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CBOT Modifies procedures for determining the daily settlement prices for CBOT 2 Year and 5 Year US Treasury Note options. CBOT #2848.01 11/20/2007 Certified 11/28/2007 1
NYMEX Addresses document requirements for Exchange of Futures for, or in Connection with, Swap Transactions. NYMEX #07.126 11/20/2007 Certified 11/28/2007 1
ICE US Eliminates the requirement to hold shares of ICE stock; reduces the number of ICE Futures memberships required to be held in order to be a clearing member; and eliminates self-clearing privileges. ICE US #07-72 11/23/2007 Certified 11/29/2007 1
MGE Increases the number of memberships a Record Owner can own and the number of votes allowed per Record Owner. 11/26/2007 Certified 12/06/2007 1
ICE US Allows the use of ICEBlock to register block trades for products that trade electronically; and Expands the use of the block trade procedures to the ICE agricultural contracts. ICE US #07-74 12/06/2007 Certified 12/07/2007 1
NYMEX Provides guidelines regarding clerical employees handling GLOBEX Orders and Block Trades. NYMEX #07.109 10/01/2007 Certified 12/07/2007 1
USFE Adopts the USFE standard Market Marker Program for: Futures on ISE Sector Indexes, Futures on Morningstar Indexes, Foreign Exchange Spot Equivalent Futures. USFE #07-12 11/28/2007 Certified 12/10/2007 1
USFE Adopts amendments to the Market Maker Agreements for the FX Spot Equivalent Futures contracts to enhance the quality of certain of the FX SEF markets. USFE # 07-13 11/28/2007 Certified 12/10/2007 1
NYMEX Clarifies the "first" and "second" parties who engage in pre-execution discussions; Deletes references to NYMEX ACCESS in Rule 11.57A. NYMEX #07.132 12/05/2007 Certified 12/11/2007 1
USFE Adopts Minimum Order Size and Error Trade rules for the trading of binary options contracts. USFE #07-14 12/05/2007 Certified 12/11/2007 1
NYMEX Implements Globex trading for certain spread options products that had been traded solely on the trading floor. NYMEX # 07.134 12/06/2007 Certified 12/11/2007 1
CFE Extends CFE's Trading Privilege Holder Permit Program for an additional year. CFE #2007-13 12/12/2007 Certified 12/12/2007 1
CBOT Revises CBOT Fees Schedules to update member firm terminology as part of the CBOT/CME Rulebook harmonization. CBOT #2851.01 12/17/2007 Certified 12/17/2007 1
ICE US Extends Trade at Settlement (TAS) orders to the Russell futures contracts which are traded electronically. ICE US #Supp 07-67 12/17/2007 Certified 12/17/2007 1
ICE US Corrects date for implementation of provision of authority to VP of Market Regulation to summarily fine Floor Brokers; Trading at Settlement ("TAS") orders in certain markets; and for an Emerging Areas Market Maker Program. ICE US #07-67 11/19/2007 Certified 12/18/2007 1
CBOT Revises trading hours for CBOT Stock Index contracts to harmonize trading hours for the Dow Jones Index contracts with those of other CME Group equity index contracts. CBOT #2852.01 12/18/2007 Certified 12/18/2007 1
CBOT Extends through 6/30/08, temporary membership privileges in 100oz Gold and 5000oz Silver options for holders of CBOT Series B-4. CBOT #2854.01 12/19/2007 Certified 12/19/2007 1
CBOT Extends through 6/30/08, temporary membership privileges with respect to covered option spreads in 100oz Gold and 5000oz Silver contracts for holders of CBOT Series B-5 Membership status. CBOT #2855.01 12/19/2007 Certified 12/19/2007 1
CBOT Provides to members a Regulatory Advisory: Exchange of Futures for Related Positions. CBOT #07-105 12/12/2007 Certified 12/20/2007 1
CME Provides to members a Regulatory Advisory: Exchange of Futures for Related Positions. CME #07-105 12/12/2007 Certified 12/20/2007 1
CME Harmonizes legacy CME Flex Option Procedures with practices of the CBOT legacy products. CME #07-106 12/12/2007 Certified 12/26/2007 1
CFE Provides an updated CFE Fee Schedule extending the term of CFE's Day Trade fee pilot program through March 31, 2008. CFE #2007-15 12/26/2007 Certified 12/26/2007 1
ICE US Expands Market Specialist Program for Electronic Trading. ICE US #07-59 10/02/2007 Certified 12/26/2007 On 09/03/07 NYBT was renamed ICE US 1
ICE US Eliminates the requirement that Block Trades be priced within the no cancellation range ("NCR") for the particular commodity. ICE US #07-76 12/14/2007 Certified 12/27/2007 1
ICE US Delegates to the ICE US president the authority to make amendments for certain matters that are administrative in nature. ICE US #07-77 12/14/2007 Certified 12/27/2007 1
