VOLUME 20 - BULLETIN #278

TO:	ALL CLEARING MEMBERS
FROM:	BUSINESS SYSTEMS GROUP
DATE:	September 25, 2000
SUBJECT:	Preliminary Settlement Price FTP File

Effective immediately, preliminary settlement price files are only available via FTP at 3:15p.m. by using a GET script. The names of the futures and options preliminary settlement price files are:

Please note, these price files are only preliminary. The settlement price files currently available between 4:30p.m. and 5:30p.m. are the official settlement prices. The names of the final price files are:

Futures Final Settlement Price File ‘CHPD.TR.UA.SETTFOUT’

Options Final Settlement Price File ‘CHPD.TR.UA.SETTOOUT’

Header Record

A header record will be located on all files. The header record will contain the date, time the files were last updated (hhmm form), whether this is the futures or options price file, preliminary or final price file and the number of records present. Shown below are the header descriptions for each file.

Preliminary File Header Final File Header

Futures CBT PRLIM FUT SETT PRICES CBT FUT SETTLEMENT PRICES

Options CBT PRLIM OPT SETT PRICES CBT OPT SETTLEMENT PRICES

Should you have any questions, please call or e-mail one of the following Business Systems Analysts: