Rule Amendments, Policy Changes and Other Exchange Actions

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November 18, 2009

• SER #5041R: Notification Regarding the Listing of Four Argus Sour Crude Index (“ASCI”) Products and Argus WTI Formula Basis Calendar Month Swap Futures on the NYMEX Trading Floor and through CME ClearPort® and Fee Waiver until June 30, 2010
•  SER #5056: Large Trader Reporting Requirement, All Month/Any One Month Position Accountability Levels, Expiration Month Position Limits, and Diminishing Balances and Aggregation Allocations for Four New Argus Sour Crude Index Contracts and One Argus WTI Formula Basis Calendar Month Swap Contract
• SER #5055: Large Trader Reporting Requirements, All Month/Any One Month Position Accountability Levels, Expiration Month Position Limits, and Aggregation Allocations for a New Petroleum Average Price Option Contract

November 13, 2009

• SER #5041:  Notification Regarding the Listing of Four Argus Sour Crude Index (“ASCI”) Products and Argus WTI Formula Basis Calendar Month Swap Futures on the NYMEX Trading Floor and through CME ClearPort® and Fee Waiver until June 30, 2010
• SER #5051: Notification Regarding New Fee Structure

November 11, 2009

• SER #5050: Amendments to Proposed Variable Storate Rate Concept in Wheat
• SER #5053: DeListing of Exchange Licensed Copper Warehouse Location - Arizona Commodity Storage, Inc. - 850 East Teton, Tucson, AZ

November 5, 2009

• SER #5034: Restricted Contract Markets for CME Rule 552 ("Dual Trading Restrictions") 
• SER #5048: Early Listing of December 2011 Wheat Option Month
• SER #5039: Large Trader Reporting Requirements, All Month/Any One Month Accountability Levels, Expiration Month Position Limits, and Aggregation Allocations for Two (2) New Petroleum Futures Contracts
• SER #5040: Large Trader Reporting Requirements, All Month/Any One Month Position Accountability Levels, Expiration Month Position Limits, and Aggregation Allocations for Two (2) New NYISO Electricity Futures Contracts, and Administrative Amendment for an Existing NYISO Contract

 November 4, 2009

• SER #5047: Notification of Listing of European Jet Kerosene (Platts) Cargoes CIF NWE Average Price Option on the NYMEX Trading Floor and through CME ClearPort

November 3, 2009

• SER #5044: Early Listing of November 2012 Soybean Option Month
• SER #5035: CME, CBOT & NYMEX Adopt Revisions to Rule 534 ("Wash Trades Prohibited"), Effective Immediately
• SER #5045: Administrative Amendments to the Aggregation Allocations for Two (2) Petroleum Contracts
• SER #5043: Notification of Listing of Additional Contract Months for COMEX miNY Gold Futures and COMEX miNY Silver Futures Contracts on CME Globex

October 28, 2009 

• SER #5032: Large Trader Reporting Requirements, All Month/Any One Month Position Accountability Levels, Expiration Month Position Limits, and Aggregation Allocations for Seven (7) New Options on Underlying Futures Strips for Natural Gas, Crude Oil, Electricity and Coal Contracts
• SER #5038: Notification Regarding the Listing of Two New Petroleum Futures Contracts on CME ClearPort® and the NYMEX Trading Floor 

October 27, 2009

• SER #5031: Launch of Two (2) New NYISO Zone F Electricity Swap Futures Contracts on CME ClearPort and NYMEX Trading Floor
• SER #5033: Large Trader Reporting Requirements, All Month/Any One Month Position Accountability Levels, Expiration Month Position Limits, and Aggregation Allocations for Three (3) New Petroleum Last Day Financial Futures Contracts, and Administrative Amendments to Existing Related Petroleum Contracts

October 22, 2009

• SER #5036: Commodity Exchange, Inc. - Notification of Amended and Restated By-Laws

October 20, 2009

• SER #5028R: REVISED: Notification Regarding the Listing of Three New Petroleum Futures Contracts on CME ClearPort and the NYMEX Trading Floor

October 16, 2009

• SER #5028: Notification Regarding the Listing of Three New Petroleum Futures Contracts on CME ClearPort® and the NYMEX Trading Floor
• SER #5029: Notification of Listing of Options on Futures Strips for Natural Gas, Crude Oil, PJM Electricity, and Central Appalachian Coal

October 8, 2009

• SER #5026: Administrative Amendments to NYMEX Chapter 5, Position Limits, Accountability Levels and Reportable Levels Table, and Clarification of the Diminishing Balance and Aggregation Allocation Columns within Chapter 5 Table 

October 7, 2009

• SER #5020: Large Trader Reporting Requirements, All Month/Any One Month Position Accountability Levels, Expiration Month Position Limits, and Aggregation Allocations for Four (4) New NGL Average Price Option Contracts 

 October 6, 2009

• SER #4970: Large Trader Reporting Requirement, Expiration Accountability Level Last Day Contracts, and Aggregation Allocation for the New Cleared OTC London Gold Forwards Contract, and Amendments to the Interpretations & Special Notices Section of NYMEX Chapter 5

October 2, 2009

• SER #5021: Notification of Listing of Four 5-Decimal Natural Gas Liquid Average Price Option Contracts on the NYMEX Trading Floor and CME ClearPort® Clearing

October 1, 2009

• SER #5024: Stock Index Price limits Revised Effective for 4th Quarter 2009

September 30, 2009 

• SER #5023: CBOT Interest Rate Swap Futures: Final Conversion to 4 Percent Notional Coupon
• SER #5022: Administrative Amendments to the Titles of Seven (7) Natural Gas Contracts

