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| Trading Unit |
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| 1,000 tons of coal. |
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| Price Quotation |
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| U.S. dollars and cents per ton. |
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| Trading Hours (All times are New York time) |
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| The contract is available for trading on the NYMEX ClearPort® trading platform from 6:00 PM Sundays through 5:15 PM Fridays, with a 45-minute break each day between 5:15 PM and 6:00 PM. Off-Exchange transactions can be submitted solely for clearing to the NYMEX ClearPort® clearing website as an exchange of futures for swaps (EFS) or exchange of futures for physicals (EFP) transaction until 5:15 PM, Monday through Friday, and the day preceding a holiday. |
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| Trading Months |
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| The current year and the next four years. Contracts for each new calendar year will be added following the termination of trading in the December contract of the current year. |
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| Minimum Price Fluctuation |
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| $0.01 (1¢) per ton ($10 per contract). |
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| Last Trading Day |
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| Trading terminates on the last business day of the month prior to the contract month. |
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| Settlement |
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| The Floating Price for each contract month will be equal to the Final Monthly Average for the corresponding month of the Platts OTC Broker Index for the Powder River Basin (PRB), 8,800 Btu/lb., 0.8 lbs. Sulfur/MMBtu Index published in Platt’s Coal Trader in the table titled "OTC Broker Index" in the first regular issue of the contract month. |
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| Margin Requirements |
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| Margins are required for open futures positions. |
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| Trading Symbol |
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| QP |
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