• Large Trader Requirement, All Month/Any One Month Accountability Levels, Expiration Month Position Limits, Diminishing Balances and Aggregation Allocations for Two (2) New Petroleum Swap Futures Contracts

      • To
      • Members, Member Firms and Market Users
      • From
      • Market Regulation Department
      • #
      • SER-5707
      • Notice Date
      • 28 April 2011
      • Effective Date
      • 02 May 2011
    • In connection with the launch of two (2) new petroleum swap futures contracts on trade date May 2, 2011, please note below the corresponding all month/any one month accountability levels (NYMEX Rule 560), expiration month position limits (NYMEX Rule 559), reportable levels (NYMEX Rule 561), diminishing balances and aggregation allocations for the new contracts.  These contracts will be added to the Position Limit, Position Accountability and Reportable Level Table located in the Interpretations and Special Notices Section of Chapter 5 of the NYMEX Rulebook.  The commodity codes are provided for the Clearing Members that file reports pursuant to NYMEX Rule 561.A in a machine-readable format. 

       

      Contract related questions can be directed to Chris Reinhardt, Associate Director, Market Surveillance, at 212-299-2882, and Ryne Toscano, Supervisor, Market Surveillance, at 212.299.2879.

       

       

       


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      NYMEX Chapter 5 Position Limit Table

      Contract Name

      Rule Chap-ter

      Com-modity Code

      Diminsh-

      Ing Balances Contracts

      All Month Account-ability Level

      Any One Month Account-ability Level

      Expira-tion Month Limit

      Report-ing Level

      Aggre-gate Into (1)

      Aggre-gate Into (2)

      Rule 560

      Rule 560

      Rule 559

      Rule 561

      Petroleum

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

      USA

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

      Gulf Coast

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

      Gulf Coast No. 6 Fuel Oil 3.0% vs. European 3.5% Fuel Oil Barges FOB Rdam (Platts) BALMO Swap Futures

      1063

      GCB

      *

      10,000/ 1,500

      10,000/ 1,500

      1,000/ 150

      25

      MF

      UV

      New York Harbor

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

      New York Fuel Oil 1.0% vs. European 1% Fuel Oil Cargoes FOB NWE (Platts) BALMO Swap Futures

      1064

      NYG

      *

      10,000/ 1,500

      10,000/ 1,500

      1,000/ 150

      25

      MM

      UF