Designated Contract Market Products : 19280

Organization: TRENDEX

Product Name: Opening Weekend Motion Picture Revenue Contract (Takers)

Type: Future

Status: Approved

Date: 2010-06-14 00:00:00

Category: Financial Instrument

Subcategory: Accounting Data

Remarks: On April 2, 2010, Media Derivatives requested that the approval process for its futures and binary options contracts be taken off of the 45-day approval process and moved to a 90-day approval process.

Associated Documents
MDEX Rule Submission on 030910: rul030910mdex001
U. S. Congress Comment on Movie Contracts, April 28, 2010
U. S. Congress Comment on Movie Contracts, April 22, 2010
Robert Shiller Movie Comment
Comment from R&R Consulting
MDEX response to Hearing Question on the Record
Bozanich comment on box office contracts
Glickman comment on box office receipt contracts
LG Electronics comment on box office receipt contracts
Screen Capital International comment on box office receipt contracts
Stephen Woods comment on Box Office Futures
Comment on Applications of Media Derivatives, Inc. and Cantor Futures Exchange, L.P., for Approval of Contracts on Motion Picture Box Office Receipts
Comment on Application of Media Derivatives, Inc. for Approval of Binary Options and Collared Futures in Opening Weekend Motion Picture
Comment from Ivy Silberstein regarding domestic box office receipt contracts
Comment by MDEX on its Application for Approval of Binary and Collared Futures for Opening Weekend Motion Picture Revenue Contracts
Comment from Buzz Potemkin on Box Office Futures
Comment letter FilmGo.net
Comment from Truly Moving Pictures
Extension Letter from Trend Exchange
Summary of Testimony of Schulyer Moore for Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Hearing April 22,2010