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Oat futures provide a way to:
- Participate in price discovery for oats
- Enable merchandisers, producers, food processors and other commercial users to effectively manage price risk
- Evaluate or reflect on the current and future supply and demand situation for oats
- Identify short and long-term cyclical price and volatility patterns for oats
- Trade to hedge or speculate based on expectations of directional price or spread movement in oats
- Trade in liquid markets
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Education Series: Using Options to Hedge Commodity Price Risk
Webinars begin Thursday, August 7, 2008. In-person days are August 14 and 15, 2008.
An Introduction to Grain Calendar and Basis Swaps
Learn how cleared OTC agricultural swaps can be of use in today’s volatile commodity markets
Price Limit Update
Get details on price limit increases for CME Group Grain and Oilseed products.
Market Regulation Advisory
- Clearing & Trading Fees
- Performance Bonds/Margins
- Trading Hours
- Product & Vendor Codes
- Future Spreads on CME Globex
- Options Strategies on CME Globex
- Moore Reports
- CME Rulebook
- CBOT Rulebook
- Find-a-Broker
- Glossary
- Knowledge Center Home
- View Intra Day Block Trades
- Wheat Price Rules (PDF)
- BM&F Bovespa Parnership
| Trade Unit | 5,000 bushels | ||
| Settle Method | Delivery | ||
| Point Size | 1 tick = 1/4 cent per bushel = $12.50 per contract | ||
| Strike Price Interval | 10 cents per bushel for the first two months, 20 cents per bushel for all other months. At the commencement of trading, list 5 strikes above and 5 below the at-the-money strike. | ||
| Strike | |||
| Limits/Price Banding | Price limits scalable to next level above or below when price settles at limit. ($0.20/$0.30/$0.45) per bushel ($1,000/$1,500/$2,500 contract) above or below the previous day's settlement price. No limit in the spot month (limits are lifted beginning on First Position Day). | ||
| Tick Size (Minimum Fluctuation) |
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| Trading Hours | Electronic: 6:00 p.m. - 6:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. Central Time, Sun.-Fri. | ||
| Listed | All listed intervals | ||
| Product Codes | Clearing: O Open Auction: O Electronic: ZO | ||
| Minimum Block Size | |||
| Product Calendar | Jul, Sep, Dec, Mar, May View current product listings |
| Trade Unit | 5,000 bushels | ||
| Settle Method | Delivery | ||
| Point (Tick) Size | 1 tick = 1/4 cent per bushel = $12.50 per contract | ||
| Strike Price Interval | 10 cents per bushel for the first two months, 20 cents per bushel for all other months. At the commencement of trading, list 5 strikes above and 5 below the at-the-money strike. | ||
| Strike | |||
| Limits/Price Banding | Price limits scalable to next level above or below when price settles at limit. ($0.20/$0.30/$0.45) per bushel ($1,000/$1,500/$2,500 contract) above or below the previous day's settlement price. No limit in the spot month (limits are lifted beginning on First Position Day). | ||
| Minimum Fluctuation |
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| Trading Hours | Open Auction: 9:30 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. Central Time, Mon-Fri. | ||
| Listed | All listed series | ||
| Product Codes | Clearing: O Open Auction: O Electronic: ZO | ||
| Minimum Block Size | |||
| Product Calendar | Jul, Sep, Dec, Mar, May View current product listings |
Education Series: Using Options to Hedge Commodity Price Risk
Webinars begin Thursday, August 7, 2008. In-person days are August 14 and 15, 2008.
An Introduction to Grain Calendar and Basis Swaps
Learn how cleared OTC agricultural swaps can be of use in today’s volatile commodity markets
Price Limit Update
Get details on price limit increases for CME Group Grain and Oilseed products.
Market Regulation Advisory
- Clearing & Trading Fees
- Performance Bonds/Margins
- Trading Hours
- Product & Vendor Codes
- Future Spreads on CME Globex
- Options Strategies on CME Globex
- Moore Reports
- CME Rulebook
- CBOT Rulebook
- Find-a-Broker
- Glossary
- Knowledge Center Home
- View Intra Day Block Trades
- Wheat Price Rules (PDF)
- BM&F Bovespa Parnership
| Contract Month | Product Code | First Trade Date | Last Trade Date | Settlement Date | |
| SEP08 | OU08 | 09/15/2005 |  |
09/12/2008 | 09/12/2008 |
| DEC08 | OZ08 | 12/15/2006 | |
12/12/2008 | 12/12/2008 |
| MAR09 | OH09 | 03/15/2007 | |
03/13/2009 | 03/13/2009 |
| MAY09 | OK09 | 05/15/2007 | |
05/14/2009 | 05/14/2009 |
| JUL09 | ON09 | 09/15/2006 | |
07/14/2009 | 07/14/2009 |
| SEP09 | OU09 | 09/15/2006 | |
09/14/2009 | 09/14/2009 |
| DEC09 | OZ09 | 12/17/2007 | |
12/14/2009 | 12/14/2009 |
| MAR10 | OH10 | 03/17/2008 | |
03/12/2010 | 03/12/2010 |
| MAY10 | OK10 | 05/15/2008 | |
05/14/2010 | 05/14/2010 |
| JUL10 | ON10 | 09/17/2007 | |
07/14/2010 | 07/14/2010 |
| SEP10 | OU10 | 09/17/2007 | |
09/14/2010 | 09/14/2010 |
| DEC10 | OZ10 | 07/15/2008 | |
12/14/2010 | 12/14/2010 |
Education Series: Using Options to Hedge Commodity Price Risk
Webinars begin Thursday, August 7, 2008. In-person days are August 14 and 15, 2008.
An Introduction to Grain Calendar and Basis Swaps
Learn how cleared OTC agricultural swaps can be of use in today’s volatile commodity markets
Price Limit Update
Get details on price limit increases for CME Group Grain and Oilseed products.
Market Regulation Advisory
- Clearing & Trading Fees
- Performance Bonds/Margins
- Trading Hours
- Product & Vendor Codes
- Future Spreads on CME Globex
- Options Strategies on CME Globex
- Moore Reports
- CME Rulebook
- CBOT Rulebook
- Find-a-Broker
- Glossary
- Knowledge Center Home
- View Intra Day Block Trades
- Wheat Price Rules (PDF)
- BM&F Bovespa Parnership
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Things to Know:
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- Clearing & Trading Fees
- Performance Bonds/Margins
- Trading Hours
- Product & Vendor Codes
- Future Spreads on CME Globex
- Options Strategies on CME Globex
- Moore Reports
- CME Rulebook
- CBOT Rulebook
- Find-a-Broker
- Glossary
- Knowledge Center Home
- View Intra Day Block Trades
- Wheat Price Rules (PDF)
- BM&F Bovespa Parnership