Notice to Members
Notice No. 494
10/21/2005
NYMEX miNY™ Energy Futures Transition Procedure
As previously announced, The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., will transition its NYMEX miNY™ crude oil and natural gas futures contracts to the NYMEX ClearPort® trading system from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's Globex® electronic trading system on Sunday, November 20, 2005.

For the transition, these two NYMEX miNY™ energy futures contracts will follow the regular schedule for listing the nearby or next month futures contract month ten business days before the front month futures contract expires.

NYMEX miNY™ Crude Oil
  • The January NYMEX miNY™ Crude futures will be listed for trading on the Globex® trading system at 3:15 PM EST on November 3rd for trade date November 4th.

  • The December NYMEX miNY™ Crude futures will expire on the Globex® trading system at 2:30 PM EST on Thursday, November 17th.

  • The January NYMEX miNY™ Crude futures will cease trading on Globex® at 2:30 PM EST on Friday, November 18th and then be delisted from being traded on that system.

  • The January NYMEX miNY™ Crude futures will then transfer from the Globex® trading system and be listed for and commence trading on the NYMEX ClearPort® trading system at 7:00 PM EST on Sunday, November 20th for trade date Monday, November 21st.
NYMEX miNY™ Natural Gas
  • The January NYMEX miNY™ Natural Gas futures will be listed for trading on the Globex® trading system at 3:15 PM EST on November 9th for trade date November 10th.

  • The December and January NYMEX miNY™ Natural Gas futures will cease trading on Globex® on at 2:30 PM EST on Friday, November 18th and then be delisted from being traded on that system.

  • The December and January NYMEX miNY™ Natural Gas futures will then transfer from the Globex® trading system and be listed for and commence trading on the NYMEX ClearPort® trading system at 7:00 PM EST on Sunday, November 20th for trade date Monday, November 21st.
Should you have any questions or require any further information, please contact exchangeinfo@nymex.com