• Large Trader Requirement, All Month/Any One Month Accountability Levels, Expiration Month Position Limit, and Aggregation Allocation for the New Henry Hub Natural Gas Last Day Physically-Delivered Futures Contract

      • To
      • Members, Member Firms and Market Users
      • From
      • Market Regulation Department
      • #
      • SER-6117
      • Notice Date
      • 09 February 2012
      • Effective Date
      • 09 February 2012
    • In connection with the launch of the new Henry Hub Natural Gas Last Day Physically-Delivered Futures contract on trade date February 13, 2012 (see SER-6084 dated January 11, 2012), please note below the corresponding all month/any one month accountability levels (NYMEX Rule 560), expiration month position limit (NYMEX Rule 559), reportable level (NYMEX Rule 561), and aggregation allocation for the new contract.  This contract will be added to the Position Limit, Position Accountability and Reportable Level Table located in the Interpretations and Special Notices Section of Chapter 5 of the NYMEX Rulebook.  The commodity code is provided for the Clearing Members that file reports pursuant to NYMEX Rule 561.A in a machine-readable format. 

       

      Contract related questions can be directed to Chris Reinhardt, Associate Director, Market Surveillance, at 212.299.2882, and Ryne Toscano, Supervisor, Market Surveillance, at 212.299.2879.

       


      NYMEX Rulebook Chapter 5 Position Limit Table

      (Bold/underlining indicates additions)

       

       

      Contract Name

      Rule Chap-ter

      Com-modity Code

      All Month Account-ability Level

      Any One Month Account-ability Level

      Expira-tion Month Limit

      Report-ing Level

      Aggre-gate Into

      Rule 560

      Rule 560

      Rule 559

      Rule 561

      Petroleum

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

      Henry Hub Natural Gas Last Day Physically-Delivered Futures

      1156

      MNG

      12,000

      6,000

      1,000

      25

      NG