September 2003 Filings by Designated Contract Markets (DCMs)

Date of Letter	Date Filed	DCM	Description
09/29/2003	09/29/2003	NQLX	Imposition of a fee for members filing late financial statements
09/29/2003	09/29/2003	CANYCE	Delisting of FCOJ-1 Futures and Options Contracts
09/24/2003	09/24/2003	CME	Rule Numbers 40301. Commodity Specifications and 40501. Commodity Specifications 40301. Commodity Specifications. Addition of reporting station identification numbers and of 5 new cities. 40501. Commodity Specifications. Addition of reporting station identification numbers and of 7 new cities
09/22/2003	09/22/2003	CBOT	Rule Numbers 331.03 Reduce the quantity thresholds for “All-or-None” transactions in Municipal Note Index futures
09/22/2003	09/22/2003	CBOT	Rule Numbers 230.02, 285.05 Update and modify CBOT financial filing requirements with respect to non-FCM member firms and sole proprietor clearing members
09/22/2003	09/22/2003	CBOT	Rule Numbers 1181.01, 1185.01, 1291.01, 3704.01, Appendices 4E and 37D and new Appendices “Letter of Credit Standards” and Bond Standards” For regular firms, amend bonding requirements to include the option of submitting a letter of credit in lieu of a bond; establish standards for acceptable letters of credit and bonds; standardize the frequency of required financial filings; and codify the definition of “current assets” when computing working capital
09/22/2003	09/22/2003	CBOT	Extend, through March 31, 2004, temporary trading privileges in 30-Day Fed Fund futures/options spreads to COM Membership Interest holders
09/22/2003	09/22/2003	CBOT	Extend, through March 31, 2004, temporary trading privileges in 30-Day Fed Fund Options to IDEM Membership Interest holders
09/22/2003	09/22/2003	CBOT	Extend from October 1 through December 31, 2003 the one-for-one member trade transaction fee waiver
09/18/2003	09/22/2003	CME	Rule Numbers 403A01.E Exercise Prices 403A01.E Exercise Prices. Remove the separate exercise price requirements for HDD and CDD contracts and consolidates them into one
09/11/2003	09/17/2003	CSCE	Rule Numbers – Adoption of Sugar No. 14 Resolution No. 3 Use of Valid Sugar Re-Export Licenses Resolution permitting the delivery of sugar imported into the United States under a Re-Export License
09/09/2003	09/09/2003	CME	Rule numbers Interpretations and Special Notices Relating to Chapter 5 – CME GLOBEX ERROR TRADE POLICY-G. Busting Trades After System Freeze CME is updating the GLOBEX Error Tick Range List to remove the CME QBI, add Swaps, TIIE and CETES, and change the range for LIBOR and T-Bills.
09/05/2003	09/08/2003	CME	Rule Numbers 403A01.E. Exercise Prices 403A01.Exercise Prices. Decrease the strike range for HDD options from a 250-point range to a 100-point range for the first two contract months.
09/05/2003	09/08/2003	CME	CME is revising its minimum capital requirements for clearing members.
09/05/2003	09/08/2003	CME	Rule 903, Risk Management Rule 904, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity New rules for risk management and disaster recovery requirements for clearing member firms.
09/05/2003	09/08/2003	CBOT	Early listing of January, March, and May 2005 Soybean Oil futures and March and May 2005 Soybean futures.
09/04/2003	09/04/2003	CME	Rule 580, GLOBEX TRADE ALGORITHMS CME is adopting “stop logic” amendments intended to mitigate the possibility of “cascading price movements as a result of the execution of a series of stop loss orders
09/04/2003	09/04/2003	CME	No rule revisions needed to delist all CME QBI futures (Chapter 402) & options (Chapter 402A) contract months.
09/04/2003	09/04/2003	CME	Rule 25101.C. Price Increments (BP Futures) Rule251A01.C. Price Increments (BP Options) Interpretations to Chapter 5-CME GLOBEX ERROR TRADE POLICY-G Reducing the British pound futures and options minimum price increment from $0.0002 per British pound (=$12.50 per tick) to $0.0001 per British pound (=$6.25 per tick). Also, a language clarification to the GLOBEX®error trade policy to specify the GLOBEX British pound futures no bust range at 30 ticks rather than 15 ticks. Thus, no change in the plus or minus $0.0030 per BP no bust range.
09/04/2003	09/04/2003	CME	Rule numbers Chapters 403, 403A, 405, 405A 403A01.E Exercise Prices. Increases the strike interval for HDD options from 10 to 50 in a 250-point range for all listed contract months and applies to a 10-point interval in a 100-point range for the front 2 months. All other changes are non-substantive in nature.
09/02/2003	09/02/2003	CBOT	Rule numbers 450.02D - Allow “category (3)” member firms to designate up to 5 entities as its member firm affiliates