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Rough Rice Options
 


Type
 
Rough Rice Options
Contract Size One Rough Rice futures contract (of a specified month) of 2,000 hundredweights (cwt.)
Tick Size (minimum fluctuation) 1/4 of one cent per hundredweight ($5.00 per contract)
Strike Price Intervals 20 cents per hundredweight. More details on strike price intervals are outlined in Rule 17A01.E.
Contract Months/Symbols January (F), March (H), May (K), July (N), September (U) & November (X); a monthly (serial) option contract is listed when the front month is not a standard option contract. The monthly option contract exercises into the nearby futures contact. For example, an August option exercise into a September futures position.
Daily Price Limit $0.50 per hundredweight expandable to $0.75 and then to $1.15 when the market closes at limit bid or limit offer. There shall be no price limits on the last trading day.
Last Trade Date For standard option contracts: The last Friday preceding the first notice day of the corresponding corn futures contract month by at least two business days.

For serial option contracts: The last Friday which precedes by at least two business days the last business day of the month preceding the option month.
Exercise The buyer of a futures option may exercise the option on any business day prior to expiration by giving notice to the Clearing House by 6:00 p.m. Chicago time. Option exercise results in an underlying futures market position. Options in-the-money on the last day of trading are automatically exercised.
Expiration Unexercised Rough Rice futures options shall expire at 7:00 p.m. on the last day of trading.
Trading Hours CME Globex (Electronic Platform)
6:00 pm - 7:15 am and 9:30 am - 1:15 pm Central Time, Sunday - Friday
Open Outcry (Trading Floor)
9:30 am - 1:15 pm Central Time, Monday - Friday
Product Ticker Symbols CME Globex (Electronic Platform) OZR
14=Clearing
Open Outcry (Trading Floor)
RRC for calls/RRP for puts
Exchange Rule These contracts are listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of CBOT.