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Mondovisione.com (10.05.11) - CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced it had revised its recent proposal to increase daily price limits for Corn futures and options. Pending CFTC approval, daily limits on CBOT Corn futures and options would increase to $0.40 per bushel from the current $0.30 per bushel, replacing a late April proposal to increase daily limits to $0.50 per bushel. These contracts are listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of CBOT.
"In response to significant increases in prices and volatility in the market, we recently proposed daily price limit increases in Corn futures," said Tim Andriesen, Managing Director, Agricultural Commodities and Alternative Investments, CME Group. "It's important that markets trade allowing for price transparency and risk transfer and that limit moves are infrequent so as not to prevent price discovery. At the same time, we recognize wider limits have an impact on many of our commercial customers. After significant discussion with customers and representative trade groups, we've reduced the proposed increase to $0.40 per bushel, which is a level we believe balances those two concerns."
The current price limit is $0.30 per bushel per day for Corn futures and option contracts, expandable to $0.45 and then to $0.70 when at least two contracts close at limit bid or limit offer on the previous trading day. Under the new proposal, price limits would be $0.40 per bushel per day with a max of one increase to $0.60 per bushel.
In recent months, Corn futures prices and volatility have increased significantly. In the first quarter of 2011 alone, 36 corn contract months settled at limit bid or limit offer, compared to 36 corn contract months settling at limit bid or limit offer in all of 2010.
Mondovisione.com (09.08.11) - Date 09/08/2011
CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced it had received CFTC approval of its proposal to increase daily price limits for Corn futures and options. As a result, effective trade date Monday, August 22, 2011, daily price limits for CBOT Corn futures, Corn options, and Mini-sized Corn futures will increase to $0.40 per bushel from the current $0.30 per bushel. These contracts are listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of the CBOT.
"In recent months, historically low levels of supply coupled with growing demand for corn and other macroeconomic factors have resulted in significantly increased corn futures prices and volatility," said David Lehman, Managing Director, Commodity Research and Product Development, CME Group. "After significant discussion with customers, representative trade groups and the CFTC, we believe increasing daily price limits will result in less-frequent limit moves and will help ensure that our markets provide the most effective means for price discovery and risk management markets."
The current price limit is $0.30 per bushel per day for Corn futures and option contracts, expandable to $0.45 and then to $0.70 when at least two contracts close at limit bid or limit offer on the previous trading day. This represents approximately only 4.4 percent of the current nearby futures price, which is historically low. As a result, during 2011-to-date alone, 70 contract months have settled at or beyond the initial price limit, compared to 36 contract months in all of 2010.
During a July 19 corn industry meeting, CME Group invited market participants to comment on its proposal and presented analysis on a number of factors surrounding corn price volatility, the need to increase daily price limits and factors used by CME Clearing to establish margins. At the same time, the exchange committed to continue to research and discuss with market participants alternative price limit mechanisms, including specifying price limits as a percentage of futures prices.
Beginning August 22, the initial price limit will increase to $0.40 per bushel per day expandable to $0.60 per bushel when at least two contracts close at limit bid or limit offer on the previous trading day.