• Large Trader Requirement, All Month/Any One Month Accountability Levels, Expiration Month Position Limit, Diminishing Balances and Aggregation Allocation for Five (5) New Financially-Settled European Petroleum Swap Futures Contracts

      • To
      • Members, Member Firms and Market Users
      • From
      • Market Regulation Department
      • #
      • SER-6131
      • Notice Date
      • 09 March 2012
      • Effective Date
      • 12 March 2012
    • In connection with the launch of five (5) new financially-settled European petroleum swap futures contracts on trade date March 12, 2012 (see SER-6133 dated February 29, 2012), 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
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      Dated Brent (Platts) BALMO Swap Futures
      1193
      DBB
      *
      5,000
      5,000
      1,000
      25
      UB
       
      Mini European Naphtha (Platts) BALMO Swap Futures
      1196
      MEN
      *
      1,500
      1,500
      150
      25
      UN
       
      Mini Gasoline Euro-bob Oxy (Argus) NWE Barges Swap Futures
      1197
      MEO
      *
      3,500
      2,500
      500
      25
      7H
      Genoa/Lavera
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      1% Fuel Oil (Platts) Cargoes CIF MED BALMO Swap Futures
      1194
      FOB
      *
      350
      250
      50
      5
      1W
       
      1% Fuel Oil (Platts) Cargoes FOB MED BALMO Swap Futures
      1195
      FOM
      *
      1,500
      1,500
      150
      25
      EFM