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Coal (API2) CIF ARA (ARGUS-McCloskey) Futures Contract Specs
Only option contracts expiring in 2019 are available both as equity- and futures-style margined options. Any contract expiring from 2020 onwards is available as futures-style margined only. See SER-8371 for further details.
| Contract Unit | 1,000 metric tons | ||||
| Price Quotation | Prices shall be quoted in U.S. dollars and cents per metric ton | ||||
| Trading Hours | CME Globex: | Sunday - Friday 6:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Chicago Time/CT) with a 60-minute break each day beginning at 5:00 p.m. (4:00 p.m. CT) | CME ClearPort: | Sunday - Friday 6:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Chicago Time/CT) with a 60-minute break each day beginning at 5:00 p.m. (4:00 p.m. CT) | |
| Minimum Price Fluctuation | The minimum price fluctuation shall be $0.05 (5¢) per metric ton. The minimum final settlement is $0.01 per metric ton. | ||||
| Product Code | CME Globex: MTFCME ClearPort: MTFClearing: MTF | ||||
| Listed Contracts | Monthly contracts listed for the current year and the next 4 calendar years. List monthly contracts for a new calendar year following the termination of trading in the December contract of the current year. | ||||
| Settlement Method | Financially Settled | ||||
| Floating Price | The Floating Price for each contract month shall be equal to the (API 2) cif ARA Monthly Coal Price Index published in the Argus/McCloskey’s Coal Price Index Report (ie being the average of weekly prices during the contract month). | ||||
| Termination Of Trading | The contract shall terminate at the close of trading on the last Friday of the contract month. If such Friday is a UK holiday, the contract will terminate on the UK business day immediately prior to the last Friday of the contract month unless such day is not an Exchange business day, in which case the contract shall terminate on the Exchange business day immediately prior. Notwithstanding the above, if New Year's Day is a Friday, the immediately preceding December contract month shall terminate on the last business day of the contract month. | ||||
| Settlement Procedures | Delivery under the contract shall be by cash settlement. Final settlement, following termination of trading for a contract month, will be based on the Floating Price. The final settlement price will be the Floating Price calculated for each contract month. | ||||
| Position Limits | NYMEX Position Limits | ||||
| Exchange Rulebook | NYMEX 926 | ||||
| Block Minimum | Block Minimum Thresholds | ||||
| Vendor Codes | Quote Vendor Symbols Listing | ||||
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