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Soybean Meal

Product Overview

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Options on Soybean Meal provide a way to:

  • Effectively manage price risk associated with the purchase and sale of soybean meal by merchandisers, producers, food processors and other commercial users
  • Utilize some strategies to allow hedgers to reduce price level risk while retaining the opportunity to improve their purchase or selling price
  • Trade based on price movement, spreads or market volatility
  • Trade in deep liquid markets

 

Things to Know:

  • Contract is a 100 short ton contract with a Soybean Meal futures contract as the underlying product
  • Soybean meal option contracts are available for trading over 15 hours per day providing customers access regardless of their time zone
  • Soybean meal options trade electronically on the CME Globex platform during the Asian and European daytime market hours as well as on the trading floor during the primary U.S. grain market hours
  • Soybean meal call and put options have numerous strike prices to choose from

 

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General News & Announcements for Agricultural Commodity
RSS

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


CME Product Market Data
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Contract Specification View
Trade Unit One CBOT Soybean Meal futures contract (of a specified contract month) of 100 short tons
Settle Method Delivery
Point Size 1 point = $10.00
Strike Price Interval
Strike
Limits/Price Banding Price limits scalable to next level above or below when price settles at limit. ($20/$30/$45) per ton ($2,000/$3,000/$4,500 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)
Regular1= $10.00
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: 06 Open Auction: MY for calls/MZ for puts Globex: OZM
Minimum Block Size
Product Calendar Oct, Dec, Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Aug, Sep; a monthly (serial) option contract is listed when the front month is not a standard option contract. The monthly option contract exercises into the nearby futures contract. For example, a February option exercises into a March futures position.
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Trade Unit One CBOT Soybean Meal futures contract (of a specified contract month) of 100 short tons
Settle Method Delivery
Point (Tick) Size 1 point = $10.00
Strike Price Interval
Strike
Limits/Price Banding Price limits scalable to next level above or below when price settles at limit. ($20/$30/$45) per ton ($2,000/$3,000/$4,500 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
Regular1= $10.00
Trading Hours Open Auction: 9:30 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. Central Time, Mon-Fri.
Listed All listed intervals
Product Codes Clearing: 06 Open Auction: MY for calls/MZ for puts Globex: OZM
Minimum Block Size
Product Calendar Oct, Dec, Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Aug, Sep; a monthly (serial) option contract is listed when the front month is not a standard option contract. The monthly option contract exercises into the nearby futures contract. For example, a February option exercises into a March futures position.
View current product listings
General News & Announcements for Agricultural Commodity
RSS

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


Contracts Currently Eligible to Trade and Recently Expired Contracts
Contract Month Product Code First Trade Date Last Trade Date Settlement Date
OCT08 06V08 07/30/2007 Add to Outlook 09/26/2008 09/26/2008
DEC08 06Z08 10/16/2006 Add to Outlook 11/21/2008 11/21/2008
JAN09 06F09 09/24/2007 Add to Outlook 12/23/2008 12/23/2008
MAR09 06H09 11/21/2007 Add to Outlook 02/20/2009 02/20/2009
MAY09 06K09 12/24/2007 Add to Outlook 04/24/2009 04/24/2009
JUL09 06N09 02/13/2008 Add to Outlook 06/26/2009 06/26/2009
AUG09 06Q09 04/28/2008 Add to Outlook 07/24/2009 07/24/2009
SEP09 06U09 05/27/2008 Add to Outlook 08/21/2009 08/21/2009
OCT09 06V09 07/28/2008 Add to Outlook 09/25/2009 09/25/2009
DEC09 06Z09 01/29/2008 Add to Outlook 11/20/2009 11/20/2009
General News & Announcements for Agricultural Commodity
RSS

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


Product Overview

Things to Know:

  1. Contract is a 100 short ton contract with a Soybean Meal futures contract as the underlying product
  2. Soybean meal option contracts are available for trading over 15 hours per day providing customers access regardless of their time zone
  3. Soybean meal options trade electronically on the CME Globex platform during the Asian and European daytime market hours as well as on the trading floor during the primary U.S. grain market hours
  4. Soybean meal call and put options have numerous strike prices to choose from
Product Education

Periodic Reports
Special Report - The Battle for Inventory (PDF)
USDA Monthly Supply & Demand (PDF)
Weekly Export Sales (PDF)
Commitment of Traders (PDF)
Soybean Crop Conditions (PDF)


Supply Charts
US Soybean Planted Acreage
US Soybean Yield: Actual vs. Trend line
US Soybean Production
US Soybean Supply
US Soybean Ending Stocks
US Soybean Crop Conditions: Good to Excellent
US Soybean Crop Conditions: Poor to Very Poor
US Soybean Crop Progress - Planting
World Oilseed Production
World Soybean Production
World Soybean Production vs. Usage
World Soybean Supply
World Soybean Ending Stocks
World Soybean Production - Major Exporters
Argentina Soybean Production
Brazil Soybean Production
Palm Oil Production: Malaysia vs. Total World
US Soy Oil Production
US Soy Oil Supply
US Soy Oil Ending Stocks
World Soy Oil Production
World Soy Oil Supply
World Soy Oil Ending Stocks
World Palm Oil Production
World Soybean Meal Exports
Soybean Oil vs. Rape, Sun, Palm 1988 -  Present
Soybean Oil vs. Rape, Sun, Palm 2000 -  Present
USDA: US  Soybean Production History (PDF)
USDA: US Soybean Ending Stocks History (PDF)

Fundamental Reference
US Soybean Yield: Actual vs. Trend line
US Soybean Production
US Soybean Ending Stocks
World Soybean Production vs. Usage
World Soybean Ending Stocks
US Soybean Crush


Demand Charts
US Soybean Crush
US Soybean Exports
US Soybean Total Usage
US Soybean Ending Stocks vs. Stocks/Usage
World Oilseed Stocks/Usage
World Soybean Usage
World Soybean Stocks/Usage Ratio
World Soybean Ending Stocks
World Soybean Stocks vs. Stocks/Usage
China Domestic Usage
China Soybean Net Imports/Exports
Argentina Soybean Exports
Brazil Soybean Exports
US Soy Oil Domestic Consumption
US Soy Oil Exports
US Soy Oil Total Usage
US Soy Oil Stocks/Usage Ratio
US Soy Oil Ending Stocks vs. Stocks/Usage
Veg. Oil Exports: US Bean vs. Malaysian Palm
World Soy Oil Usage
Palm Oil Exports: Malaysia vs. Total World
World Soy Oil Stocks/Usage
World Soy Oil Stocks vs. Stocks/Usage
World Palm Oil End Stocks vs. Stocks/Use Ratio
World Soybean Meal Consumption
Soybean US vs. World Stocks/Usage Ratio
Soybean Oil US vs. World Stocks/Usage Ratio
Soybean Export Sales as % of USDA Forecast
Soybean Meal Export Sales as % of USDA Forecast
Soybean Oil Export Sales as % of USDA Forecast

Publications

Brochures
Grain and Oilseed Fact Card (PDF)
Grain and Oilseed Hedger’s Guide (PDF)
Grain & Oil Seed Metric Conversion Guide (PDF)
Commodity Metric Conversion Guide (PDF)

Subscriptions
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Commodity Monthly Newsletter
Commodity Monthly Update

Product Education
Monthly Agricultural Grains Update (PDF)
Learning Links
Moore Historical Report
White Papers
Speculative Position Limits and Hedge Fund Exemptions (PDF)