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Final supporters
To the Management and Board of Directors of CME Group:
Many of the undersigned were
signers of the petition last May, objecting to the expansion of CBOT grain
market trading hours [http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/preservethefutures].
That petition gathered 500 signatures, including representatives of significant
commercial grain firms and large traders and trading firms.
At the time, we stated our view that the hours expansion would fragment liquidity, and the unique, compressed and deep liquidity the CBOT markets enjoyed under the old hours regime would be replaced by less liquid markets with more frequent order vacuums. We think time has proved that assessment correct.
We also objected to the pernicious notion of trading through USDA reports. No true economic purpose is served by giving computer order-generating word scanners a few millisecond lead time over commercial users who act on fundamental analysis following careful review of all the data. We don’t care about other commodity futures markets being open during reports. In the grain markets, we think experience has proved our negative view to be correct.
We pledged to boycott the ICE grain contracts – on practical grounds that a bifurcated market is detrimental to liquidity, and on business grounds that ICE’s move forced CME, and thereby our industry, into a new hours schedule with negative consequences for market quality and for market participants personal lives. We have honored the boycott pledge.
We are now requesting that you revise and reduce of
trading hours, as follows (all hours based on Chicago daylight savings time):
Sunday start time back to 6 PM
2 hour morning break
from 6:30 AM to 8:30 AM
Close at 1:30 PM Monday to Thursday
Close at 1:00 PM Friday
All signers pledge to continue to boycott ICE
The signers here represent many of the largest, most active customers in the CBOT grain contracts. We are the biggest and best customers you have. We can’t force you to do what is right, but if you respect your customer base, you should honor this request.
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The latest volume of support confirms that the liquidity fragmentation concerns we raised are shared by a broad coalition of market participants. My focus is now on finalizing the formal proposal for the Board of Directors and coordinating a meeting with their investor relations team to present these findings.
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Nobody asked for these new hours. Just go back to how it was working perfectly fine before.
These hours are killing us. We need to get back to the old schedule before liquidity dries up for good.
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Status: Closed — this petition is no longer accepting signatures.
Final supporters
To the Management and Board of Directors of CME Group:
Many of the undersigned were
signers of the petition last May, objecting to the expansion of CBOT grain
market trading hours [http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/preservethefutures].
That petition gathered 500 signatures, including representatives of significant
commercial grain firms and large traders and trading firms.
At the time, we stated our view that the hours expansion would fragment liquidity, and the unique, compressed and deep liquidity the CBOT markets enjoyed under the old hours regime would be replaced by less liquid markets with more frequent order vacuums. We think time has proved that assessment correct.
We also objected to the pernicious notion of trading through USDA reports. No true economic purpose is served by giving computer order-generating word scanners a few millisecond lead time over commercial users who act on fundamental analysis following careful review of all the data. We don’t care about other commodity futures markets being open during reports. In the grain markets, we think experience has proved our negative view to be correct.
We pledged to boycott the ICE grain contracts – on practical grounds that a bifurcated market is detrimental to liquidity, and on business grounds that ICE’s move forced CME, and thereby our industry, into a new hours schedule with negative consequences for market quality and for market participants personal lives. We have honored the boycott pledge.
We are now requesting that you revise and reduce of
trading hours, as follows (all hours based on Chicago daylight savings time):
Sunday start time back to 6 PM
2 hour morning break
from 6:30 AM to 8:30 AM
Close at 1:30 PM Monday to Thursday
Close at 1:00 PM Friday
All signers pledge to continue to boycott ICE
The signers here represent many of the largest, most active customers in the CBOT grain contracts. We are the biggest and best customers you have. We can’t force you to do what is right, but if you respect your customer base, you should honor this request.
Updates
September 24, 2012
The latest volume of support confirms that the liquidity fragmentation concerns we raised are shared by a broad coalition of market participants. My focus is now on finalizing the formal proposal for the Board of Directors and coordinating a meeting with their investor relations team to present these findings.
3 Comments
TRADING THROUGH USDA REPORTS IS A JOKE. STOP IT.
Nobody asked for these new hours. Just go back to how it was working perfectly fine before.
These hours are killing us. We need to get back to the old schedule before liquidity dries up for good.
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TRADING THROUGH USDA REPORTS IS A JOKE. STOP IT.