Circular no.

MCX/T&S/323/2016 September 29, 2016

Master Circular Trading Operations

Consequent to the repeal of Forward Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1952 and transfer and
vesting of the undertaking of Forward Markets Commission with SEBI w.e.f September
29, 2015 the existing bye-laws, rules, regulations, circulars, etc. made by the recognised
commodity exchanges under FCRA shall be applicable upto September 28, 2016.
Therefore, the Exchange has made Bye-laws and Rules under SCRA which are approved
by SEBI and duly notified in the Gazette of India dated September 24, 2016 and the
Gazette of Maharashtra dated September 22, 2016 and the same shall be effective from
September 29, 2016.
In terms of the provisions of the said Bye-laws and Rules of the Exchange approved by
SEBI under SCRA and the circulars/directives issued by SEBI from time to time the
Exchange hereby issues a master circular in respect of Trading Operations.
For the convenience of members, the various Provisions / Business Rules / Regulations
with respect to Trading are detailed in the following chapters attached as Annexure 1 to
the circular:

Chapter No Particulars
1 Trading Days, Hours and Trading Holidays
2 Launch, Modifications, Delisting, Re-launch of Contracts
3 Trading Parameters
4 User Id
5 Order Management
6 Matching Rules
7 Disclosure of Proprietary Trading and Pro-account Trading
8 Hedge Policy
9 SMS and E-mail alerts to investors
10 Disclosures on website
11 Formats
Reference List of Circulars

However, anything done or any action taken or including any inspection, audit, penalty,
proceedings, etc. under the earlier circular(s) shall be continued or enforced by the
Exchange or Relevant Authority as if the said circular(s) has not been made inapplicable.
All Members and their respective constituents are requested to take note of the same.
Sanjiv Kapur
Asst. Vice President
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For any clarification, kindly contact customer support on 022 6649 4040 or send an
email at [email protected].

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Annexure 1

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Chapter 1 - Trading Days, Hours and Trading Holidays

1.1 Exchange will have trading session from Monday to Friday for different commodities as under:

Trade End time Trade End time

after Start of after End of US
Sr. Trade Start
Commodity Category US Day light Day light
No Time
Savings in Savings in Fall
Spring Season Season

Internationally Referencable
1 10.00 AM 11:30 PM 11:55 PM
Non-Agri Commodities
Internationally Referencable
2 10.00 AM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM
Agri Commodities*

3 All Other Commodities 10.00 AM 5:00 PM 5:00 PM

*Presently traded internationally referencable Agri commodities are Crude Palm Oil, Cotton
and Kapas

1.2 With regard to Muhurat Trading on Diwali (Lakshmi Poojan) day, Exchange shall jointly
decide the common trade timing along with all National Commodity Derivatives Exchanges
and notify the same to the market under prior intimation to SEBI.

1.3 Exchange may extend, advance or reduce trading hours by notifying the Members as and
when it deems fit and necessary due to any technical or operational reasons.

1.4 With regard to trading holidays, Exchange shall jointly decide along with other National
Commodity Derivatives Exchanges, the common holiday list within the broad framework of
the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. Exchange shall also take into consideration
Central/State/Local holidays. Exchange shall notify the holiday list to the market well in
advance under prior intimation to SEBI. On such trading holidays, Exchange may permit
trading of internationally referencable commodities in evening session i.e. post 5:00 PM, in
case corresponding international markets are open.

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SEBI/HO/CDMRD/DMP/CIR/P/2016/75 dated August 30, 2016

MCX/T&S/253/2016 dated August 31, 2016

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Chapter 2: Launch, Modifications, Delisting, Re-launch of Contracts

2.1 Exchange shall launch trading in commodity futures contracts after obtaining approval from
SEBI. The trading in futures contracts shall be subject to Rules, Byelaws and Business
Rules / Regulations of the Exchange.

2.2 The contract specification in respect of each underlying commodity in which futures trading
has to commence will be notified in advance to the market participants on the website of the
Exchange specifying full details of the quality standards, delivery procedure and other
trading and settlement parameters relating to tick size, Unit of Trading, unit of delivery,
delivery centres, minimum and maximum order size and the basis in terms of quality etc.,
shall be binding on all members, clients and constituents trading on the Exchange.

2.3 Exchange may modify the futures contract specifications related to Ticker symbol, Basis,
Maximum order size, Trading unit, Delivery unit, Quotation base value, Tick size, Delivery
centres, additional delivery centres, issue related to Premium/Discount, Quality parameters
and its relevant aspects such as Quantity variation and Tolerance limit in the futures contract
specifications after informing the market participants and the Regulator in advance, before
introduction of any modification in contract specifications along with reasons for the
modifications.

In case of modifications in other specifications of the contract (other than those specified
above), Exchange may do so after obtaining approval from SEBI.

2.4 Any contract entered into in violation of these norms or not confirming to the specifications
laid down by the Exchange shall be considered as void.

2.5 In case of contracts approved for trading by SEBI :

a. If Exchange decides not to launch new contract for trading, then Exchange shall inform
market participants well in advance and shall also keep the Regulator informed with
adequate reasons for not launching of such contract.
b. If Exchange decides to de-list already running contract(s) having nil open interest, then
exchange shall keep the regulator informed with adequate reasons for de-listing the
contract(s).
c. The re-launch of new contracts in case of a and b above shall be with prior approval of
SEBI.

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SEBI/HO/CDMRD/DRMP/CIR /2016/88 dated September 20, 2016
MCX/T&S/284/2016 dated September 21, 2016
Chapter 3: Trading Parameters

3.1 Base Price: At the time of making a contract available for trading on the system, the Exchange
will decide its base price, which will be a notional price based on the spot market price of that
commodity on the previous day and a notional carrying cost or a reference price available in
any other Derivatives Exchange.

