- Trading Screen Product Name
- WTI Crude Futures
- Trading Screen Hub Name
- WTI
- Contract Symbol
T
- Trading Hours
Open time for Monday morning/Sunday evening is:
23:00 London (local time)
18:00 New York
17:00 Chicago.
- Contract Size
1,000 barrels
- Units of Trading
Any multiple of 1,000 barrels
- Currency
US Dollars and cents
- Trading Price
One cent ($0.01) per barrel
- Settlement Price
One cent ($0.01) per barrel
- Minimum Price Flux
One cent ($0.01) per barrel
- Clearing
ICE Clear Europe guarantees financial performance of all ICE Futures Europe contracts registered with it by its clearing Members. All ICE Futures Europe Member companies are either members of ICE Clear Europe, or have a clearing agreement with a Member who is a member of ICE Clear Europe.
- Contract Listing
Up to 108 consecutive months
- Position Limits
The Exchange may impose position accountability levels or limits on positions in this contract at its discretion as provided in Rules P8 and P3 respectively.
Current position accountability levels: In any one month: 10,000 net futures, all months: 20,000 net futures.
Current position limits: 3,000 contracts in the last three trading days in the spot month inclusive of futures-equivalent position in WTI Options.
Exemptions from position limits may be granted at Exchange discretion for bona fide hedge positions.
- Last Trading Day
Trading shall cease at the end of the designated settlement period
on the 4th US business day prior to the 25th calendar day of the
month preceding the contract month. If the 25th calendar day of the
month is not a US business day the Final Trade Day shall be the
Trading Day which is the fourth US business day prior to the last
US business day preceding the 25th calendar day of the month
preceding the contract month.
- Settlement
The West Texas Intermediate Light Sweet Crude Oil futures contract is cash settled against the prevailing market price for US light sweet crude. It is a price in USD per barrel equal to the penultimate settlement price for WTI crude futures as made public by NYMEX for the month of production per 2005 ISDA Commodity Definitions.
- Business Days
ICE Business Days
- Linked Future
Yes
- MIC Code
- IFEU
- Clearing Venues
- ICEU