Clearing  House Advisory Notices
To Clearing Member Firms
From Clearing House Department
Subject American-style FX Options to Trade Side-by-Side on CME Globex
Notice Date 2006-11-15
Notice Number 06-276
Effective Date 2006-11-17

Effective Sunday, December 17, 2006 (trade date Monday, December 18th), CME® will implement a change in CME Globex trading hours for the American-style FX options listed below.  Currently, these options trade on CME Globex from 2:00 p.m. to 7:15 a.m. the following day.  CME will offer side-by-side Open Outcry and electronic trading for these options.  These options will trade on CME Globex from 5:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. the following day (the same trading hours as the currently listed European-style options).  They will continue to trade via Open Outcry from 7:20 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Side-by-Side FX Options and Commodity Codes

The FX Options that will be listed for trading side-by-side and their commodity codes are as follows:

  • CME Euro FX Options – 6E
  • CME Japanese Yen Options – 6J
  • CME British Pound Options – 6B
  • CME Swiss Franc Options – 6S
  • CME Canadian Dollar Options – 6C
  • CME Australian Dollar Options – 6A
  • CME New Zealand Dollar Options – 6N
  • CME Mexican Peso Options – 6M
  • CME Russian Ruble Options – 6R

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

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