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| 00-1567 | Chicago Mercantile Exchange: Proposed Amendments to the Live Cattle Futures and Option Contracts Increasing the Contracts' Speculative Position Limits | Notice | The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME or Exchange) has proposed amendments to the Exchange's live cattle futures and option contracts. The proposed amendments would increase to 3,200 contracts from 2,400 contracts the speculative position limit applicable to individual non-spot months. The proposed amendments also would increase to 900 contracts from 600 contracts the speculative position limit applicable to positions held in the expiring contract month from the close of business on the business day following the first Friday of the contract month to the business day preceding the last five trading days of the expiring month. The proposed amendments were submitted under the Commission's 45-day Fast Track procedures which provides that, absent any contrary action by the Commission, the proposed amendments may be deemed approved on February 24, 2000--45 days after the Commission's receipt of the proposals. The Acting Director of the Division of Economic Analysis (Division) of the Commission, acting pursuant to the authority delegated by Commission Regulations 140.96, has determined that publication of the proposed amendments is in the public interest, will assist the Commission in considering the views of interested persons, and is consistent with the purposes of the Commodity Exchange Act. | 2000-01-24 | 2000 | 1 | https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2000/01/24/00-1567/chicago-mercantile-exchange-proposed-amendments-to-the-live-cattle-futures-and-option-contracts | https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2000-01-24/pdf/00-1567.pdf | Commodity Futures Trading Commission | 77 | The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME or Exchange) has proposed amendments to the Exchange's live cattle futures and option contracts. The proposed amendments would increase to 3,200 contracts from 2,400 contracts the speculative position limit... |