3.2 Daily Price Limit (DPL) on First Trading Day of the Contract (For Agri/Non-Agri
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Commodity Derivatives)

For fixing DPL slabs, base price shall be taken as previous days closing price of the contract,
however for the first trading day (launch day) of each contract, Exchange shall determine
base price as under:

3.2.1 Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) of the first half an hour, subject to minimum of ten
trades

3.2.2 If sufficient number of trades are not executed during the first half an hour, then the VWAP of
first one hour trade subject to minimum of ten trades.

3.2.3 If sufficient number of trades are not executed even during the first hour of the day then
VWAP of the first ten trades during the day.

The base price arrived as per (3.2.1) or (3.2.2) or (3.2.3) above, as the case may be, shall be
calculated by the Exchange and shall be used to determine DPL for the remaining part of the day.

3.3 Daily Price Limit (DPL) for Commodity Contracts

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3.3.1 DPL for agricultural commodity derivatives contracts

DPL for agricultural commodity derivatives contracts shall be as under:

Commodity Initial Slab Enhanced Slab Total DPL

Agricultural Commodities 3% 1% 4%

DPL shall have two slabs- Initial and Enhanced Slab. Once the initial slab limit is reached in any
contract, then after a period of 15 minutes this limit shall be increased further by enhanced slab,
only in that contract. The trading shall be permitted during the 15 minutes period within the initial
slab limit. After the DPL is enhanced, trades shall be permitted throughout the day within the
enhanced total DPL of 4%.

The above slab-wise DPL norm shall be applicable uniformly on all trading days.

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SEBI/HO/CDMRD/DMP/CIR/P/2016/83 dated September 7, 2016

MCX/T&S/273/2016 dated September 7, 2016

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CIR/CDMRD/DMP/02/2016 dated January 1, 2016

MCX/T&S/009/2016 dated January 15, 2016

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3.3.2 Daily Price Limits (DPL) for Non-Agricultural Commodity Contracts

DPL of all non-agricultural commodity derivatives contracts shall be as under:

Initial
1st Enhanced 2nd Enhanced Aggregate
Name of Commodity Slab of
Slab of DPL Slab of DPL DPL
DPL
Gold 3% 3% 3% 9%
Other Non-Agri Commodities
(Presently being traded on 4% 2% 3% 9%
Exchanges)

3.3.2.1 DPL shall have three slabs as mentioned in table above. Once the trade hits the prescribed
Initial slab, the DPL shall be relaxed further by 1st Enhanced Slab without any cooling off
period in the trading. In case, 1st Enhanced Slab is also breached, then after a cooling off
period of 15 minutes, the DPL shall be further relaxed by 2nd Enhanced Slab.

3.3.2.2 During cooling off periods trading shall continue to be permitted within the previous slab of
DPL.

3.3.2.3 In case price movement in referencable international market is more than the aggregate
DPL, the same may be further relaxed in steps of 3% by the Exchange. The Exchange
shall immediately inform Integrated Surveillance Department (ISD) of SEBI about any such
relaxation of DPLs beyond Aggregate DPL, along with all the relevant details and
justification.

3.4 Exchange may prescribe DPL narrower than the slabs prescribed by SEBI in case it is required
to do so based upon the analysis of price movements and the surveillance findings.

3.5 Closing Price:

3.5.1 Close Price: At the end of a trading day, the system shall calculate the Closing Price of each
and every contract traded on the system. The logic for calculation of Closing Price shall be
as follows:

i. Closing Price is equal to weighted average price of all trades done during the last 30
minutes of a trading day.

ii. If the number of trades during last 30 minutes are less than 10, then it is based on the
weighted average price of the last 10 trades executed during the day.

iii. If the number of trades done during the day are less than 10, then it is taken as the
weighted average of all the trades executed during the day.

iv. If no trades have been executed in a contract on a day, then the official closing price of
the last day is taken as the official Closing Price.

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SEBI/HO/CDMRD/DMP/CIR/P/2016/83 dated September 7, 2016

MCX/T&S/273/2016 dated September 7, 2016

Provided that in such cases, the Exchange shall have the right to modify the Closing Price for the
purpose of marking to market and making the open positions closer to the market.

3.5.2 Method for change in Close Price in case of illiquid contracts:

If no trades have been executed in a contract on a day, then, Exchange reserves the right to
modify the Closing Price for the purpose of marking to market and making the open positions
closer to the market in one of the following methods, as deemed appropriate:

Method 1:

The spread prevailing between the active contracts*, shall be used to determine the theoretical
futures price for other contracts that do not meet the criteria for liquid contract as stated above in
the same commodity.

*contract is considered as active if the close price of such contract is determined by (i),(ii) or (iii) of
3.5.1 above

Method 2:

Prices available for comparable commodity / contracts in domestic / internationally reference

markets (converted to INR at the prevailing RBI reference rate).

Method 3:

In case of agricultural commodities, due to seasonal nature of the commodities, in order to make
the contract available in tradable range, Exchange may also set the close price considering the
prices prevailing in spot market (and duly adjusting the same for contagion / backwardation market
conditions) domestically / internationally or by using the prices prevailing in other Exchanges
where the commodity contracts are liquid.

Note 1: In case of contracts, where the base asset is the same, Exchange may consider the price
of nearest expiry of the liquid variant of the base asset in order to deduce the price of the illiquid
contract, after carrying out such adjustments as may be deemed necessary.

Further, Exchange may arrive at the close price through any other method, which the Exchange in
its absolute discretion considers appropriate, in order to reflect a fair close price of the illiquid
contract.
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3.6 Fixation of Final Settlement Price (FSP)

For contracts where Final Settlement Price (FSP) is determined by polling, unless specifically
approved otherwise, the FSP shall be arrived at by taking the simple average of the last
polled spot prices of the last three trading days viz. E0 (E= expiry day), E-1 and E-2. In the
event the spot price for any one or both of E-1 and E-2 is not available; the simple average of
the last polled spot price of E0, E-1, E-2 and E-3, whichever available, shall be taken as FSP.
Thus, the FSP under various scenarios of non-availability of polled spot prices shall be as
under:

Polled spot price availability on FSP shall be simple average of last

Scenario
polled spot prices on:
E0 E1 E2 E3
1 Yes Yes Yes Yes/No E0, E1, E2
2 Yes Yes No Yes E0, E1, E3
3 Yes No Yes Yes E0, E2, E3
4 Yes No No Yes E0, E3
5 Yes Yes No No E0, E1
6 Yes No Yes No E0, E2
7 Yes No No No E0

In case of non-availability of polled spot price on expiry day (E0) due to sudden closure of physical
market under any emergency situations noticed at the basis centre, Exchanges shall decide
further course of action for determining FSP in consultation with SEBI.