 September 29, 2009

• SER #5018: Exchange Proposes Variable Storage Rates in Wheat 
• SER #5019:Notification of Amendments to Strike Price Intervals for COMEX Division – Gold Futures Options Rules

 September 28, 2009 

• SER #5013: Trade Cancellations and Price Adjustments on CME Globex Amendments to Rules 588, 600, 621 and 622
• SER #5014: CME Globex Trade Matching Algorithms
• SER #5016: Reminder - Live Cattle Delivery Procedures

September 24, 2009 

• SER #5009: Amendments to Chapter 5, Position Limit, Position Accountability and Reportable Table in Connection with the Delisting of Aluminum Futures and Options Contracts
• SER #5015: Stock Index Price Limits to be Revised Effective for 4th Quarter 2009

September 23, 2009

• SER #5012: Daily Price Limits for Pork Bellies Subject to Change

September 21, 2009

• SER #5010: Listing of U.S. Treasury Bond Futures for December 2010 Delivery and Companion Standard and Flex Options 
• SER #4991: Notification of Delisting of 22 Inactive Contracts Listed on CME ClearPort® Clearing an dNYMEX Trading Floor

 September 18, 2009

• SER #5002R: CORRECTION – Fees for Four BALMO Futures Contracts To Launch on CME ClearPort® and the NYMEX Trading Floor September 21, 2009

September 17, 2009

• SER #5008: Large Trader Reporting Requirements, All Month/Any One Month Position Accountability Levels, Expiration Month Position Limits, Deterioration and Aggregation Allocations for Seventeen (17) New OPIS Petroleum and NGL Swap Contracts and Administrative Amendments to Existing Related Contracts

September 15, 2009

• SER #4994: Large Trader Reporting Requirements, All Month/Any One Month Position Accountability Levels, Expiration Month Position Limits, and Aggregation Allocations for Sixteen (16) New ERCOT and Two (2) New PJM DOM Electricity Swap Futures Contracts 
• SER #4995:  Large Trader Reporting Requirements, All Month/Any One Month Position Accountability Levels, Expiration Month Position Limits, and Aggregation Allocations for Eleven (11) New Petroleum Swap Futures Contracts
• SER #4949: Large Trader Reporting Requirements, All Month/Any One Month Position Accountability Levels, Expiration Month Position Limits, and Aggregation Allocations for One (1) New Petroleum Option Contract

September 10, 2009

• SER #5006: Early Listing of October 2010 and December 2010 Soybean Board Crush Option Months
• SER #4999: Launch of Eighteen (18) New Electricity Swap Futures Contracts on CME ClearPort ®and NYMEX Trading Floor

September 8, 2009

• SER #4983: Launch of In Delivery Month European Union Allowance (EUA) and Certified Emission Reduction (CER) Serial Option Contracts on CME ClearPort® and the NYMEX Trading Floor
• SER #5005: Status of Paper Warrants with Regard to Delivery of the Exchange's Metals Futures Contracts

September 4, 2009

• SER #5003: Re: Soybean Meal Delivery Differentials
• SER #5004: Re: Soybean Oil Delivery Differentials

 September 3, 2009

• SER #5000: Large Trader Reporting Requirements, All Months/Any One Month Position Accountability Levels, Expiration Month Position Limits, and Aggregation Allocations for Two (2) New In Delivery Month Option Contract

September 2, 2009

• SER #4996: Three-Month Euroyen LIBOR Futures Delisted 

August 31, 2009

• SER #4974: Amendments to Exchange User License Agreement for CME ClearPort®  
• SER #4993: Dynamic Strike Price Listing Eligibility for Calendar Spread Options (CSO's) on Grains and Oilseeds

August 28, 2009

• SER #4973: Revised Effective Date for Adoption of NYMEX and COMEX Rule Changes in Connection with NYMEX Rulebook Harmonization
• SER #4972: Revised Effective Date for Adoption of CME and CBOT Rule Changes in Connection with NYMEX Rulebook Harmonization 
• SER #4989: NYMEX to Defer Amendments to NYMEX Rules 9A.27 and 9A.27A Regarding Establishment of Expiration Position Limits for Certain Natural Gas Financially Settled Contracts
• SER #4990: REMINDER: Delisting of NYMEX AECO/NIT Basis Swap (NGX/CGPR) (NA) on August 31, 2009

August 26, 2009

• SER #4984: Notification of Rule Amendments to Six (6) Mont Belvieu Physical Natural Gas Liquids Listed on CME ClearPortClearing and Trading Systems
• SER #4985: Norification of Delisting of Contract Months for Three (3) Natural Gas Liquid Contracts Listed on CME ClearPort Clearing and Trading Systems

August 25, 2009

• SER #4968: REMINDER: Minimum Trading Increment Revised to 1/32nd in Outright Transactions in Bond Futures
• SER #4982: REMINDER: Delisting of NYMEX AECO/NIT Basis Swap (NGX/CGPR)(NA) on August 31, 2009

August 24, 2009

• SER #4980: Listing of Contract Months in the New York Harbor No. 2 Heating Oil Futures Contract, and Related Option and Swap Contracts 

 August 21, 2009

• SER #4979: CLEARPORT CLEARING HOURS UNCHANGED/New Trading Hours for ClearPort TRADING Products Migrating to NYMEX Trading Floor on August 31, 2009

