Lumber Futures and Options Pre-Execution Contact Directory

What are Pre-Execution Communications?

Pre-execution communications are communications between market participants for the purpose of discerning interest in the execution of a transaction prior to the exposure of the order to the market.

Any communication that involves discussion of the size, side of market or price of an order, or a potentially forthcoming order constitutes a pre-execution communication.

Transactions that result from pre-execution communications must be entered into the competitive venue CME Globex following specific steps based on the product that they are executed in. For a list of the required steps:

View the Market Regulation Advisory Notice.

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Key Points

Allows market participants to execute trades when market liquidity is not evident
Find a counter-party to take the opposite side of a large trade
Pre-ex discussions can be used for executing both individual months as well as strips.
Interested parties are contacted to determine interest in taking the opposite side of a trade and given information on the price, volume, or direction.
If a counter-party is identified for a futures trade, the party that initiated the communication enters the futures trade into Globex. After 5 seconds, the counter-party can enter their side of the trade.
Pre-execution rules for options are different. Please reference the Market Regulation Advisory Notice for more details.

Pre-Execution Contacts

Lumber Futures

These firms have agreed to accept calls related to pre-execution futures communications in the markets indicated.

Firm Type	Firm Name	Contact	Phone Number	Email	Nearby Lumber Futures	Deferred Lumber Futures	Block	Find EFP Partners
Broker	RCM Alternatives	Brian Leonard	(888) 800-3543	bleonard@rcmam.com	X	X
Broker	PI Financial	Jamie Greenough	(604) 443-5474	jgreenough@pifinancial.com	X	X
Broker	StoneX Financial Inc.	Alex Mead	(816) 410-5769	Alex.Mead@StoneX.com	X	X	X	X
Broker	StoneX Financial Inc.	Robin Cross	(312) 454-3062	robin.cross@stonex.com	X	X
Broker	TJ&R Trading	Bob Book	(630) 334-0334	bobbook@msn.com	X	X
Broker	Westline Capital Strategies	Greg Kuta	(216) 932-7228	greg@westlinecapital.com	X	X	X	X
Broker	Oppenheimer	Bill Knochel	(800) 227-6726	bill.knochel@opco.com	X	X		X
Commercial	FCTG Structured Products	Craig Hamanishi	(204) 417-6776	futures@fctg.com	X	X
Commercial	Koch Pulp and Paper Trading	Kevin Cordesman	(713) 544-5127	Kevin.cordesman@kochind.com	X	X
Liquidity Provider	Arb Trading Group	Adam Passaglia	(312) 605-8436	adpassag@arb-tg.com	X
Liquidity Provider	CSC Arbitrage Group	Stephen Kinde	(612) 330-9119	skinde@csc-world.com	X	X
Liquidity Provider	STX Traders	Mike Wisnefski	(312) 961-4962	irontrader99@yahoo.com	X	X

Lumber Options

These firms have agreed to accept calls related to pre-execution options communications in the markets indicated.

Firm Type	Firm Name	Contact	Phone Number	Email
Liquidity Provider	STX Traders	Mike Wisnefski	(312) 961-4962	irontrader99@yahoo.com

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