Circulars

2008
NameSubjectEffective DateFile SizeFile
No. 10/2008 Introduction of USFE mini$ DAX® Future
Sep 03, 2008
1013 kB
No. 10A/2008 mini$ DAX® Future - Contract Specifications
Sep 03, 2008
13 kB
No. 09/2008 Extension of Simulation Calendar
Sep 01, 2008
84 kB
No. 09A/2008 USFE Simulation Calendar Sep 08, 2008 to Nov 30, 2008
Sep 01, 2008
111 kB
No. 08/2008 Extension of Simulation Calendar
Jun 13, 2008
401 kB
No. 08A/2008 USFE Simulation Calendar Jun 16, 2008 to Sep 07, 2008
Jun 13, 2008
52 kB
No. 07/2008 USD SENSEX Fee Waive
May 22, 2008
393 kB
No. 06/2008 Trading Fees
Apr 16, 2008
398 kB
No. 04/2008 Extension of Simulation Calendar
Mar 17, 2008
398 kB
No. 04A/2008 USFE Simulation Calendar Mar 24, 2008 to Jun 15, 2008
Mar 17, 2008
62 kB
No. 02/2008 SENSEX Futures
Jan 21, 2008
391 kB
No. 01/2008 Extension of Simulation Calendar
Jan 04, 2008
392 kB
No. 01A/2008 USFE Simulation Calendar Dec 31, 2007 to Mar 23, 2008
Jan 04, 2008
18 kB


2007
NameSubjectEffective DateFile SizeFile
No. 41/2007 USFE Fee Waiver Extension
Dec 14, 2007
75 kB
No. 40/2007 Binary Option Nearest Liquid Front Month Schedule 2008
Dec 14, 2007
13 kB
No. 40A/2007 Binary Options Underlying Settlement Schedule 2008
Dec 14, 2007
25 kB
No. 39/2007 Amendments to Rule Book
Dec 6, 2007
393 kB
No. 38/2007 2007 USFE Holiday Schedules
Dec 4, 2007
24 kB
No. 37/2007 2007 USFE to License Bombay Stock Exchang's Sensex Index
Nov 12, 2007
25 kB
No. 36/2007 2007 Binary Options Begin Trading December 10
Nov 05, 2007
73 kB
No. 35/2007 2007 Market Participant Program
Nov 02, 2007
73 kB
No. 35A/2007 FX SEF Market Experience Pilot Program
Nov 02, 2007
87 kB
No. 34/2007 Weekly Binary Options Listing Postponed
Oct 11, 2007
392 kB
No. 33/2007 Extension of Simulation Calendar
Oct 11, 2007
86 kB
No. 33A/2007 USFE Simulation Calendar Oct 22, 2007 to Jan 6, 2008
Oct 11, 2007
17 kB
No. 32/2007 Amendments to USFE Rule Book
Sep 28, 2007
75 kB
No. 31/2007 Amendments to USFE Rule Book
Sep 21, 2007
746 kB
No. 30/2007 Amendments to USFE Rule Book
Sep 13, 2007
74 kB
No. 29/2007 USFE Extends Trading to 23 Hours for Select Products Starting September 17, 2007
Sep 10, 2007
392 kB
No. 28/2007 Amendments to USFE Rule Book
Aug 17, 2007
73 kB
No. 27/2007 USFE User ID Policy
Aug 16, 2007
739 kB
No. 26/2007 USFE Exchange Offers Fee Waivers and Announces Flat Fee Pricing
Aug 15, 2007
394 kB
No. 25/2007 Amendments to USFE Exchange Rule Book
Aug 14, 2007
781 kB
No. 25A/2007 USFE Market Maker Allocation and TOP Orders
Aug 14, 2007
140 kB
No. 24/2007 USFE to Offer Weekly Binary Options Based on Single Asset Performance Beginning October 15, 2007
Aug 06, 2007
131 kB
No. 23/2007 USFE to Exclusively List Futures on Select Lehman Brothers' Fixed Income Benchmark Indexes
Aug 02, 2007
736 kB
No. 22/2007 USFE to List Moringstar Stock Indexes Begining Sept 28, 2007
Jul 30, 2007
74 kB
No. 21/2007 ISE Sector Index Futures to Begin Trading September 14 at USFE
Jul 25, 2007
738 kB
No. 20/2007 USFE to List Wind Power Futures
Jul 23, 2007
75 kB
No. 19/2007 Final Settlement Price for USFE's First Binary Event Futures
Jul 13, 2007
392 kB
No. 18/2007 Extension of Simulation Calendar
Jul 13, 2007
392 kB
No. 18A/2007 USFE Simulation Calendar July 30, 2007 to Oct 21, 2007
Jul 13, 2007
12 kB
No. 17/2007 USFE to Offer Spot Equivalent Currency Futures and 23 Hour Markets Begining in September
Jul 11, 2007
735 kB