August 20, 2009 

• SER #4943: Large Trader Reporting Requirements, All Month/Any One Month Position Accountability levels, Expiration Accountability Level for Penultimate and Metal Contracts, and Aggregation Allocation for the New European Gasoil (ICE) Futures Contract
• SER #4976: Large Trader Reporting Requirements, All Month/Any One Month Position Accountability Levels, Expiration Month Position Limits, and Aggregation Allocations for Three (3) New NYISO Electricity Option Contracts

 August 18, 2009

• SER #4975: Weekly European Style Options on S&P 500 and E-mini SUP 500 Listings to Start August 22, 2009
• SER #4967: Decommissioning of CME Clearport Trading System on August 31, 2009

August 12, 2009

• SER #4965: Delayed Effective Date for Adoption of Harmonized Trade Practice Rules
• SER #4961: Notification of Listing of Three Electricity Options on NYISO Zone A 5 MW Peak Calendar-Month Day-Ahead LBMP Swap, NYISO Zone G 5 MW Peak Calendar-Month Day-Ahead LBMP Swap, and NYISO Zone J 5 MW Peak Calendar-Month Day-Ahead LBMP Swap
• SER #4966: Listing of One (1) New Petroleum Futures Contract on CME Globex® and CME ClearPort® for Trading and Clearing

 August 7, 2009

• SER #4957: Listing of Three New 5 Decimal (OPIS) Natural Gas Liquid (NGL) Contracts for Clearing and Trading on CME ClearPort®

August 6, 2009

• SER #4960: Notification of Delisting of Contract Months with Zero Open Interest for COMEX miNY Silver Futures Contract Currently Listed on CME Globex
• SER #4938: Restricted Contract Markets for CME Rule 552 ("Dual Trading Restrictions")

August 5, 2009

• SER #4958: REMINDER - Delisting of NYMEX AECO/NIT Basis Swap (NGX/CGPR) (NA) on August 31, 2009 

 August 4, 2009

• SER #4952: Language Change to Rule 706 Regarding Maximum Dockage Allowable for Delivery Against CBOT Wheat Futures
• SER #4953: Dynamic Strike Price Listing Eligibility for Soybean Board Crush Spread Options and Calendar Spread Options (CSOs) on Grains and Oilseeds

August 3, 2009

• SER #4955: Modification to NYMEX & COMEX Rule 533

July 30, 2009

• SER #4945: CME and CBOT Rule Changes in Connection with NYMEX Rulebook Harmonization
• SER #4946: NYMEX and COMEX Rule Changes
• SER #4948: Rule Amendments to Existing NOx Emissions Allowance Futures and Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) CO2 Allowance Futures Contracts
• SER #4954: UPDATE - Notification of Listing of Eleven Natural Gas Basis Option Contracts

 July 28, 2009

• SER #4947: Closing Times of Expiring CBOT Interest Rate Options on Their Last Trading Day 

 July 6, 2009

• SER #4924: Expansion of Selected Grain and Oilseed Calendar Spread Options and Change to Strike Increments 

July 1, 2009

• SER #4920: New Contract Multiplier and Related Changes for S&P 500 Technical and Financial SPCTR Index Futures Effective Monday, July 27, 2009
• SER #4921: Exchange Adopts New 2009 CME$INDEX™ Currency Weights and Adjustment Factor Effective Wednesday, July 1, 2009
• SER #4912: Stock Index Price Limits Revised Effective for 3rd Quarter 2009

June 30, 2009

• SER #4923: CBOT to Permit Pre-Execution Communications for Ethanol Option an Option Trades on CME Globex, Effective July 6, 2009

 June 26, 2009

• SER #4910: Revised All-or-None Minimums for Select FX Products, Effective Immediately
• SER #4911: Stock Index Price Limits to be Revised Effective for 3rd Quarter 2009

June 25, 2009

• SER #4903: Revisions to CME, CBOT and NYMEX Rules 901 and 903 

 June 24, 2009

• SER #4909: Daily Price Limits for Pork Bellies Subject to Change 

June 23, 2009

• SER #4902: New CME$Index™ Currency Weights for 2009

June 19, 2009

• SER #4900: Reminder: Soybean Meal Protein Rule Interpretation

June 16, 2009

• SER #4898: Removal of Sioux Falls as a Live Cattle Delivery Point

June 9, 2009

• SER #4891: Expansion of Selected Grain and Oilseed Futures Cycle Guides 

 June 5, 2009

• SER #4889: Early Listing of July 2010 Soybean Board Crush Spread Options
• SER #4888: Amendments to NYMEX Rules 9A.27 and 9A.27A to Establish Hard Expiration Position Limits for Certain Natural Gas Financially-Settled Contracts

June 1, 2009

• SER #4884: Fungibility Process for FOREX E-Micro Futures Contracts

May 29, 2009

• SER #4885: Reminder: Denatured Fuel Ethanol Renewable Identification Number Rules 

 May 26, 2009

• SER #4867: New Settlement Procedures:  NYMEX WTI Crude Oil, Natural Gas, Heating Oil, and RBOB Futures to be Settled Based Exclusively on CME Globex Activity for the Front Six Contract Months
• SER #4868: Revisions to CME, CBOT and NYMEX Rule 813 ("Settlement Price")

May 21, 2009

• SER #4866: Restricted Contract Markets for CME Rule 552 ("Dual Trading Restrictions") 

 May 19, 2009

• SER #4878: Expansion of Selected Grain and Oilseed Futures Cycle Guides
• SER #4877: Delisting of the CBOT Cleared Only Cash Settled Ethanol Options

