2022 Protocol Upgrade
Montreal Exchange will upgrade Order Entry, Data Dissemination and Drop Copy Protocols on Monday, November 14th, 2022.
Summary of Protocol Upgrade Features
| Feature |
Description |
SAIL
B3
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FIX
F1
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HSVF
D7
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OBF
A3
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SAIL DC
B3
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Fix DC
F1
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| Covered Trade Functionality |
- More intuitive trading of Delta Neutral Strategies involving Futures Options and their Underlying
- Functionality also permits the covering of Futures with Futures
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| Market Order |
- Additional Market Order Type
- Chases to an Exchange defined Limit, per Instrument Group
- Existing Market One Price remains
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| Microsecond Timestamps |
- Timestamps reported in Front Ends and Data Dissemination will represent the time at which an Order's queue position is determined
- Due to to the fact that there are multiple trading engines, Timestamps may appear to be out of sequence if comparing messages from different instrument groups
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| Intent to Cross Flag |
- Front End Order and Trade messages
- Flag set on Orders that are meant for a pre-negotiated trade
- MXR Circular
- https://www.m-x.ca/f_circulaires_en/052-22_en.pdf
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| Maker/Taker information |
- Front End Trade confirmation messages
- Maker will represent the resting order
- Taker will represent the incoming order
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| Order Handling Instructions |
- FIA Initiative
- Front End Order and Trade messages
- To easily reference the appropriate brokerage rate for the execution method
- Not available in Clearing Feeds as of Release Date
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| Throttling Notification |
- Front End notifications for message throttling start and end
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| Business Date |
- Front End and Data Dissemination Trade messages will contain the applicable Business Date
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| Bond Futures Deliverables |
- New Data Dissemination message
- Deliverable GoC Bonds per Bond Future Expiry
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| Last Trading Date |
- Instrument Dictionary
- Calendar Date and Time as of which an Instrument can no longer trade
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| Strategies with Implied Pricing |
- Instrument Dictionary
- OBF only, already present in HSVF
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| HSVF Sequence Number Capacity |
- Maximum Sequence Number increased to 9,999,999,999
- Limit is 999,999,999 for D5 and D6 Versions
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Protocol Upgrade Timeline
| Protocol Version |
GTE Business Date |
Prod Protocol Activation Business Date (SOD) |
| SAIL B3 |
Thursday, August 18th, 2022 |
Monday, November 14th, 2022 |
| FIX F1 |
| HSVF D7 |
| OBF A3 |
| SAIL DC B3 |
| FIX DC F1 |
Protocol Specifications Access in www.tmxwebstore.com May 9th, 2022
Protocol Decommission Schedule
| Protocol Version |
Decommission Date (EOD) |
| HSVF D5 |
Friday, February 24th, 2023 |
| OBF A1 |
Please click here to obtain the file detailing all protocol changes.
Please direct any question, comment or request for additional information, to our Technical Help Desk.
Technical Help Desk
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Telephone: 514-871-7872
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