No. 16/2007 USFE to Offer Renewable Energy Futures Beginning with Wind Power
Jun 28, 2007
736 kB
No. 15/2007 De-listing of Russell 1000® Index Futures and Russell 2000® Index Futures
Jun 22, 2007
12 kB
No. 14/2007 USFE New Headquarters Location and Contact Details
Jun 20, 2007
15 kB
No. 13/2007 Introduction of Credit Default Futures
Jun 04, 2007
14 kB
No. 12/2007 Morningstar Stock Indexes
May 23, 2007
15 kB
No. 11/2007 Simulation May 28 - July 29, 2007
May 17, 2007
12 kB
No. 11A/2007 USFE Simulation Calendar
May 17, 2007
7 kB
No. 10/2007 Binary Event Futures - Interpretation of Rule 940
May 03, 2007
25 kB
No. 09/2007 Amendments to USFE Rule Book
Apr 30,   2007
249 kB
No. 08/2007 Contract Specifications for Binary Event Futures
Apr 12,   2007
21 kB
No. 07/2007 Introduction of Binary Event Futures
Mar 22, 2007
21 kB
No. 06/2007 Simulation Mar 19 - May 27, 2007
Mar 15, 2007
14 kB
No. 6A/2007 USFE Simulation Calendar
Mar 15, 2007
8 kB
No. 05/2007 Daylight Saving Time
Feb 21, 2007
14 kB
No. 04/2007 Launch Activities
Feb 16, 2007
15 kB
No. 03/2007 Distribution of Production Kits for USFE R1.0
Feb 12, 2007
14 kB
No. 02/2007 U.S. Futures Exchange Default Passwords
Jan 26, 2007
23 kB
No. 1A/2007 USFE Simulation Calendar Jan. 22, 2007 to Mar. 25, 2007
Jan 17, 2007
8 kB
No. 01/2007 Simulation Jan 22 - Mar 25, 2007
Jan 17, 2007
14 kB


2006
NameSubjectEffective DateFile SizeFile
No. 24/2006 USFE will be Closed on Tuesday, January 2, 2007, in Honor of President Ford
Dec 29, 2006
12 kB
No. 23/2006 USFE Bandwidth Upgrade from 64kbps to 256kbps
Dec 20, 2006
12 kB
No. 22/2006 USFE De-listing of U.S. Treasury Futures and Options
Dec 18, 2006
12 kB
No. 21/2006 USFE De-listing FX Contracts
Dec 08, 2006
13 kB
No. 20/2006 USFE R1.0 – Additional Functional and Technical Documentation
Dec 04, 2006
20 kB
No. 19/2006 Release 1.0 Frontend Installation Kits for Simulation & Member Simulation Guide
Dec 04, 2006
23 kB
No. 18/2006 Upgrade to Gate 3.5 for USFE 1.0 Simulation and Production
Nov 17, 2006
21 kB
No. 17/2006 Operating System Support for USFE 1.0 and Gate 3.5 Upgrade
Nov 08, 2006
16 kB
No. 16A/2006 USFE Simulation Calendar Nov. 6, 2006 to Jan. 28, 2006
Nov 08, 2006
15 kB
No. 16/2006 USFE Member Simulation Release 1.0
Nov 08, 2006
14 kB
No. 15/2006 Introduction of USFE Release 1.0 and Publication of Technical Documentation
Nov 08, 2006
17 kB
No. 14/2006 USFE Website Member Section and Contact Information
Nov 01, 2006
14 kB
No. 13/2006 USFE Will Not List for Trading Treasury and FX Products for 2007
Sep 22, 2007
13 kB
No. 12/2006 USFE Trading Hours Reduction
Sep 22, 2006
8 kB
No. 11/2006 Simulation Environment – Permanent Simulation Calendar
Aug 02, 2006
15 kB
No. 10/2006 Amendments to US Futures Exchange L.L.C. Rule Book
Jul 31, 2006
8 kB
No. 9/2006 Amendments to US Futures Exchange L.L.C. Rule Book
May 31, 2006
46 kB
No. 8/2006 Information regarding support for Windows Server 2003
May 23, 2006
27 kB
No. 7/2006 Publication of Permanent Simulation Calendar
Jun 05, 2006
9 kB
No. 6/2006 Operating Systems Upgrade for Sun Solaris and Windows XP
Apr 25, 2006
10 kB
No. 5/2006 Simulation Calendar (27.03-11.05)
Mar 14, 2006
44 kB
No. 4/2006 Publication of Permanent Simulation Calendar
Jan 30, 2006
51 kB
No. 3/2006 FX EFP Transaction Processing Requirements
Jan 18, 2006
13 kB
No. 2/2006 Amendments to US Futures Exchange L.L.C. Rule Book
Jan 11, 2006
