CME Group’s Soybean Futures Contract Specifications
CONTRACT UNIT |
5,000 bushels (~136 metric tons) |
PRICE QUOTATION |
U.S. cents per bushel |
TRADING HOURS |
CME Globex:Sunday - Friday 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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MINIMUM PRICE FLUCTUATION |
1/4 of one cent (0.0025) per bushel = $12.50TAS: Zero or +/- 4 ticks in the minimum tick increment of the outright |
PRODUCT CODE |
CME Globex: ZSCME ClearPort: SClearing: STAS: SBT |
LISTED CONTRACTS |
15 monthly contracts of Jan, Mar, May, Aug, Sep and 8 monthly contracts of Jul and Nov listed annually after the termination of trading in the November 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.►TAS Table |
SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES |
►Soybean Settlement Procedures |
POSITION LIMITS |
►CBOT Position Limits |
EXCHANGE RULEBOOK |
►CBOT 11 |
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 |
#2 Yellow at contract price, #1 Yellow at a 6 cent/bushel premium, #3 Yellow at a 6 cent/bushel discount |
CME Group’s Soybean 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: OZSCME ClearPort: SClearing: S |
LISTED CONTRACTS |
Monthly contracts listed for 3 consecutive months, 9 monthly contracts of Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Aug, Sep, Nov and an additional Nov contract month listed in August. |
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. |
POSITION LIMITS |
►CBOT Position Limits |
EXCHANGE RULEBOOK |
►CBOT 11A |
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 |
Soybean Futures |
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