3.7 Life of the Futures Contract: The life of a contract shall mean the period when the contract
will be available for futures trading i.e., the period between the start of trading and the day it
expires. This period may also be known as the trading cycle of the contract.

3.8 Expiry Date: Each Contract shall expire on the date specified in the contract specification or at
such other date as may be informed by the Exchange from time to time.

3.9 Change in expiry date: Exchange may advance expiry date of running contract in case
physical market is closed in the notified basis centre on the expiry day of the contract, due to
festivals, strikes, erratic weather conditions, etc. Decision about advancing expiry of running
contract shall be intimated to the trade participants at least 10 days before the revised expiry date.
The delivery period may be advanced accordingly for contract having staggered delivery. The FSP
of such contract shall be fixed as per the above procedure (para 3.6 above as per modified expiry
date).

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SEBI/HO/CDMRD/DRMP/CIR/P/2016/90 dated September 21, 2016

MCX/C&S/302/2016 dated September 28, 2016

3.10 Contractual Liability Termination: Members can extinguish their contractual liabilities by
either entering into an offset deal or by delivery.

3.11 Invalidation of a Traded Contract: The Exchange may invalidate a matched contract if
according to the Exchange; a member has attempted to conclude the transaction in violation of the
Bye-laws of the Exchange or with an intention of price manipulation, price rigging or price
distortion.

3.12 Governing Law / Jurisdiction: Every Futures contract transacted as per Bye-laws of the
Exchange shall take effect as a contract made in Mumbai in the State of Maharashtra and shall be
governed by Indian Laws under the jurisdiction of the High Court, Mumbai.

3.13 Force-Majeure: In case Import of Specified commodities (which are substantially dependent
upon import from outside) under Open General License (OGL) is banned/canalised during the
trading session and the official announcement is made about the same, then the outstanding
contracts will be settled on the basis of preceding days closing price. If however the official
announcement regarding banning/canalising of Imported Specified commodities is made after the
closing of trading then the outstanding contracts will be settled on the basis of the current days
closing price.

Any fluctuation / change in Import duty structure is on sellers account.

In case of any natural calamity like flood, earthquake, strikes etc., which has such a substantial
bearing on the physical market of that commodity that the availability of the commodity in the
country is expected to reduce at least by 50%, making delivery of the commodity virtually
impossible, then the Board will have the power to settle the contract before maturity, as per the
official closing price, subject to Regulators approval.

In case of system related problems, while the Exchange will attempt to rectify the problem at the
earliest, it will not be responsible for the consequential losses, if any.

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Chapter 4: User ID

For every TWS to be used by a member, he shall be required to obtain registration of the
Approved User in the specified format who will be responsible for such TWS.

Guidelines for Application of User ID Creation/Change or Cancellation

The application form should be on the letter-head of the member.

All columns prescribed in the format should be duly filled up.

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MCX/T&S/289/2016 dated September 26, 2016
 The application form should be signed by Authorised Signatories (i.e. designated
director in case of company / proprietor in case of individual/ managing partner in
case of Partnership firm.

A member who does not own or has not paid for a VSAT/Lease Line shall be
entitled to get only one Approved User registered through internet without the
payment of any charge. Such member shall not be entitled to get additional
Approved User registered through internet until the member obtains a VSAT/
Lease line.

For application of User ID on internet, kindly fill up and forward Annexure A.2.
The Internet User ID will not be created without the aforesaid Annexure.

For application of change of User ID please mention existing User ID code and
proposed new user name in Annexure-A.5.

For Cancellation of User ID, kindly mention the date on which you are sending the
application and arrange to send the application on the same day by fax or by
courier. Members may note that the application date and the effective date for
cancellation of User ID should be the same.

Kindly tick the appropriate column for mode of connectivity viz. VSAT/Lease
Line/Internet.
The Exchange has prescribed the formats for application / change / cancellation of
User IDs. Members are requested to submit the application(s) in the formats
prescribed as under:
Annexure A.1: Application for new User ID (for Internet User ID attach Annexure-
A.2 also.)
Annexure A.2 : Application for Trading through Internet
Annexure A.3 : Format of Undertaking for New User ID/Change of User ID
Annexure A.4 : Cancellation of Approved User ID
Annexure A.5 : Change of Approved User (for Internet User ID attach Annexure
A.2 also.)
Annexure A.6 : Mapping of Member Administrator / Approved Users to the mode
of connectivity
Annexure A.7 : Application for Change of terminal address of Approved User ID
Annexure A.8 : Application for continuing the Pro account trading facility from
terminals located from more than one location (To be submitted only with change
of pro enabled user id application. Please refer circular no MCX/147/2016.)
Annexure A.9: Members (TM/TCM/ITCM) desirous to avail the Trading facility on
behalf of Custodial participants.(Please refer circular no: MCX/T&S/160/2009)

Chapter 5: Order Management

5.1 Order Types

The Exchange Members will be able to submit the following types of orders:

Limit order, specifying the price at (or better than) which the trade should be executed.

Market Order which derives its price in the following order:

 i. It gets executed at the best counter side order price.

ii. If there is no counter side order, it takes the best price of same side order book.

iii. If there are no order(s) on the same side, it takes the last traded price.

iv. If there are no trades for the day, it takes the previous close price.

Day orders are available for execution during the current trading session until executed or
cancelled. All day orders will get cancelled at the end of the day during which such orders
were submitted.

Good till date, which should be available for execution till end of the date indicated in the
order or till the last trading day of that contract month, whichever is earlier.

