SUBMISSION COVER SHEET

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Registered Entity Identifier Code (optional): 22-327

Organization: Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (“CME”)

Filing as a: DCM SEF DCO SDR 

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Filing Date (mm/dd/yy): 08/24/22 Filing Description: Expansion of Listing Schedule of all 

Monday, Wednesday, and Certain Friday Weekly Options on E-mini Standard & Poor’s 

500 Stock Price Index 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

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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Christopher Bowen 

Managing Director and Chief Regulatory Counsel

Legal Department

August 24, 2022

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 Listing Schedule of all Monday, 

Wednesday, and Certain Friday Weekly Options on E-mini Standard & Poor’s 500 

Stock Price Index Futures Contracts.

CME Submission No. 22-327

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 for the Monday, Wednesday, 

and certain Friday Weekly Options on E-mini Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Price Index Futures contracts 

(the “Contracts”) for trading on the CME Globex electronic trading platform (“CME Globex”) and for 

submission of clearing via CME ClearPort effective Sunday, September 11, 2022 for trade date Monday, 

September 12, 2022, as more specifically described in the table below (the “Rule Amendments”). 

Contract Title Commodity 

Code

Rulebook

Chapter

Current Listing 

Schedule

Expanded Listing 

Schedule

Monday Weekly Options on E-mini 

S&P 500 Index Futures – Week 1-

5 (European-Style)

E1A-E5A 358A 4 weekly contracts 5 weekly options

Wednesday Weekly Options on Emini S&P 500 Index Futures –

Week 1-5 (European-Style)

E1C-E5C 358A 4 weekly contracts 5 weekly options

Weekly Options on E-mini S&P 

500 Index Futures – Week 1-4 

(European-Style)*

EW1-EW4 358A

4 weekly contracts 

of week 1, week 2, 

week 4 and 9 

weekly contracts 

of week 3

6 weekly contracts 

of week 1, week 2, 

week 4 and 9 

weekly contracts of 

week 3

*Friday weekly option contract

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 these amendments. The SER will also be posted on the CME Group website.
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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.

Prevention of Market Disruption: Trading in the Contracts will continue to be subject to the rules 

of the Exchange, which include prohibitions on manipulation, price distortion, and disruption to the 

cash settlement process.

Compliance with Rules: The Exchange will 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 Contracts. 

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 (212) 299-2200 

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

Sincerely,

/s/ Christopher Bowen

Managing Director and Chief Regulatory Counsel