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Bulletin Heading VOLUME 20 - BULLETIN #74

TO:

ALL CLEARING MEMBERS

FROM:

BUSINESS SYSTEMS GROUP

DATE:

March 7, 2000

SUBJECT:

The CBOT® 10-Year Agency Note Contract Salient Features

The Chicago Board of Trade will begin trading The CBOT 10-Year Agency Note Futures and Options Contract on March 15, 2000, pending CFTC review. The 10-Year Agency Note futures contract will be pit traded and also available on Side-by-Side, Afternoon and Overnight Project A® beginning March 19th. The 10-Year Agency Note Options contract will be pit traded and available for trading during the Afternoon and Overnight Project A sessions. Futures contracts will be eligible for differential spreads. Contract specifications and trading information are detailed below.

FUTURES

Exchange Code:

01

Commodity Code:

2F

Ticker Symbol:

DN- Pit traded 10-year Agency Futures

AN- Project A 10-year Agency Futures

Price Quotation:

Quoted in points. One point equals $1,000.00.

Minimum Price

Fluctuation:

½ of 1/32 or $15.625.

¼ of 1/32 or 7.81-Differentials only

Trading Unit:

One Fannie May Benchmark Note or Freddie Mac Reference Note having a face value of $100,000 at maturity

Trade Entry Price Format:

Actual Price=71.20

7-Digit=0071200 5-Digit=71200

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Daily Trading Limit:

3 points or $3,000 (Variable limits are $4,500)

Contract Months:

March, June, September, December

Last Trading Day:

Seventh business day preceding the last business day of the delivery month. The expiring contract ceases trading at 12:00 noon CST on the last day of trading

Position Limits:

Spot and aggregate limits of 5,000 contracts.

Reportable Positions:

Reportable level of 100 contracts.

Trading Hours:

Open Outcry: 7:20am-2:00pm(Chicago),M-F

Project A:

Day session: 5:30am-2:00pm(Chicago),M-F

Afternoon session: 2:15pm-4:30pm(Chicago),M-T

Overnight session: 6:00pm-5:00am(Chicago),S-T

Delivery Standards:

Non-callable Fannie Mae Benchmark Notes and Freddie Mac Reference notes with 6 years 6 months to 10 years 3 months remaining maturity(original maturity

Not greater than 10 years 3 months), original

Issuance of $3 billion or greater, and with semi-

Annual fixed coupon payments.

 

Calculation of invoice price at settlement:

Invoice Price=(Futures Settlement Price x Conversion

Factor)+Accrued Interest

 

The conversion factor is the price per $1 of a security with a $1 original principal value that yields 6%.

OPTIONS

 

Exchange Code:

01

Commodity Code:

2F

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Ticker Symbol

DNC- Pit traded and Project A traded 10-Year Agency Calls

DNP- Pit traded and Project A traded 10-year Agency Puts

Price Quotation:

1/64 of one point($1,000)

Unit of Trading:

One CBOT 10-Year Agency Note Futures Contract.

Trade Entry Price Format:

Actual Price=3 16/64

4-Digit=0316 5-Digit=00316 7-Digit=0003160

Strike Prices:

One point ($1,000), 15 up and 15 down from the at-

the-money strike price.

Exercise:

A buyer of a futures option may exercise the option on any business day that the option is traded.

Expiration Procedures:

Unexercised options will expire at 10.00am(Chicago)

On the first Saturday following the last day of trading.

Trading hours:

Open Outcry: 7:20am-2:00pm(Chicago),M-F

Project A:

Afternoon session 2:15pm-4:30pm(Chicago),M-T

Overnight session: 6:00pm-5:00am(Chicago),S-T

Daily Price Limits:

Same as Futures

Contract Months:

Quarterly and Monthly(serials)

Last Trading Day:

The last Friday which precedes by at least two business days the last business day of the month preceding the option contract month. Expiring options will cease trading at the same time as the market close in the underlying futures contract.

Position Limits:

Spot limit of 5,000 contracts on a futures-equivalency basis with an aggregate outright limit of 5,000 contracts and a reportable level of 50 contracts.

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Should you have any questions, please call or e-mail one of the following Business Systems Analysts:

Jennifer Campbell

786-5739

Jennifer.campbell@botcc.com

Joe Casebeer

786-5718

Joseph.casebeer@botcc.com

John Compall

786-5795

John.compall@botcc.com

Shawn Gebbia

786-5748

Shawn.gebbia@botcc.com

Marc MacQuarrie

786-5732

Marc.macquarrie@botcc.com

Beth Minnick

786-3804

Beth.minnick@botcc.com

Matt Walsh

786-5731

Matt.walsh@botcc.com

     

Thomas Andrews

Manager

Thomas.andrews@botcc.com

Diane Schuering

Vice President

Diane.schuering@botcc.com

     

Business Systems Group E-Mail Address

BSG@botcc.com

BOTCC Web Site

http://www.botcc.com

CBOT is a registered trademark of the Chicago Board of Trade.

Project A is a registered trademark of the Chicago Board of Trade