Market Data Advisory Notices
To | Market Data Distributors
From | Market Data Operations
Subject | Live Cattle Serial Futures Contracts Effective Monday, March 10, 2003.
Notice Date | March 6, 2003
Notice Number | Q2003-17
Effective Date |
On Monday, March 10, 2003, Live Cattle odd month futures contracts will be added to the existing futures contracts. The odd month contracts will be listed approximately 120 days prior to expiration on the first business day of the calendar month, that is three months prior to the named serial contract month. Using this listing cycle, there will be two odd (serial) futures contracts listed at all times (see table below). The options and current serial options will remain unchanged, and the delivery periods will not overlap. The first new contract months to be listed will be May and July.
On June 1st, these months will be listed for trading: | On July 1st, these months will be listed for trading: | On Aug 1st , these months will be listed for trading: | On Sep 1st, these months will be listed for trading:
Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep
Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct
Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov
Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
Oct | Dec | Dec | Feb
Dec | Feb | Feb | Apr
Feb | Apr | Apr | Jun
Apr | Jun | Jun | Aug
Jun | Aug | Aug | Oct
Questions regarding this notice may be directed to: Stacey Jurek 312-338-2088 sjurek@cme.com