• Delisting of Certain Previously-Listed Contract Months of the Central Appalachian Coal Futures Contract and Delisting Three (3) Associated Option Contracts

      • To
      • Members, Member Firms and Market Users
      • From
      • Research and Product Development
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      • SER-7367
      • Notice Date
      • 20 May 2015
      • Effective Date
      • 20 May 2015
    • Earlier today, May 20, 2015, the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. (NYMEX or Exchange) delisted the previously listed contract months beyond December 2016 for the Central Appalachian Coal Futures contract, as set out in the table below. This contract is listed for trading on the NYMEX trading floor, CME Globex and for submission for clearing via CME ClearPort.  There was no open interest in the subject contract months delisted in Exhibit 1.

       

      Exhibit 1

       

      Contract Title / Rulebook Chapter

      Commodity Codes

      Listing Schedule Prior to May 20  2015 – CPC, Globex and NX Pit

      Listing Schedule as of May 20,  2015 – CPC, Globex and NX Pit

      Contract Months Delisted as of May 20,  2015

      Central Appalachian Coal Futures / 260

      CPC/NX Pit: QL

      Monthly contracts up to and including December 2019

      Monthly contracts up to and including December 2016

      January 2017 contract month and beyond

      Globex: QLD

      Also earlier today, the Exchange delisted the three (3) option contracts that are associated with Central Appalachian Coal Futures contract, as described in Exhibit 2 below. There was no open interest in the subject contracts in Exhibit 2.

      Exhibit 2

      Contract Name

      Rule Chapter

      Clearing Code

      Globex Code

      Central Appalachian Coal Option On Quarterly Futures Strip

      355

      6K

      A6K

      Central Appalachian Coal Option On Calendar Futures Strip

      358

      6M

      A6M

      Central Appalachian Coal Option

      933

      C1

      AC1

       

      The respective product rule chapters and terms and conditions contained in the Position Limit, Position Accountability and Reportable Level Table located in the Interpretations and Special Notices Section of Chapter 5 (Trading Qualifications and Practices) of the NYMEX Rulebook were removed from the Exchange Rulebook.

      Please refer questions on this subject to:

      Adila Mchich                             Adila.Mchich@cmegroup.com                           (212) 299-2270