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CME Weather Futures Heating Degree Day (HDD), Cooling Degree Day (CDD), Cumulative Average Temperature (CAT) Monthly and Seasonal Strip Settlement Methodology.

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Normal Daily Settlement Procedure

Pricing Methodology for Contracts In *Forecasting Period 

Tier 1: Contract  Contract settles to all relevant market activity that occurs prior to 15:00 CT. 

Tier 2: In  In the absence of trade info, the 1D movement for the corresponding month of Speedwell will be applied to determine the contract month’s settlement price.    

Pricing Methodology for Contracts Outside *Forecasting Period 

Tier 1: Contract  Contract settles to all relevant market activity that occurs prior to 15:00 CT.    

Tier 2: In  In the absence of CME market activity info, the instrument will be adjusted using all available market data.    

Tier 3: In  In the absence of trade and market data, the instrument will settle to prior day.    

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Forecasting Period Definition:  A contract is in forecasting period starting from 15 calendar days prior to the first calendar day of the contract month, to the last calendar day of the contract month.    

For example, Oct 22 contract is in the forecasting period starting from 09/16 to 10/30. 

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Strip products will always equal the sum of the associated individual monthly contracts. 

Final Settlement

Please reference Weather rule book chapters.

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