Administrative Amendment to Remove Diminishing Balances Allocation for the RBOB Gasoline Crack Spread Option Contract

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. (“NYMEX”) will amend NYMEX Chapter 5, Position Limits, Accountability Levels and Reportable Levels Table to remove the diminishing balance allocation (*) for the RBOB Gasoline Crack Spread Option contract.  Diminishing balance contracts are those whose front month volume in any given contract month diminishes as the contract month progresses towards month’s end.  This denotation was inadvertently applied to this contract.  The change will be reflected in the Position Limit Table effective on trade date October 12, 2010.

Contract related questions can be directed to Glenn Hofferber, Associate Director, Market Surveillance, at 212.299.2884, or Joe Hawrysz, Director, Global Market Surveillance, at 312.341.7750. 

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