• Large Trader Requirements, Spot-Month Aggregation Allocations, Initial Spot-Month Limits, All Month/Single Month Accountability Levels, and Reporting Levels for the New Gold, Silver and Copper Weekly Option Contracts

      • To
      • Members, Member Firms and Market Users
      • From
      • Market Regulation Department
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      • SER-7073
      • Notice Date
      • 11 April 2014
      • Effective Date
      • 14 April 2014
    • In connection with the launch of the new Gold, Silver and Copper Weekly Option contracts on trade date April 14, 2014, (see SER-7040R dated March 20, 2014), please note below the corresponding spot-month aggregation allocations, all month/single month accountability levels (NYMEX Rule 560), initial spot month position limits (NYMEX Rule 559), and reportable levels (NYMEX Rule 561) for the new contracts.  Effective trade date April 14, 2014, and pending all relevant CFTC regulatory review periods, the terms and conditions for these contracts will be inserted into the NYMEX Position Limit, Position Accountability and Reportable Level Table located in the Interpretations and Special Notices Section of Chapter 5 of the NYMEX Rulebook, as noted below.

       

      The commodity codes are provided for the Clearing Members that file reports pursuant to NYMEX Rule 561.A in a machine-readable format.

       

       

       

      Contract Name

      Rule Chap-ter

      Com-modity Code

      Spot-Month Aggre-gate Into Futures Equiva-lent Leg (1)

      Initial Spot-Month Limit (In Net Futures Equiva-lents)  Leg (1) / Leg (2)

      Single Month Account-ability Level Leg (1) / Leg (2)

      All Month Account-ability Level Leg (1) / Leg (2)

      Report-ing Level

       

      Gold Weekly Option – week 1

      1008

      OG1

      GC

      3,000

      6,000

      6,000

      200

       

      Gold Weekly Option – week 2

      1008

      OG2

      GC

      3,000

      6,000

      6,000

      200

       

      Gold Weekly Option – week 3

      1008

      OG3

      GC

      3,000

      6,000

      6,000

      200

       

      Gold Weekly Option – week 4

      1008

      OG4

      GC

      3,000

      6,000

      6,000

      200

       

      Gold Weekly Option – week 5

      1008

      OG5

      GC

      3,000

      6,000

      6,000

      200

       

      Silver Weekly Option – week 1

      1010

      SO1

      SI

      1,500

      6,000

      6,000

      150

       

      Silver Weekly Option – week 2

      1010

      SO2

      SI

      1,500

      6,000

      6,000

      150

       

      Silver Weekly Option – week 3

      1010

      SO3

      SI

      1,500

      6,000

      6,000

      150

       

      Silver Weekly Option – week 4

      1010

      SO4

      SI

      1,500

      6,000

      6,000

      150

       

      Silver Weekly Option – week 5

      1010

      SO5

      SI

      1,500

      6,000

      6,000

      150

       

      Copper Weekly Option – week 1

      1009

      H1E

      HG

      200

      5,000

      5,000

      25

       

      Copper Weekly Option – week 2

      1009

      H2E

      HG

      200

      5,000

      5,000

      25

       

      Copper Weekly Option – week 3

      1009

      H3E

      HG

      200

      5,000

      5,000

      25

       

      Copper Weekly Option – week 4

      1009

      H4E

      HG

      200

      5,000

      5,000

      25

       

      Copper Weekly Option – week 5

      1009

      H5E

      HG

      200

      5,000

      5,000

      25

       

       

      Please refer questions on this subject to:

      Market Regulation

      Surveillance:     Ryne Toscano               Ryne.Toscano@cmegroup.com                         (212) 299-2879

       

      Products:          Nadine Brown                Nadine.Brown@cmegroup.com              (212) 299-2223

       

      Large Trader

      Reporting:         Sandra Valtierra Sandra.Valtierra@cmegroup.com           (312) 347-4137