KCBT |
Provides additional discretion in determing the "lead month" for purposes of establishing daily settlement prices. |
Wheat |
03/13/2009 |
Certified |
03/24/2009 |
|
1 |
COMEX |
Increases the spot month speculative position limit to 500 contracts from 150 contracts. |
Copper |
03/24/2009 |
Certified |
03/24/2009 |
|
2 |
NADEX |
Relisting, amend payout criteria, and halve the minimum tick |
Initial Jobless Claims |
02/20/2009 |
Certified |
03/23/2009 |
|
1 |
NADEX |
Amend payout criteria (strike prices), reduce the minimum tick to $0.25 from $0.50, increase the reporting level to 1,750 contracts from 700 contracts, and increase the position limit to 2,500 contracts from 1,000 contracts. |
Natural Gas, Copper, Wholesale Gasoline |
12/11/2008 |
Certified |
03/23/2009 |
|
1 |
NADEX |
Relist, amend payout criteria (strike prices), and halve the minimum tick |
Nonfarm Payrolls Binary |
02/26/2009 |
Certified |
03/23/2009 |
|
1 |
NADEX |
Relist and amend payout criteria (strike prices), reduce the minimum tick to $0.25 from 1.00 per contact, change the last trading day to the first day of the FOMC meeting, and change the settlement day to the last day of the FOMC meeting. |
Federal Funds Binary |
03/05/2009 |
Certified |
03/23/2009 |
|
1 |
NADEX |
Relist, amend payout criteria, reduce the minimum tick to $0.25, and change the time of termination on the last trading day. |
Core Consumer Price Index |
03/09/2009 |
Certified |
03/23/2009 |
|
1 |
CME |
Delisting |
CME Chapter 457, 458 and 459 |
03/20/2009 |
Certified |
03/20/2009 |
|
1 |
CME |
Position Limit & Reportable Level |
S&P GSCI ER Index Futures & S&P GSCI ER Index Swap |
03/19/2009 |
Certified |
03/19/2009 |
|
1 |
CME |
Interpretations & Special Notices Relating to Chapter 5 - Position Limit and Reportable Level Table. |
Elimination of a duplicate entry for S&P GSCI ER |
03/19/2009 |
Certified |
03/19/2009 |
|
1 |
CME |
Amends the speculative position limit table in Chapter 5 to incorporate a new product. |
Pulp |
12/11/2008 |
Certified |
03/17/2009 |
|
1 |
CFE |
Aggregate positions in the Mini Vix and Vix futures contracts for the purpose of position accountability. Clarify the minimum tick of .01 point for spreads. Increase the minimum tick for EFRP to .05 point. |
Volatiity Indexes |
02/26/2009 |
Certified |
03/17/2009 |
|
1 |
CFE |
Clarify that for the purpose of reporting, positions in the Mini Vix futures contract are not aggregated with positions in the standard Vix futures contract. |
Mini Vix |
03/03/2009 |
Certified |
03/17/2009 |
|
1 |
NADEX |
Correct typographical errors that led to incorrect reporting levels |
GBP/USD, USD/CAD, Wholesale Gasoline VPHs |
02/02/2009 |
Certified |
03/11/2009 |
|
1 |
NADEX |
Amend definition of Variable Payout Hedgelet to introduce the name "Bungee." Amend caps and floors, minimum ticks, and reporting levels of various VPHs. Increase tolerance for using input prices in calculating the final settlement value. |
Variable Payout Hedgelets |
12/31/2008 |
Certified |
03/11/2009 |
|
1 |
ICE US |
Provides for cash settlement of outstanding positions in the January 2010 contract month only. |
Sugar 11 |
01/14/2009 |
Certified |
03/11/2009 |
|
1 |
ICE US |
Change the underlying futures contract for the January, November and December options to the March futures contract; provide that the last trading day for the January option will be the 15th cal. day of the month in which the option expires. |
Sugar |
01/27/2009 |
Certified |
03/11/2009 |
|
1 |
OCX |
Eliminate the $3.00 minimum share price from the maintenance listing standards. |
Security Futures Products |
02/27/2009 |
Certified |
03/10/2009 |
|
1 |
NYMEX |
Expands Listing Cycle |
Mt. Belvieu Propane (OPIS) Swap |
03/10/2009 |
Certified |
03/10/2009 |
|
1 |
COMEX |
Adds Tucson Port Authority as a licensed warehouse and weighmaster. |
Copper |
03/10/2009 |
Certified |
03/10/2009 |
|
2 |
NYMEX |
Recertification of a contract that had been approved by the Commission. |
Central Appalachian Coal |
11/20/2008 |
Certified |
03/09/2009 |
|
2 |
CME |
Delete order-to-pay requirement for Israeli Shekel futures. |
Israeli Shekel |
03/06/2009 |
Certified |
03/06/2009 |
|
1 |
NYMEX |
Establishes position limits, position accountability levels, and reporting levels |
Average price options on OPIS natural gas liquids |
03/06/2009 |
Certified |
03/06/2009 |
|
2 |
CME |
Amend list of approved delivery facilities for butter. |
