Trading Alert

MIAX Pearl

July 06, 2020 | 01:24 PM

MIAX PEARL Options Exchange - Mandatory Upgrade to Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) Timestamp before Monday, July 13, 2020

As previously announced in the May 28th Alert and June 15th Alert, the MIAX PEARL 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 13, 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 13, 2020 mandatory activation in production to MEO 2.0 ( (All Market Makers & EEMs who utilize MEO Protocol).

Please review the updated interface specifications for further details, MIAX PEARL 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.