View the complete timeline of NYSE Arca Options' migration to NYSE Pillar.

NYSE Arca Options has begun the Production testing phase of the migration. To be enabled for testing in the Production environment, Participants must complete required certification and documentation.

NYSE Pillar is available for weekday testing using test symbols. The Exchange will also offer seven weekend testing opportunities for Production testing, which will support both testing and non-testing symbols. Weekend testing opportunities are:

• July 24, 2021 ✓
• August 7, 2021 ✓
• August 28, 2021 ✓
• September 11, 2021 - Includes CAT submission ✓
• September 18, 2021* End-to-end test including CAT submission and OCC participation (mandatory test opportunity 1)
• October 16, 2021* End-to-end test including CAT submission (mandatory test opportunity 2)
• October 30, 2021 - Final confidence test

* Participation is required in at least one of the two offered mandatory test dates to be enabled for Production on November 1, 2021. Mandatory weekend tests will include T+1 outputs and CAT submissions.

Participants must register with [email protected] by the Thursday preceding the above dates to secure connectivity and Production sessions. A test script will be provided upon registration.

Trader Updates

Basic functional certification with Technology Member Services (“TMS”) is required in the NYSE Pillar Certification environment (“Pillar Cert”) prior to being enabled for the Production environment. Pillar Cert is: free of charge, has a dedicated TMS team to support testing Monday - Friday, and mirrors the Production environment, including Proprietary Market Data feeds and connectivity to OPRA Test Systems.

To test in Pillar Cert please submit a Cert Session Request Form to [email protected].

Participants are also encouraged to test Trade Ops Portal (“TOP”) functionality which will include Risk Monitor, Risk Settings, Trade Summary. TOP is available in Pillar Cert and the NYSE Pillar Production Shadow environment. Contact [email protected] with desired TOP user e-mail addresses to request Pillar Cert TOP access.