Notice to Members
Notice No. 166 06/10/2002
Large Trader Reporting Requirements, Expiration Month Limits And Accountability Levels For The Crude Oil & Natural Gas e-miNY Contracts
As previously announced, the Light Sweet Crude Oil and Natural Gas e-miNY contracts are scheduled to begin trading on June 17, 2002. The Daily Large Trader Report for the e-miNY contracts submitted on June 18, 2002, for the close of business on June 17, 2002, must include reportable positions for these contracts. The quantity fixed for filing reports pursuant to NYMEX Rule 9.33 (Position Reporting) is 100 contracts. For the Clearing Members that file reports pursuant to NYMEX Rule 9.33 in a machine-readable format, the six digit CFTC Commodity Codes are as follows:      e-miNY Crude Oil (QM) - 067655      e-miNY Natural Gas (QG) - 023655 Additionally, for the purposes of Rule 9.26 (Accountability Levels) and Rule 9.27 (Expiration Month Limits) a Crude Oil e-miNY contract shall be deemed equivalent to .40 of a Crude Oil Light Sweet future and a Natural Gas e-miNY shall be deemed equivalent to .40 of a Natural Gas future.
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