| NYMEX |
Establishes position limits, position accountability levels and reportable position levels for the new product. |
REBCO Financial Contract |
11/21/2008 |
Certified |
11/21/2008 |
|
1 |
| CME |
Delisting. |
S&P/GRA Commercial Real Estate Indices Futures. |
11/24/2008 |
Certified |
11/24/2008 |
|
1 |
| ICE US |
Expands the permissable time period for grading cocoa. |
Cocoa |
11/13/2008 |
Certified |
11/24/2008 |
|
1 |
| CME |
Delisting. |
S&P/GRA Commercial Real Estate |
11/25/2008 |
Certified |
11/25/2008 |
|
1 |
| CME |
Delisting. Position limit and reportable level table elimination. |
S&P/GRA Commercial Real Estate Indices |
11/25/2008 |
Certified |
11/25/2008 |
|
1 |
| NYMEX |
Renumbering rules. |
ERCOT |
11/26/2008 |
Certified |
11/26/2008 |
|
1 |
| OCX |
Delisting of one SSF. |
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. |
11/26/2008 |
Certified |
11/26/2008 |
|
1 |
| ICE US |
Adds January as a delivery month. |
Sugar 11 |
03/06/2008 |
Certified |
11/26/2008 |
|
1 |
| CME |
Change the last trading day of the January 2009 futures and options contracts to December 30, 2008 from December 31, 2008. |
Brazilian Real |
11/28/2008 |
Certified |
12/02/2008 |
|
0 |
| NYMEX |
Expansion of listed months. |
Mont Belvieu Propane (OPIS) Natural Gas |
12/02/2008 |
Certified |
12/02/2008 |
|
1 |
| NFX |
Changes the deadline for announcement of the Fed's Noon Buying Rate to 5:00 p.m. from 2:00 p.m. |
Currencies |
08/01/2007 |
Certified |
12/02/2008 |
|
1 |
| NYMEX |
Modifies price fluctuation limit provisions. |
Crude Oil, Natural Gas, RBOB, Heating Oil, LPG |
11/25/2008 |
Certified |
12/03/2008 |
|
1 |
| CBOT |
Add delivery points in Northwest Ohio, Ohio River, and Mississippi River, adopt seasonal (storage) premium of 8 cents per month from July through November, and reduce the par level of vomitoxin to 2 ppm from 3 pppm. |
Wheat |
09/05/2008 |
Approved |
12/03/2008 |
The Commission review period for the proposed amendments has been extended to December 4, 2008. |
33 |
| NADEX |
Adding intraday expirations and strikes. |
Binary Options |
12/04/2008 |
Certified |
12/04/2008 |
|
1 |
| NADEX |
Holiday-related trading schedules |
FTSE 100, Germany 30 and Other Currency Contracts |
12/04/2008 |
Certified |
12/04/2008 |
|
2 |
| CME |
Modifies freight rates. |
Live Cattle |
11/21/2008 |
Certified |
12/08/2008 |
|
1 |
| OCX |
Delisting of 5 SSFs. |
SSFs |
12/08/2008 |
Certified |
12/08/2008 |
|
1 |
| CME |
Corrects references to USDA reports that are used for calculating quality price differentials. |
Live Cattle |
11/24/2008 |
Certified |
12/09/2008 |
|
1 |
| NYMEX |
Establishes position limits, position accountability levels and reportable position levels for new products. |
PJM-Based Electricity Swaps |
12/05/2008 |
Certified |
12/09/2008 |
|
2 |
| CCFE |
Delete speculative position limits |
IFEX Event Linked Tropical Wind |
12/04/2008 |
Certified |
12/10/2008 |
|
1 |
| CCFE |
New contract listing date. |
IFEX |
12/10/2008 |
Certified |
12/10/2008 |
|
1 |
| OCX |
Delisting. |
SSF |
12/10/2008 |
Certified |
12/10/2008 |
|
1 |
| CME |
Adopt existing 2:00 p.m. FX Fixing procedures for 9:00 a.m. FX Fixing prices that are used for exercise of European-style FX options. |
Currencies |
11/06/2008 |
Certified |
12/10/2008 |
|
1 |
| NADEX |
Amendments updating futures cycle for 2009 |
Crude Oil, Gold, Silver Products |
12/11/2008 |
Certified |
12/11/2008 |
|
1 |
| NYMEX |
Requires the delivery of electronic warrants in place of paper warrants. |
Platinum |
09/26/2008 |
Certified |
12/12/2008 |
|
1 |
| CME |
Revision to submission regarding amendments to futures and binary contracts. |
Carvill Hurricane Index (TM) |
12/12/2008 |
Certified |
12/12/2008 |
|
1 |
| ICE US |
Delete references to the full size. |
Russell 1000 & Russell 2000 |
12/12/2008 |
Certified |
