Futures and Options Requests

Request Center - Futures and Options Requests is available to firm administrators and authorized users to manage Futures & Options market participant entity setup and configuration.

Functions are organized by:

• Globex Firms: Create and manage GFIDs to identify market participants and their relationship with Administration Groups / registered entities).

• Drop Copy Groups: Create and manage drop copy groups to receive trading activity communications via the iLink order entry gateway.
• iLink (Order Entry) Sessions:Create and manage order entry sessions, which are used to access CME Globex to send / receive order messages.

Note: Using self-service functions, users can create a SenderComp, a concatenation of the Globex Firm ID (GFID), Order Entry Session (Session ID) and a Fault Tolerance Indicator (FTI), to submit / cancel orders on the production environment. The FTI is not created in Request Center, but it can be submitted for order messages.
If you have more than one application to certify, you can obtain more than one ID
See also: SenderCompID / iLink 3 - Fault Tolerance.

• Operator ID (Tag 50): Identifies a trading participant (individual or ATS Group) that accesses and submits messages to CME Globex.

Note: During market closure, Request Center functions are available, but activity is not processed until the market is open.