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| Trading Unit |
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| 10,000 million British thermal units (mmBtu). |
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| Price Quotation |
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| U.S. dollars and cents per mmBtu. |
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| Trading Hours (All times are New York time) |
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Open outcry trading is conducted from 9:00 AM until 2:30 PM.
Off-Exchange transactions can be submitted solely for clearing to the NYMEX ClearPort® clearing website from 6:00 PM Sundays until 5:15 PM Fridays, with a 45 minute break between 5:15 and 6:00 PM Mondays through Thursdays. |
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| Trading Months |
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| The current year and the next five years. A new calendar year will be added following the termination of trading in the December contract of the current year. |
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| Trading at Settlement (TAS) |
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| Trading at settlement is available for the front two months and is subject to the existing TAS rules of the underlying respective physical products. Trading in all TAS products will cease daily at 2:30 PM Eastern Time. The TAS products will trade off of a "Base Price" of 100 to create a differential (plus or minus) in points off settlement in the underlying cleared product on a 1 to 1 basis. A trade done at the Base Price of 100 will correspond to a "traditional" TAS trade which will clear exactly at the final settlement price of the day. |
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| Minimum Price Fluctuation |
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| $0.001 per mmBtu. ($10.00 per contract) |
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| Termination of Trading |
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| Trading terminates at the close of business four business days prior to the first calendar day of the delivery month. |
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| Settlement Type |
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| Financial, based on the NYMEX Henry Hub natural gas futures (NG) first nearby contract settlement price on the business day preceding the last trading day (penultimate trading day) for the delivery month. |
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| Margin Requirements |
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| Margins are required for open futures positions. |
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| Error Trade Policy |
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| CME error trade policy will be in effect. |
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| Trading Symbol |
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HP
HPT (TAS Code) |
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