This SER supersedes SER S-7062 issued on 3/31/2014.
Effective Sunday, April 6, 2014 for trade date Monday, April 7, 2014, and pending all relevant CFTC regulatory review periods, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME or Exchange) will list the following four (4) product chapters for trading:
Product Title |
Block Trade Minimum Threshold |
CME Hurricane Index Second Event Seasonal Maximum Futures |
20 contracts |
Options on CME Hurricane Index Second Event Seasonal Maximum Futures |
20 contracts |
CME Hurricane Index Second Event Seasonal Maximum Cat-In-A-Box Futures |
20 contracts |
Options on CME Hurricane Index Second Event Seasonal Maximum Cat-In-A- Box Futures |
20 contracts |
Also pending all relevant CFTC regulatory review periods, effective Tuesday, April 15, 2014, for trade date Wednesday, April 16, 2014, CME will list the following eight (8) product chapters for trading:
Product Title |
Block Trade Minimum Threshold |
CME Hurricane Index Seasonal futures |
20 contracts |
Options on CME Hurricane Index Seasonal futures |
20 contracts |
CME Hurricane Index Seasonal Maximum futures |
20 contracts |
Options on CME Hurricane Index Seasonal Maximum futures |
20 contracts |
CME Hurricane Index Seasonal Cat-in-a-Box futures |
20 contracts |
Options on CME Hurricane Index Seasonal Cat-in-a-Box futures |
20 contracts |
CME Hurricane Index Seasonal Maximum Cat-in-a-Box futures |
20 contracts |
Options on CME Hurricane Index Seasonal Maximum Cat-in-a-Box futures |
20 contracts |
The futures contracts are available for trading on CME Globex and the options contracts are available for trading on the CME trading floor. The futures and options contracts are also available for submission for clearing as a block trade.
The product titles, rulebook chapters, trading and clearing codes are set forth below.
Product Title/Rulebook chapters:
CME Hurricane Index Second Event Seasonal Maximum Futures - Chapter 423
Options on CME Hurricane Index Second Event Seasonal Maximum Futures - Chapter 423A
CME Hurricane Index Seasonal Futures – Chapter 427
Options on CME Hurricane Index Seasonal Futures – Chapter 427A
CME Hurricane Index Seasonal Maximum Futures – Chapter 428
Options on CME Hurricane Index Seasonal Maximum Futures – 428A
CME Hurricane Index Second Event Seasonal Maximum Cat-In-A-Box Futures - Chapter 430
Options on CME Hurricane Index Second Event Seasonal Maximum Cat-In-A-Box Futures - Chapter 430A
CME Hurricane Index Seasonal Cat-In-A-Box Futures – Chapter 431
Options on CME Hurricane Index Seasonal Cat-In-A-Box Futures – Chapter 431A
CME Hurricane Index Seasonal Maximum Cat-In-A-Box Futures – Chapter 432
Options on CME Hurricane Index Seasonal Maximum Cat-In-A-Box Futures – Chapter 432A
Clearing/CME Globex Codes:
HURRICANE SEASONAL FUTURES AND OPTIONS
REGION |
FUTURES |
OPTIONS |
|
Gulf Coast |
HGA |
OGA |
|
Florida |
HFA |
OFA |
|
Southern Atlantic Coast |
HHA |
OSA |
|
Northern Atlantic Coast |
HNA |
ONA |
|
Florida + Southern Atlantic + Northern Atlantic |
HAA |
AHA |
|
Eastern U.S. |
HXA |
OXA |
|
Cat-In-A-Box – Galveston-Mobile |
HPA |
OPA |
|
Gulf + Florida |
FGM |
FGM |
|
Florida Gold Coast |
HDA |
HDA |
|
HURRICANE SEASONAL MAXIMUM FUTURES AND OPTIONS
REGION |
FUTURES |
OPTIONS |
|
Gulf Coast |
HGM |
OGM |
|
Florida |
HFM |
OFM |
|
Southern Atlantic Coast |
HSM |
OSM |
|
Northern Atlantic Coast |
HNM |
ONM |
|
Florida + Southern Atlantic + Northern Atlantic |
HAM |
MHA |
|
Eastern U.S. |
HXM |
OXM |
|
Cat-In-A-Box – Galveston-Mobile |
HPM |
OPM |
|
Gulf + Florida |
GFM |
GFM |
|
Florida Gold Coast |
HDM |
HDM |
|
HURRICANE SECOND EVENT SEASONAL MAXIMUM FUTURES AND OPTIONS
REGION |
FUTURES |
OPTIONS |
|
Gulf Coast |
MG2 |
MG2 |
|
Florida |
MF2 |
MF2 |
|
Southern Atlantic Coast |
HM2 |
HM2 |
|
Northern Atlantic Coast |
MR2 |
MR2 |
|
Florida + Southern Atlantic + Northern Atlantic |
OAM |
OAM |
|
Eastern U.S. |
MX2 |
MX2 |
|
Cat-In-A-Box – Galveston-Mobile |
MB2 |
MB2 |
|
Gulf + Florida |
GF2 |
GF2 |
|
Florida Gold Coast |
FM2 |
FM2 |
|
Questions regarding this Special Executive Report may be directed to Heidi Centola, Manager, Ag and Alternative Investment Products at 312-930-1308, Heidi.Centola@cmegroup.com or Charles Piszczor, Director, Commodity Research & Product Development, at 312-930-4536, Charles.Piszczor@cmegroup.com.