• Large Trader Requirements, 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-6023
      • Notice Date
      • 18 November 2011
      • Effective Date
      • 21 November 2011
    • In connection with the launch of two (2) new petroleum swap futures contracts on trade date November 21, 2011 (see SER-6008 dated November 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), 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.

       

       

       

       

       

       


      NYMEX Rulebook Chapter 5 Position Limit Table

      (Bold/underlining indicates additions)

       

       

       

      Contract Name

      Rule Chap-ter

      Com-modity Code

      Diminish-

      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)

      Rule 560

      Rule 560

      Rule 559

      Rule 561

      Petroleum

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

      Europe

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

      Northwest Europe

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

      Biodiesel SME Houston B-100 (Argus) Swap Futures

      1187

      GSI

      *

      2,000

      1,500

      100

      25

      GSI

      Light Hydrocarbons

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

      Mont Belvieu

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

      Mont Belvieu LDH Iso-Butane (OPIS) Swap Futures

      1188

      MBL

      *

      2,000

      1,500

      250

      25

      MBL