Date of Letter

Date Filed

DCM

Description

12/30/2005

01/03/2006

NYMEX

Rule Numbers – NYMEX Rule 9.09(C).
The amendments modify the applicable time frame for submission by clearing members of requests for clearing fee refunds.

12/30/2005

01/03/2006

NYMEX

2006 Holiday Schedule.

12/30/2005

01/03/2006

NYMEX

Listing of Additional Strike Prices for the Silver, Copper, Natural Gas and Related Calendar Spread Option Contracts.

12/28/2005

12/29/2005

NYMEX

COMEX Division Rule 104.89.
Effective Tuesday, January 3, 2006, COMEX Rule 104.89 is amended to install Staff to serve as a voting member with veto authority over the daily settlement prices in Gold Options.

12/28/2005

12/28/2005

NYMEX

Listing of Additional Strike Prices for the Gold, Silver, Copper and Related Calendar Spread Option Contracts.

12/27/2005

12/27/2005

NYMEX

COMEX Division Rule 104.89.
Effective Tuesday, January 3, 2006, COMEX Rule 104.89 is amended to install Staff to serve as a voting member with veto authority over the daily settlement prices in High-Grade Copper Futures.

12/27/2005

12/27/2005

CME

Rule 550
Amendment to the post settlement session for Eurodollar and LIBOR Futures contracts.

12/22/2005

12/22/2005

CME

Rule 369A03.A., Final Settlement Price
CME is implementing technical amendments with respect to Final Settlement procedures associated with LMC II TRAKRS futures.

12/21/2005

12/21/2005

NYMEX

Listing of Additional Strike Prices for the Gold, Silver, Copper, Natural Gas, Unleaded Gasoline, Crude Oil, Heating Oil, and Related Calendar Spread Option Contracts.

12/21/2005

12/21/2005

NYBOT

Rule Numbers – New Standing Resolution R-6 and an amendment to Rule 2.10.
The amendment to Rule 2.10 adds an additional provision to the agreement a member is required to sign in order to confer membership privileges to a firm. The additional provision holds the member responsible for claims against an affiliated firm of the member firm if the affiliated firm receives member rates in accordance with new Standing Resolution R-6.

12/21/2005

12/21/2005

CME

Rule Numbers – Rule 369A01.B., Index Value During Initial Multiplier Determination Period, and Rule 369A02.K., Special Opening Procedures.
CME is implementing technical amendments to the opening schedule associated with LMC II TRAKRS futures.

12/21/2005

12/21/2005

CME

Rule Numbers – Penalty Schedules at end of Chapters 201,202,204,205, and 206. 
Amended penalty schedule for Lumber, Dap, Urea, UAN and Ethanol.

12/21/2005

12/21/2005

CME

Delisting of CME X-Funds Futures Contracts.

12/19/2005

12/19/2005

CBOT

Discontinue trading for contracts months beyond March 2006 for 10-Year Municipal Note Index futures.

12/16/2005

12/16/2005

NYMEX

Rule Numbers – New NYMEX Division Rules 9.26, 9.27 and 9.34
The amendments remove the NYMEX Brent Crude Oil and Northwest Europe Gasoil Contracts from NYMEX Division Rules 9.26 and 9.27 for purposes of positions limits and accountability levels. The amendments correspond with similar action taken by NYMEX Europe Limited (“NEL”). Exchange Notice No. 05-345 dated August 26, 2005, announced the migration of these contracts in 2005. NEL received Financial Services Authority (“FSA”) recognition as a U.K. investment exchange on September 5, 2005. Brent Crude Oil futures and options and Northwest Europe Gasoil futures began trading in London on September 12, 2005. Additionally, the amendment to the reporting level under NYMEX Division Rule 9.34 removes the “NYMEX” contract. These amendments will be effective Tuesday, December 20, 2005.

12/16/2005

12/16/2005

CBT

Extend the designer of 10-Year and 5-Year Interest Rate Swap futures and options for trading at the established minimum size threshold of 2,000 contracts on an outright basis.

12/16/2005

12/16/2005

CBT

Early listing of September 2007 Corn and mini-sized Corn futures

12/15/2005

12/15/2005

CME

Rule Numbers – Chapter 8-D Part ii (Auction Markets)
Addendum to previous CME Submission No. 05-85 that included the new CME Rulebook Chapter 8-D Part I (Exempt Board of Trade). Part II (Auction Markets) is added to Chapter 8-D.