May 15, 2009

•  SER #4876: Reminder: Upcoming Approved Changes to the Wheat Futures Contract

May 14, 2009

• SER #4875: Addition of Exchange Licensed Copper Warehouse - Tucson Port Authority , LLC

April 29, 2009

• SER #4846: Removal of Top Step Trading Restrictions in the Back 36 Eurodollar Futures Contract Months, Effective Immediately
• SER #4853: Revisions to CME/CBOT/NYMEX Rule 444 ("Sanctions and Restitution Orders")

April 28, 2009

• SER #4865: Copper Warehouse Storage Rate Change - Edgemere Terminals, Inc.
• SER #4852: Settlement Price Determination in Dairy Futures

April 27, 2009

• SER #4847: Delisting of the CBOT South American Soybean Futures Contract 

 April 23, 2009

• SER #4848: Address Change of Exchange Approved Assayer for - Alex Stewart Assayers Ltd.
• SER #4849: Address Change of Exchange Approved Assayer for - Alex Stewart Assayers Inc.
• SER #4850: Delisting of Exchange Licensed Copper Warehouse - Madison Warehouse Corporation
• SER #4851: Delisting of Exchange Licensed Aluminum Warehouse - Cottonwood Distribution Services, Inc.

April 20, 2009

• SER #4845: Early Listing of August 2010, September 2010 and December 2010 Soybean Meal and Soybean Oil Option Months
• SER #4841: All-or-None Transactions in CME Three-Month Overnight Index Swap Futures

April 14, 2009

• SER #4843: Early Listing of September 2010 Wheat and Mini Wheat Futures Months

April 6, 2009

• SER #4839: CME Group to List Additional Yen Denominated Nikkei 225 Futures Contract

April 1, 2009

• SER #4838: Stock Index Price Limits Revised Effective for 2nd Quarter 2009 

 March 30, 2009

• SER #4837: Early Listing of March 2011 Corn and Mini Corn Futures Months and Corn Option Month

March 25, 2009

• SER # 4835: Stock Index Price Limits to be Revised Effective for 2nd Quarter 2009 

 March 20, 2009

• SER # 4833: CME Group to Launch 3-Year U.S. Treasury Note Futures on March 23, 2009
• SER #4832: Revised Time Reporting Requirements for CBOT Treasury Futures

March 19, 2009

• SER #4834: CME Group to Launch Six Forex E-Micro Futures Contracts on CME Globex®, Beginning Sunday, March 22, 2009 

March 11, 2009

• SER #4823: CME Group to Launch Forex E-Micro Contracts on Sunday, March 22, 2009

March 9, 2009

• SER #4829: Revised Pre-Execution Communications and Request-for-Cross (RFC) Transactions in CBOT Interest Rate Options Traded on CME Globex
• SER #4828: Revised Block Trade Minimums, Rules and Reporting Times for CME and CBOT Interest Rate Futures and Options
• SER #4827: CME and CBOT Rule Changes in Connection with NYMEX Rulebook Harmonization
• SER #4826: Removal of Dual Trading and Broker Association Intra-Association Trading Restrictions from Live Cattle Futures and 6th Position Quarterly Eurodollar Options, Effective Immediately 

 February 6, 2009

• SER #4816: Restricted Contract Markets for CME Rule 552 ("Dual Trading Restrictions")
• SER #4818: CME Group Approves 5:00 p.m. Sunday CME Globex Opening Time for FX Products, Effective Sunday, February 8, 2009

February 4, 2009

• SER #4819: Treasury 7-Year Notes Special Executive Report

January 26, 2009

• SER #4814: CME Group to Launch U.S. Dollar/Turkish Lira and Euro/Turkish Lira Futures Contracts on CME Globex®, Beginning Sunday, January 25, 2009

January 22, 2009

• SER #4812: CME Group to Launch U.S. Dollar / Turkish Lira and Euro / Turkish Lira Futures Contracts on CME Globex, Beginning Sunday, January 25 , 2009 
• SER #4813: Reminder of Foreign Exchange Futures Block Trade Minimums Effective Monday, January 26, 2009

January 2, 2009

• SER #4808: Stock Index Price Limits Revised Effective for 1st Quarter 2009

December 31, 2008

• SER #4807: Extension of Temporary Membership Privileges in Rough Rice Futures and Options
• SER #4805: CME Group Stock Index Five Percent Overnight Price Limit Policies Amended on Sunday, January 11, 2009

December 24, 2008

• SER #4804: Stock Index Price Limits to be Revised Effective for 1st Quarter 2009

December 18, 2008

• SER # 4802: Reminder of CME Group's Launch of European-Style Australian Dollar Options on Futures Contracts, Effective Sunday, December 21, 2008

December 16, 2008

• SER #4801: Foreign Exchange Futures Block Trade Minimums, Effective Monday, January 26, 2009 

December 15, 2008

• SER #4799: Reminder of CME Group's Standardization of its Foreign Exchange (FX) Fixing Prices, Effective Monday, December 15, 2008

December 4, 2008

• SER #4797: Approved Changes to the Wheat Futures Contract

December 2, 2008

• SER #4795: January 2009 CME Group Brazilian Real Futures and Options Contracts Termiante Trading Tuesday, December 30, 2008 

November 26, 2008

• SER #4793:  Restricted Contract Markets for CME Rule 552 ("Dual Trading Restrictions") - Reminder
• SER #4794: Reminder Regarding Approved Changes to List of Restricted Contracts Months Pursuant to CME Rule 515.E. - Registration and Identification of Broker Associations - Intra -Association Trading

