SUBMISSION COVER SHEET

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Registered Entity Identifier Code (optional): 23-435

Organization: Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. ("CME")

Filing as a: DCM SEF DCO SDR 

Please note - only ONE choice allowed.

Filing Date (mm/dd/yy): 10/23/23 Filing Description: Expansion of the Listing Schedule of 

the E-mini Nasdaq-100 Futures Contract

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Organization Rules and Rule Amendments

Certification § 40.6(a)

Approval § 40.5(a)

Notification § 40.6(d)

Advance Notice of SIDCO Rule Change § 40.10(a)

SIDCO Emergency Rule Change § 40.10(h)

New Product Please note only ONE product per Submission.

Certification § 40.2(a) 

Certification Security Futures § 41.23(a)

Certification Swap Class § 40.2(d)

Approval § 40.3(a)

Approval Security Futures § 41.23(b)

Novel Derivative Product Notification § 40.12(a)

Swap Submission § 39.5

Product Terms and Conditions (product related Rules and Rule Amendments)

Certification § 40.6(a) 

Certification Made Available to Trade Determination § 40.6(a)

Certification Security Futures § 41.24(a)

Delisting (No Open Interest) § 40.6(a) 

Approval § 40.5(a)

Approval Made Available to Trade Determination § 40.5(a)

Approval Security Futures § 41.24(c)

Approval Amendments to enumerated agricultural products § 40.4(a), § 40.5(a)

“Non-Material Agricultural Rule Change” § 40.4(b)(5)

Notification § 40.6(d)

Official Name(s) of Product(s) Affected: See filing.

Rule Numbers: See filing.
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Timothy Elliott

Managing Director and Chief Regulatory Counsel

Legal Department

October 23, 2023

VIA ELECTRONIC PORTAL

Mr. Christopher J. Kirkpatrick

Office of the Secretariat

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Three Lafayette Centre

1155 21st Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20581

Re: CFTC Regulation 40.6(a) Certification. Expansion of the Listing Schedule of the

E-mini Nasdaq-100 Futures Contract.

CME Submission No. 23-435

Dear Mr. Kirkpatrick:

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (“CME” or “Exchange”) certifies to the Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission (“CFTC” or “Commission”) the expansion of the listing schedule of the E-mini Nasdaq-100 

Futures contract (the “Contract”) for trading on the CME Globex electronic trading platform (“CME Globex”) 

and for submission of clearing via CME ClearPort, as more specifically described in the Exhibit 1. below

(collectively, the “Rule Amendments”) effective Sunday, November 19, 2023, for trade date Monday, 

November 20, 2023.

 

 Exhibit 1.

Contract

Title

Commodity

Code

BTIC

Code

TACO

Code

Rulebook

Chapter

Current

Listing Schedule

Expanded

Listing Schedule

E-mini Nasdaq-100 

Futures*

NQ NQT NQQ 359

Quarterly contracts 

(Mar, Jun, Sep, 

Dec) listed for five 

(5) consecutive 

quarters and four 

(4) additional 

December months

Quarterly contracts

(Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec)

listed for six (6)

consecutive quarters 

and four (4) additional 

December months

*TMAC eligible in front month only (code: NQX) 

The Exchange reviewed the designated contract market core principles (“Core Principles”) as set forth in 

the Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA” or “Act”) and identified that the Rule Amendments may have some 

bearing on the following Core Principles:

Availability of General Information: The Exchange will release a Special Executive Report 

(“SER”) regarding the Rule Amendments. The SER will also be posted on the CME Group website.

Daily Publication of Trading Information: CME will continue to publish contract trading volumes, 

open interest levels, and price information daily on its website and through quote vendors for the 

Contract.

Compliance with Rules: The Exchange shall continue its normal practice to establish, monitor, 

and enforce compliance with the rules of the Contracts, including the expansion of the listing 

schedule of the Contract.
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Execution of Transactions: Following the implementation of the new listing schedule, the 

Exchange will continue to provide a competitive, open, and efficient market and mechanism for 

executing transactions that protects the price discovery process of trading for the Contract. 

Pursuant to Section 5c(c) of the Act and CFTC Regulation 40.6(a), the Exchange hereby certifies that the 

Rule Amendments comply with the Act, including regulations under the Act. There were no substantive 

opposing views to the proposal. 

The Exchange certifies that this submission has been concurrently posted on the CME Group website at 

http://www.cmegroup.com/market-regulation/rule-filings.html. 

Should you have any questions concerning the above, please contact the undersigned at (312) 466-7478

or via e-mail at CMEGSubmissionInquiry@cmegroup.com.

Sincerely,

/s/ Timothy Elliott

Managing Director and Chief Regulatory Counsel