• Large Trader Requirements, All Month/Any One Month Accountability Levels, Expiration Month Position Limits, and Aggregation Allocation for Three (3) New Emissions Options Contracts

      • To
      • Members, Member Firms and Market Users
      • From
      • Market Regulation Department
      • #
      • SER-6523
      • Notice Date
      • 10 January 2013
      • Effective Date
      • 14 January 2013
    • In connection with the launch of three (3) new emissions options contracts on trade date January 14, 2013 (see SER-6479 dated December 4, 2012), please note below the corresponding all month/any one month accountability levels (NYMEX Rule 560), expiration month position limits (NYMEX Rule 559), reportable levels (NYMEX Rule 561), and aggregation allocations for the new contracts. These contracts 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 codes are 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, 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 (1)
       
       
       
      Rule 560
      Rule 560
      Rule 559
      Rule 561
       
      Green Exchange
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      Certified Emission Reduction Plus (CERplus) Option
      1265
      PCL
      30,000
      20,000
      6,000
      25
      CPL
       
      Certified Emission Reduction Plus (CERplus) Serial Option
      1266
      CPE
      30,000
      20,000
      6,000
      25
      CPL
       
      Emission Reduction Unit (ERU) Serial Option
      1267
      RUE
      12,000
      8,000
      4,000
      25
      REU