Effective Trade Date Monday, June 15, 2026, CME Clearing will update the Exercise & Assignment (E/A) processing times and deadlines for Expiring AM NYMEX Options as well as Early Exercised NYMEX/COMEX options. The processing time for Expiring AM NYMEX Options will move up 15 minutes to 14:15 GMT (8:15am CT) and reports are expected to be available by 14:35 GMT (8:35am CT). Option Assignment processing for Early NYMEX/COMEX Options Exercises will be moved to align with the times for CME/CBT Options. As part of this change the Allocation Deadline for NYMEX/COMEX for all Futures and Options will move up to 5:30pm CT. Option Assignment will occur at 5:45pm CT and Exercise & Assignment Reports are expected to be available by 6:15pm CT.
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