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Wall Street Journal  Apr 10  Comment 
Less than 30 minutes before the U.S. Department of Agriculture is scheduled to release its monthly supply-and-demand report on Florida's orange crop, orange-juice for May delivery on ICE shot up.
Insurance Journal  Aug 22  Comment 
New York orange juice futures jumped more than 5 percent on Wednesday after U.S. forecasters warned Tropical Storm Isaac would strengthen into a hurricane and could hit the south coast of citrus-rich Florida by Monday. The National Hurricane...
CNBC  Jan 23  Comment 
Orange juice futures surged to a record on mounting supply concerns and natural gas prices spiked on Chesapeake's outlook for lower output, with CNBC's Bertha Coombs.
Financial Times  Jan 20  Comment 
News of a citrus disease outbreak in Texas for the first time sees orange juice futures climb by daily limit of 10 cents
Benzinga  Jan 11  Comment 
The Wall Street Journal's Leslie Josephs and Liam Pleven recently reported that "[t]he market for orange juice futures received another jolt" following the federal government's saying that Brazilian orange juice imports "contained a potentially...
CNNMoney.com  Jan 10  Comment 
Orange juice futures surged Tuesday amid fears the U.S. government could ban Brazilian oranges after low levels of fungicide were detected by a juice company.
CBC.ca  Jan 10  Comment 
Orange juice futures soared to their highest level in years Tuesday after a worrisome Florida frost and possible mould in Brazil's orange crop sent investors into a panic.
Benzinga  Jun 6  Comment 
Orange juice futures rallied today as the commodity attempts... Trading commodity futures and options involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for all investors. You should carefully consider whether trading is suitable for you in...
Commodity Online  May 31  Comment 
Orange juice prices have been on the rise for the last two years expanding almost 150 percent as bad weather conditions affected outputs of major orange producing nations. Besides the fact that orange juice prices almost tripled price movement was...




 
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FCOJ-A (frozen concentrated orange juice) futures are traded on the New York Board of Trade under ticker symbol OJ in cents and hundredths of a cent per pound.[1]

The chart at left shows front-month Frozen Concentrate Orange Juice prices on the New York Board of Trade in cents and hundredths of a cent per pound.

Delivery Dates

FCOJ-A futures are delivered every year in January, March, May, July, September, and November.[1]

The following is a table with FCOJ-A futures delivery dates and resultant tickers for 2009. For an explanation on commodity tickers see commodity ticker construction.

Delivery Month Full Ticker Symbol Thomson-Reuters Symbol
January, 2009OJF9OJ/F9-CT
March, 2009OJH9OJ/H9-CT
May, 2009OJK9OJ/K9-CT
July, 2009OJN9OJ/N9-CT
September, 2009OJU9OJ/U9-CT
November, 2009OJX9OJ/X9-CT


Contract Specifications

Contract Size

One FCOJ-A futures contract on the New York Board of Trade is 15,000 pounds of orange juice solids (3% or less).[1]

Tick Value

5/100 of a cent per pound ($7.50/contract /).[1]

Daily Price Limit

Ten cents per pound above/below the prior day settlement price.[1]

Trading Hours

  • On the CME Globex electronic platform: 7:00 AM until 2:45 PM, New York Time.[1]

Last Trading Day

14th business day prior to the last business day of the month .[1]

Deliverable Grades

US Grade A with a Brix value of not less than 62.5 degrees.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 The New York Board of Trade's contract specification for FCOJ-A futures
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