ALERT: LAST TRADING DAY / OPTION EXPIRATION 1/27/12

By: RJO Futures Market AlertJanuary 27th, 2012 10:57AM CST


TODAY, January 27th, is Last Trading Day for these JANUARY FUTURES: NY Copper, NY Gold, NY Silver;

NY LIFFE Gold (big and mini), NY LIFFE Silver (big and mini); NY Platinum, NY Palladium.

TODAY is Last Trading Day for FEBRUARY NY Natural Gas FUTURES.

TODAY is Last Trading Day for these FEBRUARY OPTIONS: 2-year, 5-year, 10-year T-Notes; Bonds;

Soybeans, Soymeal, Soyoil; Corn; Oats; Rough Rice; Chicago/Kansas City/Minneapolis Wheat; Winnipeg Canola.

January NY LIFFE Silver futures (big and mini) will cease trading at 1:25 p.m. (CST).

January NY LIFFE Gold futures (big and mini) will cease trading at 1:30 p.m. (CST).

The remaining contracts listed here will cease trading at the close of today’s sessions.

Please allow time to contact your customers and to place liquidating orders; and remember to cancel open GTC orders when your positions are covered.

Please remember that In-the-Money options are exercised automatically; At-the-Money options are abandoned.

Exercise / Abandon:

Note that the deadline for exercising or abandoning Chicago options is 4:00 (CST). The deadline for exercising or abandoning NY options is 4:00 (EST).

Special Offsets:

Regarding OMNIBUS accounts and SPECIAL INSTRUCTION accounts, note that the deadline for offsetting Chicago delivery-month futures and expiring options is 4:00 (CST). The deadline for offsetting NY delivery-month futures and expiring options is 4:00 (EST). These offsets must include top-day trades.


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