To provide the broader market the opportunity to validate functionality between ASX and Cboe Australia during Cboe’s Industry Wide Test (IWT) events, ASX will open the production ASX Trade environment on:

• Saturday 10 December 2022
• Saturday 14 January 2023
• Saturday 4 February 2023
• Saturday 25 February 2023

Participants are welcome to participate in any or all of the test weekends.

What do I need to do by when?

• The attached customer registration form must be completed and submitted to ASX Customer Technical Support (CTS) by close of business Friday November 25.  Registrations will not be accepted beyond this date.

• Participants need to specify connectivity details that will be used in the test, because other access points will be disabled by ASX.

• During the test, the ASX TradeMatch order books will be opened for transactional activity.

• The test is limited to ASX Trade connections for order entry and execution; there will be no access provided to CHESS or Signal B.

• Access to the production ASX Trade ITCH, OUCH and OMNet services will be enabled for the test.

ITCH, OUCH and OMNet customers not joining the test should ensure their sessions remain disconnected after the ASX Trade system shutdown at 20:30 AEDT on the Friday before each event until the conclusion of testing on Saturday and the rollback is completed ready for Monday morning.

• User configuration changes made during the test, including password changes, will be rolled back at the end of the test and will not be available in production on Monday.

• ASX may generate order activity during this test.  Load testing is not in the scope of this test.

• Long orders in the system on each prior Friday will be restored in ASX Trade during the Saturday testing. ASX will cancel any existing Undisclosed and Iceberg orders prior to market open.

• The trading date for transactions performed during the test will be the Saturday’s date.

• Transactions performed on each Saturday will not be available on ASX Trade on the following Monday.  Participants and vendors need to remove transactions entered during the Saturday testing from their applications on completion of the test.  This includes any password changes made on the day.

Testing Schedule

Events will be published in real time via the System Status Page, customers should monitor this page throughout the test for all updates.

Connectivity window -  ASX Trade logins will be enabled from 08:30 AEDT and will be disabled shortly after markets transition to Close.

Sign-off

Registered customers must email CTS their sign-off that:

• That all necessary rollback tasks have been completed; and
• Confirm their readiness for trading on the Monday.

This sign-off can be sent to CTS at any time on the Saturday, no later than 14:30 AEDT.

Need more information?

Issued by

Ben Jackson - General Manager, Market Operations

Contact information

Customer Technical Support
cts@asx.com.au | 1800 663 053 | +612 9227 0372

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