This topic provides information on CME FX Spot Plus (CME FX Spot+) for futures markets.
In March 2025, CME Group will launch CME FX Spot+, a new tradable FX spot instrument, leveraging CME FX Link liquidity to bring together OTC spot FX and FX futures.
FX Spot+ uses FX Link and Globex implied functionality to connect liquidity across FX futures, FX Link, and FX Spot+. CME FX participants will be able to expand access to OTC spot liquidity within an open, transparent, central limit order book.
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| December 5, 2024 | Removed "iLink 3 Execution Report - Trade Spread" from Binary Trade Reporting. |
| November 20, 2024 | Added info box under Binary Trade Reporting: "The non-tradable FX Spot Leg of CME FX Link spread will also support binary trade reporting." |
| November 13, 2024 | Added info box under Testing and Certification: "The new AutoCert+ supplemental test suite will be available for customer certification on Monday, December 9, 2024." Added info box under New CME FX Spot+ MBO/MBP UDP Channel: "The new CME FX Spot+ MDP 3.0 channel ID 330 will be supported on CME Smart Stream on GCP." Under Security Definition, changed to:
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| November 1, 2024 | From New CME FX Spot+ MBO/MBP UDP Channel, removed info box "With this launch, the non-tradable FX Spot leg (tag 1151-SecurityGroup=01, 10) will move from MDP 3.0 channel 314 to 330." In Security Group table, added columns Existing MDP 3.0 Channel and New MDP 3.0 Channel. Additional Consideration table Futures Product Code CNH updated Futures Group Code and Link Spread Group Code to "RM." |
| October 31, 2024 | Updated note below Product: "The USD/South African Rand and USD/Offshore Chinese Renminbi FX Spot leg are only tradable as part of the CME FX Link spread." |
| October 30, 2024 | Added note "New Release customers will have the ability to test 3-deep implied book for FX Spot+ in February 2025. Currently, only 2-deep implied book is supported in New Release." Added note "With this launch, the non-tradable FX Spot leg (tag 1151-SecurityGroup=01, 10) will move from MDP 3.0 channel 314 to 330." Changed Security Group for 6E and 6C to 01. Updated Display Factor table with 3 additional rows at bottom. Added section New CME FX Spot+ MBO/MBP UDP Channel. |
| October 25, 2024 | Added FX Spot+ Product Code USDCNH. Added FX Spot+ Currency Pair USD/CNH. Added Futures Product Code 6Z and CNH. |
| October 9, 2024 | Modified descriptions for Tags 1795, 1802, 1800, 5542, and 5971. Added new table under CME Reference Data API Changes. Under Product Attributes, numbers changed for Min Order Cancel Threshold columns. |
| October 7, 2024 | Changed value Max Order Size for FX Spot+ Product Code NZDUSD from 5,000,000 to 3,000,000. |
| July 17, 2024 | Initial publication of topic. |
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November 11, 2024 | Available in New Release For the complete release schedule, please see CME FX Spot Plus Launch Schedule in New Release. |
December 9, 2024 | A new CME FX Spot + certification suite will be available in AutoCert+ |
March 2025 | Available in Production |
Testing and Certification
For futures client systems to support trading FX Spot+ products:
- iLink 3 certification via AutoCert+ is not required. However, CME Group strongly recommends futures client systems to test FX Spot+ trading in notional quantity.
- MDP 3.0. certification is required. Client systems who want to trade the FX Spot+ product will need to complete the supplemental test suite.
- CSET will configure credit setup to enable testing.