 

November 25, 2008

• SER #4789:  CME and CBOT Rule Changes in Connection with NYMEX Rulebook Harmonization

November 17, 2008

• SER #4791: Reminder - New Vomitoxin Specifications for September 2009 Wheat Contract: Additional Proposed Changes to Wheat Contract Still Pending  

November 14, 2008

• SER #4787: Early Listing of CME Group September 2010 Corn and Mini-Corn Futures Month

 November 10, 2008

• SER #4785: CME Group to Standardize its Foreign Exchange (FX) Fixing Prices, Effective Monday, December 15, 2008

November 10, 2008

• SER #4786: CME Group to Launch European-Style Australian Dollar Options on Futures Contracts, Effective Sunday, December 21, 2008

November 7, 2008:

• SER #4783: Restricted Contract Markets for CME Rule 552 ("Dual Trading Restrictions")
• SER #4784: Approved Changes to List of Restricted Contract Months Pursuant to CME Rule 515.E. - Registration and Identification of Broker Associations - Intra-Association Trading

October 31, 2008

• SER #4776: Early Listing of the August 2010, September 2010, January 2011 and March 2011 Soybean, Soybean Meal and Soybean Oil Futures Contracts

October 30, 2008

• SER #4780: E-mini ®S&P 500 End-of-Month and S&P 500 End-of-Month Options Strike Rule Revised

October 27, 2008 

• SER #4779: CME and CBOT Adopt Amendments to Rules 853 and 854

 October 23, 2008

• SER #4778: CME Group Announces U.S. Dollar/Turkish Lira and Euro/Turkish Lira Futures Contracts

October 22, 2008

• SER #4775: CME Group to Launch Euro Denomianted E-mini^™ S&P 500^®Stock Index Futures on Sunday, October 26, 2008

October 20, 2008

• SER #4774: Lean Hog Futures Listing Cycle Expanded 

October 16, 2008

• SER #4772: CME Group to Launch Euro Denominated E-mini ™S&P 500® Stock Index Futures on Sunday, October 26, 2008

October 3, 2008

• SER #4770:  Reminder - Revised Expiration Schedule/January 2009 Agricultural & Financial Options 

October 1, 2008

• SER #4768: Stock Index Price limits Revised Effective for 4th Quarter 2008 

September 29, 2008

• SER #4766: Additional Information on Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) Requirements for Live Cattle Futures Deliveries Beginning with the October 2008 Contract Month

September 26, 2008

• SER #4763: CME and CBOT Adopt Amendments to Rule 536
• SER #4765: Implementation of Dynamic Strike Price Listing Capability for Grain and Oilseed Options Scheduled for September 29

September 24, 2008

•  SER #4764: Stock Index Price limits to be Revised Effective for 4th Quarter 2008

September 12, 2008

• SER #4759: RE: Soybean Oil Delivery Differentials
• SER # 4758:RE: Soybean Meal Delivery Differentials

September 9, 2008

• SER #4755: Reminder -Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) Requirements and Changes to CME Live Cattle Futures Beginning wiht the October 2008 Contract Month

September 8, 2008

• SER #4760: CME Group to Launch 3-Month OIS Futures on Sunday, September 7, 2008 

 September 5, 2008

• SER #4756: Proposed Changes to Wheat Futures Contracts
• SER #4754: CME to Delist Russell 2000 Futures, Options on Russell 2000 Futures, E-mini^® Russell 2000 Futures and Options on E-mini Russell 2000 Futures 

September 2, 2008

• SER #4752: NASDAQ-100^®, E-mini^®NASDAQ-100, Standard and Poor MidCap400^® and E-mini Standard and Poor MidCap400 Options Strike Rule Revised

August 25, 2008

• SER #4750: CME Group to Expand Position Limits on E-mini^® MSCI Emerging Markets Index Futures

August 19, 2008

• SER #4749: Early Listing of January 2010 Soybean Meal and Soybean Oil and the May 2010 Soybean, Mini-Sized Soybean, Soybean Meal and Soybean Oil Futures Months

August  18, 2008

• SER #4748: Early Listing of July and December 2010 Wheat Option months and the November 2011 Soybean Option Month

August 6, 2008

• SER #4745: Implementation Date for New Strike Bands on CME Group Options on Grain and Oilseed Futures

August 5, 2008

• SER #4744: Interruption of Live Cattle Deliveries at Syracuse, Kansas During the Week of August 11-15 

 August 1, 2008

• SER #4740: New Strike Bands on CBOT Agricultural Futures Options
• SER #4741: Implementation of Reduced Vomitoxin Specification with the September 2009 CBOT Wheat Futures Contract
• SER #4742: Exchange Adopts New 2008 CME$Index^TM Currency Weights and Adjustment Factor Effective Friday, August 1, 2008

July 28, 2008

• SER #4737: CME and CBOT Adopt Amendments to Rules 618 and 619

July 25, 2008

• SER #4738: CME Group to Launch Options on E-mini ^®Standard and Poor SmallCap^® 600 Index Futures on Sunday, July 27, 2008 

 July 24, 2008

• SER # 4737:  CME and CBOT Adopt Amendments to Rules 618 and 619

July 21, 2008

• SER #4735: Block Trade Transactions of Inter-Exchange Spreads and Inter-Commodity Spreads for Both E-mini® Russell 2000 and Russell 2000 Index Futures

