• NYMEX to List Physically-Delivered New York Harbor Ethanol Futures on CME Globex - Effective Sunday, March 30, 2008

      • To
      • Market Data Distributors
      • From
      • Market Data Operations
      • #
      • Q2008-061
      • Notice Date
      • 20 March 2008
      • Effective Date
      • 30 March 2008
    • NYMEX issued the following notice on Friday, March 14, 2008:
       

       

      Notice No. 08-147
      March 14, 2008
       
      TO:                          All NYMEX Exchange Members and Member Firms
       
      FROM:                     James E. Newsome
                                      President
       
      SUBJECT:               Listing a New Physically-Delivered Contract for New York Harbor Ethanol Futures on CME GLOBEX® and on NYMEX ClearPort®
                                     
       
      Beginning on Sunday evening, March 30 (for trade date Monday, March 31), the Exchange will list a physically-delivered New York Harbor Ethanol Futures Contract on CME GLOBEX® and on NYMEX ClearPort® clearing. This new futures contract will be available during the normal trading hours for CME GLOBEX® and NYMEX ClearPort® clearing.
       
      The New York Harbor Ethanol Futures Contract, code QE (Globex code QEN), features physical delivery of ethanol in the New York Harbor, with delivery terms similar to the New York Harbor RBOB Gasoline Contract. The first contract month to be listed will be for May 2008. The Exchange will list 36 consecutive months. The last trading day in a current month shall be on the last business day of the month preceding the delivery month. The contract size is 42,000 gallons and minimum tick size is $0.0001 per gallon.
       
      Further, the inter-commodity spread between ethanol and RBOB will be listed on CME GLOBEX®. EFP and EFS transactions will be available for execution on the NYMEX ClearPort® clearing platform.
       
      The fees for the New York Harbor Ethanol Futures Contract are as follows:
       
      CME GLOBEX®                                                      NYMEX ClearPort® clearing  
      Member Day Trade   $0.45                                    Member (EFP, EFS, Blocks)           $0.70
      Member Overnight Trade         $0.70                     Non-Member (EFP, EFS, Blocks)   $1.45
      Non-Member Rate                    $1.45
      COMEX Blended Rate               $0.95
       
      Additional Charges
      Delivery (House Account)       $0.50
      Delivery (Customer Account) $1.00
      Block Trading Surcharge          $0.10
      EFS Surcharge                         $2.50
       
      For further information, please contact Daniel Brusstar on 212-299-2604.
       
       
      CME Group Market Data Information
                                                                                                                      Ticker                    Instrument
                                                                                                                       Code                     Group Code
      Physically Delivered New York Harbor Ethanol Futures                         QEN                               N
       
      MDP RLC Channel: 30
      MDP ITC 2.1 Channel:             38
      NYMEX New York Harbor Ethanol Futures are currently available for customer testing in the New Release environment.

CME Group is the world’s leading derivatives marketplace. The company is comprised of four Designated Contract Markets (DCMs). 
Further information on each exchange's rules and product listings can be found by clicking on the links to CME, CBOT, NYMEX and COMEX.

© 2025 CME Group Inc. All rights reserved.