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| Tradable FX Spot+ Products | |
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| Product Name | MDP 3.0: tag 55-Symbol |
| Euro / US Dollar Spot FX | EURUSDZ5031 |
| US Dollar / Canadian Dollar Spot FX | USDCADZ5031 |
| British Pound / US Dollar Spot FX | GBPUSDZ5031 |
| Australian Dollar / US Dollar Spot FX | AUDUSDZ5031 |
| US Dollar / Japanese Yen Spot FX | USDJPYZ5031 |
| US Dollar/Swiss Franc Spot FX | USDCHFZ5031 |
| New Zealand Dollar/US Dollar Spot FX | NZDUSDZ5031 |
| US Dollar / Mexican Peso Spot FX | USDMXNZ5031 |
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The USD/South African Rand and USD/Offshore Chinese Renminbi FX Spot leg are only tradable as part of the CME FX Link spread. |
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| FX Spot+ Product Code | FX Spot+ Symbol | Contract Size | Inverted Link Spread | Min Order Size (MDP 3.0: tag 562-MinTradeVol) | Min Order Increment | Max Order Size (MDP 3.0 tag 1140 - MaxTradeVol) | Min Order Cancel Threshold | Min Tick FX Spot+ Leg (FX Link to FX Link Fills) | Min Tick FX Spot+ Traded as Outright / Implied (MDP 3.0: tag 969-MinPriceIncrement) | Price Example Outright / Implied |
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| EURUSD | EURUSDZ5031 | 1 EUR | No | 250,000 | 125,000 | 5,000,000 | 125,000 | 0.000005 | 0.00001 | 1.09481 |
| GBPUSD | GBPUSDZ5031 | 1 GBP | No | 250,000 | 62,500 | 5,000,000 | 62,500 | 0.00001 | 0.00001 | 1.37251 |
| AUDUSD | AUDUSDZ5031 | 1 AUD | No | 200,000 | 100,000 | 5,000,000 | 100,000 | 0.00001 | 0.00001 | 0.72161 |
| NZDUSD | NZDUSDZ5031 | 1 NZD | No | 200,000 | 100,000 | 3,000,000 | 100,000 | 0.00001 | 0.00001 | 0.68963 |
| USDCAD | USDCADZ5031 | 1 USD | Yes | 200,000 | 100,000 | 5,000,000 | 100,000 | 0.000001 | 0.00001 | 1.26551 |
| USDJPY | USDJPYZ5031 | 1 USD | Yes | 200,000 | 100,000 | 5,000,000 | 100,000 | 0.0001 | 0.001 | 109.688 |
| USDCHF | USDCHFZ5031 | 1 USD | Yes | 250,000 | 250,000 | 3,000,000 | 250,000 | 0.000001 | 0.00001 | 0.91237 |
| USDMXN | USDMXNZ5031 | 1 USD | Yes | 100,000 | 50,000 | 3,000,000 | 50,000 | 0.00001 | 0.0005 | 13.3919 |
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| USDZAR | USDZARF5102 | 1 USD | Yes | 50,000 | 50,000 | 3,000,000 | 50,000 | 0.00001 | 0.0001 | 18.4445 |
| USDCNH | USDCNHF5102 | 1 USD | No | 100,000 | 100,000 | 3,000,000 | 100,000 | 0.00001 | 0.0001 | 7.1471 |
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With this launch, a new order cancel threshold notional value will be established and initially equal to the minimum order increment per each FX Spot+ instrument.
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The minimum order cancel threshold could be different from the Minimum Order Increment. CME Group reserves the right to change the minimum order cancel threshold at any time. |
In the event of a partial fill with remaining quantity less than the auto-cancel threshold notional, CME Globex cancels the remainder. Upon cancellation, CME Globex sends an unsolicited Order Cancel Acknowledgment message (tag 35-MsgType=8, tag 39-OrdStatus=4) with tag 378-ExecRestatementReason=108 (Cancel due to resting order quantity less than minimum order size)
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| FX Spot+ Currency Pair | Inverted/Non-Inverted | Tag 15-Currency | Tag 120-Settle Currency |
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| EUR/USD | Non-Inverted | EUR | USD |
| GBP/USD | Non-Inverted | GBP | USD |
| AUD/USD | Non-Inverted | AUD | USD |
| NZD/USD | Non-Inverted | NZD | USD |
| USD/JPY | Inverted | USD | JPY |
| USD/CAD | Inverted | USD | CAD |
| USD/CHF | Inverted | USD | CHF |
| USD/MXN | Inverted | USD | MXN |
| CME FX Spot Leg (non-tradable) | |||
| USD/ZAR | Inverted | USD | ZAR |
| USD/CNH | Non-inverted | USD | CNH |
Security Exchange
Tag 207-SecurityExchange value "GLBX" is sent for the FX Spot+ instruments in the MDP 3.0 Security Definition (35=d) message.
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The following fields are required for FX Spot+ orders:
- tag 1693-PartyDetailRole=24 (Customer Account)
- tag 582-CustOrderCapacity
- tag 1816-ClearingAccountType
- tag 1031-CustOrderHandlingInst
- tag 9537-Location
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MDP 3.0 Market Data
A new Simple Binary Encoding (SBE) incremental schema version 13 will be used on the new FX Spot+ market data channels. More information regarding the MDP 3.0 - futures and options V13 SBE schema updates are now available.
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- Tag 1147-UnitOfMeasureQty will be specified as 1 to reflect trading in notional value.
- Minimum Order Size (tag 562-MinTradeVol), Maximum Order Size (tag 1140 - MaxTradeVol), and Minimum Order Increment (tag 1231-MinLotSize & tag 1093-LotType = 5) will be specified in notional terms in the security definition message.
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- Summary Level repeating groups(1st repeating group)
- Trade price (tag 270-MDEntryPx)
- Trade quantity (tag 271-MDEntrySize)
- Number of orders (tag 346 - NumberOfOrder)
- Aggressor side (tag 5797 - AggressorSide)
- Trade reference id (tag 37711-MDTradeEntryID)
- Order Detail repeating group(2nd repeating group)
- Order Id (tag 37-OrderID)
- Quantity filled (tag 37-LastQty)
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