Rubber
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Date of Listing
December 12, 1952
Delivery
Physically Delivered Futures Transaction
Standard
Ribbed Smoked Sheet (RSS) No.3
Trading Method
Computerized Individual Auction
Contract Months
Six consecutive months (On the day when a New Contract Month is generated, there will be six consecutive months starting from the month which the said day belongs to)
Last Trading Day
Day session on the fourth business day preceding to the Delivery Day
First Trading Day of a New Contract Month
Day session on a business day following the Last Trading Day of the current contract month.
Delivery Day and Time
Until noon of the last day of each month except December (the 28th for December). If the day falls on an Exchange holiday or the last business day of the year, Delivery Day will be the immediately preceding business day.
Deliverable Grades
RSS No.3 or 4 of International Standard Specifications, deliverable within a year of date of customs clearance
Delivery Points
Specified warehouses (warehouses located in Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba, Ibaragi and Aichi)
Method of Delivery
The Party Making Delivery submits to the Exchange a warehouse receipt, issued by a TOCOM-designated warehouse, for the delivery goods. The Party Taking Delivery submits to the Exchange the Delivery Value based on the delivery price.
Trading Hours
Day Session 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (JST)
Night Session 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. (JST)
Contract Unit
5,000 kg (5 tonnes) / contract
Delivery Unit
5,000 kg (5 tonnes)
Price Increment
JPY 0.1 per kg
Circuit Breaker Trigger Level
The CB trigger level is to be set everyday at the start of a clearing period (i.e.the start of a night session at 17:00) and is based on the settlement price of the previous clearing periond (or the settlement price of the preceding contract month, in case of a new contract month)
Margin
As SPAN Margining System started from January 4, 2011, Japan Commodity Clearing House (JCCH) will set its parameters based on historical price fluctuation.
Please see the website of Japan Commodity Clearing House (JCCH) for more details.
Customer Position Limit (for each long/short position)
Customers excluding commercials (*1) and investment trusts:
Current contract month: 200 contracts
2nd contract month: 600 contracts
All contract months combined: 10,000 contractsCommercials and investment trusts:
Current contract month: 300 contracts
2nd contract month: 600 contracts
All contract months combined: 10,000 contracts*1: as defined by the Commodity Exchange Act and the Articles of Incorporation
("Those who, as their line of business, engage in the purchase, sale, intermediary of trades, brokerage or agency activity, production, processing or use of Listed Commodity Component Products (...)"
Ticker Symbol
TOCOM Internal Code: 81
Reuters Contract Detail: TCE/JRU
Bloomberg Tickers: JNA