 July 10, 2008

• SER #4733: Early Listing of July 2011 and December 2011 Corn Futures Contracts

July 1, 2008

• SER #4731: Stock Index Price Limits Revised Effective for 3rd Quarter 2008 

 June 27, 2008

• SER #4722: CME and CBOT Adopt Revisions to Various Rules and the Access, Conduct and Appearance Code, Effective Immediately

June 25, 2008

• SER #4729: Stock Index Price Limits to be Revised Effective for 3rd Quarter 2008 

June 19, 2008

• SER #4727: New CME$INDEX Currency Weights for 2008
• SER #4728: Early Listing of March 2010 Soybean Mini-Sized Soybean, Soybean Oil and Soybean Meal Futures

 June 17, 2008

• SER #4725: CBOT Dow Jones Industrial Average Index ($10 Multiplier) and Dow Jones Industrial Average Index ($5 Multiplier) Options Strike Rule Revised

June 13, 2008

• SER #4724: Strike Range Increase for Options on CME Milk and Midsize Milk Futures Contracts

June 5, 2008

• SER #4720:  Reminder - Changes to Wheat Vomitoxin Specifications Beginning with the September 2009 Contract
• SER #4721:  Reminder - Changes to Wheat and Oat Futures Contracts Beginning with the July 2008 Deliveries 

June 3, 2008

• SER #4718: Increased Non-Spot Month Speculative Position Limits for CME Feeder Cattle

May 30, 2008 

• SER #4716: Real Time Calculation and Display of Daily Volume-Weighted Average Settlement Prices / 2:00 PM Fixing Prices for Selected Nearby FX Futures Contracts to Start Monday, June 9, 2008

May 28, 2008

• Exchange Approves Increased Spot Month Position Limits for Mexican Peso Futures and Options, Effective Monday, June 2, 2008

May 15, 2008

• SER #4710: Increases in Corn and Soybean Premium Charges and Loadout Charges 

May 12, 2008

• SER #4712: Revised Trading Hours for Spot Call Cheese, Nonfat Dry Milk and Butter

May 6, 2008 

• SER #4709: Lean Hog Futures Listing Cycle Expanded

 April 24, 2008

• SER #4705:  Additional Live Cattle Delivery Point Beginning with the August 2009 Contract Month

April 23, 2008 

•   SER #4707: CME Group NonFarm Payroll Futures and Options Launch on Sunday, April 27, 2008   

April 15, 2008

• SER #4703: CME Adopts Changes to Requirements Concerning Pre-Execution Communications of CME Options Products Trading on CME Globex

April 11, 2008

• SER #4686: Increase in Rough Rice Speculative Limits 

April 2, 2008

• SER #4699: CME and CBOT to Adopt Previously Approved Rule Changes in Connection with the Relocation of CME Trading Pits to the CBOT Building

 April 1, 2008

• SER #4697: Exchange Approves Revisions to CME Rule 135 ("GEM Division") and Related Rules in Connection with Relocation of CME Trading Pits to CBOT Building
• SER #4700: Stock Index Price Limits Revised Effective for 2nd Quarter 2008

March 27, 2008

• SER #4692: Changes in Approved Slaughter Plants for Live Cattle Futures
• SER #4698: NASDAQ-100 and E-mini NASDAQ-100 Options Strike Rule Revised

March 26, 2008

• SER #4688: Changes to CBOT Agricultural Price Limits
• SER #4693: Removal of Guymon, Oklahoma as a Live Cattle Delivery Point
• SER #4695: Language Clarification Amendments to the Interpretation to CME Rule 584 - CME Globex Options Volatility Quote Trading, Effective Immediately

March 25, 2008

• SER #4694: Stock Index Price Limits to be Revised Effective for 2nd Quarter 2008

March 14, 2008

• SER #4690: Reminder of the List of Restricted Contract Markets for Rule 552-Dual Trading Restrictions 

March 13 2008

• SER #4687: Proposed Increase in Rough Rice Speculative Limits

March 7, 2008

• SER #4684: CME Group Volatility Quoted FX Options on Futures Launch on Sunday, March 9, 2008

February 28, 2008

• SER #4675: CFTC Approves Increases in Live Cattle Non-Spot Position Limits Effective Monday, March 10, 2008

 February 27, 2008

• SER #4683: Reminder Regarding CME Group FX Product Enhancements: (1) Elimination of Contrary Instructions Regarding Automatic Exercise of American-Style FX Options on Termination Day, and (2) Daily Settlement Prices Based on Volume-Weighted Average Prices in a New 30-Second Closing Range for Select FX Futures
• SER #4674: Listing Delay for August 2009 Live Cattle Futures

February 26, 2008

• SER #4680: List of Restricted Contract Markets for Rule 552-Dual Trading Restrictions: and a Reminder that Second Position Live Cattle Futures (June 2008) Becomes Restricted for Dual Trading, Effective Monday, March 3, 2008
• SER# 4681: New Daily Volume-Weighted Average Settlement Prices/2:00 PM Fixing Prices for Selected Nearby FX Futures Contractst o Start Monday, March 3, 2008 

 February 20, 2008

• SER #4676: CME to Eliminate All-or-None Trades for E-mini S&P 500 Futures and E-mini NASDAQ 100 Futures Contracts
• SER #4677: E-Mini Russell 2000 Futures Inter-Commodity Spreads and Block Trade Transaction of Inter-Commodity Spreads for Both E-mini Russell 2000 and Russell 2000 Index Future
• SER #4678: Harmonizing CBOT Stock Index Termination of Trading Policies

