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Corn Futures Contract Specs
| Contract Unit | 5,000 bushels (~ 127 Metric Tons) | ||||
| Price Quotation | Cents per bushel | ||||
| Trading Hours | Sunday – Friday, 7:00 p.m. – 7:45 a.m. CT and Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 1:20 p.m. CT |
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| Minimum Price Fluctuation | 1/4 of one cent per bushel ($12.50 per contract) | ||||
| Product Code | CME Globex: ZCCME ClearPort: CClearing: CTAS: ZCT | ||||
| Listed Contracts | March (H), May (K), July (N), September (U) & December (Z) | ||||
| Settlement Method | Deliverable | ||||
| Termination Of Trading | The business day prior to the 15th calendar day of the contract month. | ||||
| Trade At Marker Or Trade At Settlement Rules | Trading at settlement is available for first 3 listed futures contracts, nearby new-crop December contract (if not part of the first 3 outrights), first to second month calendar spread, second to third month calendar spread, and nearest Jul-Dec spread when available (when July is listed); and are subject to the existing TAS rules. The Last Trade Date for CBOT Grain and Oilseed TAS products will be the First Position Day (FPD) of the front-month contract (FPD is the second to last business day in the month prior to the nearby contract month). Trading in all CBOT Grain TAS products will be 19:00-07:45 and 08:30-13:15 Chicago time. All resting TAS orders at 07:45 will remain in the book for the 08:30 opening, unless cancelled. TAS products will trade a total of four ticks above and below the settlement price in ticks of the corresponding futures contract (0.0025), off of a "Base Price" of 0 to create a differential (plus or minus 4 ticks) versus settlement in the underlying product on a 1 to 1 basis. A trade done at the Base Price of 0 will correspond to a "traditional" TAS trade which will clear exactly at the final settlement price of the day. |
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| Settlement Procedures | Corn Settlement Procedures | ||||
| Position Limits | CBOT Position Limits | ||||
| Exchange Rulebook | CBOT 10 | ||||
| Block Minimum | Block Minimum Thresholds | ||||
| Price Limit Or Circuit | Price Limits | ||||
| Vendor Codes | Quote Vendor Symbols Listing | ||||
| Last Delivery Date | Second business day following the last trading day of the delivery month. | ||||
| Grade And Quality | Through December 2018: #2 Yellow at contract Price, #1 Yellow at a 1.5 cent/bushel premium, #3 Yellow at a 1.5 cent/bushel discount. As of March 2019: #2 Yellow at contract Price, #1 Yellow at a 1.5 cent/bushel premium, #3 Yellow at a discount between 2 and 4 cents/bushel depending on broken corn and foreign material and damage grade factors. | ||||
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