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

      • To
      • Members, Member Firms and Market Users
      • From
      • Market Regulaton Department
      • #
      • SER-5879
      • Notice Date
      • 26 August 2011
      • Effective Date
      • 29 August 2011
    • In connection with the launch of two (2) new coal swap futures contracts on trade date August 29, 2011 (see SER-5876 dated August 15, 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), 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.

       

       


      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

      Coal

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

      Australian Coking Coal (Argus) Low Vol Swap Futures

      1110

      ACR

      5,000

      5,000

      1,250

      25

      ACR

       

      Australian Coking Coal (Platts) Low Vol Swap Futures

      1111

      ALW

      5,000

      5,000

      1,250

      25

      ACR