Good till cancel, which is available for execution till maturity of the contract or till it is
cancelled, whichever is earlier.

Stop loss orders, which are kept by the system in suspended or abeyance mode and are
activated only on trigger of a price, as defined by the member.

Immediate or Cancel (IOC) orders will get cancelled if not executed on submission of
such an order. Such orders will not remain in the order book.

5.2 Modification and cancellation of orders

A Member shall be permitted to modify or cancel his orders. The order can be modified by
effecting changes in the order input parameters.

Time priority on order modification will not change for an order due to decrease in its quantity
or decrease in disclosed quantity, otherwise the time priority of the order will change.

5.3 Order Validation

Orders entered into the Trading System by the Members shall be subject to various validation
requirements as prescribed by the Exchange including price and quantity restrictions as may
have been decided by the Exchange. Orders that do not meet the validation checks will not
be accepted by the Trading System.

The Exchange may specify the minimum disclosed quantity for orders that will be allowed.
The Exchange may specify the number of days after which Good Till Cancelled orders will
be cancelled by the system.
The Exchange shall specify the lot size in which orders can be placed for a contract traded
on the Exchange.
The Exchange shall specify from time to time price steps (tick size) in which orders shall be
entered on the trading system of the Exchange.

5.4 Cancellation Of Orders : Members unable to cancel orders from the Member Admin
Terminal / User Terminals shall request the Exchange to carry out the order cancellations on
their behalf by giving the request to the Exchange in the format prescribed in Annexure B.

5.5 Turnover Limit: A facility is available whereby Members may request the Exchange to set the
turnover limit in order to increase/Decrease the Turnover Limit in the format prescribed in
Annexure C
5.6 Square-Off Open Position: A facility is available whereby Members may request the
Exchange to reduce the open positions in case of emergency situations in the format
prescribed in Annexure D
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5.7 LTP Based Calendar Spread Trading Facility

The LTP based calendar spread facility will be available in combinations of 2 underlying
futures contracts- Near month and Far month contract. A spread order once executed results
into trades of near month and far month futures contract.

Buying spread implies selling near month futures contract and buying far month futures
contract. Similarly, selling spread means buying near month futures contract and selling far
month futures contract.

The price of a spread order is quoted as the difference between the prices at which the
near month and far month contracts will be traded. The spread price may be positive, negative
or zero. While there would be a separate order book, matched orders would result into trades
in the respective futures contracts. In respect of the near month futures contract, the trade is
generated at near month contracts Last Traded Price while in the far month contract, trade is
generated at near month contracts Last Traded Price + spread price.

Since trades resulting from the spread facility automatically result in near month and far
month contracts positions, the margin and other obligations are computed based on the
positions in the respective near and far month contracts.

The trades generated on account of LTP based calendar spread trading facility shall not be
considered for the day open /high / low / close price computation of the respective near month
and far month futures contract.

The calendar spread trading facility will be available for the following combination of expiry
months of the same commodity:
a. Near Month and Second available Month

b. Near Month and Third available Month

c. Second available Month and Third available Month

In the Trader Work Station, Members have to select the symbols while placing the orders
as per the combinations of the different expiry months made available. The Symbol will be
of maximum 10 characters which will be combination of the following:
i) First Three characters will represent commodity symbol

ii) Next Three (Fourth to Sixth) characters will represent the near month

iii) Next Two (Seventh and Eighth) character will represent the far month

iv) Last Two characters will be the year of the far month contracts

v) For a given combination of symbols, trading facility will be available till the date of
expiry of the near month.

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MCX/T&S/082/2015 dated March 19, 2015
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5.8 Spread IOC functionality

Spread IOC Order functionality facilitates placing orders simultaneously in two different
maturity contracts of same underlying. In order to deter the market participants from placing
large number of orders outside the tradable range of the prevailing market price leading to
large number of cancelled orders, Exchange levies a charge based on the Order to Trade
Ratio applicable in case of Spread IOC Orders (originating through any mode) only at
Member level as under:

Daily Order to Trade Ratio Member-wise Charge (Per Order)

Up to 20 NIL
More than 20 up to 40 (On incremental basis) 1 paise
More than 40 up to 60 (On incremental basis) 3 paise
More than 60 (On incremental basis) 5 paise

Further, in case the number of Spread IOC Orders per day per Member exceeds 5 lacs orders
but is less than 10 lacs orders and where it exceeds 10 lacs spread IOC orders, the charge levied
will increase to two and four times respectively of the charge structure specified in the above
table.

Chapter 6: Matching Rules

a) The Exchange may launch more than one order book running either parallel or at different
time spans, either with the same order matching rules or with different matching rules. The
Exchange is also entitled to modify or change the matching rules relevant to any market or
order books any time where it is necessary to do so.

b) Without prejudice to the generality of the above, the order matching rules will have the
following features:
Orders in the Normal market will be matched on price -time priority basis.

Best buy order shall match with the best sell order.
(The best buy order would be the one with the highest price and the best sell order
would be the one with the lowest price.)

c) The Exchange shall prevent self-matching orders through Self Match

Prevention Functionality (SMPF). The potential Self-Match orders shall be identified at the
PAN level. When an active buy/sell order gets potentially matched with a passive sell/buy
order (where the PAN of both the orders is same), the active order shall be cancelled. On
cancellation, the status of the respective order shall change from Active to Cancelled
with reason as Cancelled by Exchange due to SMPF. However, partial execution of the
active order shall be done, till the point the potential self-match order is not encountered.
Once a potential self-match order is encountered, the remaining quantity of the active
order shall be cancelled.

d) SMPF shall be applicable for all order categories and clients (including *OWN* and INST
clients). Further, it will not be applicable to Spread IOC/2L/3L orders and auction orders.

