Notice to Members
Notice No. 426
08/04/2006
Outright (Scan) Margin Rate Changes for NYMEX Clearport® Petroleum Product & Spread Futures Contracts and Freight Swap Futures Contracts
Effective Date: Monday, August 7, 2006 (close of business)

Futures Contract:
Northwest Europe Gasoline Swap Futures (AR), European Naphtha Crack Spread Swap (EN), East-West Fuel Oil Spread Swap Futures (EW), European ULSD 50 PPM CIF NWE vs. Gas oil Futures (EY), Gulf Coast Jet Fuel vs. New York Harbor No.2 Heating Oil Spread Swap Futures (ME), WTI-Brent Crude Oil Spread Calendar Swap Futures (SB), Singapore Fuel Oil 380 cst Swap (SE), Singapore Gasoil Calendar Swap Futures (SG), Tanker Route TD5 West Africa to U.S. Atlantic Coast Freight Futures (TI), Tanker Route TD3 Middle Eastern Gulf to Japan Freight Futures (TL), Tanker Route TC2 Europe to U. S. Atlantic Coast Freight Futures(TM)

Contract Months: All Months


NYMEX Division Outright (Scan) Margins for NYMEX ClearPort® Petroleum Product & Spread Futures Contracts and Freight Swap Futures Contracts
 
Contract
Clearing Member / Maintenance Margin
Member Customer Initial Margin
Non-Member Customer Initial Margin
 
New
Old
New
Old
New
Old
AR - Tier 1
$40,000
$43,000
$44,000
$47,300
$54,000
$58,050
AR - Tier 2
$39,000
$41,000
$42,900
$45,100
$52,650
$55,350
EN
$2,000
$2,500
$2,200
$2,750
$2,700
$3,375
EW - Tier 1
$8,000
$6,000
$8,800
$6,600
$10,800
$8,100
EW - Tier 2
$4,000
$4,000
$4,400
$4,400
$5,400
$5,400
EY
$10,000
$13,700
$11,000
$15,070
$13,500
$18,495
ME
$1,200
$1,000
$1,320
$1,100
$1,620
$1,350
SB
$1,000
$750
$1,100
$825
$1,350
$1,013
SE
$14,000
$15,000
$15,400
$16,500
$18,900
$20,250
SG
$5,000
$3,500
$5,500
$3,850
$6,750
$4,725
TI
$2,500
$950
$2,750
$1,045
$3,375
$1,283
TL
$2,500
$1,800
$2,750
$1,980
$3,375
$2,430
TM
$2,500
$1,500
$2,750
$1,650
$3,375
$2,025


This notice supersedes all previous notices regarding margin rates for the Petroleum Product & Spread Futures Contracts and Freight Swap Futures contracts listed above.
Should you have any questions or require any further information, please contact exchangeinfo@nymex.com