If the CME keeps this technical bs up, then the Eurex/Liffe will come over they will kick CME's ass! The competition will try to point out that they have fewer technical problems and they are up all the time, etc. as the selling point. Blah. Blah. Go free market competition!
This outage of Globex is amazing. As one of the largest, if not THE largest electronic exchange, I presume that CME has the best redudancy and fault tolerance that money can buy. Once the dust settles, it will be very interesting to see what caused this.
GLOBEX will reopen at 2:15 PM CST. There will be a pre-opening starting at 1:45 PM CST when you may place orders for the open.
Globex halted. Announced in the pits that it is halted for the day. Cant wait till Eurex/Liffe takes over.