• Large Trader Requirement, All Month/Any One Month Accountability Levels, Expiration Month Position Limit, Diminishing Balances and Aggregation Allocation for the New RBOB Gasoline vs. Euro-bob Oxy (Argus) NWE Barges Swap Futures Contract

      • To
      • Members, Member Firms and Market Users
      • From
      • Market Regulation Department
      • #
      • SER-6146
      • Notice Date
      • 09 March 2012
      • Effective Date
      • 12 March 2012
    • In connection with the launch of the new RBOB Gasoline vs. Euro-bob Oxy (Argus) NWE Barges Swap Futures contract 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 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 (1)
      Aggre- gate Into (2)
       
       
       
       
      Rule 560
      Rule 560
      Rule 559
      Rule 561
       
       
      Petroleum
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      USA
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      New York Harbor
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      RBOB Gasoline vs. Euro-bob Oxy (Argus) NWE Barges Swap Futures
      1206
      XER
      *
      7,000/ 3,500
      5,000/ 2,500
      1,000/ 500
      25
      27
      7H