- Trading Screen Product Name
- Rotterdam Coal Futures
- Trading Screen Hub Name
- ARA (Futures-style)
- Contract Symbol
RCO
- Hedge Instrument
ICE Rotterdam Coal Futures contract.
- Trading Period
Up to 60 consecutive months
Quarterly, seasonal, calendar, and any period of consecutive
monthly contracts can be registered as a strip. For example, a Q1
option is an option on Jan, an option on Feb, and an option on Mar,
with each option expiring thirty calendar days before the start of
the relevant contract month.
- Expiration Date
Trading will cease when the intraday reference price is set, 12:50
- 13:00 LLT, thirty calendar days before the start of the contract
period. If that day is a non-business day, expiry will be on the
preceding business day. For example, on 30 November 2012, the
January 2013, Quarter 1 2013 and Calendar Year 2013 contracts will
expire.
- Contract Security
ICE Clear Europe acts as central counterparty to all trades thereby
guaranteeing the financial performance of ICE Futures Europe
contracts registered in the name of its Members up to and including
delivery, exercise and/or settlement.
- Trading Model
Continuous trading throughout trading hours
- Trading Methods
Electronic futures, Exchange for Physical (EFP), Exchange for Swap
(EFS) and Block Trades are available for this contract.
- Unit of Trading
1,000 metric tonnes of thermal coal
- Minimum Trading Size
1 lot = 1,000 metric tonnes
- Minimum Block Order
5 lots = 5,000 metric tonnes
- Quotation
The contract price is in US Dollars and in US Dollar Cents per
tonne
- Strike Price Increments
A minimum of 5 strike prices in increments of $0.05 above and below
the at-the-money Strike Price. Strike Price boundaries are adjusted
according to futures price movements. IFEU may add one or more
strike prices nearest to the last price listed as necessary
- Minimum Price Fluctuation
1 dollar cent per tonne
- Minimum Tick
$0.01 per tonne.
- Maximum Price Fluctuation
There are no limits.
- Position Limit
Positions are reported to the Exchange on a daily basis. The
Exchange has powers to prevent the development of excessive
positions or unwarranted speculation or any other undesirable
situation and may take steps to resolve such situations including
the ability to mandate members to limit the size of such positions
or to reduce positions where appropriate.
- Option Premium
Futures Style
- Exercise Procedure
Expires into the ICE Rotterdam Coal Futures contract with
European-style exercise. If the option is not abandoned, automatic
exercise will occur for options which are one or more ticks in the
money. At-The-Money and Out-of-The-Money options will expire
worthless. Members will have up to one hour after cessation of
trading on the option expiry day to manually abandon or exercise an
option.
- MIC Code
- IFEU
- Clearing Venues
- ICEU