TOCOM publishes the “Top 10 Volume by Member” report, which contains information on the members holding 10 largest trade volumes, with the name of each member and the number of trade volume (the total of buy and sell transactions) for each commodity. When there are 10 or less members trading certain commodity, other than those belonging to the Agricultural Product & Sugar Market, all the names and trade volume of participating members in that commodity are to be disclosed, which might make it possible to speculate such members’ and their customers’ positions and trading patterns. As such, TOCOM will not publish the report regarding the following commodities from the clearing period of February 3, 2020.
Commodity:
Gas Oil, Cash-settled Barge Gasoline, Cash-settled Lorry Gasoline, Platts Cash-settled Barge Kerosene, Platts Cash-settled Lorry Kerosene, Platts Cash-settled Barge Gas Oil, Platts Cash-settled Lorry Gas Oil, East Area Baseload Electricity, West Area Baseload Electricity, East Area Peakload Electricity, West Area Peakload Electricity, Chukyo-Gasoline, Chukyo-Kerosene, and Gold Options (Call and Put).
Period:
from February 3, 2020 to July 22, 2020
Periodic Review of the Top 10 Volume by Member report is made two times a year, in February and in August.
