Under the program, introduced on November 30, there was a $2.50 per contract surcharge for receiving a response to a request for a quote on simultaneous execution of a transaction of between 250 and 5,000 contracts, reduced to $1.50 per contract if the trade was executed.
Exchange President J. Robert Collins, Jr., said, "This move is being made to stimulate activity in this new instrument, which we are confident will prove useful to both commercial sector participants and major funds.
