SUBMISSION COVER SHEET

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Registered Entity Identifier Code (optional): 23-462

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

Filing as a: DCM SEF DCO SDR 

Please note - only ONE choice allowed.

Filing Date (mm/dd/yy): 11/15/23 Filing Description: Temporary Amendments to the 

Listing Schedule of Weekly Options on Bitcoin Futures and Weekly Options on Micro Bitcoin 

Futures Contracts

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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)

Rule Numbers: 

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

Official Product Name:

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.
20 S Wacker Dr Chicago, IL 60606 T 312 466 7478 tim.elliott@cmegroup.com cmegroup.com

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Timothy Elliott

Managing Director and Chief Regulatory Counsel

Legal Department

November 15, 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. Temporary Amendments to the 

Listing Schedule of Weekly Options on Bitcoin Futures and Weekly Options 

on Micro Bitcoin Futures Contracts.

CME Submission No. 23-462

Dear Mr. Kirkpatrick:

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

Commission (“CFTC” or “Commission”) temporary amendments to the listing schedule of the January 2024 

and April 2024 contract months of the Weekly Options on Bitcoin Futures and Weekly Options on Micro 

Bitcoin Futures contracts (the “Contracts”) to early list weekly contracts on a one-time basis (collectively, 

the “Temporary Rule Amendments”) effective Sunday, December 3, 2023, for trade date Monday, 

December 4, 2023. 

Contract Title

CME Globex

and

CME ClearPort

Code

Rulebook

Chapter

Monday - Friday Weekly Options on Bitcoin 

Futures - Weeks 1-5

P1A-P5A 

P1B-P5B

P1C-P5C

P1D-P5D

P1E-P4E

350A

Monday - Friday Weekly Options on Micro 

Bitcoin Futures - Weeks 1-5

W1A-W5A 

W1B-W5B

W1C-W5C

W1D-W5D

W1E-W4E

348A

Pursuant to the current listing schedule of the Contracts, the January 2024 and April 2024 weekly options 

of the Contracts would ordinarily become available for trading and clearing in late December 2023 and late 

March 2024, respectively. Pursuant to the Temporary Rule Amendments the Exchange will avail for trading 

and clearing the January and April Week 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 Monday through Friday Options on the Contracts 

on December 4, 2023. The Temporary Rule Amendments shall only apply to the January 2024 and April 

2024 contract months of the Contracts. Expiration of these early listed weekly contracts shall remain 

unchanged. 
20 S Wacker Dr Chicago, IL 60606 T 312 466 7478 tim.elliott@cmegroup.com cmegroup.com

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The Exchange is implementing the Temporary Rule Amendments to provide market participants greater 

ability to more precisely and efficiently manage risk in light of certain market events. Market participants 

are in favor of the Temporary Rule Amendments. 

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 Temporary 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 aforementioned. 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 

Contracts.

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

Temporary Rule Amendments comply with the Act, including the 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 Exchange’s 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