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LME Nickel Futures Contract Specification

Delivery/settlement dates
  • First prompt date is TOM which is the next business day from today
  • The Cash prompt date is two business days from today followed by other daily prompts up to three months
  • TOM, CASH and 3 MONTH prompt rolls on a daily basis
  • Weekly prompts on every Wednesday of the month from 3 months to 6 months
  • Monthly prompts on every third Wednesday from 7 months to 63 months

Quotation

  • US dollars per tonne

Clearable currencies

  • US dollar, Japanese yen, sterling, euro

Minimum Price Movement (Per Tonne)

Outright

Carries

Ring

$5.00

$0.01

LMEselect

$1.00

$0.01

Inter-office

$0.01

$0.01

Law / Regulation

English Law, with regulation by the LME and the Financial Services Authority (FSA).

This is a summary of the contract specifications. For full contract specification details, please refer to the LME Rulebook which details the complete rules and regulations of LME contracts.

LME contracts may only be offered or sold to United States foreign futures and options customers by firms registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), or firms who are permitted to solicit and accept money from foreign futures and options customers from trading on the LME pursuant to CFTC Rule 30.10.

Arbitration

In the case of unresolved disputes, arbitration is effected via the LME arbitration procedure, and/ or by other body agreed by the parties.

 
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