Client  Management Advisory Notices
To Clearing Firm Back Office Personnel
From CME Client Management
Subject Cattle Products And Option Strike Price Displays
Notice Date 2003-10-13
Notice Number CMO#0418
Effective Date  

In light of the recent upward price movements in the Live and Feeder Cattle contracts, please be reminded of the strike price display convention in CLEARING 21®, with particular respect to the option exercise screen and strike prices of 100 and above.  The following table illustrates the CLEARING 21 convention relative to the TES strike price display convention.

TES Strike Price

C21 Strike Price

0980

98.000

0990

99.000

1000

00.000

1010

01.000

Please inform your back-office staff of these different strike price display conventions, to ensure that proper strike prices are selected in CLEARING 21, when processing a Live or Feeder Cattle option exercise notice.   If you have any questions, please call Farris Oweimrin at 648-4780 or Mahmoud Ajamia at 648-1595.