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Bulletin Heading VOLUME 21 - BULLETIN #208

TO:

ALL CLEARING MEMBERS

FROM:

BUSINESS SYSTEMS GROUP

DATE:

October 16, 2001

SUBJECT:

CBOT 10-Year Interest Rate Swap Futures

Effective Friday, October 26, 2001 the Chicago Board of Trade CBOT will begin trading the 10- Year Interest Rate Swap futures contracts. Contract specifications and trading information are detailed below.

10-Year Interest Rate Swap Futures

Exchange Code

01

Commodity Code

NI

Trading Unit

The notional price of the fixed-rate side of a 10-year interest rate swap that has notional principal amount equal to $100,000, and that exchanges semiannual interest payments, at a fixed rate of 6% per annum for floating interest rate payments, based on a 3-month LIBOR.

Clearing Price Format

Actual: 99 23/32
7 Digit: 0009923
5 Digit: 09923

Tick Size:

One 1/32 of a point ($31.25), rounded up the nearest full cent.

Daily Price Limit

None.

Spreads

Calendar spreads and intercommodity spreads with Treasury and agency complexes (open outcry only). All spreads will be executed in full tick. Calendar spreads will be available for differential trading (open outcry only)

Contract Months

The first three consecutive contracts in the March-June-September-December quarterly cycle.

Last Trading Day

The second London business day preceding the third Wednesday of the delivery month. Trading in expiring contracts close at 2:00 p.m. Chicago time on the last trading day.

Settlement

Daily settlement price determined by pit committee at close of open outcry trading at 2:00 p.m. If there are less than 12 participants involved in setting the cash settlement price, no price will be provided to clearing and SWAP positions will be carried out until CBOT provides a cash settlement price.
Contract is cash settled quarterly (March, June, September, and December) at expiration. Expiration is the day after last trade date. Minimum tick for cash settlements is ¼ of 1/32 ($7.81).

Delivery Standard

The notional price of the Trading Unit on the last day of trading, based upon the ISDA Benchmark Rate for a 10-year U.S. dollar interest rate swap on the last day of trading, as published on the following business day by the Federal Reserve Board in its Daily Update to the H.15 Statistical Release.

Delivery Method

By cash settlement. The final settlement price will be determined as

$100,000 * [6/r + (1-6/r)*(1 + 0.01*r/2)^ (-20)]

where r represents the ISDA Benchmark Rate for a 10-Year U.S. dollar interest rate swap on the last day of trading, expressed in percent terms (For example, if the ISDA Benchmark Rate were five and a quarter percent, then r would be 5.25).

Trading Hours

Open outcry: 7:20 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Chicago time, Monday through Friday.
a/c/e: 8:00 p.m to 4:00 p.m. Chicago time, Sunday through Friday.

Position Limits

5,000 contracts in spot month / 5,000 contracts in all contract months combined.

Reportable Positions

100 contracts (in any one month)

Ticker Symbol

Open outcry: NI
a/c/e: SR

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

John Compall

 

john.compall@botcc.com

Shawn Gebbia

786-5748

shawn.gebbia@botcc.com

Marc MacQuarrie

786-5732

marc.macquarrie@botcc.com

Molly McMahon

786-5731

molly.mcmahon@botcc.com

Richard Scruggs

786-5739

richard.scruggs@botcc.com

Jill Turner

786-5718

jill.turner@botcc.com

Kelli Wegener

786-5761

kelli.wegener@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