Market Data Advisory Notices
To | Market Data Distributors
From | Market Data Operations
Subject | UPDATE: Expanded Listing of Housing Futures and Options Contracts - Effective Sunday, September 16, 2007
Notice Date | 2007-08-31
Notice Number | Q2007-220
Effective Date | 2007-09-16
Please note changes below, in bold-face type. Effective Sunday, September 16, 2007 , CME Group will expand the listed Housing futures and options contract listings from the current listings of four months in the Feb, May, Aug and Nov Quarterly Cycle, which will result in the numbers shown in the table below. The new contract month listings will project five (5) years out, as follows: · First 18 months: February Quarterly Cycle months (Feb, May, Aug and Nov) for a total of six (6) months listed; · Next 18 months: Bi-annual contracts (November and May contracts only) for a total of three (3) months; · Last 2 years: November contract only, for a total of two (2) months, for a total of 11 listed contracts at any one time for each of the eleven currently listed housing cities (Boston, Chicago, Denver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Francisco, San Diego, Washington and the Composite Index).
Futures Contracts | Current | NEW
Total Outrights | 44 | 121
Total Calendars | 66 | 605
Total number of Inter-commodity spreads | 220 | 495
Grand Total | 330 | 1221
All remaining contract specifications are identical to existing contracts. Please click here to view contract specifications.