Please be advised that, effective March 30, 2011, the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. (NYMEX) is implementing an amendment to the NYMEX Chapter 5, Position Limit, Position Accountability and Reportable Level Table to decrease the expiration month position limit for the Gulf Coast Sour Crude Oil Futures contract from its current 5,000 contract units to 1,600 contract units.
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Contract Name |
Rule Chap-ter |
Com-modity Code |
All Month Account-ability Level |
Any One Month Account-ability Level |
Expira-tion Month Limit |
Report-ing Level |
Aggre-gate Into (1) |
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Rule 560 |
Rule 560 |
Rule 559 |
Rule 561 |
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Petroleum |
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USA |
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Gulf Coast |
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Gulf Coast Sour Crude Oil Futures |
506 |
MB |
30,000 |
20,000 |
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25 |
MB |
Contract related questions can be directed to Daniel Brusstar, Director, Energy Research and Product Development, at 212.299.2604, or Ryne Toscano, Supervisor, Market Surveillance, at 212.299.2879.