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MCX/T&S/400/2010 dated November 12, 2010
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6.1 Maximum Order Size Limits

The maximum order size limits in value terms shall be based on the margin deposits placed by the
member with the Exchange. The following slabs shall be made applicable in this regard:

Deposit of a Member with the Exchange Maximum Order Size

Upto ` 2.5 lacs 10 times of deposit

Above ` 2.5 lacs upto ` 5 lacs ` 65 lacs

Above ` 5 lacs upto ` 25 lacs ` 1.30 crore

Above ` 25 lacs upto ` 1 crore ` 2 crore

Above ` 1 crore upto ` 5 crore ` 3 crore

Above ` 5 crore upto ` 10 crore ` 4 crore

Above ` 10 crore upto ` 25 crore ` 5 crore

Above ` 25 crore ` 6.5 crore

6.2 The maximum order size limit shall be subject to maximum order size as specified in contract
specifications of the respective commodities. Members desiring to increase the maximum order
size beyond ` 65 lacs, shall make a request for increase / reduction in the maximum order size
beyond/below ` 65 lacs to the Exchange in the prescribed format attached as Annexure E.

6.3 The Exchange reserves the right to review each request of increase on a case to case basis
based on aspects like track record of operations of the Member, number of years of continued
operations of the Member, continuous period during which deposits of the Member are available
with the Exchange etc.

6.4 The Exchange reserves the right to refuse any request made by the Member/s for increase in
maximum order size without assigning any reason thereto and decision of the Exchange in this
respect shall be final and binding on the Members.

6.5 Reset of Member Administrator password: Members can request the Exchange to reset the
password of the members administrator (Member Admin) terminals by sending a request to the
Exchange in the Format prescribed in Annexure F. In case of reset of password of the user
terminals, members can use the facility provided in the Member Admin terminal.

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MCX/T&S/343/2013 October 11, 2013

MCX/T&S/140/2011 dated April 20, 2011

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Chapter 7: Disclosure of Proprietary Trading and Pro-account Trading Terminal

All trading members shall disclose to their clients whether they do client based business or
proprietary trading as well. The members may do so in one of the following methods:

a) Disclose the information of proprietary trading to the existing clients by sending letter and / or
email.

b) Update the information on their company website (if any).

c) Disclose the proprietary trading information on the Contract Notes issued to the clients.

d) For new clients, disclose the information of proprietary trading upfront at the time of entering
into the Know Your Client agreement.

e) In case of a trading member who at present does not trade on proprietary account, chooses to
do so at a later date, he shall be required to disclose this to his clients before carrying out any
proprietary trading.

Pro account trading terminals

1. The facility of placing orders on pro-account through trading terminal / CTCL terminal shall be
extended only at one location, (default location) as specified by the member. The application
for enablement of trading terminal at default location shall be made to the Exchange in the
format prescribed in Annexure G.1

2. Trading terminals / CTCL terminals located at places other than the default location shall have
facility to place orders only for and on behalf of the clients by entering the client code details as
specified by the Exchange / SEBI.

3. In case any member requires the facility of using pro-account through trading terminals from
more than one location, such member shall be required to submit an undertaking in the format
specified in Annexure G.2 Further, member shall be required to apply for enablement of pro-
account facility specifying the location and reason for enablement in the format specified in
Annexure G.3

4. CTCL Ids mapped to an Exchange user id which is enabled for pro-account trading shall be
automatically enabled for pro-account trading. Members shall therefore ensure that no trades
in pro-account should be executed through any CTCL Id unless the approvals are taken from
the Exchange.

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SEBI/HO/CDMRD/DMP/CIR/P/2016/49 dated April 25, 2016

MCX/T&S/147/2016 dated May 17, 2016

MCX/T&S/196/2016 dated July 7, 2016

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Chapter 8: Hedge Policy

Policy

a) The hedge limit to be granted by the Exchange to the bona fide hedgers shall be in
addition to the normal position limit allowed to it. Such hedge limit is non transferrable
and shall be utilized only by the Hedger to whom the limit has been granted and not by
anyone else.

b) This hedge limit granted for a commodity derivative shall not be available for the near
month contracts of the said commodity from the date of applicability of near month limit.

c) Hedge limits for a commodity shall be determined on a case to case basis, depending
on applicants hedging requirement in the underlying physical market based upon:

(i) his/its Export or import commitments

(ii) Stocks held

(iii) Past track record of Production or Purchase or Sales

(iv) Processing capacity and

( v ) Other factors as the Exchange may deem appropriate.

d) Exchange shall grant hedge limits to the applicant on verification of documentary

evidence of the underlying exposure and ensuring that the hedge limit granted is
genuine and does not have the potential to disturb the equilibrium of the market of that
particular derivative contracts.

e) The hedge limit may also be made available in respect of the short open position
acquired by an entity for the purpose of hedging against the stocks of commodities
owned by it and,

i. pledged with the Scheduled Commercial Banks/Cooperative Banks or

ii. lying in any Government Entitys warehouse/ WDRA Approved warehouses or

iii. lying in any other premises (warehouse, factory etc.), provided the premises is
either owned by the hedger or taken on lease by the hedger in its name.

f) With regard to point (e) above, Exchange shall ascertain that such premises are well
equipped with quality control safeguards for storage of the relevant commodity. In order
to ascertain this, Exchange shall obtain a certification from the management of the
Company / firm to this extent. Exchange may also require a certificate from a third party
assayer / warehouse service provider / independent auditor. Further, relevant Bank
Certificate/Warehouse Receipt, as the case may be, provided by the Hedger shall be
subject to verification regarding ownership of the stocks etc., by the Exchange.