21 kB
No. 1/2006 Introduction of Additional Foreign Currency Futures, Reminder and Revisions
Jan 06, 2006
22 kB


2005
NameSubjectEffective DateFile SizeFile
No. 62/2005 Introduction of Additional Foreign Currency Futures
Dec 23, 2005
34 kB
No. 61/2005 Early Close for Russell Futures on Friday, November 25, 2005
Nov 18, 2005
8 kB
No. 60/2005 End User Incentive Program for FX Futures – Extension of Qualification Period
Nov 18, 2005
103 kB
No. 59/2005 Global Clearing Link – Simulation Calendar
Nov 18, 2005
65 kB
No. 58/2005 End User Incentive Program for FX Futures
Oct 17, 2005
12 kB
No. 57/2005 Operating Systems Upgrade for Sun Solaris and Windows XP
Oct 11, 2005
10 kB
No. 56/2005 USFE Market Supervision to be conducted in Frankfurt, Germany on US Holidays
Oct 10, 2005
8 kB
No. 55/2005 Margins: Revisions to Permissible Credit Levels for Customers' Margins on Interexchange Spread Positions
Sep 23, 2005
19 kB
No. 54/2005 Revised USFE 2005 Holiday Trading Schedule and USFE 2006 Holiday Trading Schedule
Sep 26, 2005
12 kB
No. 53/2005 Amendments to US Futures Exchange L.L.C. Rule Book
Sep 22, 2005
27 kB
No. 52/2005 Pre-Production Update on FX Futures
Sep 21, 2005
23 kB
No. 51/2005 Margins: Revisions to Permissible Credit Levels for Customers
Sep 09, 2005
17 kB
No. 50/2005 Production Software Update for Foreign Currency (FX) Futures
Sep 12, 2005
13 kB
No. 49/2005 Amendments to US Futures Exchange L.L.C. Rule Book
Aug 24, 2005
38 kB
No. 48/2005 Member Simulation Focus Days for FX Futures and Settling Foreign Exchange EFPs at USFE
Aug 19, 2005
12 kB
No. 47/2005 Margins: Revisions to Permissible Credit Levels for Customers' Margins on Interexchange Spread Positions
Aug 10, 2005
18 kB
No. 46/2005 New USFE Fee and Pricing List
Aug 09, 2005
27 kB
No. 45/2005 Notice to Members - Futures Industry-wide Disaster Recovery Test
Aug 04, 2005
14 kB
No. 44/2005 Declaration about Clearing Authorization
Aug 01, 2005
10 kB
No. 43/2005 Margins: Revisions to Permissible Credit Levels for Customers' Margins on Interexchange Spread Positions
Jul 29, 2005
17 kB
No. 42/2005 Margins: Revisions to Permissible Credit Levels for Customers' Margins on Interexchange Spread Positions
Jul 28, 2005
16 kB
No. 41/2005 Introduction of Foreign Currency (FX) Futures
Jul 20, 2005
16 kB
No. 40/2005 Additions to US Futures Exchange L.L.C. Rule Book
Jul 15, 2005
15 kB
No. 39/2005 Introduction of Foreign Currency (FX) Futures – Simulation Details
Jul 07, 2005
46 kB
No. 38/2005 USFE Overnight Market Supervision to Remain in Frankfurt, Germany
Jun 29, 2005
9 kB
No. 37/2005 Eurex extends its Global Liquidity Network with Introduction of Foreign Exchange Futures
Jun 16, 2005
20 kB
No. 36/2005 Margins: Revisions to Permissible Credit Levels for Customers' Margins on Interexchange Spread Positions
Jun 06, 2005
16 kB
No. 35/2005 Operating Systems Upgrade for Sun Solaris and Windows XP
Jun 10, 2005
19 kB
No. 34/2005 Global Clearing Link – Simulation Calendar
May 17, 2005
71 kB
No. 33/2005 Amendments to Russell 1000® Index and Russell 2000® Index Futures Program
May 02, 2005
8 kB
No. 32/2005 Amendments to U.S. Treasury Futures Program
May 02, 2005
7 kB
No. 31/2005 Margins: Revisions to Permissible Credit Levels for Customers' Margins on Interexchange Spread Positions
Apr 22, 2005
16 kB
No. 30/2005 Legitimate Economic Purpose Required for Trading At USFE; Intrafirm Trading
