Market  Data Advisory Notices
To Market Data Distributors
From Market Data Operations
Subject New CME Live Cattle and Lean Hog Options and Option Strategies on CME Globex -- Effective Monday, December 4, 2006
Notice Date 2006-11-13
Notice Number Q2006-207
Effective Date 2006-11-13

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

Lean Hog

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.

These instruments will be available for testing in the CME certification environment on Wednesday, November 15, 2006.

Ticker Testing

Ticker testing will be held on Friday, December 1, 2006, at approximately 4:45 p.m. If you have any questions during testing, please contact CME’s Enterprise Technology Operations Department at (312) 930-8160.

If you have any questions regarding this notice, please contact:

Marilee Radecki                     312.930.8193              mradecki@cme.com

Kevin Brady                           312.648.3653              kbrady@cme.com

Thank you