• Block Trades

      • To
      • Members, Member Firms and Market Users
      • From
      • Market Regulation Department
      • #
      • CMEGroup RA1709-5
      • Notice Date
      • 31 July 2017
      • Effective Date
      • 07 August 2017

    • Effective on trade date August 7, 2017, this Market Regulation Advisory Notice will supersede CME Group Market Regulation Advisory Notice RA1706-5 from July 7, 2017. Effective on August 7, 2017, CME Direct and CME ClearPort will accept the submission of block trades in CME and CBOT products from 6:00 p.m. Central Time (“CT”) through 5:45 p.m. CT each business day. No changes are being made to the current hours during which block trades in NYMEX and COMEX products may be submitted.

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