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Chicago Natural Gas (Platts IFERC) "Pipe" Options
 


Type
 
Chicago Natural Gas (Platts IFERC) "Pipe" Option
Underlying Futures Synthetic Futures Code: XO
Chicago Basis (Platts IFERC) Futures (NB) / Henry Hub Natural Gas Futures (NN)
Product Symbol PY
Venue CME ClearPort and Open Outcry (New York)
Hours
(All Times are New York Time/ET)
CME Globex: Sunday – Friday 6:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. (5:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Chicago Time/CT) with a 45-minute break each day beginning at 5:15 p.m. (4:15 p.m. CT)
Open Outcry: Monday – Friday 9:00 AM to 2:30 PM (8:00 AM to 1:30 PM CT)
Contract Unit On expiration of a call option, the value will be the difference between the mathematical sum of the settlement prices for the underlying Chicago Basis (Platts IFERC) Futures and Henry Hub Natural Gas Futures and the strike price multiplied by 2,500 MMBtu, or zero, whichever is greater. On expiration of a put option, the value will be the difference between the strike price and the sum of the settlement prices for the underlying Chicago Basis (Platts IFERC) Futures and Henry Hub Natural Gas Futures multiplied by 2,500 MMBtu, or zero, whichever is greater.
Price Quotation U.S. dollars and cents per mmBtu.
Option Style European
Minimum Fluctuation $0.0001 per MMBtu
Expiration of Trading Trading ends on the termination day of the underlying basis future.
Listed Contracts 72 consecutive months.
Strike Prices Five strike prices in increments of $0.01 per mmBtu above and below the at-the-money strike price Strike price boundaries are adjusted according to futures price movements.
Settlement Type Financial
Position Limits NYMEX Position Limits
Rulebook Chapter 517A
Exchange Rule These contracts are listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of NYMEX.
 
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