• Large Trader Requirement, All Month/Any One Month Accountability Levels, Expiration Month Position Limit, Diminishing Balances and Aggregation Allocation for the New Singapore Fuel Oil 180 cst vs. 380 cst Spread (Platts) BALMO Swap Futures Contract

      • To
      • Members, Member Firms and Market Users
      • From
      • Market Regulation Department
      • #
      • SER-6128
      • Notice Date
      • 23 February 2012
      • Effective Date
      • 27 February 2012
    • In connection with the launch of the new Singapore Fuel Oil 180 cst vs. 380 cst Spread (Platts) BALMO Swap Futures contract on trade date February 27, 2012 (see SER-6104 dated January 25, 2012), 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), diminishing balances 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
      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
      Aggre-gate Into
       
       
       
       
      Rule 560
      Rule 560
      Rule 559
      Rule 561
       
       
      Petroleum
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      Asia/Pacific
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      Singapore
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      Singapore Fuel Oil 180 cst vs. 380 cst Spread (Platts) BALMO Swap Futures
      1192
      MSD
      *
      5,000/
      1,500
      5,000/
      1,500
      500/150
      25
      UA
      SE