ICE Futures U.S.(R), a leading regulated U.S. futures exchange for global agricultural, equity index and currency markets, announced it will waive all exchange and clearing fees for all foreign exchange futures contracts executed on the ICE trading platform. The fee waiver will be effective from trade date Thursday, October 1, 2009, through December 31, 2009.
The fee waiver will apply to electronic trades in ICE Futures U.S.’s 39 contracts based on currency pair futures, including U.S. dollar-based pairs, Euro-based pairs and key cross rate pairs, as well as the 12 ICE Millions(TM) foreign exchange contracts. The waiver will not apply to EFP, EFS and Block Trades in these products, nor will it apply to the USDX(R) and Euro Index futures and options contracts.
All ICE Futures U.S. foreign exchange futures contracts are listed for trading on the ICE electronic trading platform for 22 hours each trading day.