NSE: Change in Expiry for BANKNIFTY Weekly Options
• SGX: Titan DT/DC Hardware Refresh
• Eurex: Simulation Downtime
• HKEX: Block Trade Facility Enhancement 
• FIA: Industry-Wide Testing
• JPX: Name Change of TSE Mothers Index Futures
• TFEX: New Currency Futures
• Eurex/EEX: T7 Release 12.0
• Eurex/EEX: ETI TLS Encryption
• SGX: Titan DT/DC Update
• TFEX: Reactivation of TFEX Bait function
• TFEX: Extended Trading Hours
• CME: Mandatory Migration – iLink3 Binary Order Entry Protocol for CGW
• IDEM: Migration to Euronext
• Global Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Requirement
• HKEX: Self-Match Prevention Service Enhancements
• LME: New Trading Platform

ICE: API Upgrade

Q3 2023

ICE has announced that they will undergo an API upgrade on 26th August 2023.

TT has made two changes for this ICE API upgrade which are now available in UAT for client review.

1. Exchange System ID Enhancement: TT has made the necessary changes to accommodate the extension of ICE generated system IDs. Before, these IDs were up to 9 digits long, but now they can be up to 14 digits long.