-
CME Clearing Notice: Monday, December 2, 2013
-
-
- To
- Clearing Member Firms
-
- From
- CME Clearing
-
- #
- 13-554
-
- Notice Date
- 06 December 2013
-
- Effective Date
- 06 December 2013
-
Topics in this issue include:DeliveriesListed in the linked advisory notice are the relevant delivery dates for the December 2013 Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc., Chicago Board of Trade, NYMEX, COMEX, and DME contracts.Please be advised that the delivery process and schedule at this link will be in effect for the December 2013 delivery cycle.The December 2013 currency delivery cycle begins Monday, December 16, 2013. Clearing member firms should enter their currency intentions into the Deliveries System available through the CME Portal. For the full text of this reminder notice, please click here.Per Clearing Advisory 13-471, effective Monday, December 9, 2013, the KC Wheat (KW) contract will become a product of the Chicago Board of Trade. As of this date, the KW contract will be found under exchange “CBT” in the Deliveries Plus application. For CMFs utilizing FTP file uploads to report long dates, a separate “zero out” record for KW will no longer be required.The listed Stockyards and Slaughter Plantsat this linkhave been approved for deliveries against the CME Group Live Cattle futures contract from February 1, 2013 through January 31, 2014. Delivery point information and contact numbers are listed for your reference.If there are any questions, please contact the Deliveries Unit at 312.930.3172.Amended Strike Price Increment and Additional Strike Price ListingsEffective Sunday, December 8, 2013 for trade date Monday, December 9, 2013, and pending all relevant CFTC regulatory review periods, please be advised that the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. (CME or Exchange) will amend the strike price increment for GBP/USD OPTIONS. The option strike price increment will change from .0100 to .0050. In addition, the number of option strike prices above and below the at-the-money strike price will increase from 24 to 48 on CME Globex, the Exchange trading floor, and for submission for clearing on CME ClearPort.CodeClearing / GlobexTitleCurrent Option Strike RuleNew Option Strike Rule(as of 12/8/2013)BP / 6BAmerican Serial & Quarterly British Pound OptionsOption strike price increments of .0100Option strike price increments of .00501B-5B/ 6B1-6B5American Weekly British Pound OptionsOption strike price increments of .0100Option strike price increments of .0050YB / XBEuropean Serial & Quarterly British Pound OptionsOption strike price increments of .0100Option strike price increments of .00501P-5P / XB1 – XB5European Weekly British Pound OptionsOption strike price increments of .0100Option strike price increments of .0050Information ContactsCMEGroup.com InquiriesCustomer Service(800) 331-3332General InformationProducts & Services(312) 930-8213Clearing House(312) 207-2525Globex InformationGlobal Command Center(312) 456-2391Performance Bond InformationRisk Management Dept.(312) 648-3888Position LimitsMarket Regulation(312) 341-7970Clearing FeesClearing Fee Hotline(312) 648-5470The proposed transfer of open interest for Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT)-listed contracts to the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), originally scheduled for this Saturday, December 7, 2013, has been rescheduled to Saturday, December 14, 2013, pending ongoing regulatory review.As of Thursday, December 5, 2013, KCBT and CBOT had not received CFTC permission to affect the transfer as scheduled. While we know that the CFTC is diligently reviewing our request, we have decided to delay the transfer for a one-week period to better ensure an orderly transition.For further information, please contact CME Clearing at (312) 207-2525, or email at ccs@cmegroup.com.Please be reminded that pursuant to NYMEX Rule 984.A.4. when there is an agreement between the customer, the executing broker, and the customer’s clearing firm, all brokerage fees must be paid via BPS (Brokerage Payment System) for all transactions executed by a broker on behalf of the customer. This includes transactions executed in the open outcry market, on CME Globex, and on CME ClearPort.CME Group Contactscmegroup.com InquiriesCustomer Service(800) 331-3332General InformationProducts & Services(312) 930-8213Clearing House(312) 207-2525CME Globex InformationCME Global Command Center(312) 456-2391Global Account ManagementU.S.(312) 634-8700Europe44 203 379 3754Asia65 6593 5574Performance Bond InformationRisk Management Dept.(312) 648-3888Position LimitsMarket Regulation(312) 341-7970Clearing FeesClearing Fee Hotline(312) 648-5470Risk ManagementRisk Management Hotline(312) 634-3888CollateralFinancial Unit Hotline(312) 207-2594DeliveriesDeliveries Unit(312) 930-3172Clearing Customer Service(312) 207-2525
-
© 2025 CME Group Inc. All rights reserved.