Revision History

RevDateDescription
1.0.005/01/17Initial version.
1.1.007/24/17Updated to reflect use of MassCancelInst for Mass Cancel with lockout specification.
1.1.109/18/17Updated the ordering of the fields in the File Format section.
1.1.210/17/17Cboe branding/logo changes.
1.1.301/19/18Clarification of Net Long and Net Short calculation.
1.1.401/23/18Added description of Clearing Firm interface optionality in which Clearing Firms can request by-EFID interface that precludes use of EFID groups for risk settings applied to activity aggregated across the group. Email alerts for Clearing Firms clarified.
1.1.502/01/18Clarified that Clearing Firms must set risk values in order for TPHs to submit orders to the system, and that TPH may optionally specify values, the most restrictive of those that are settable by both Clearing Firms and TPHs apply.
1.1.603/01/18If a single event causes both the warning threshold and the risk limit to be exceeded, only the risk limit exceeded email event notification email will be sent.
1.1.705/29/18Updated the Email alerts section to include TPH clients of Clearing Firms.
1.1.812/31/19
  • Updated this specification to clarify that all risk limits apply to both orders and quotes with the introduction of the BOE Quoting Interface on CFE expected in Q2 2020.
  • Added new BOE Reset Risk message as another means of clearing a risk trip.
1.1.907/20/20Updated description of the product field for the CFE Customer Web Portal Risk Management Tool to include pooled products for Net Long/Net Short Risk Controls. Added section 2.4.1 ─ Use of Product Field for Pooled Products by Clearing Firm Risk Controls Users.
1.1.1009/22/20Added note indicating Clearing Firms will be able to enter and edit email addresses for risk limit notifications via the Risk Management tool effective 09/25/20.
1.1.1111/27/20Removed past effective dates.
1.1.1205/20/21Clarification around Kill Switch activation and release of Kill Switch. Kill Switch functionality added to Secure Web API (effective 07/11/21).
1.1.1306/11/21 Update to indicate that TPH may self-reset a Kill Switch when that Kill Switch is initiated by a TPH and not by a Clearing Firm. Clarified descriptions of Limit Order Protection Risk Limit.
1.1.1402/07/22Updated links to point to CFE BOEv3 Specification.
1.2.007/29/22Added new Risk Limits for Options (effective 07/10/23 04/03/23).
1.2.111/29/22Updated product_type description for clarity.
1.2.212/12/22Updated Section 2.4.1 to include additional multiplier and decimal examples until functionality is resolved (effective 01/15/23 TBD).
1.2.301/13/23Updated effective date for Section 2.4.1 (effective 01/15/23).Removed note with additional multiplier and decimal examples from Section 2.4.1.
1.2.401/19/23Updated effective date for Options on Futures (effective 07/10/23).
1.2.502/10/23Added limit type max_ntnl - Maximum Order Notational (effective 07/10/23).
1.2.603/30/23Added Options on Futures Limit Order Price Reasonability Check (effective 07/10/23).
1.2.707/03/23Removed Duplicative Order Protection from Options on Futures.
1.2.807/18/23Removed Duplicative Order Protection section.
1.2.906/14/24Clarified that Limit Order Protections are still available for Futures.
1.2.1006/18/24Added a Futures Limit Order Protections table in section 1.3.1.2.
1.2.1106/28/24Clarified that the futures root symbol should be used for both futures and options risk rules, which means that UX1A and UX3C would not be valid values even for options risk limits.
1.2.1210/08/24TPHs will not be permitted to enter any orders/quotes to the CFE system for a given Options on Futures product until their Clearing Firm has set values for Max Order Size, Max Order Notional, and Absolute Notional Risk Limits in that product. For Options on Futures, Price Reasonability Checks are applied uniformly for all products. Added new section, Futures Limit Order Price Reasonability Checks.
1.2.1301/15/25Updated with Cboe Titanium branding.
1.2.1402/13/25Added minor formatting updates in Pre-Order Limit Types table to better communicate TPH and Clearing Firm access.
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