• Large Trader Requirement, All Month/Any One Month Accountability Levels, Expiration Month Position Limit, and Aggregation Allocation for a New Electricity Option Contract

      • To
      • Members, Member Firms and Market Users
      • From
      • Market Regulation Department
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      • SER-5727
      • Notice Date
      • 12 May 2011
      • Effective Date
      • 16 May 2011
    • In connection with the launch of the new ISO New England Internal Hub Peak LMP Option on Calendar Futures contract on trade date May 16, 2011 (see SER-5746 dated May 3, 2011), please note below the corresponding all month/any one month accountability levels (NYMEX Rule 560), expiration month position limit (NYMEX Rule 559), reportable level (NYMEX Rule 561), and aggregation allocation for the new contract.  This contract 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 code is 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.

       

      NYMEX Rulebook Chapter 5 Position Limit Table

      (Bold/underlining indicates additions)

       

      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)

      Rule 560

      Rule 560

      Rule 559

      Rule 561

      Electricity

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

      ISO New England

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

      ISO New England Internal Hub Peak LMP Option on Calendar Futures Strip

      407

      NEL

      1,500

      1,000

      200

      25

      NI