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SEBI/HO/CDMRD/DMP/CIR/P/2016/71 dated August 19, 2016
 g) At any point of time during the hedge period, hedging positions taken in derivatives
contracts by hedger, across multiple Exchanges/ Contracts, shall not exceed his/its
actual/anticipated exposure in the physical market, even if there is a usable hedge
limit available as per allocation made by the Exchanges to the hedger.

h) The margins for any commodity prescribed by the Exchange for the other market
participants shall also be applicable to the hedgers.

i) If under any circumstances a hedger is found availing hedge limit in contrary to the
guideline framed by the SEBI/Exchanges or submits false document or fails to inform the
Exchange in a timely manner about reduction of underlying exposure based upon which
it has been allocated hedge limit by Exchange, it shall be liable for expulsion from
membership/prohibition from trading as the case may be. Such action shall be without
prejudice to other disciplinary actions including penalties prescribed by the Exchange.

j) A Hedger having availed of benefit of hedge limits shall preserve relevant records for a
period of minimum three years for inspection by SEBI/Exchange.

k) The hedge limit approved by the Exchange shall be valid for a period as mentioned in
the approval letter and such hedge limit shall stand cancelled automatically upon expiry
of such period without any notice. The Exchange shall review periodically the maximum
quantum of hedge limits to be sanctioned to each applicant subject to fulfilment of
prescribed conditions. Currently the hedge limit to be sanctioned shall be not more than the
applicable client level position limits. For e.g. If the client level positon limits in Cardamom
is 160 lots then the additional hedge limit shall not exceed 160 lots.
l) The Exchange shall be disclosing on its website the hedge position allocated to various
hedgers, indicating the period for which approval is valid, in an anonymous manner. The
disclosure shall be made in the following format:

Name of
Long Short Date of Application Approval Date till
Sr the
Hedger Hedge Hedge making Approval Start Approval
No . Commo
Limits Limits application Date Date is valid
dity
Hedger
1
1
Hedger
2
2

Guidelines

1.The request for additional open position shall be considered only on receipt of all the
documents, complete in all respects. The Exchange reserves the right to reject any application
or to stipulate any additional conditions or ask for additional documentation before and / or after
sanctioning hedge limit.
2. Members shall:

i. Not put through any trade by a Hedger violating the limit or any of the terms or
conditions on which hedge limits are sanctioned.

ii. Monitor the Hedgers position continuously to ensure that it does not exceed the
sanctioned limit.

iii. Ensure that the Hedger has not kept open the additional hedge limit (granted) in the
near month contract.

iv. Immediately inform the Exchange of any violation of limit or terms and conditions
by a Hedger.

3. An Exporter/ Importer availing hedging limit on open position on account of his unfulfilled
export/ import commitment should in the event of his not being able to ship the goods during
the contract period, either for reason of nonavailability of freight or for any other reason,
forthwith liquidate his equivalent open position exceeding the limit prescribed specifying
reasons to the Exchange. Failure to do so would render him ineligible for availing hedging
limit on open position in respect of his export/ import contracts thereafter.

4. If any member / nonmember (client hedger)) is found availing hedging limit in any manner
without having stock of physical goods / export commitment or submits false document,
availing hedging limit on the same stock at two different Exchanges, he shall be liable to
expulsion/ debarment and other severe disciplinary measures and penalties. Therefore, the
member, while seeking limit on behalf of their clients, shall exercise due diligence on their
part during the period of hedge.

5. Hedge limits would be valid till underlying exposure in physical market such as stocks
held, Domestic/Import/Export commitments, anticipated sales/purchases are open.
Positions established in the hedge code should be liquidated in an orderly manner in
accordance with sound commercial practices. The initiation and unwinding of hedge
positions should correspond to the underlying position in the physical markets.

6. As the hedge positions are typically larger than the normal client level limits, the member
may, in addition to Exchange prescribed margins, also collect additional margins based on
the assessment of the risk profile of the client.

7. The approved hedge limit will be valid from the date of sanction for a period as specified in
the sanction letter. In case a member / nonmember (hedger) intends to avail the
additional open position limits beyond the specified date, he will have to approach the
Exchange stating the reasons thereof, for extension, at least a month before expiry of the
hedge limit sanctioned period, failing which the hedge limit will stand cancelled upon expiry.
In such a case member concerned shall square off the additional limit acquired on or before
the date of expiry. The Exchange may at its discretion, however, direct the parties
concerned to liquidate the approved excess positions before expiry without assigning
reasons thereto. All the members and their clients are advised to follow the guidelines while
availing additional open position limits.

8. The hedger will be sanctioned hedge limits either for long positions or short positions but not
for both in same commodity. Hence the applicant has to state clearly if the application is for
long or short position. A fresh application will be needed if the Hedger needs an opposite
position in lieu of the existing sanctioned position. Once the hedge limit is sanctioned for
opposite position the erstwhile limit already sanctioned stands cancelled.
 9. Exchange reserves the right to amend / modify the terms and conditions for sanctioning
additional open position at any time without any notice and the member / nonmember client
(hedger) shall accordingly be bound by them.

Application Process and Documentation

Documents to be submitted for sanction of Hedge Limits

1. Application Form in the format prescribed in Annexure H.1

2. Write up on Hedge rationale in Annexure H.2

3. PAN copy of the prospective hedger.

4. Declaration for availing hedge limits in Annexure H.3

5. Complete details of client seeking Hedge Limits along with copy of PAN of all
Directors/Partners/Proprietor/Trustee/Karta in Annexure H.4

6. A statement containing details of hedge positions taken in derivatives contracts by the hedger in
other Exchanges/Contracts for past 6 months or actual period as the case may be in
Annexure H.5

7. In case hedge limit is based on Physical Stock, the following documents are required:

A statement containing details of Physical stocks owned by the applicant along with
warehouse address duly certified by a practicing Chartered Accountant in Annexure H.6

Copies of financial statement of last 2 years certified by a Chartered Accountant

Proof of ownership / stock of goods held in the warehouse.

Bank certificate in case stock of commodities is pledged with the Scheduled Commercial
banks/ Cooperative banks.

8. In case of Domestic/ Export/Import Commitments , the following documents are required:

A statement containing summary of Commodity details of outstanding

Domestic/Import/Export commitments duly certified by a practicing Chartered Accountant in
Annexure H.7

Copies of financial statement of last 2 years certified by a Chartered Accountant.

Import/Export documents in the form of invoice or shipping/cargo bills.

9. In Case Hedge Limit is based on Past track record of Production/

Purchase/Sales/Processing capacity.

A statement containing details of month wise actual sales for past two years.

