June 2006 Filings by Designated Contract Markets (DCMs)

Date of Letter	Date Filed	DCM	Description
06/30/2006	06/30/2006	HEDGESTREET	HedgeStreet Rules 12.30, 12.32, 12.34, 12.35 and 12.37 Effective Wednesday, July 5, 2006, while HedgeStreet will re-list various Weekly Futures contracts for trading, the maximum Settlement Value for these contracts will also be increased to $100. As a result, amendments will be effected (on the same date) to the Payout Criteria, Reporting levels, as well as the speculative Position Limits (to the same extent applicable) for these contracts.
06/30/2006	06/30/2006	CFE	CFE Rule Chapters 15, 16, 20 and 21 The Amendment provides for the delisting of CFE's Russell and PowerPacks Index futures contracts and for deletion of the contract specification rule chapters for these futures contracts.
06/29/2006	06/29/2006	HEDGESTREET	HedgeStreet Revised Fee Schedule
06/28/2006	06/28/2006	NYMEX	Name change for the Brent Bullet Swap Contract to the "Brent Financial Contract", effective July 9, 2006.
06/28/2006	06/28/2006	NYMEX	Effective June 29, 2006, the changes seek to allow for the posting of any eligible EFMs or EFBs available at a differential to the prior days settlement price in addition to the settlement price itself. Further, the amendments seek to allow these transactions to be posted through expiration day of the underlying miNY of cash-settled "big" contracts. The Exchange is deleting Rule 6.21E as this Rule is mirrored in Rule 11G.22. The changes are housekeeping in nature, and in keeping with prior determination of the NYMEX Board of Directors.
06/28/2006	06/28/2006	HEDGESTREET	HedgeStreet Delists All Monthly Contracts and Modifies the Trading Schedule of Certain Spot and Weekly Contracts due to the 4th of July Holiday
06/28/2006	06/28/2006	HEDGESTREET	Extension of the HedgeStreet Market Maker Subsidiary Pilot Program term for a period of twelve months commencing on July 1, 2006 until June 30, 2007.
06/28/2006	06/28/2006	CBOT	Change the last trading day/expiration for January 2006 CBOT Soybean Board Crush Spread Options
06/27/2006	06/27/2006	KBCT	Rule Numbers - Rule 1160.01 Amendment pertaining to the types of instruments that may be accepted in satisfaction of initial margin requirements
06/27/2006	06/27/2006	HEDGESTREET	Rule Numbers - Rule 12.59 Amendments to the Spot Crude Oil Binary Contracts
06/27/2006	06/28/2006	CBOT	Revised Electronic Market Maker Program for CBOT 5,000 oz. Silver Options
06/27/2006	06/27/2006	PBOT	Rules 208, 324 and 325 Amendments to: Rule 208 -- Disclosure and Trading by Exchange Employees, Directors, and Committee Members; Rule 324 -- Recording of Member Executions; Rule 325 -- Recording of Customer and Other Member Orders and Executions
06/21/2006	06/21/2006	CME	Amending the reporting period for block trades in CME Housing futures and options.
06/19/2006	06/19/2006	NYMEX	The Approved amendment adds the aluminum brand "HILLSIDE" from BHP Billiton/Hillside Aluminum South Africa as acceptable for delivery against the Aluminum Futures Contract.
06/19/2006	06/19/2006	HEDGESTREET	HedgeStreet Re-lists Weekly Crude Oil Variable Payout Contracts with Larger Settlement Values
06/16/2006	06/16/2006	NYMEX	Notification of Housekeeping Changes to the names of several Natural Gas Basis, Index and Swing Futures Contracts, the RBOB Gasoline Financial and WTI Crude Oil Financial Contracts subsequent to their initial certification.
06/16/2006	06/16/2006	NYMEX	Amendments to NYMEX Rule 9.27, Expiration and Current Delivery Month Position Limits or Position Accountability for the New York Harbor Unleaded Gasoline Futures Contract.
06/16/2006	06/16/2006	NYMEX	Pursuant to COMEX Division Rule 104.47(b), the Exchange Control Committee has determined to reduce the spot Copper position limit from 205 to 175 contracts.
06/16/2006	06/16/2006	NYBOT	Amendments to Rule 4.17, 4.19, 4.21 and 4.33
06/16/2006	06/16/2006	NYBOT	Amendments to Resolution No. 4 to raise the grading fee for Cocoa futures contracts by $9.00 per lot and increase the amount of the fee that is distributed to each of the three graders by $3.00 per lot.
06/16/2006	06/16/2006	CBOT	Establish Electronic Market Maker Program for Denatured Fuel Ethanol Futures
06/14/2006	06/14/2006	CBOT	Holiday-related trading schedule changes for July 3, November 24 and December 25, 2006
06/09/2006	06/09/2006	NYMEX	Amendments are being implemented in connection with the listing of NYMEX contracts for trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s Globex system.
06/09/2006	06/09/2006	NYMEX	Rule Number – NYMEX Rules 9.26, 9.27 and 9.34 Notification of Amendments for Financially-Settled Energy Contracts on Globex.
06/09/2006	06/09/2006	NYMEX	Changes in Listed Hours for NYMEX ClearPort Trading, NYMEX ClearPort Clearing and NYMEX ACCESS
06/09/2006	06/09/2006	NYMEX	Provisions addressing technology service levels that will be applicable for NYMEX products listed for trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s Globex system.
06/09/2006		CME	Liquidity Provider Program
06/09/2006	06/09/2006	CME	Changes to the gasoline component of the Goldman Sachs Commodity Index (GSCI)
06/09/2006	06/09/2006	CBOT	Rule Numbers - 209.04 Expand the Rice contract privileges of mini-sized Contract Permit Holders to include electronic trading.
06/08/2006	06/08/2006	NYMEX	NYMEX Rule 6.90 Notification of Amendments to Trading Card Procedures.
06/08/2006	06/08/2006	NYMEX	Notification of the Appropriate Use of Suspense Accounts for Globex Order Entry
06/08/2006	06/08/2006	NYMEX	COMEX Division Rule 104.47(b) Notification of Reallocation Relief Related to CME Rule 536B for Electronic Trading of NYMEX Contracts on Globex.
06/08/2006	06/08/2006	NYMEX	NYMEX Rule 6.18 Notification of Procedures for Preparation of Floor Order Tickets in the Context of Side-by-Side Trading.
06/08/2006	06/08/2006	CBOT	Establish Electronic Market Maker Program for 5,000 oz. Silver Options
06/08/2006	06/08/2006	CBOT	Establish Electronic Market Maker Program for 100 oz. Gold Options.
06/06/2006	06/06/2006	CBOT	Establish Electronic Market Maker Program for 5 Year and 10 Year Interest Rate Swap Futures
06/06/2006	06/06/2006	NYMEX	Rule Numbers – Supplement No. 2, “Licensed Depositories and Licensed Weighmasters” of the Silver Futures Contract Revised implementation Date for Brink’s Inc. Silver Depository
06/06/2006	06/06/2006	CME	Liquidity Provider Program
06/05/2006	06/05/2006	HEDGESTREET	Amendments to the Payout Criteria for all existing Nonfarm Payrolls Binary Hedgelet Contracts
06/02/2006	06/02/2006	NYMEX	Deletion of COMEX Rules 111.43, 112.14 and 113.10
06/01/2006	06/01/2006	PBOT	Amendments discussed with Commission staff in connection with reinstatement of contract market designation

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