Cboe Australia Technical Roadmap

This information outlines Cboe’s proposed and scheduled technology releases.

Functionality Timeline

Functionality	Mandatory or Optional	Cert (Test)	Production Dates will be clarified in forthcoming Technical Notices
2026
Order Conversion Service (OCS) Expansion Additional ‘Account granularity’ for existing Timed Expiring Orders (TEO) We plan further OCS functionality expansion throughout the year, noting all OCS features are optional	Optional usage	02-Mar-2026	13-Apr-2026
Trading Priority Refinement Refine the existing trading priority to include Hidden/Pegged Intention Standard priority will then be: Price, then Visibility (Lit then Hidden), then Own broker (if broker preferencing is enabled), then Hidden/Pegged Intention (Farpoint then Midpoint then Nearpoint), then Time	No Impact Noting that the sequence in which hidden orders are executed is not visible to participants	20-Mar-2026	27-Apr-2026
Multi-Day Orders Expanded to ASX ETFs (Funds) Allow GTC and GTD usage for ASX ETFs	Optional usage	13-Apr-2026	Q3 2026 TBC
Pegged Nearpoint Order Enhancements Additional Pegged order option: ‘Focused Nearpoint’ For the purposes of the Trading Priority proposal, Focused Nearpoint orders will have the same priority as existing Nearpoint orders	Optional usage	May-2026 TBC	Jun-2026 TBC

Impact and Planning

Cboe makes every effort to minimise the impact of changes and provides optionality where possible. Technical Specification impacts are highlighted in the table below per functionality update.

Functionality	Order Entry FIX BOE Purge-Amend Port	Private Feeds FIX Drop ODROP	Market Data Feeds PITCH TOP Reference Data Files
2026
Order Conversion Service (OCS) Expansion Additional ‘Account granularity’ for existing Timed Expiring Orders (TEO) We plan further OCS functionality expansion throughout the year, noting all OCS features are optional	No technical specification change, noting all OCS options are deployed using Port Attributes	No technical specification change	No technical specification change
Trading Priority Refinement Refine the existing trading priority to include Hidden/Pegged Intention Standard priority will then be: Price, then Visibility (Lit then Hidden), then Own broker (if broker preferencing is enabled), then Hidden/Pegged Intention (Farpoint then Midpoint then Nearpoint), then Time	No technical specification change, noting that trading priority with contra hidden orders is refined	No technical specification change	No technical specification change
Multi-Day Orders Expanded to ASX ETFs (Funds) Allow GTC and GTD usage for ASX ETFs	No technical specification change, noting the functionality is the same as existing multi-day orders on CXA symbols	No technical specification change	No technical specification change, noting the functionality is the same as existing multi-day orders on CXA symbols
Pegged Nearpoint Order Enhancements Additional Pegged order option: ‘Focused Nearpoint’ For the purposes of the Trading Priority proposal, Focused Nearpoint orders will have the same priority as existing Nearpoint orders	Optional technical specification update to use Pegged order entry with additional Focused Nearpoint option	Optional technical specification update to indicate Focused Nearpoint on order updates	No technical specification change

Contact Us

For more information contact the Cboe Trade Desk at [email protected] or call 02 8078 1701.