Clearing  House Advisory Notices
To Clearing Member Firms
From Clearing House Department
Subject New CME Live Cattle and Lean Hog Options and Option Strategies
Notice Date 2006-11-15
Notice Number 06-275
Effective Date 2006-12-04

Effective Monday, December 4, 2006, CME Live Cattle (LE) and Lean Hog (HE) option outrights and options strategies will be available for side-by-side trading on CME Globex during regular trading hours (9:05 a.m. – 1:02 p.m. for options on LE and 9:10 a.m. – 1:02 p.m. for options on HE)  These options will launch with UDS Covereds.

The recognized options strategies are:

Spread Type

Spread Type Code

Live Cattle Options

Lean Hog Options

Straddle

ST

Supported

Supported

Strangle

SG

Supported

Supported

Risk Reversal

RR

Supported

Supported

Vertical Call or Put

VT

Supported

Supported

Calendar Call or Put*

HO

Supported

Not Supported

3-Way Call or Put

3W

Supported

Supported

 

 

 

 

*Calendar Call or Put Spreads will only be available for CME Live Cattle options.

If you have any questions regarding this notice, please contact CME Clearing Services at 312.205.2525.

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