Apr 14, 2005
13 kB
No. 29/2005 Amendments to US Futures Exchange L.L.C. Rule Book
Apr 11, 2005
92 kB
No. 28/2005 Margins: Revisions to Permissible Credit Levels for Customers' Margins on Interexchange Spread Positions
Apr 08, 2005
17 kB
No. 27/2005 Reminder: USFE Extends Trading to 23 Hour Trading Days Starting April 3rd, 2005
Mar 29, 2005
9 kB
No. 26/2005 Global Clearing Link – Permanent Simulation Calendar
Mar 17, 2005
8 kB
No. 25/2005 USFE Layout Change for Reports TF010 and TF020
Mar 21, 2005
16 kB
No. 24/2005 Global Clearing Link - Update on Phase II and Start of Dedicated Simulation Phase
Mar 23, 2005
30 kB
No. 23/2005 Margins: Revisions to Permissible Credit Levels for Customers' Margins on Interexchange Spread Positions
Mar 11, 2005
16 kB
No. 22/2005 USFE 2005 Holiday Closing Schedule
Mar 10, 2005
11 kB
No. 21/2005 Global Clearing Link – Changes to the Permanent Simulation Calendar
Feb 14, 2005
12 kB
No. 20/2005 Amendments to the USFE Rule Book
Feb 15, 2005
17 kB
No. 19/2005 USFE 1.0 Production Update Kit 4
Feb 14, 2005
12 kB
No. 18/2005 Early Close for Treasuries on Friday, February 18, 2005; Market Closed on Monday, February 21, 2005 in Honor of Presidents' Day
Feb 08, 2005
11 kB
No. 17/2005 Margins for Futures Contracts on the Russell 1000® Index and Russell 2000® Index; Additions to Permissible Credit Levels for Customers' Margins on Interexchange Spread Positions
Feb 03, 2005
16 kB
No. 16/2005 Amendments to the USFE Rule Book
Jan 31, 2005
15 kB
No. 15/2005 USFE Extends Trading to 23 Hour Trading Days Starting April 3, 2005
Jan 31, 2005
8 kB
No. 14/2005 Margins for the 3-Year and New "Jumbo" 2-Year U.S. Treasury Notes Futures Contracts; Revisions to Permissible Credit Levels for Customers' Margins on Interexchange Spread Positions
Feb 01, 2005
16 kB
No. 13/2005 Simulation Update Kit 5
Jan 28, 2004
12 kB
No. 12/2005 USFE and Eurex Simulation: Order Handover Tool (HOT) Version 1.1
Jan 28, 2004
22 kB
No. 11/2005 USFE Raises the Large Trader Reporting Level for New Futures and Options on the 3-Year U.S. Treasury Notes
Feb 01, 2005
10 kB
No. 10/2005 USFE Schedule for Termination of Old 2-Year U.S. Treasury Note Futures Contracts
Jan 12, 2005
17 kB
No. 9/2005 Global Clearing Link – Permanent Simulation Calendar
Jan 19, 2005
8 kB
No. 8/2005 Large Trader Reporting: USFE Requirements for Members
Jan 18, 2005
45 kB
No. 7/2005 Margins: Revisions to Permissible Credit Levels for Customers' Margins on Interexchange Spread Positions
Jan 11, 2005
17 kB
No. 6/2005 Additions to the USFE Rule Book
Jan 07, 2005
31 kB
No. 5/2005 Amendments to the USFE Rule Book
Jan 07, 2005
87 kB
No. 4/2005 Market will Close at 12:30 p.m.CST on Friday, January 14, 2005
Jan 07, 2005
9 kB
No. 3/2005 Introduction of Futures Contracts on the Russell 1000® Index and Russell 2000® Index
Feb 04, 2005
42 kB
No. 2/2005 Modification of 2 year and Introduction of New 3 U.S. Treasury Note Futures on February 1, 2005
Feb 01, 2005
38 kB
No. 1/2005 2005 Treasury Futures Program
Jan 18, 2005
28 kB


2004
NameSubjectEffective DateFile SizeFile
No. 56/2004 Margins: Revisions to Permissible Credit Levels for Customers' Margins on Interexchange Spread Positions
Dec 14, 2004
12 kB
No. 55/2004 USFE to Launch Futures on Russell Indexes at the End of January 2005
Dec 06, 2004
13 kB
No. 54/2004 USFE announces new pricing for U.S. Treasury products
Dec 02, 2004
13 kB