12/15/2005

12/15/2005

NYBOT

Rule Numbers – Amendment to Rule 21.25
Amendment to Rule 21.25 requires all members to wear trading jackets on the trading floor

12/15/2005

12/15/2005

NYMEX

Rule Numbers – COMEX Rule 15.03(c), COMEX Rule 16.03, COMEX Rule 17.04 and NYMEX Rule 300.20 
Listing of additional strike prices for Gold, Silver, Copper, Natural Gas, Unleaded Gasoline and Related Calendar Spread Option Contract

12/15/2005

12/15/2005

CBOT

Rule Numbers – 190.01, 331.05, 350.05, 425.01, App. 4C, 425.02-06, 500.00, 502.00, 505.00, 509.00, 545.02-03, 915.03, 9B.11, 1809.02, 2309.02, 2409.02, 2509.02
Generally streamline and update in terms of format and terminology.

12/15/2005

12/15/2005

CBOT

Rule Numbers – 252.00
Eliminate obsolete provision that proceeds of firm-owned memberships are not subject to claims which fall under the sixth category of priority

12/14/2005

12/14/2005

CBOT

Rule Numbers – 4906.01
Reduce the minimum trading increment for 10-Year Interest Rate Swap futures

12/14/2005

12/14/2005

CBOT

Rule Numbers – 450.04
Reduce the adjustment periods for member firm overpayments and underpayments of Exchange fees

12/13/2005

12/14/2005

CME

Rule Numbers – CME Rules 25701.G. and 257A01.H. Termination of Trading
No rule amendments are required. As has been CME’s procedure for the past five years in reacting to the Central Bank of Brazil’s change of procedures for publishing the end of year “PTAX rate”, CME is changing the termination of trading day for the January 2006 Brazilian real futures and options contracts from Friday, December 30, 2005 to Thursday, December 29, 2005.

12/12/2005

12/12/2005

NYMEX

Rule Numbers – COMEX Rule 15.03(c), COMEX Rule 16.03, COMEX Rule 17.04 and NUMEX Rule 300.20 
Listing of Additional Strike Prices for the Gold, Silver, Natural Gas and Related Calendar Spread Option Contracts

12/09/2005

12/12/2005

CBOT

2006 Daytime Electronic Market Maker Program for 2-Yr. T-Note Futures

12/09/2005

12/12/2005

CBOT

Rule Numbers – XX04.01, XX07.02
Soybean Board Crush Spread Options-Revised strike price intervals and rounding conventions for exercise price assignments

12/09/2005

12/09/2005

NYMEX

Rule Numbers – New NYMEX Division Rule 8.21A
Maintenance of Health and Safety in Exchange Trading Rings

12/09/2005

12/09/2005

CME

Composition of CME X-Fund Index Futures contracts.

12/08/2005

12/08/2005

NYMEX

Rule Numbers – New NYMEX Division Rule 8.21A
Effective on the open of trading on Monday, December 12, 2005, NYMEX will implement procedures to set hard limits on the number of Floor Members who may stand on a particular step in the trading ring. As proffered in the Rule, implementation will be on a ring-by-ring basis as per the direction of the Board of Directors. As of the effective date, only the Crude Oil futures ring will be governed by the new Rule. The new Rule also establishes objective criteria for use by Exchange Staff in determining who would be eligible to stand on a particular step, and specifies the disciplinary action to be taken for violators of the Rule.

12/07/2005

12/07/2005

NYMEX

Listing of Additional Strike Prices for the Gold, Copper, Silver, Natural Gas and Related Calendar Spread Option Contracts.

12/07/2005

12/07/2005

HEDGESTREET

HedgeStreet Rule 4.4(b)
HedgeStreet hereby withdraws its filing dated July 12, 2005, which amended its market making rules to offer a revenue sharing benefit to eligible market makers. HedgeStreet has decided to postpone its offering of the revenue sharing benefit until HedgeStreet has provided the Commission with further notification and information.

12/02/2005

12/02/2005

HEDGESTREET

Rule Number 12.23
HedgeStreet is amending the Listing Schedule of the Non-Farm Payrolls Fixed Payout Contracts for the month of December.

12/02/2005

12/02/2005

KCBT

KCBT has approved a market maker program for its Value Line® Stock Index futures contract.

12/01/2005

12/01/2005

NYMEX

Listing of Additional Strike Prices for the Gold, Copper, Silver, Natural Gas, Crude Oil, Heating Oil and Related Calendar Spread Option Contracts.

12/01/2005

12/01/2005

CME

Rule Numbers 41601, 41602, 41603, 41701, 41702, and 41703.
Amendments to CME Frost Days Index Futures and CME Seasonal Frost Days Index Futures.