Notice to Members
Notice No. 464
10/06/2005
New York Harbor Gasoline Blendstock (RBOB) Option Contract - Large Trader Reporting Requirements, All Month/Any One Month Gross Option Quadrant Position
The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. will launch a New York Harbor Gasoline Blendstock (RBOB) Option Contract commencing Monday, October 10, 2005.

For these products, the quantity fixed for filing reports pursuant to NYMEX Rule 9.33 (Position Reporting) is 150 contracts. If a customer controls or holds a position equal to, or greater than, 150 long or short in any one month in any of these contracts, then all the contracts, whether above the reportable level or not, shall be deemed reportable positions.

For the Clearing Members that file reports pursuant to NYMEX Rule 9.33 in a machine-readable format, the Exchange commodity codes for these additional products are as follows:

Contract Name
Commodity Code
New York Harbor Gasoline Blendstock (RBOB) Option Contract
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Additionally, the accountability level, pursuant to NYMEX Rule 9.26 (All Month/Any One Month Position Accountability), for the above contract is as follows:

Any one Month/All Months Gross Option Quadrant
Position Accountability Level
20,000
Should you have any questions or require any further information, please contact exchangeinfo@nymex.com