• Amendment to Increase Spot Month Position Limits for Live Cattle Futures

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      • MSN01-07-20
      • Notice Date
      • 07 January 2020
      • Effective Date
      • 02 March 2020

    • Pending Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC” or “Commission”) approval, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (“CME” or “Exchange”) will increase the initial spot month speculative position limit from 450 contracts to 600 for Live Cattle Futures (Rule Chapter 101, Commodity Code 48) effective on trade date Monday, March 2, 2020 and commencing with the April 2020 contract month and beyond. The second and third spot month limits of 300 and 200 contracts remain unchanged. 

      For the full text of this notice, please see the link attached below.

      Amendment to Increase Spot Month Position Limits for Live Cattle Futures

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