Industry Filings

April 2006 Filings by Designated Contract Markets (DCMs)

Date of Letter

Date Filed

DCM

Description

04/28/2006

05/01/2006

CBOT

Rule Numbers – Rulebook Chapter 2, 3and 4
Comprehensive update

04/27/2006

04/27/2006

HEDGESTREET

HedgeStreet is introducing new Binary CopperContracts under Rule 12.77

04/27/2006

04/27/2006

CBOT

Terminate trading authorization in August2006 CBOT Dow Jones AIG Commodity Index futures

04/26/2006

04/26/2006

KCBT

Rule Numbers – KCBT Rule 905.00
Electronic Trading for wheat futures trading on the Electronic Trading System.

04/26/2006

04/27/2006

CBOT

Rule Numbers – 1605.01
Enable the listing of more than 12 calendar months in Ethanol futures

04/21/2006

04/21/2006

CFE

Rule Numbers - CFE Rule1202
Revises the permissible number of contract month listings for the VIX futures contract.

04/21/2006

04/21/2006

CFE

Update CFE Fee Schedule

04/21/2006

04/21/2006

CME

Rule Numbers – CME Rules 402 and 406
CME approved amendments to Rule 402 (“Business Conduct Committee”) and rule 406 (“Probable Cause Committee”) to increase participation by non-members on panels on the Business Conduct and Probably Cause Committees.

04/20/2006

04/20/2006

NYMEX

Rule Numbers – NYMEX Rules 9.26, 9.27 and 9.34
Effective on April 24, 2006, these amendments include the addition of position limits, accountability levels and reporting levels for five new New York Harbor Gasoline Blendstock (RBOB) Swap Contracts.

04/19/2006

04/19/2006

NYMEX

Five New Contracts for listing on the NYMEX ClearPort Trading and Clearing electronic trading system based on RBOB Gasoline (Rules 555 though 559).

04/19/2006

04/20/2006

CME

Rule Numbers – 35402.D., 2354A01.F., 36102.D., 361A01.F.
Amendment to the position limits on the Russell 2000 and the E-Mini Russell 2000 contracts.

04/18/2006

04/18/2006

CBOT

Early listing of September 2007 Soybean Oil and Soybean Meal options

04/18/2006

04/18/2006

CBOT

Early listing of December 2008 Wheat and mini-sized Wheat futures

04/13/2006

04/13/2006

HEDGESTREET

Rule Numbers- 1.1(j), 1.1(u), 1.1(gg), 2.3(a), 3.1(a)(ii)(3), 3.1(g), 3.2, 3.4(d), 3.4(f), 3.4(g), 5.4(b), 5.20(a), 5.21(a), 5.24(h), 6.2, 6.3, 6.4
HedgeStreet introduces Trading Members on the HedgeStreet intermediated Market

04/11/2006

04/11/2006

CBOT

Early Listing of August 2006 Ten Year U.S. Treasury Note options.

04/10/2006

04/10/2006

CBOT

Early listing of August 2006 U.S. Treasury Bond Options

04/06/2006

04/06/2006

NYBOT

Definition of "Allowable Claim" and Rules 2.24, 4.29, 20.01, 21.02 and 21.25.
Amendments to Definition of "Allowable Claim" and Rules 2.24, 4.29, 20.01, 21.02 and 21.25.

04/06/2006

04/06/2006

NYBOT

Definition of "eCOPS® " and Rules 7.61-7.64, 7.66-7.77, 7.79, 13.01, 13.05, 13.06, 13.09, 13.13, 13.14, 13.16, 13.17, 13.20 and 13.21.
Definition of "eCOPS" and amendments to Rules 7.61-7.64, 7.66-7.77, 7.79, 13.01, 13.05, 13.06, 13.09, 13.13, 13.14, 13.16, 13.17, 13.20 and 13.21provide for the use of eCOPS® in FCOJ delivery process and eliminate Exchange delivery of FCOJ stored in drums. Amendments to rule 7.64 will revise insurance and bonding requirements for tank facility operators.

04/06/2006

04/06/2006

NYBOT

Sugar NO. 11 (SM) Rules 11.00(c) and (f).
Implementation of Rule 11.00(c)(ii) by deeming Mozambique a deliverable origin and amendments to Rule 11.00(f) which clarify the appropriate despatch and demurrage rates for Exchange deliveries.

04/06/2006

04/06/2006

NYBOT

Amendments to Rules 8.59, 9.49, 10.58, 10.77, 11.30, 11.50, 13.39, 15.29, 16.29, 23.59 and 24.29 and New Rule 12.30
Amendments and new rule clarify the deadline to submit instructions not to exercise option on the last trading day.

04/06/2006

04/06/2007

CME

New CME Rules 26900-26903 and 269A00-269A04 and amendments to CME Rules 737.B. and 738.B.
Additions to the CME Rulebook of Chapters 269 and 269A, respectively for CME Israeli Shekel Futures and CME Options on Israeli Shekel Futures Contracts. Amendments to CME Rules 737.B. Physical Delivery Currency Cross-Rate Contracts for buyers and 738.B. Physical Delivery Currency Cross-Rate Contracts for sellers to allow for physical delivery CME Israeli Shekel futures contracts.

04/06/2006

04/06/2006

CFE

New CFE Rule 216
Submission of (i) the Regulatory Services Agreement (RSA), dated as of December 27, 2005, by and between CFE and National Futures Association and (ii) new CFE Rule 216 relating to the RSA.

04/06/2006

04/06/2006

CBOT

Early listing of August and December 2007 Soybean Oil and Soybean Meal options

04/04/2006

04/04/2006

HEDGESTREET

HedgeStreet Rules 12.30(h), 12.37(h), 12.44(h), 12.49(h) and 12.51(h)
HedgeStreet amends the Reporting Levels for various futures contracts, effective at the start of business on Wednesday April 5, 2006.

04/03/2006

04/03/2006

MGEX

Rule 715.00 and Regulation 2010.00
Amend Rule 715.00 and Regulation 2010.00 allow trading in Spring Wheat futures in the current delivery month plus any month in the March, May, July, September, December delivery cycle which falls within the next succeeding twenty-three (23) months.