Wheat Futures Trading

1.) 600 contracts net long or net short in the spot month. In the last five trading days of the expiring futures month in May, the speculative position limit will be 600 contracts if deliverable supplies are at or above 2,400 contracts, 500 contracts if deliverable supplies are between 2,000 and 2,399 contracts, 400 contracts if deliverable supplies are between 1,600 and 1,999 contracts, 300 contracts if deliverable supplies are between 1,200 and 1,599 contracts, and 220 contracts if deliverable supplies are below 1,200 contracts. Deliverable supplies will be determined from the CBOT’s Stocks of Grain report on the Friday preceding the first notice day for the May contract month.

2.) 5,000 futures-equivalent contracts net long or net short in any single contract month excluding the spot month. Additional futures contracts may be held outside of the spot month as part of futures/futures spreads within a crop year provided that the total of such positions, when combined with outright positions, does not exceed the all months combined limit.

3.) 6,500 futures-equivalent contracts net long or net short in all months combined.

4.) Limit on Holdings of Registered and Outstanding Shipping Certificates – No person, at any time, shall own or control more than 600 registered and outstanding Wheat Shipping Certificates issued by facilities designated by the Exchange as regular to issue shipping certificates for Wheat. The 600 certificate maximum shall include mini-sized Wheat certificates such that each mini-sized certificate represents the equivalent of one-fifth of a full-sized certificate.

If a person stops Wheat certificates for delivery in a quantity that would cause such person to exceed the 600 certificate limit, the person must cancel, retender or sell the quantity of certificates in excess of 600 not later than the following business day.

A person seeking an exemption from this limit for bona fide commercial purposes shall apply to the Market Regulation Department on forms provided by the exchange, and the Market Regulation Department may grant qualified exemptions in its sole discretion.

For the purposes of this rule, one mini-sized wheat contract is equivalent to one-fifth of a corresponding full-sized wheat contract, and positions in wheat and mini-sized wheat will be aggregated for the purpose of determining compliance with the contracts’ position limit.

Refer to Rule 559. for requirements concerning the aggregation of positions and allowable exemptions from the specified position limits.

(a) Settled by delivery no later than the second business day following the last trading day (tender on business day prior to delivery).

(b) Liquidated by means of a bona fide Exchange of Futures for Related Position, no later than the business day following the last trading day.

WHEAT GRADE DIFFERENTIALS
At 3¢ Premium: No. 1 Soft Red Winter, No. 1 Hard Red Winter, No. 1 Dark Northern Spring, No. 1 Northern Spring.

At Contract Price: No. 2 Soft Red Winter, No. 2 Hard Red Winter, No. 2 Dark Northern Spring, No. 2 Northern Spring.

Wheat which contains moisture in excess of 13.5% is not deliverable. A contract for the sale of wheat for future delivery shall be performed on the basis of the grades officially promulgated by the Secretary of Agriculture as conforming to United States Standards at the time of making the contract. If no such United States grades shall have been officially promulgated, then such contract shall be performed on the basis of the grades established by the Department of Agriculture of the State of Illinois, or the standards established by the Rules of the Exchange in force at the time of making the contract.

A taker of delivery of wheat shall have the option to request in writing load-out of wheat which contains no more than 4 (four) parts per million of deoxynivalenol (vomitoxin). At the taker’s expense, a determination of the level of vomitoxin shall be made at the point of load-out by the Federal Grain Inspection Service or by a third party inspection service which is mutually agreeable to the maker and taker of delivery.

Effective September 1, 2009, all wheat shipping certificates shall be marked as either 3 parts per million deoxynivalenol (vomitoxin) or 4 parts per million vomitoxin. Shipping certificates marked as 3 parts per million vomitoxin shall be delivered at contract price, while shipping certificates marked as 4 parts per million shall be delivered at a 12 cent per bushel discount. A taker of delivery of wheat shall have the option to request in writing vomitoxin testing. At the taker’s expense, a determination of the level of vomitoxin shall be made at the point of load-out by the Federal Grain Inspection Service or by a third party inspection service which is mutually agreeable to the maker and taker of delivery. Regular facilities shall load out wheat containing unit average testing results of 3 parts per million vomitoxin or below for canceled shipping certificates marked as 3 parts per million and shall load out wheat containing unit average testing results of 4 parts per million vomitoxin or below for canceled shipping certificates marked as 4 parts per million.

Effective September 1, 2011, all wheat shipping certificates shall be marked as either 2 parts per million deoxynivalenol (vomitoxin), 3 parts per million vomitoxin, or 4 parts per million vomitoxin. Shipping certificates marked as 2 parts per million vomitoxin shall be delivered at contract price, while shipping certificates marked as 3 parts per million shall be delivered at a 12 cent per bushel discount and shipping certificates marked as 4 parts per million shall be delivered at a 24 cent per bushel discount. A taker of delivery of wheat shall have the option to request in writing vomitoxin testing. At the taker’s expense, a determination of the level of vomitoxin shall be made at the point of load-out by the Federal Grain Inspection Service or by a third party inspection service which is mutually agreeable to the maker and taker of delivery. Regular facilities shall load out wheat containing unit average testing results of 2 parts per million vomitoxin or below for canceled shipping certificates marked as 2 parts per million, shall load out wheat containing unit average testing results of 3 parts per million vomitoxin or below for canceled shipping certificates marked as 3 parts per million, and shall load out wheat containing unit average testing results of 4 parts per million vomitoxin or below for canceled shipping certificates marked as 4 parts per million.

Wheat for shipment from regular facilities located within the Chicago Switching District, the Burns Harbor, Indiana Switching District, the Northwest Ohio Territory, on Ohio River, on Mississippi River or the Toledo, Ohio Switching District may be delivered in satisfaction of wheat futures contracts. Only No. 1 Soft Red Winter and No. 2 Soft Red Winter Wheat for shipment from regular facilities located within the St. Louis-East St. Louis and Alton Switching Districts may be delivered in satisfaction of Wheat futures. When used in these Rules, Burns Harbor, Indiana Switching District will be that area geographically defined by the boundaries of Burns Waterway Harbor at Burns Harbor, Indiana which is owned and operated by the Indiana Port Commission. The Northwest Ohio Territory shall be shuttle loading facilities within the following 12 counties: Allen, Crawford, Hancock, Hardin, Henry, Huron, Marion, Putnam, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood, and Wyandot. The Ohio River facilities shall be river loading facilities on the Ohio River from mile marker 455 to the Mississippi River. The Mississippi River facilities shall be river loading facilities on the Mississippi River downriver from the St. Louis-East St. Louis Alton Switching District to mile marker 715.