Emergency Self-Certification to Amend Listing Hours for July 4, 2018

2018

Pursuant to Section 5c(c)(1) of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (“Act”), and section §40.6(a) of the regulations promulgated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “Commission”) under the Act (the “Regulations”), North American Derivatives Exchange, Inc. (“Nadex”, the “Exchange”) submitted to the Commission on July 2, 2018 supplemental amendments to its contract listing schedule during the week of July 2, 2018 to accommodate the July 4th Independence Day holiday. The new listing schedule is as follows:

Monday, July 2, 2018: The Exchange will observe regular exchange hours.

  • The Daily Currency Binary contracts which would normally expire at 3pm on Tuesday’s trade date will not be listed.

Tuesday, July 3, 2018: Unless otherwise specified below, all other contracts offered on this date will open and close at their regular times. The Exchange will close for trading on July 3, 2018 at 2:30 pm ET. Other product specific hours are as follows:

  • All Corn and Soybeans contracts will close at 1pm ET;

  • Daily and Weekly US 500, US Tech 100, Wall Street 30, and US SmallCap 2000 contracts will close at 1:15pm ET; No Intraday 20-Minute US 500, US Tech 100, Wall Street 30, or US SmallCap 2000 contracts will be listed for trade date July 3 following the 1:00pm ET expiration; Intraday 2-Hour US 500, US Tech 100, Wall Street 30, and US SmallCap 2000 contracts which would normally expire at 2pm, 3pm, and 4pm ET will not be listed on this day;

  • All Daily and Weekly FTSE 100 and Germany 30 contracts will close at 1pm ET; Intraday 2-Hour FTSE 100 and Germany 30 contracts which would normally expire at 2pm, 3pm, and 4pm ET will not be listed on this day;

  • All 5-Minute and 2-Hour Intraday Currency Binary contracts will expire at 12:00pm ET. The Daily Currency Binary contracts which would normally expire at 3pm on Tuesday’s trade date, and at 7pm, 11pm, 3am, 7am, 11am, and 3pm ET on Wednesday’s trade date will not be listed on this day; Daily Spread contracts will expire at 12:00pm ET; The 8-Hour Intraday Spread contract which would normally be listed from 7:00am ET and expire at 3:00pm ET will not be listed on trade date July 3, 2018; Trading in the all Weekly Binary and Spread contracts will cease at 12:00pm ET for the remainder of trade date July 3, 2018;

  • Trading in the Weekly Bitcoin, Monthly Mini Bitcoin, Nonfarm Payrolls, and Jobless Claims contracts will cease at 2:30 pm ET;

  • All Daily and Intraday Energies and Metals contracts will open and expire at their regular times. Trading in the Weekly Energies and Metals will cease at 2:30pm ET.

  • The Exchange will close on trade date July 3, 2018 at 2:30pm ET.

Wednesday, July 4, 2018: The Exchange will be closed for this trade date.

Thursday, July 5, 2018: The Exchange will re-open at 6pm ET Wednesday evening for trade date July 5, 2018, and will observe regular exchange hours. Unless otherwise specified below, all other contracts offered on this date will open and close at their regular times.

  • Daily and Weekly Nymex/Comex-based Commodity, FTSE 100, Germany 30, Wall St 30, US Tech 100, US 500, US Smallcap 2000, and Event contracts will open at 3am ET and close at their regular times;

  • All Daily and Weekly Currency contracts will open at 6pm ET and close at their regular times. The Daily Currency 7:00pm ET close time Binary contract which would normally expire at 7:00pm ET on Wednesday’s trade date (Tuesday evening) will not be listed.

Friday, July 6, 2018: The Exchange will observe regular exchange hours.

Should you have any questions or require further information, please contact the Compliance Department.