| 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 |
| NYMEX |
Lower position limits and accountability levels for PJM AEP electricity futures |
Lowers position limits and accountability levels |
12/05/2008 |
Certified |
05/18/2009 |
|
1 |
| CCFE |
Delete speculative position limits |
IFEX Event Linked Tropical Wind |
12/04/2008 |
Certified |
12/10/2008 |
|
1 |
| 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 |
| NYMEX |
Establishes position limits, position accountability levels, and reporting levels for PJM-based electricity futures |
PJM electricity futures |
12/04/2008 |
Certified |
05/18/2009 |
|
2 |
| NYMEX |
Expansion of listed months. |
Mont Belvieu Propane (OPIS) Natural Gas |
12/02/2008 |
Certified |
12/02/2008 |
|
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 |
| 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 |
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 |
| NYMEX |
Modifies price fluctuation limit provisions. |
Crude Oil, Natural Gas, RBOB, Heating Oil, LPG |
11/25/2008 |
Certified |
12/03/2008 |
|
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 |
| CME |
Corrects references to USDA reports that are used for calculating quality price differentials. |
Live Cattle |
11/24/2008 |
Certified |
12/09/2008 |
|
1 |
| CME |
Delisting. |
S&P/GRA Commercial Real Estate Indices Futures. |
11/24/2008 |
Certified |
11/24/2008 |
|
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 |
| 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 |
Modifies freight rates. |
Live Cattle |
11/21/2008 |
Certified |
12/08/2008 |
|
1 |
| NYMEX |
Recertification of a contract that had been approved by the Commission. |
Central Appalachian Coal |
11/20/2008 |
Certified |
03/09/2009 |
|
2 |
| NYMEX |
Speculation position limits, position accountability and reportable trader levels for recertifed coal option. |
Central Appalachian Coal |
11/20/2008 |
Certified |
11/20/2008 |
|
1 |
| CBOT |
Correction of typographical errors. |
Treasury Bonds and Five -Year Treasury Notes |
11/19/2008 |
Certified |
11/19/2008 |
|
1 |
| CCFE |
Provides for delivery of U.S. Government-issued allowances in event that U.S. adopts a carbon emissions program. |
Carbon Financial Instrument |
11/17/2008 |
Certified |
01/21/2009 |
|
1 |
| NYMEX |
Expansion of listed months. |
Natural Gas Liquid Swaps |
11/17/2008 |
Certified |
11/17/2008 |
|
1 |
| NYMEX |
Change LTD to last bus. day of contract month from third bus. day prior to contract month. Conforming amendments to buyers' and sellers' obligations. Change expiration of option to 15th day of contract month from 3rd bus. day prior to contract month. |
RGGI Allowances |
11/17/2008 |
Certified |
04/06/2009 |
|
2 |
| CFE |
Delisting |
S&P BuyWrite Index |
11/14/2008 |
Certified |
11/14/2008 |
|
1 |
| OCX |
Delisting |
Two SSFs, Hercules Incorporated, Circuit City |
11/14/2008 |
Certified |
11/14/2008 |
|
1 |
| NADEX |
Increase the allowable width of a bid/ask spread used in calculating the expiration value to five pips from three pips. |
Currency Binaries |
11/13/2008 |
Certified |
11/20/2008 |
|
1 |
| ICE US |
Expands the permissable time period for grading cocoa. |
Cocoa |
11/13/2008 |
Certified |
11/24/2008 |
|
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 |
| OCX |
Delisting. |
Commerce Bancshares, Inc. |
11/13/2008 |
Certified |
11/13/2008 |
|
1 |
| NADEX |
Amendment fo exchange hours; amend underlying futures contract cycle for binary payout. |
Gold, Silver, Crude Oil and Germany 30 |
11/13/2008 |
Certified |
11/13/2008 |
|
1 |
| CME |
Removes reference to a rule that no longer exists. |
Live Cattle |
11/13/2008 |
Certified |
11/13/2008 |
|
1 |
| CBOT |
Early listing for the September 2010 futures contract month. |
Corn and Mini-Corn |
11/12/2008 |
Certified |
11/12/2008 |
|
1 |
| CBOT |
Additions to the list of facilities. |
Soybean OIl, Soybean Meal, Wheat & Rough Rice |
11/12/2008 |
Certified |
11/12/2008 |
|
1 |
| OCX |
Delisting of four SSFs. |
CFC2C, RBS2, WEN2C, XMSR2C |
11/11/2008 |
Certified |
11/11/2008 |
|
1 |
| NYMEX |
Addition of consecutive contract months to the current year plus the next 13 years. |
Natural Gas & Natural Gas Look-Alike |
11/11/2008 |
Certified |
11/11/2008 |
|
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 |
| CME |
Notification of change to previous list of approved delivery facilities. |
Slaughter Plants & Warehouses |
11/04/2008 |
Certified |
11/04/2008 |
|
1 |
| NYMEX |
Adopt a spot month position limits of 2,000 Polyethylene and 1,500 Polypropylene futures contracts, position accountability of 10,000 Polyethylene and 7,000 Polypropylene contracts and reportable levels of 25 contracts each. |
Plastics |
10/31/2008 |
Certified |
10/31/2008 |
|
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 |
Corrects earlier submission regarding reference to the denomination of a trading unit in the price limit provisions. |
Heating Oil, RBOB |
10/31/2008 |
Certified |
10/31/2008 |
|
2 |
| COMEX |
Establishes electronic warrants. |
Copper |
10/30/2008 |
Certified |
12/12/2008 |
|
1 |
| CME |
Reduce contract size to 2,500 Japanese yen from 250,000 Japanese yen and make a conforming amendment to the value of the minimum tick. |
Pacific Rim Indexes |
10/30/2008 |
Certified |
11/03/2008 |
|
1 |
| CME |
Update Position Limit and Reportable Level Table. |
Turkish Lira |
10/30/2008 |
Certified |
10/30/2008 |
|
1 |
| NYMEX |
Expansion of listed months for 10 futures contracts. |
Rles 533, 537, 539, 660, 612, 614, 665,658,710,728 |
10/30/2008 |
Certified |
10/30/2008 |
|
1 |
| CBOT |
Removes the U.S. origin only requirement from the grade requirements set forth in the CBOT Oat contract, which was inadvertently added during the CME/CBOT rule harmonization. |
Oats |
10/29/2008 |
Certified |
11/05/2008 |
|
1 |
| CME |
Strike prices |
S&P's 500 Stock Price & E-Mini S&P Stock Price |
10/28/2008 |
Certified |
10/28/2008 |
|
1 |
| CME |
Correction of typographical errors. |
Eurodollar Calendar Spreads Options |
10/28/2008 |
Certified |
10/28/2008 |
|
1 |
| OCX |
Delisting of one SSF, which has no open interest. |
BFB2C Brown-Forman Corporation |
10/28/2008 |
Certified |
10/28/2008 |
|
1 |
