• New Product Summary for Quote Vendors - Lumber Futures and Options

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      • Q2008-213
      • Notice Date
      • 09 October 2008
      • Effective Date
      • 19 October 2008
    • Date:   October 9, 2008

      Q2008-213

      New Product Summary for Quote Vendors

      Listing Date                         

      Sunday, October  19, 2008 (trade date Monday, October 20, 2008)

      Contract Name

      Lumber Futures and Options

      Description

      Futures and Options being listed on CME Globex®

      Instrument Type

      Future outrights, Calendar Spreads & Option outrights, verticals, horizontals, and UDS

      Ticker Symbol(s)

      LBS

      Trading Venue

      CME Globex platform (Side-by- Side)

      Contract Size

      Futures - 110,000 bd. Ft. of random lengths 2x4s  / Options - 1 CME Lumber Futures

      Trading Hours

      Sundays through Fridays from 5:00 p.m. Central Time (CT)  to 4:00 p.m. Central Time (CT)  

      Valid Contract Months

      Nov08, Jan9, Mar09, May09, Jul09, Sep09, Nov09

      Initial Contract Months

      Nov08

      Minimum Price Intervals and Value Per Tick

      $0.10 per thousand board feet = $11 per contract

      Termination of Trading

      For Futures - Trading in an expiring contract concludes on the business day immediately preceding the 16th calendar day of the contract month.  Expiration Time:  12:05:00 CT
      For Options – Last business day of the calendar month prior to the option contract month.  Expiration Time:  13:05:00 CT

      Final Settlement Price

      Final settlement per CME rulebook

      Exercise Style

      American

      Exercise Price Listings and Intervals

      ATM +/- 20 in $5 intervals

      Price Conventions

      Futures Trade Price

      Option Strike Price

      Option Premium

      ITC 2.1 Ticker Testing Date(s)/Time(s)

      Ticker testing will be held on Friday, October 10 and Friday October 17    2008 at approximately 5:00 p.m. DST.

      Actual Price

      257.90

      255.00

      7.00

      ITC Transmission Format

      0025790

      0025500

      0000700

      RLC Testing in CME Certification Environment

      These products will be available for Quote Vendor testing in the new release environment on October 5, 2008.

      ITC Fractional Indicator

      2

      2

      2

      RLC Format

      25790

      2550

      700

      Market Data Platform Channel Information

      Market data in ITC 2.1 format will be transmitted via MDP Channel 206; RLC format data will be transmitted via MDP Channel 13.

      Preferred Display

      257.90

      55

      7.00