12/12/2008 |
|
1 |
| COMEX |
Establishes new Chapter 7A pertaining to delivery of electronic warrants for metals contracts. |
Metals |
08/27/2008 |
Certified |
12/12/2008 |
|
1 |
| NYMEX |
Provides for electronic warrants. |
Palladium |
08/27/2008 |
Certified |
12/12/2008 |
|
1 |
| COMEX |
Establishes electronic warrants. |
Copper |
10/30/2008 |
Certified |
12/12/2008 |
|
1 |
| CBOT |
Additions to the list of facilities. Increase in regularity regarding storage facility capacity. |
Oat |
12/17/2008 |
Certified |
12/17/2008 |
|
1 |
| CCFE |
Provides for listing of option contract months and modifies strike price listing procedures. |
Carbon Financial Instrument |
12/17/2008 |
Certified |
12/17/2008 |
|
1 |
| OCX |
Delisting |
Four SSFPs |
12/17/2008 |
Certified |
12/17/2008 |
|
1 |
| NYMEX |
Establishes speculative position limits, position accountability levels and reportable position levels for new products. |
Petroleum Swaps |
12/18/2008 |
Certified |
12/18/2008 |
|
1 |
| OCX |
Withdrawal of 4 SSFs. |
AMIC, EMITF, FNBN, GABC |
12/18/2008 |
Certified |
12/18/2008 |
|
1 |
| CME |
Revised initial listings. |
European-style Exercise Australian Dollar |
12/18/2008 |
Certified |
12/18/2008 |
|
1 |
| NYMEX |
Adopt a spot month position limit of 250 contracts, an any sngle month position limit of 1,500 contracts, a positon accountability level of 2,000 contracts, and a reportable level of 25 contracts for each contract. |
Natural Gas Liquids Swap |
10/31/2008 |
Certified |
12/18/2008 |
|
1 |
| NYMEX |
Changes the last trading day for the option contract. |
Coal |
12/19/2008 |
Certified |
12/19/2008 |
|
1 |
| MIAX |
Non-substantive changes to the procedures for calculating maximum price fluctuations and strike price listings to accomodate electronic trading protocols, and limiting the value of a cabinet trade to one dollar. |
Agricultural Products |
12/19/2008 |
Certified |
12/19/2008 |
|
1 |
| OCX |
Delisting of 3 SSFs |
FHN2C, FHN3C, PDLI2C |
12/22/2008 |
Certified |
12/22/2008 |
|
1 |
| CBOT |
Change to list of regular delivery facilities. |
Soybeans, Soybean Meal |
12/24/2008 |
Certified |
12/24/2008 |
|
1 |
| OCX |
Delisting of six NBIs, which have no open interest. |
Select Index R-Y |
12/24/2008 |
Certified |
12/24/2008 |
|
1 |
| ICE US |
Changes delivery procedures, including definitions pertaining to deliverable growths and geographic deliniation of New Orleans Port, and sampling procedures, and increases certain administrative fees and penalties for appeals relating to deliveries. |
Cotton No. 2 |
11/13/2008 |
Approved |
12/30/2008 |
|
1 |
| ICE US |
Delisting of the Robusta Futures and Options Contracts |
Robusta futures and options contracts |
01/02/2009 |
Certified |
01/02/2009 |
|
1 |
| CME |
Change wording from close to settles to describe when expanded limits take place. |
Dry Whey |
01/09/2009 |
Certified |
01/09/2009 |
|
1 |
| NYMEX |
Establish position accountability level of 20,000 contracts in all months combined, 12,000 contracts in any one month, and a speculative position limit of 4,000 contracs in the spot month, and a reportable level of 350 contracts. |
Colombian Peso |
02/14/2008 |
Certified |
01/11/2009 |
|
1 |
| USFE |
Dellisting Contracts |
Delivery months |
01/12/2009 |
Certified |
01/12/2009 |
|
1 |
| COMEX |
Expands the New York City delivery area to include a 150 mile radius. |
Gold |
09/09/2008 |
Certified |
01/13/2009 |
|
1 |
| ICE US |
Corrects error that mis-identified name of committee. |
Cotton |
01/13/2009 |
Certified |
01/13/2009 |
|
1 |
| CME |
Clarify that reportable level applies to quarterly and serial American-style options. The reportable level for weekly American-style, European-style options, and volatility-quoted options have a reportable level of 25 contracts. |
Currencies |
12/17/2008 |
Certified |
01/14/2009 |
|
1 |