February 15, 2008

• SER #4673: New Volatility Quoting and Trading Convention for Selected FX Options on Futures Contracts in Addition to the Premium Quoting and Trading Convention for these Same Contracts

February 6, 2008

• SER #4670: Exchange Approves Change to Restricted Contract Month in Live Cattle Futures Pursuant to CME Rule 552 ("Dual Trading Restrictions") 

 January 30, 2008

• SER #4665: Revised Solicitation Privileges Upon Consolidation of CME and CBOT Trading Floors
• SER #4666: Amendments to CME Rule 140 ("Agricultural Business Solicitation Permit Program")

January 11, 2008

• SER #4662: E-mini S&P 500 Options Exercise Price Rule Revised
• SER #4663: CME to List Additional S&P 500 and E-mini S&P 500 Options Contracts

January 10, 2008

• SER #4660: Amendments to CME Rules 588 and 622 and Adoption of CBOT Rules 588 and 622 in Connection with Migration of CBOT Products to CME Globex

January 2, 2008

• SER #4658: Stock Index Price Limits Revised Effective for 1st Quarter 2008

December 27, 2007

• SER #4655: Earlier Opening Time for All Floor-Traded CME Dairy Futures and Options Beginning Monday, January 7, 2008

December 26, 2007

• SER #4654: New March Quarterly Contract Month Brazilian Real Futures Calendar Spreads Listed on CME Globex, Effective Sunday, January 20, 2008

December 24, 2007

• SER #4656:  Stock Index Price limits to be Revised Effective for 1st Quarter 2008

December 20, 2007

• SER #4653:  CME Group FX Product Enhancements: (1) Elimination of Contrary Instructions Regarding Automatic Exercise of American-Style FX Options on Termination Day, and (2) Daily Settlement Prices Based on Volume-Weighted Average Prices in Closing Range for Select FX Futures

December 18, 2007

• SER #4651: Russian Ruble Futures March Quarterly Cycle Contract Months Listed for Trading on CME Globex Out Five Years, Effective Sunday, January 20, 2008

December 14, 2007

• SER #4648: Revised CME Dairy Products Christmas and New Years 2007 Holiday Trading Schedule
• SER #4649: Reminder of the List of Restricted Contract Markets for Rule 552-Dual Trading Restrictions

December 13, 2007

• SER #4645: Harmonizing CME Flex Option Procedures Tuesday, January 22, 2008
• SER #4646: Harmonizing CBOT Stock Index Trading Hours and Price Limit Policies on Sunday, January 12, 2008
• SER #4647: Harmonizing CME Stock Index Price Limit Policies on Tuesday, January 1, 2008

December 5, 2007

• SER #4643:  January 2008 CME Group Brazilian Real Futures and Options Contracts Terminate Trading Friday, December 28, 2007

November 30, 2007

• SER #4642:  Yen-Denominated Nikkei 225 Futures to be Removed from the New Product Access Program

November 28, 2007

• SER #4640:  Exchange Approves Removal of Ninth Position Eurodollar Futures from List of Restricted COntract Months Pursuant to Rule 515.E., Effective Retroactive to november 1, 2007

November 16, 2007

• SER #4636: Expansion of One-By-Five S&P 500 - E-mini S&P 500 Option Spreads

November 15, 2007

• SER #4638: Revised CME Globex Commodities Thanksgiving 2007 Holiday Trading Schedule

November 12, 2007

• SER #4634:  E-mini Nasdaq 100 Options Exercise Price Rule Revised
• SER #4635:  Treasury-Matched MidCurve Options on Eurodollar Futures to Commence Trading on November 19, 2007

November 1, 2007

• SER #4632:  List of Restricted Contract Markets for Rule 552-Dual Trading Restrictions--Ninth Quarterly Cycle Contract Month Position Eurodollar Futures (December 2009) is Removed from List of Dual Trading Restricted Markets, Effective, Thursday, November 1, 2007

October 25, 2007

• SER #4630:  Solicitation Privileges upon Consolidation of CME and CBOT Trading Floors

October 24, 2007

• SER #4629: CME Group FX Futures and Options Settlement Procedures for Columbus Day and Veterans Day Holidays

October 11, 2007

• SER #4624:  Commodity Excess Return Futures (CERFS) Launch Canceled

October 8, 2007

• SER #4623:  Strike Prices Added for Options on Canadian Dollar Futures, Effective Sunday, October 7, 2007, for CME Globex Trading, and Monday, October 8, 2007, for Open Outcry Trading

September 30, 2007

• SER #4621:  Stock Index Price Limits Revised Effective for 4th Quarter 2007

September 24, 2007

• SER #4617:  CME Group Inc. to Launch Futures and Options on S&P/GRA Commercial Real Estate Indices (SPCREX) on Sunday, October 14, 2007
• SER #4618:  Stock Index Price Limits to be Revised Effective for 4th Quarter 2007

September 14, 2007

• SER #4610:  Changes to CME Live Cattle Futures Beginning with October 2008 Contract Month
• SER #4612:  Reminder of Restricted Contract Markets for CME Rule 552 - Dual Trading Restrictions
• SER #4613:  CME-Carvill Hurricane Index Final Notice
• SER #4614:  CME Group to Launch Four Commodity Excess Return Futures (CERFs) on Sunday, October 14, 2007

September 5, 2007

• SER #4608:  CME Wood Pulp Futures and Options Listed on Sunday, September 9, 2007

