Notice to Members
Notice No. 294
06/05/2007
Tier Structure Change for Existing Natural Gas Basis Swap Contracts

 

Effective Date: Wednesday , June 6, 2007 (close of business)

Futures Contracts: Sonat Swap (SZ) .

Contract Months: All Months

Note: The revised margin rates are in bold.

NYMEX Division Scan and Intra-Commodity Spread Tiers For Sonat (SZ) Natural Gas Basis Swaps

Tiers

New

Old

1

1st Nearby

1st Nearby

2

2nd Nearby

2nd Nearby

3

3rd - 4th Nearby

3rd - 6th Nearby

4

5th - 9th Nearby

7th - 12th Nearby

5

10th And Greater

13th And Greater


NYMEX Division Margin Rates For Existing Natural Gas Basis Swaps

 

Clearing Member / Maintenance Margin

Member Customer Initial Margin

Non-Member Customer Initial Margin

NATURAL GAS BASIS FINANCIAL

New

Old

New

Old

New

Old

Sonat (SZ)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tier 1

$250

$250

$275

$275

$338

$338

Tier 2

$75

$75

$83

$83

$101

$101

Tier 3

$75

$75

$83

$83

$101

$101

Tier 4

$200

$200

$220

$220

$270

$270

Tier 5

$200

$200

$220

$220

$270

$270


NYMEX Division Intra-Commodity Spread Margin Rates Sonat (SZ) Natural Gas Basis Swaps

 

Clearing Member / Maintenance Margin

Member Customer Initial Margin

Non-Member Customer Initial Margin

NATURAL GAS BASIS FINANCIAL

New

Old

New

Old

New

Old

Tiers

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

$25

$25

$28

$28

$34

$34

2

$25

$25

$28

$28

$34

$34

3

$25

$25

$28

$28

$34

$34

4

$25

$25

$28

$28

$34

$34

5

$25

$25

$28

$28

$34

$34

 

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