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Description
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Underlying
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Brent Crude Oil
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Abbreviation
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Brent Crude Oil Futures
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Ticker Symbol
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BRF
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Trading Hours
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Trading days conform to regular exchange trading days
Regular trading session: 8:45 - 13:45
After-hours trading session: 15:00 on the trading day - 5:00 on the following day. The expiring contract on the last trading day trades only until 3:30. In the event that the expiring contract ends trading during British Summer Time or that ICE Futures Europe is conforming to Daylight Saving Time in the U.S., trading in the expiring contract will end at 2:30.
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Contract Size
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200 barrels (31,797.46 liters)
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Delivery Months
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Spot month, next two calendar months, and next two contract months of June and December
Upon expiration of the spot month contract, the new contract month will be listed for trading beginning in the next regular trading session.
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Daily Settlement Price
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The daily settlement price is the volume-weighted average price of trades transacted within the last one minute of the regular trading session. If there are no trades, TAIFEX will determine the price in accordance with the Trading Rules.
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Daily Price Limits
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Three-level price limits at ±7%, ±13% and ±20% of the previous regular trading session's daily settlement price. In the after-hours trading session preceding the end of trading of the expiring contract, the third-tier price limit of such contract is ±30%.
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Price Quotation and Minimum Price Fluctuation
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Prices are quoted per barrel
The minimum price fluctuation is TWD 0.5 per barrel (TWD 100 per contract)
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Last Trading Day
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Trading in the spot month contract ends at 19:30 London time on the last trading day of the same spot month of ICE Brent Crude Futures contract. In the event that ICE Futures Europe makes temporary changes to the trading hours because British Summer Time and Daylight Saving Time in the U.S. differ, trading will end at 18:30 London time.
The last trading day for ICE Brent Crude Futures contracts is the last business day of the second month preceding the relevant contract month. If the day on which trading is due to cease would be either the business day preceding Christmas Day or the business day preceding New Year's Day, then trading will cease at the end of the next preceding business day. In the event that ICE Futures Europe adjusts the last trading day, TAIFEX will match that adjustment.
If the last trading day occurs on a day that is not a scheduled trading day for TAIFEX's after-hours trading session, or there is no trading due to a force-majeure event, there will be no adjustment to the last trading day.
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Final Settlement Price
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The final settlement price is based on the ICE Brent Index price announced by ICE Futures Europe for the same spot month of ICE Brent Crude Futures contract after the end of trading on the last trading day.
This price will then be converted into TWD by using the latest USD/TWD spot exchange rate reported by Taipei Forex Inc. at 11:00 Taiwan time before the end of trading of the expiring contract, and rounded half up to two decimal places.
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Final Settlement Day
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The first business day following the announcement of the ICE Brent Index price.
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Settlement
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Cash settlement.
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Position Limit
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Any investor's aggregate open same-side positions in the Contract for various delivery months at any time shall not exceed the limit standards announced by TAIFEX.
Institutional investors may apply for an exemption from the above limit on trading accounts for hedging purposes.
These position limits are not applicable to omnibus accounts, with the exception of undisclosed omnibus accounts, which accounts are subject to the limits for institutional investors.
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Margin
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The trading margin and the maintenance margin may not be lower than the publicly announced TAIFEX standard for the initial margin and the maintenance margin.
The initial margin and maintenance margin announced by the TAIFEX shall be based on the clearing margin calculated according to the Taiwan Futures Exchange Corporation Methods and Standards for Receipt of Clearing Margins plus a percentage prescribed by the TAIFEX.
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