CME Group’s Corn Futures Contract Specifications
CONTRACT UNIT |
5,000 bushels |
PRICE QUOTATION |
U.S. cents per bushel |
TRADING HOURS |
CME Globex:
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CME ClearPort:
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MINIMUM PRICE FLUCTUATION |
1/4 of one cent (0.0025) per bushel = $12.50
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PRODUCT CODE |
CME Globex: ZCCME ClearPort: CClearing: CTAS: ZCT |
LISTED CONTRACTS |
9 monthly contracts of Mar, May, Sep and 8 monthly contracts of Jul and Dec listed annually after the termination of trading in the December contract of the current year. |
SETTLEMENT METHOD |
Deliverable |
TERMINATION OF TRADING |
Trading terminates on the business day prior to the 15th day of the contract month. |
TAM OR TAS RULES |
Trading at Settlement (TAS) is subject to the requirements of Rule 524.A. TAS trades off a "Base Price" of zero (equal to the daily settlement price) to create a differential versus the daily settlement price in the underlying futures contract month. The TAS clearing price equals the daily settlement price of the underlying futures contract month plus or minus the TAS transaction price.
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SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES |
►Corn Settlement Procedures |
EXCHANGE RULEBOOK |
►CBOT 10 |
BLOCK MINIMUM |
►Block Minimum Thresholds |
PRICE LIMIT OR CIRCUIT |
►Price Limits |
VENDOR CODES |
►Quote Vendor Symbols Listing |
LAST DELIVERY DATE |
Second business day following the last trading day of the delivery month. |
GRADE AND QUALITY |
Through December 2018: #2 Yellow at contract Price, #1 Yellow at a 1.5 cent/bushel premium, #3 Yellow at a 1.5 cent/bushel discount. As of March 2019: #2 Yellow at contract Price, #1 Yellow at a 1.5 cent/bushel premium, #3 Yellow at a discount between 2 and 4 cents/bushel depending on broken corn and foreign material and damage grade factors. |
CME Group’s Corn Options Contract Specifications
CONTRACT UNIT |
1 futures contract for 5,000 bushels |
MINIMUM PRICE FLUCTUATION |
1/8 of one cent (0.00125) per bushel = $6.25 |
PRICE QUOTATION |
U.S. cents per bushel |
TRADING HOURS |
CME Globex:Sunday - Friday from 7:00 p.m. - 7:45 a.m. CT and
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CME ClearPort:Sunday 5:00 p.m. - Friday 5:45 p.m. CT with no reporting Monday - Thursday from 5:45 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. CT |
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PRODUCT CODE |
CME Globex: OZCCME ClearPort: CClearing: C |
LISTED CONTRACTS |
Monthly contracts listed for 3 consecutive months and:
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TERMINATION OF TRADING |
Trading terminates on Friday which precedes, by at least 2 business days, the last business day of the month prior to the contract month. |
EXCHANGE RULEBOOK |
►CBOT 10A |
BLOCK MINIMUM |
►Block Minimum Thresholds |
PRICE LIMIT OR CIRCUIT |
►Price Limits |
VENDOR CODES |
►Quote Vendor Symbols Listing |
STRIKE PRICES STRIKE PRICE INTERVAL |
►Strike Price Listing and Exercise Procedures Table |
SETTLEMENT METHOD |
Deliverable |
UNDERLYING |
Corn Futures |
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