The following are the required steps to become a direct distributor of OneChicago data.

OneChicago has selected the Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE) to disseminate OneChicago's market data through its CBOE Financial Network (CFN) infrastructure.

Data vendors connecting directly to the CFN for OneChicago market data must order at least one primary line and one backup line. Primary and backup lines must be the same bandwidth. Please allow up to eight weeks lead time for telecommunications vendors to install new lines.

CFN Contact
Peter Smith
Manager Financial Networks
Chicago Board Options Exchange
(312) 786-7681
smithp@cboe.com

To become a direct distributor of OneChicago real time quotations (defined as market data which is less than 10 minutes old), complete the following steps:

• Complete two copies of the  OneChicago Addendum (PDF). The agreements should be completed in duplicate and return both original copies to CME. One copy will be returned upon approval. If you are not currently a CME Licensed Distributor in addition to the Addendum you will need to complete in duplicate the  Information Distribution License Agreement (PDF) as well.
  
• Remit payment for annual Data Distribution Fee (DDF) (see DDF schedule below)

Please return all correspondence to the following mailing address:

CME Group
Information Products Management
20 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606

For more information, contact CME at marketdata@cme.com.