August 13, 2007

• SER #4603:  E-mini S&P MidCap Options to Commence Trading and Expanded Listing Cycles for Various Options on Equity Index Futures on the Trade Date of August 20, 2007
• SER #4604:  CME Bolsters the S&P SmallCap 600 Index Product Suite

August 10, 2007

• SER #4601: Trading of One-By-Five SUP 500 - E-mini S&P 500 Option Spreads

August 1, 2007

• SER #4599:  Amendment to Rule 550 ("Post Settlement and Post Close Session"), Effective August 13, 2007

July 6, 2007 

• SER #4595: CFTC Approves Changes to Live Cattle Deliverable Weights Beginning with December 2007 Contract Month

July 5, 2007

• SER #4593: Settlement Price Determination in Class III Milk Futures

 July 2, 2007

• SER #4592: Revised CME Globex Commodities Independence Day 2007 Holiday Trading Schedule
• SER #4591: Stock Index Price Limits Revised Effective for 3rd Quarter 2007

June 22, 2007

• SER #4588: CME to List Additional E-mini S&P 500, E-mini NASDAQ 100, NASDAQ 100, S&P SmallCap 600, E-mini S&P MidCap 400, S&P MidCap 400, E-mini Russell 1000, Russell 2000 and E-mini 2000 Index Futures Contracts
• SER #4589: Stock Index Price Limits to be Revised Effective for 3rd Quarter 2007

June 15, 2007

• SER #4585: CME Credit Index Event Contracts to Launch on Sunday, June 17, 2007

June 14 2007

• SER #4586: CME Independence Day 2007 Holiday Trading Schedule

May 31, 2007

• SER #4579: Changes to Live Cattle Futures Delivery Deadlines
• SER #4580: Reminder - Class III Milk Futures and Options to be Removed from the New Product Access Program
• SER #4581: Changes in Agricultural Trading Hours Effective June 4, 2007

May 24, 2007

• SER #4578:  Headset Policy Change Approved in Standard & Poor's 500 Stock Price Index Futures Pit, Effective June 4, 2007

May 18, 2007

• SER #4575: Exchange Approves Changes to Live Cattle Deliverable Weights Beginning with December 2007 Contract Month
• SER #4576: CME-Carvill Hurricane Index Seasonal Futures & Options and CME-Carvill Hurricane Index Seasonal Maximum Futures & Options Contracts are Scheduled to Launch on Monday, May 21, 2007

May 15, 2007

• SER #4573: Restricted Contract Markets for CME Rule 552 - Dual Trading Restrictions

May 8, 2007

• SER #4571: Quarter-Tick Rules for Certain CME Eurodollar Option and Options Spreads Clarified

May 7, 2007

• SER #4570: CME Canadian CAT Indexes Futures and Options Contracts are Scheduled to Launch on Monday, May 7, 2007

May 1, 2007

• SER #4568: Listing Delay for October 2008 Live Cattle Futures Contract

April 30, 2007

• SER #4566: Quarter-Ticks in Certain CME Eurodollar Options and Half Strike Listings for CME Eurodollar Options
• SER #4565: Exchange for Risk ("EFR") in Agricultural Commodities Begins Monday, April 30, 2007

April 16, 2007

• SER #4560: CME Weekly Average Temperature Futures and Options Contracts Begin Trading Monday, April 16, 2007

April 3, 2007

• SER #4561: Stock Index Price Limits Revised Effective for 2nd Quarter 2007
• SER #4558: Stock Index Price Limits to be Revised Effective for 2nd Quarter 2007

March 20, 2007

• SER #4556: Exchange Approves Dynamic Listing of Out-of-Current-Range Strike Prices for Selected Equity and Foreign Exchange Options, Effective Monday, March 26, 2007
• SER #4555: Reminder of Restricted Contract Markets for Rule 552 - Dual Trading Restrictions

March 12, 2007

• SER #4552: CME-Carvill Hurricane Index Futures and Options Contracts Begin Trading Monday, March 12, 2007
• SER #4551: Increased Non-Spot Month Speculative Position Limits for CME Lean Hogs and CME Live Cattle

February 28, 2007

• SER #4548: Electronic Dry Whey Futures to Begin Trading on Monday, March 19, 2007
• SER #4546: Earlier 3:00 P.M. Sunday Opening Time for CME Foreign Exchange Futures and Options Traded on CME Globex Effective Sunday, March 25, 2007
• SER #4545: Change in Storage Season for Frozen Pork Bellies
• SER #4542: April 2007 Foreign Exchange Options Expiration Clarification
• SER #4541: Earlier Opening Time for Goldman Sachs Commodity Index Futures and Options
• SER #4540: CME Physical Butter Futures & Options Contracts to be Relisted

February 1, 2007

• SER #4537: CME Spot Call Cheese and Nonfat Dry Milk Rules Have Been Amended To Account for Changes in Buyer, Seller and Exchange Duties
• SER #4541: Earlier Opening Time for Goldman Sachs Commodity Index Futures and Options

January 19, 2007

• SER #4535: Change in Feeder Cattle Index Beginning with March 2007 Contract
• SER #4536: Foreign Exchange Option Spreads Available on CME Globex Effective Sunday, February 4, 2007

January 16, 2007

• SER #4532: Increase in Standard Freight Rate for Live Cattle Futures Deliveries in 2007
• SER #4533: Equity Index Options Spread Tick Rule Revised

January 3, 2007

• SER #4529: Change to Last Trading Day and Final Expiration for January 2007 Goldman Sachs Commodity Index

 

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