Butter |
03/05/2009 |
Certified |
03/05/2009 |
|
1 |
CME |
CME Expanded Listing Cycles of Yen Nikkei 225 |
Yen Nikkei 225 Index Futures |
03/04/2009 |
Certified |
03/04/2009 |
|
1 |
NYMEX |
Specifies the use of "Non-common pricing" for determining the difference between the reference prices which determines the final settlement price. |
Energy swaps |
02/17/2009 |
Certified |
02/27/2009 |
|
2 |
CCFE |
Changes to contract title, listing schedule. |
California Climate Action Registry |
02/26/2009 |
Certified |
02/26/2009 |
|
1 |
CBOT |
Establish position accountability level and reportable levels |
Credit Default Swap Index |
06/04/2007 |
Certified |
02/25/2009 |
|
1 |
NYMEX |
Expand Listing Cycle |
NGL and European Gasoil |
02/19/2009 |
Certified |
02/25/2009 |
|
1 |
NYMEX |
Establishes speculative position limits, position accountability levels, and reportable position levels for new products. |
Chicago Gasoline & ULSD Swaps (Platts) |
01/15/2009 |
Certified |
02/23/2009 |
|
1 |
CFE |
Increase the minimum tick to 0.05 Index point from 0.01 Index point. |
Volatility Indexes |
01/29/2009 |
Certified |
02/20/2009 |
|
1 |
CME |
Delisting |
Credit Index Event Contracts |
02/20/2009 |
Certified |
02/20/2009 |
|
1 |
CBOT |
Delisting |
Target Federal Funds rate |
02/20/2009 |
Certified |
02/20/2009 |
|
1 |
CBOT |
Delisting |
Credit Default Swap Index |
02/20/2009 |
Certified |
02/20/2009 |
|
1 |
NYMEX |
Define contract size by hour for electricity swaps. Amend position accountability and position limit rules for natural gas, RBOB. and metals contracts. |
Amenedments to electricity nat gas, RBOB, metals |
02/18/2009 |
Certified |
02/18/2009 |
|
1 |
NYMEX |
Establish position limit, position accountability and reporting levels for 10 Natural Gas Basis Swap futures contracts. |
Natural Gas Basis Swap Futures Contracts |
02/18/2009 |
Certified |
02/18/2009 |
|
2 |
NYMEX |
Establishes position limits, position accountability levels, and reporting levels |
Henry Hub Financial Last Day Option Contract |
02/17/2009 |
Certified |
02/17/2009 |
|
1 |
NYMEX |
Lowers position limits and accountability levels for seven natural gas index swap contracts |
Natural gas index swap futures contracts |
02/17/2009 |
Certified |
02/17/2009 |
|
1 |
NYMEX |
Establishes position limits, position accountability levels, and reporting levels for 34 electricity contracts. |
Electricity futures |
02/17/2009 |
Certified |
02/17/2009 |
|
1 |
CME |
Expanded Listing Cycle |
Yen denominated Nikkei 225 |
02/12/2009 |
Certified |
02/12/2009 |
|
1 |
CBOT |
Amendments to Chapter 7 establishing a limit on the number of delivery instrument (registered shipping certificates) that a person may own or control for non-commercial purposes. |
Grains and Oilseeds |
01/06/2009 |
Approved |
02/12/2009 |
Comment period extended to February 4, 2009. |
11 |
ICE US |
Delisting |
Brazilian real, Colombian peso, NYSE comp. small |
02/11/2009 |
Certified |
02/11/2009 |
|
1 |
CBOT |
Change to list of delivery facilities. |
Agricultural Products & Ethanol |
02/10/2009 |
Certified |
02/10/2009 |
|
1 |
CME |
Increases the nonspot month speculative position limit to 1,600 contracts from 1,500 contracts. |
Feeder Cattle |
01/15/2009 |
Approved |
02/06/2009 |
|
1 |
NYMEX |
Corrects typographical error associated with Transco Zone 3 Natural Gas Swing contract. |
Transco Zone 3 Swing Swap contract |
02/04/2009 |
Certified |
02/04/2009 |
|
1 |
NYMEX |
Establishes position limits, position accountability levels, and reportable position levels for new product. |
New York Harbor Ethanol |
03/26/2008 |
Certified |
02/04/2009 |
|
1 |
NFX |
Adopt the spot exchange rate provided by QuoteMedia in lieu of the Noon Buying Rate announced by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. |
Currencies |
11/28/2008 |
Certified |
02/03/2009 |
|
1 |
NYMEX |
Lowers the spot-month speculative position limits for nine natural gas swing swap contracts. |
Natural Gas Swing Swap futures contracts |
01/29/2009 |
Certified |
01/29/2009 |
|
2 |
CBOT |
Halve the minimum tick for the nearest contract month to one-quarter on one-hundredth of a percentage point. |
30-Day Fed Funds |
01/21/2009 |
Certified |
01/28/2009 |
|
1 |
CME |
Extend the defined season to Decemer 31 and conform language across CHI futures and option contracts. |
Carvill Hurricane Index futures and options |
11/24/2008 |
Certified |
01/27/2009 |
|
1 |