October 5, 2022Technical Notice 22-010
Reminder Participant Activity Report (PAR) and Datalinx Reports for MX Update
Following Technical notice 22-006, we would like to remind all subscribers to the Participant Activity Reports and of the Datalinx Reports for MX of the following changes that will be applied from november 14th 2022.
Should you need sample files, please feel free to contact the Technical Derivatives Operations team at the coordinates below.
End-of-Day Participant Activity Reports
File | Field | FMT | Max Len | Comment |
Instrument Record Layout | UnderlyingSymbol | X | 12 | Modified |
StrategyType | X | 21 | New | |
LegPrice_n | N | 10 | new | |
LegRatioOrDelta_n | N | 4 | Modified |
- The Strategy type field is introduced before the NumberOfLegs field and can contain the following values
- None
- Classic
- CoveredReferenceFixed
- CoveredRegularFixed
- Strip
- The leg repeating block will now repeat 40 times
- The leg repeating block will now contain the leg price of "FixedPrice" legs
- The leg repeating block LegRatio is changed to LegRatioOrDelta is now a percentage when the leg is a covered fixed leg
File | Field | FMT | Max Len | Comment |
Instrument Preview Record Layout | ActivationDate | N |
8 |
New |
- ActivationDate introduced after the field "LastTradingDateTime"
File | Field | FMT | Max Len | Comment |
OpenOrders record layout | Tag1031 | X |
1 |
New |
Orders record layout | Tag1031 | X |
1 |
New |
PostTrading record layout | Tag1031 | X |
1 |
New |
- Tag1031 added at the end of each respective file
Datalinx Reports for MX
File | Field | FMT | Max Len | Comment |
TradingSummaryReport | StrategyType | X | 1 | New |
LegPrice_n | N | 10 | New | |
LegPriceType_n | X | 13 | New | |
LegRatioOrDelta_n | N | 4 | Modified | |
TradesAndQuotes report | MicroSeconds | N | 6 | NewType (was milliseconds) |
Please see below for instructions on registering and accessing the specifications.
- Login / Account Set Up Instructions
- Go to www.tmxwebstore.com
- In the upper right corner, click on Sign In / Register
- Click on Need an account?
- Complete the User Form, including creation of your own Password
- Read and Accept Terms of Service and Privacy Policy and click on SIGN UP
- You will receive an email confirming your TMX Webstore Registration
- Click on link in the confirmation email
- Click on Catalogue from Top Menu Bar
- On left Side Navigation filters, select "Market Data / Order Entry Specifications"
- Select any product
- Click on Specifications Box
- Click on Request Access box
- Legitimate requests will be approved within 1 -2 hours from submission
- Go to Section 2 below for instructions on finding the specifications
- Viewing and Downloading Specifications
At this point, valid users must have a TMX Webstore Account and have been approved for Market Data and Order Entry Specifications
- Log in to TMX Webstore
- Click on My Products, then click on My Specifications
- Click on Current Release - All Products
- Click on the desired specifications to view or download locally
Please direct any question, comment or request for additional information, to our Derivatives - Technical Operations.
Derivatives - Technical Operations
Toll-free: 1-877-588-8489
Telephone: 514-871-7872
Email: derivatives.operations@tmx.com