• Performance Bond Requirement Changes: Effective Monday, June 29,2009

      • To
      • Clearing Member Firms and Back Office Managers
      • From
      • CME Clearing
      • #
      • 09-277
      • Notice Date
      • 26 June 2009
      • Effective Date
      • 29 June 2009
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      As per the normal review of market volatility to ensure adequate collateral coverage, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc., Clearing House Risk Management staff approved the performance bond requirements for the following products listed below. The rates are effective at the close of business on Monday, June 29th, 2009.

       

       

      TIER CHANGES FOR NATURAL GAS FUTURES (NG), HENRY HUB SWAP FUTURES (NN), NATURAL GAS PENULTIMATE (HP), NATURAL GAS  LAST DAY (HH), GLOBEX NATURAL GAS miNY™ FUTURES (QG), HENRY HUB SWING SWAP FUTURES (SN), AND HENRY HUB PENULTIMATE SWAP (NP) CONTRACTS

       

      Note: The revised tiers are in bold.

       

       

      NG/NN/NP/HH/HP/QG Intra-Commodity Spread and Scan Tiers

      Tiers

      New

      Old

      1

      1st Nearby

      1st Nearby

      2

      2nd Nearby

      2nd Nearby

      3

      3rd Nearby

      3rd- 4th Nearby

      4

      4th– 8th Nearby

      5th– 9th Nearby

      5

      9th– 20th Nearby

      10th– 21nd Nearby

      6

      21st- 32nd Nearby

      22th- 33th Nearby

      7

      33rd- 44th Nearby

      34th- 45th Nearby

      8

      45th- 56th Nearby

      46th- 57th Nearby

      9

      Greater than 56th Nearby

      Greater than 57th Nearby