A statement showing month wise projected purchases/sales for a period of at least 12

months along with assumptions and methodology applied for such projection.

Copies of financial statement of last two years certified by a Chartered Accountant.

A statement showing details of installed capacity along with utilized capacity of all the
plants during the past two years for the company.
Note: If the applicant entity is in existence for less than 2 years then the above statements will
be applicable for the actual period.

Monthly Documents required after sanction of hedge limits:

A statement containing details of Physical stocks owned by the applicant along with
warehouse address duly certified by a practicing Chartered Accountant in Annexure H.6

A statement containing summary of Commodity wise details of outstanding

Domestic/Import/Export commitments duly certified by a practicing Chartered Accountant in
Annexure H.7

Updating of any information provided in any annexures/application.

Documents at the time of renewal:

Application Form in the format prescribed in Annexure H.1

Write up on Hedge rationale in Annexure H.2

PAN copy of the prospective hedger.

Declaration for availing hedge limits in Annexure H.3

A statement containing details of Physical stocks owned by the applicant along with
warehouse address duly certified by a practicing Chartered Accountant in Annexure H.6

A statement containing summary of Commodity details of outstanding

Domestic/Import/Export commitments duly certified by a practicing Chartered Accountant in
Annexure H.7

Penal Provisions
Violation Charges to be levied and other disciplinary actions that would be initiated by the
Exchange for noncompliance of provisions governing the hedging limits.

Sr.
Nature of violation Amount of Violation charges
No.
Violation of overall hedge limits as
prescribed by the Exchange :
To avail hedge limits even when there is no Rs.50, 000/ per instance or Rs. 5,000/
1. corresponding physical stock held by the per contract per day whichever is
hedger or when there is no import / export higher.
commitment.

Suspension of membership/debarment
Submission of forged / fake documents for of client together with financial penalty
2. as deemed appropriate by the
availing hedge limit
Exchange.
Procedural violation of terms and
conditions of approval of Hedge limits as
3. amended from time to time like delay in Rs.5, 000/ per instance.
submission of statement or any other
document etc.
As may be decided on case to case basis
4. Any violation not covered above by the Relevant Authority of the
Exchange.
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Chapter 9: SMS and E-mail alerts to investors

9.1 Uploading of mobile number and E-mail address by stock brokers

i. Exchanges shall provide a platform to stock brokers to upload the details of their clients,
preferably, in sync with the UCC Updation module.
ii. Stock brokers shall upload the details of clients, such as, name, mobile number, address for
correspondence and E-mail address.
iii. Stock brokers shall ensure that the mobile numbers/E-mail addresses of their employees/sub-
brokers/remisiers/authorized persons are not uploaded on behalf of clients.
iv. Stock Brokers shall ensure that separate mobile number/E-mail address is uploaded for each
client. However, under exceptional circumstances, the stock broker may, at the specific written
request of a client, upload the same mobile number/E-mail address for more than one client
provided such clients belong to one family. Family for this purpose would mean self, spouse,
dependent children and dependent parents.

9.2 Verification by the Exchange

After uploading of details by the stock brokers, Exchange shall take necessary steps to verify the
details by any mode as considered appropriate by them which may include the following:
a. By way of sending SMS and E-mail directly to the investors at the numbers/E-mail address
uploaded by the stock brokers.
b. By way of sending letters to the address of the investors uploaded by the stock brokers.

9.3 Sending of alerts by the Exchange

Upon receipt of confirmation from the investors, Exchange shall commence sending the
transaction details generated based on investors Permanent Account Number, directly to them.

9.4 Handling of discrepancies, if any.

If any discrepancy is observed by the Exchange in the details uploaded by the stock brokers
including non-confirmation by investors, bounced E-mails, undelivered SMS/letters, etc., the
Exchange shall inform the respective stock broker.

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SEBI/HO/MIRSD/MIRSD2/CIR/P/2016/92 dated September 23, 2016

MCX/T&S/297/2016 dated September 27, 2016

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Chapter 10: Disclosure by Exchange on its website

To promote transparency in the markets Exchange shall disclose following info on their website

a. Position of top 10 trading clients in buy side as well as sell side in order of maximum open
interest in anonymous manner every day after the end of trading session

b. The delivery intent of the hedgers on a daily basis in an anonymous manner

c. The percentage of proprietary trade and client trade done and also specify as to what
percentage of this trade is by algorithmic trading/HFT. This information shall be displayed
before opening of the markets on the next day.

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SEBI/HO/CDMRD/DMP/2016/101 dated September 27, 2016

MCX/T&S/305/2016 dated September 28, 2016

Chapter 11: Formats

Annexure A.1

Application for approval as Approved User

(On Members Letter-Head)
Date: _________________

To,
The Trading Department
Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited
Exchange Square, CTS No. 255
Suren Road, Chakala, Andheri (East),
Mumbai 400 093
Fax No.: 022 67269556/57

Sub: Allocation of new User ID

Dear Sir,

I/We (Trade name of Member) hereby apply for the

approval of Mr./Ms. ___________________________________(Name of the User) to act as our
Approved User for trading on my/our behalf through Internet/VSAT/Lease Line terminals.

