(Preliminary) settlements are the daily settlements that have been derived using the standard methodologies for the specified product. They are denoted as (Preliminary) because, while infrequent, changes may occur to the posted values until the (Final Pre-Clearing) is posted at 6:00 P.M. CT. NYMEX and COMEX products also have a third run of settlements called (Final Post-Clearing). This run contains updated open interest figures from the most recent trading day.
The Open Interest column displays the total number of contracts long or short in the respective month, during both Globex and the Open Outcry session. Each open transaction has both a buyer and seller, but only one side of the transaction is counted when calculating open interest. The (Preliminary) and (Final Pre-Clearing) files contain the previous trading day’s open interest. The (Final Post-Clearing), which is produced only for NYMEX and COMEX products, contains the most recent trading day’s open interest.
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