Clearing House Advisory Notices
To | Clearing Member Firms, Service Bureau Representatives, Independent Software Vendors
From | Clearing House Department
Subject | CME to Add Quarterly Option Contract Month to Four Currency Contracts on CME Globex
Notice Date | 2006-06-02
Notice Number | 06-139
Effective Date | 2006-06-18
Effective Sunday, June 18, 2006 (for trade date, Monday, June 19, 2006), CME will add an additional March quarterly cycle (March, June, September, December) contract month to the Australian Dollar, British Pound, Canadian Dollar, Japanese Yen and Swiss Franc options traded on CME Globex. This will bring the total to two Serial and two Quarterly contract months for these Currency contracts. There will be no change in contract month listings for these options traded on the CME Trading floor. Recently, there has been interest in these additional listings. For Australian Dollar, British Pound, Canadian Dollar, Japanese Yen and Swiss Franc options traded on CME Globex, the Exchange will now list two March quarterly cycle contract months. Previously, the Exchange listed one March quarterly cycle contract month for these options on CME Globex. Please note that the Globex hours remain unchanged. For the full text of this advisory. . .