Trading Alert

MIAX Emerald

June 30, 2020 | 02:35 PM

MIAX Emerald Options Exchange - Mandatory Upgrade to Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) Timestamp before Monday, July 6, 2020

As previously announced in the May 28th Alert and June 15th Alert, the MIAX Emerald Options Exchange has published updated Interface Specifications to support the reporting of the Market Maker Firm Timestamp to CAT via the Exchange.  These changes require certification and are required to be used in production on or before Monday, July 6, 2020.  The old messages will be rejected in the new protocol. 

Certification is currently available in the Firm Test Bed (FTB2) environments.  Changes can be requested now, ahead of the July 6, 2020 mandatory activation in production to MEI 2.0 (Market Makers Only).

Please review the updated interface specifications for further details, MIAX Options Exchange Interface Specifications

Please contact MIAX Trading Operations at TradingOperations@miaxglobal.com or (609) 897-7302 to discuss any specific issues and to arrange interface testing and certification.