• Performance Bond Requirements-Effective August 27, 2009-NG/NN/NP/HH/HP/QG Intra-Commodity Spread and Scan Tiers

      • To
      • Clearing Member Firms; Chief Financial Officers; Back Office Managers; Margin Managers
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      • CME Clearing
      • #
      • 09-370
      • Notice Date
      • 26 August 2009
      • Effective Date
      • 27 August 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 Thursday, Aug 27, 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 – 6th Nearby
      3rd – 7th Nearby
      4
      7th– 13th Nearby
      8th– 14th Nearby
      5
      14th– 18th Nearby
      14th– 19th Nearby
      6
      19th- 30th Nearby
      20st- 31nd Nearby
      7
      31st- 42nd Nearby
      32rd- 43rd Nearby
      8
      43rd- 54th Nearby
      44th- 55th Nearby
      9
      Greater than 54th Nearby
      Greater than 55th Nearby