NYMEX Transfers responsibility for review of appeal requests in relation to summary fines issued for failure of a floor order ticket review from Compliance Review to Business Conduct Committee. NYMEX #07.144 12/20/2007 Certified 12/27/2007 1
NYMEX Places responsibility on a Member or Member Firm to pay restitution resulting from violative trading conduct by a Member or Member Firm's employee in the event of non-payment by that employee. NYMEX #07.145 12/20/2007 Certified 12/27/2007 1
ICE US Extends the benefits of cross margining programs between ICE US and Options Clearing Corp to non-members of ICE US (for Russell Index products cleared at ICE Clear US with options and ETFs on the Russell Indexes cleared at OCC). ICE US #07-79 12/17/2007 Certified 12/28/2007 1
NYMEX Places Restrictions on Simultaneous Buy and Sell Orders on Exchange Electronic Trading Systems. NYMEX #07.142 12/20/2007 Certified 12/28/2007 1
CME Changes daily settlement price determination procedures to a volume-weighted average price ("VWAP") instead of the current provisions of Rule 813 - Settlement Price CME #07-110R 12/20/2007 Certified 01/02/2008 1
CFE Provides for: (i) a min. Block Trade size for trades with legs in multiple contract months when exclusively for the purchase (or sale) of a single VIX contract ("strip"); and (ii) the min. contract size for each leg of the strip. CFE # CFE-2007-14 12/20/2007 Certified 01/03/2008 1
CME Changes the Opening Time for all Floor-Traded CME Dairy Futures & Options to an earlier time. CME #07-113 01/03/2008 Certified 01/03/2008 1
ICE US Permits the entry and execution of Stop-Limit Orders on the electronic trading system. ICE US #07-82 12/19/2007 Certified 01/07/2008 1
NYMEX Clarifies that Summary Procedures for Denial of Access apply to all NYMEX ClearPort Clearing transactions; clarifies that NYMEX ClearPort Trading Users and Agents are included as parties covered. NYMEX #07.143 12/20/2007 Certified 01/07/2008 1
ICE US Amends the Definition of term "Business Day" and provides the 2008 Holiday Schedule. ICE US #08-1 01/07/2008 Certified 01/07/2008 1
CBOT Changes the Electronic Trading Open of Agricultural and Financial products to 30 Minutes Earlier, and Notiifies the CFTC of the Dates Electronic Trading in Agricultural and Financial Contracts will be Transfered from e-cbot to the Globex system. CBOT #08 01/09/2008 Certified 01/09/2008 1
ICE US Gives VP of Market Regulation authority to summarily fine Floor Brokers; Permits Trade at Settlement ("TAS") orders in certain markets; and Provides for an Emerging Areas Market Maker Program. ICE US #07-67 11/16/2007 Certified 01/10/2008 1
ICE US Resubmits the amendments to the Definition of the term "Business Day" and the ICE Futures 2008 Holiday Schedule ICE US #8-01 01/10/2008 Certified 01/10/2008 1
NFX Amends By-Laws and Rules to resolve inconsistencies among rules, by-laws, the Certificate of Incorporation and initial offering circular dated August 1, 1984. PBOT #2007-19 09/17/2007 Certified 01/11/2008 1
CBOT Provides for an Incentive Program for Swap Futures. CBOT #2853.01. See also CBOT #2853.02 12/20/2007 Certified 01/11/2008 1
CBOT Provides for Market Making Program for CBOT Swap Futures. CBOT #2853.02 12/20/2007 Certified 01/11/2008 1
CBOT Provides for an Incentive Program for CBOT Deferred Fed Funds. CBOT #2856.01 12/26/2007 Certified 01/11/2008 1
CBOT Provides for a Market Making Program for CBOT Deferred Fed Fund Futures. CBOT #2856.02 12/26/2007 Certified 01/11/2008 1
CBOT Amends Market Making Program in the CBOT Deferred Fed Funds futures contract. CBOT #2856.02R 01/14/2008 Certified 01/11/2008 1
MGE Provides notice to the CFTC that as of January 13, 2008, at 6pm, all MGEX futures and options contracts will begin trading on the Globex electronic trading platform. 01/11/2008 Certified 01/14/2008 1
CBOT Amends CBOT Swap Futures Market Making Program. CBOT #2853.01R 01/14/2008 Certified 01/14/2008 1
CBOT Amends CBOT Swap Futures Market Making Program. CBOT #2853.02R 01/14/2008 Certified 01/14/2008 1
NYMEX Provides Housekeeping amendments: Sanctions; Expiration and Current Delivery Month Position Limits; Expiration Position Accountability Levels. NYMEX #08.03 01/14/2008 Certified 01/14/2008 1
ICE US Changes the composition and quorum requirements for BCC meetings and Hearing Panels. Also, waiver of grading fees for the Robusta futures contract. ICE US #08-5 01/10/2008 Certified 01/15/2008 1
NYMEX Provides Notification of the Listing of Product on Additional Trading Venue and Notification of New Platforms for European-Style Crude Oil and European-Style Natural Gas Options. NYMEX #08.01 01/17/2008 Certified 01/17/2008 1