Title 17

SECTION 151.3

151.3 Spot months for Referenced Contracts.

§ 151.3 Spot months for Referenced Contracts.

(a) Agricultural commodities. For Referenced Contracts based on agricultural commodities, the spot month shall be the period of time commencing:

(1) At the close of business on the business day prior to the first notice day for any delivery month and terminating at the end of the delivery period in the underlying Core Referenced Futures Contract for the following Referenced Contracts:

(i) ICE Futures U.S. Cocoa (CC) contract;

(ii) ICE Futures U.S. Coffee C (KC) contract;

(iii) ICE Futures U.S. Cotton No. 2 (CT) contract;

(iv) ICE Futures U.S. FCOJ-A (OJ) contract;

(v) Chicago Board of Trade Corn (C) contract;

(vi) Chicago Board of Trade Oats (O) contract;

(vii) Chicago Board of Trade Rough Rice (RR) contract;

(viii) Chicago Board of Trade Soybeans (S) contract;

(ix) Chicago Board of Trade Soybean Meal (SM) contract;

(x) Chicago Board of Trade Soybean Oil (BO) contract;

(xi) Chicago Board of Trade Wheat (W) contract;

(xii) Minneapolis Grain Exchange Hard Red Spring Wheat (MW) contract; and

(xiii) Kansas City Board of Trade Hard Winter Wheat (KW) contract;

(2) At the close of business of the first business day after the fifteenth calendar day of the calendar month preceding the delivery month if the fifteenth calendar day is a business day, or at the close of business of the second business day after the fifteenth day if the fifteenth day is a non-business day and terminating at the end of the delivery period in the underlying Core Referenced Futures Contract for the ICE Futures U.S. Sugar No. 11 (SB) Referenced Contract;

(3) At the close of business on the sixth business day prior to the last trading day and terminating at the end of the delivery period in the underlying Core Referenced Futures Contract for the ICE Futures U.S. Sugar No. 16 (SF) Referenced Contract;

(4) At the close of business on the business day immediately preceding the last five business days of the contract month and terminating at the end of the delivery period in the underlying Core Referenced Futures Contract for the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Live Cattle (LC) Referenced Contract;

(5) On the ninth trading day prior to the last trading day and terminating on the last trading day for Chicago Mercantile Exchange Feeder Cattle (FC) contract;

(6) On the first trading day of the contract month and terminating on the last trading day for the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Class III Milk (DA) contract; and

(7) At the close of business on the fifth business day prior to the last trading day and terminating on the last trading day for the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Lean Hog (LH) contract.

(b) Metal commodities. The spot month shall be the period of time commencing at the close of business on the business day prior to the first notice day for any delivery month and terminating at the end of the delivery period in the underlying Core Referenced Futures Contract for the following Referenced Contracts:

(1) Commodity Exchange, Inc. Gold (GC) contract;

(2) Commodity Exchange, Inc. Silver (SI) contract;

(3) Commodity Exchange, Inc. Copper (HG) contract;

(4) New York Mercantile Exchange Palladium (PA) contract; and

(5) New York Mercantile Exchange Platinum (PL) contract.

(c) Energy commodities. The spot month shall be the period of time commencing at the close of business of the third business day prior to the last day of trading in the underlying Core Referenced Futures Contract and terminating at the end of the delivery period for the following Referenced Contracts:

(1) New York Mercantile Exchange Light Sweet Crude Oil (CL) contract;

(2) New York Mercantile Exchange New York Harbor No. 2 Heating Oil (HO) contract;

(3) New York Mercantile Exchange New York Harbor Gasoline Blendstock (RB) contract; and

(4) New York Mercantile Exchange Henry Hub Natural Gas (NG) contract.

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