CME Nasdaq Veles California Water Index Futures - H2O - Daily Settlement Procedure

Tier 1:  Each contract month settles to its volume-weighted average price (VWAP) of all trades that occur between 14:55:00 and 15:00:00 CT, the settlement period, rounded to the nearest tradable tick.  If the VWAP is exactly in the middle of two tradable ticks, then the settlement will be the tradable price that is closer to the contract’s prior day settlement price.

Tier 2:  If no trades occur on CME Globex between 14:55:00 and 15:00:00 CT, the settlement period, then the last trade (or the contract’s settlement price from the previous day in the absence of a last trade price) is used to determine whether to settle to the bid or the ask during this period.

a.  If the last trade price is outside of the bid/ask spread, then the contract month settles to the nearest bid or ask price.

b.  If the last trade price is within the bid/ask spread, or if a bid/ask spread is not available, then the contract month settles to the last trade price.

Tier 3:  In the absence of any trade activity or bid/ask in a given contract month during the current trading day, the daily settlement price will be determined by applying the net change from the preceding contract month to the given contract month’s prior daily settlement price.