SUBMISSION COVER SHEET

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Registered Entity Identifier Code (optional): 23-474

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

Filing as a: DCM SEF DCO SDR 

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Filing Date (mm/dd/yy): December 11, 2023 Filing Description: Modifications to the FX

Link Bank Incentive Program

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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: Not Applicable

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: 

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

Timothy Elliott

Managing Director and Chief Regulatory Counsel

Legal Department

December 11, 2023

VIA ELECTRONIC PORTAL

Christopher J. Kirkpatrick 

Office of the Secretariat

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Three Lafayette Centre

1155 21st Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20581

RE: Modifications to the FX Link Bank Incentive Program

CME Submission No. 23-474

Dear Mr. Kirkpatrick:

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (“CME” or “Exchange”) hereby notifies the Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission (“CFTC” or “Commission”) of plans to modify the FX Link Bank Incentive Program (“Program”). The 

modifications to the Program will become effective on January 1, 2024.

Exhibit 1 sets forth the terms of this Program. Modifications appear below, with additions underlined and deletions 

overstruck.

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

Exchange Act (“CEA”). During the review, CME staff identified the following Core Principles as potentially being 

impacted: Monitoring of Trading, Execution of Transactions, Protection of Market Participants, Compliance with 

Rules, Availability of General Information, and Recordkeeping.

The Program does not impact the Exchange’s ability to perform its trade practice and market surveillance obligations 

under the CEA. Exchange staff will monitor trading in the Program’s products in order to prevent manipulative trading 

and market abuse. Additionally, the Exchange has implemented systems to track Program participants’ volume to 

ensure proper distribution of earned incentives. The Program does not impact the Exchange’s order execution. 

Participants in the Program will be selected by CME staff using criteria as set forth in Exhibit 1. Chapter 4 of the 

Exchange rules includes prohibitions against fraudulent, non-competitive, unfair or abusive practices. All participants 

must execute a contractual agreement with CME in which each participant will expressly agree to comply with, and 

be subject to, applicable regulations and Exchange rules. Additionally, the Program is subject to the Exchange’s 

record retention policies, which comply with the CEA.

CME certifies that the Program complies with the CEA and the regulations thereunder. There were no substantive 

opposing views to this Program.

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. 

If you require any additional information regarding this submission, please e-mail 

CMEGSubmissionInquiry@cmegroup.com or contact Rachel Johnson at 312-466-4393 or via e-mail at 

Rachel.Johnson@cmegroup.com. Please reference our CME Submission No. 23-474 in any related correspondence.

Sincerely,

/s/ Timothy Elliott

Managing Director and Chief Regulatory Counsel

Enclosure: Exhibit 1
EXHIBIT 1

FX Link Bank Incentive Program

Program Purpose

The purpose of this Program is to incentivize participants to support the development of FX Link and to 

provide liquidity in FX futures traded via FX Link. More liquid contracts on the central limit order book

benefit all participants in the marketplace.

Product Scope

All FX futures traded via FX Link on the CME Globex® Platform (“Products”).

Eligible Participants

The Exchange may designate up to ten (10) participants in the Program. Participants may be CME 

members or non-members. Participants must be classified as a bank. Potential participants are required 

to submit an application/bid sheet to the Exchange as part of a competitive selection process which is 

used to determine eligibility. In determining whether or not a prospective participant is selected to 

participate in the Program, Exchange staff may take into account a variety of factors including historical 

volume trading FX products. The Exchange may, from time to time, add or subtract from the 

aforementioned requirements as it deems necessary.

Program Term 

Start date is January 1, 2021. End date is December 31, 2023 June 30, 2024.

Hours

N/A

Obligations

In order to be eligible to receive the incentives, participants must meet predetermined volume thresholds 

in the Products.

Incentives

Upon meeting all obligations, as determined by the Exchange, participants may be eligible to receive 

predetermined incentives. 

Monitoring and Termination of Status

The Exchange shall monitor trading activity and participants’ performance and shall retain the right to 

revoke participant status if it concludes from review that a participant has failed to meet the eligibility

requirements or obligations of the Program.