1.Status & Address of the office Regd. Office

where terminal is to be located. Head Office
Dealing Office Address

Address:

Pin
City
Code
Phone
State
No
Mobile
Fax No
No
E-Mail ID:
2. Name of the person for whom
this application for allotment of
user ID is made (expand all
initials)
3. Age of approved user
4. Fathers name of Approved user
 5. Address of the Approved user Address :

Pin
City
Code
Phone
State
No
Mobile
Fax No
No
E-Mail ID:
6. Qualification of Approved user
7. PAN of Approved user
8.Relationship of the proposed
User with the Member i.e. an
Employee/ User of Member/
Director/ Authorised Person
registered with Membership
Dept. (please specify)
9. Mode of connectivity for trading o VSAT ID
from the office where terminal is o Lease Line ID
located(Please tick) o Internet
10. VSAT/Lease Line IP Address
(Should not be Gateway IP)
11. User ID to be used on Internet
(In case of Application for YES / NO (Strikeout whichever is not applicable)
VSAT/Lease Line User ID)

I/We hereby agree and bind myself/ourselves to be responsible for all acts, quotations made and
transactions done or effected by the said Mr. / Ms. ________________________________ as our
Approved User on the Trading System of the Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited (MCX).
In case of the said Mr. /Ms. _______________________________ ceasing to be associated with
me /us, I/we shall communicate to you the same along with related details and seek
change/cancellation in the user ID so allotted against this application, as prescribed. I/We certify
that I/we have not applied for any other user ID in the name of the said
Mr./Ms.________________________________.
The User ID so allotted would be used by the said Mr./Ms. ____________________________ only
to access the MCX trading system.
I/We undertake that approved user shall clear the necessary certification when mandated by MCX,
failing which we shall surrender the user id.
I/We further certify that Mr. / Ms. _____________________ is not suspended/debarred by
SEBI/BSE/NSE and other Stock Exchange/ Commodity Exchange.

Name of Proposed User:

Signature of Proposed User:

Regards,

Name of the Member

(Authorised Signatory)
Name and Designation
Member ID _________
Contact No: ________
 Annexure A.2

Application for Trading Through Internet

(On Members Letter-Head)

Date: _________________

To,

The Trading Department

Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited
Exchange Square, CTS No. 255
Suren Road, Chakala, Andheri (East),
Mumbai 400 093
Fax No.: 022 67269556/57

Sub: Trading through Internet

Dear Sir,

I have _____ user IDs of which ______ user IDs are accessing the trader workstation through
Internet.

A. A list of proposed user Ids, listed as under, may please be allowed to log-in through the
internet:

S. No. User ID Name of the user Location (Terminal Address)

B. A list of Existing user Ids logging-in through the internet is given below :

S. No. User ID Name of the user Location (Terminal Address)

Regards,
Name of the Member

(Authorised Signatory)
Name and Designation
Member ID _________
Contact No: ________
 Annexure A.3
Undertaking for User ID
(On Members Letter-Head)

Whereas at our request made through M/s.__________________________________,

(Member ID No___________) who is a member of Multi Commodity Exchange of India
Limited (hereinafter referred to as MCX) and whereas MCX has agreed to provide
additional user ID/s to me/us and we hereby confirm that the terms and conditions of the
undertaking for Lease Line/VSAT/internet based trading been read and understood by
me/us and I/we hereby undertake to comply with the same. We further undertake that we
shall be responsible for all transaction done by me/us using this Lease Line/VSAT/internet
facility provided by MCX or for any risk arising out of Lease Line/VSAT/internet use and
shall not hold MCX responsible for any loss or risk arising from the use of Lease
Line/VSAT/internet trading.

I/We further certify that Mr. / Ms. _____________________ is not suspended/debarred by

SEBI/BSE/NSE and other Stock Exchange/ Commodity Exchange.

I/we further confirm that I/we shall inform MCX immediately whenever there is a change in
our trading status due to above reasons.

Member Code ___________________ Approved User Code______________

Member Name ___________________ Approved User Name______________

Member Signature ________________ Approved User Signature ___________

Member Address _________________ Approved user Address______________

____________________________ ______________________________

____________________________ ______________________________

To be signed
Across by the user

(Approved User Photograph)

 Annexure A.4

Application for Cancellation of Approved User ID

(On Members Letter-Head)

Date: _________________

To,

The Trading Department

Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited
Exchange Square, CTS No. 255
Suren Road, Chakala, Andheri (East),
Mumbai 400 093
Fax No.: 022 67269556/57

Sub: Application for cancellation of User ID

Dear Sir,

The following User/s provided by MCX is/are no more associated with us:

Sr. No User Id User Name Reason

We hereby agree and bind ourselves to be responsible for all acts, quotations and transactions
done, trades made, or effected by him on the Trading System.

We request you to cancel the above said User ID/s with effect from _____/_____/______ (Date).

We will be responsible to Exchange for clearing any dues for the user/s.

Regards,
Name of the Member

(Authorised Signatory)
Name and Designation
Member ID _________
Contact No: ________
 Annexure A.5
Application for Change of Approved User
(On Members Letter-Head)
Date: _________________

To,
The Trading Department
Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited
Exchange Square, CTS No. 255
Suren Road, Chakala, Andheri (East),
Mumbai 400 093
Fax No.: 022 67269556/57

Sub: Application for Change of Approved User

Dear Sir,
I / We request you to kindly change the name of the following User ID entirely at our risk and
responsibility.

User ID Existing User Name Proposed User Name Reason

No.

Status & Address of the office a. Regd. Office

where terminal is to be located. b. Head Office
c. Dealing Office Address

Address :

City Pin Code

State Phone No
Fax No Mobile No
E-Mail ID:

1. Name of the person for whom

this application for Change of
User ID is made (expand all
initials)
2. Age of approved user

3. Fathers name of approved user

4. Address of approved user Address:

City Pin Code

State Phone No
Fax No Mobile No
E-Mail ID:
 5. Qualification of approved user
6. Relationship of the proposed
User with the Member i.e. an
Employee/ User of Member/
Director/ Authorised Person
registered with Membership
Dept. (please specify)
7. PAN of approved user
8. Mode of connectivity for trading
o VSAT ID
from the office where terminal is
o Lease Line ID
located. (from where the
o Internet
proposed User would operate)
9. User ID to be used on Internet
(In case of VSAT/Lease Line YES / NO (Strikeout whichever is not Applicable)
User ID)
10. VSAT/Lease Line IP Address
(Should not be Gateway IP)

I / We hereby agree and bind myself/ourselves to be responsible for all acts, quotations made and
transactions done or effected by the said Mr. / Ms. _____________________________ as our
Approved User on the Trading System of the Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited (MCX).
In case of the said Mr./ Ms.__________________________________________ceasing to be
associated with us, I / We shall communicate to you the same along with related details and seek
change/cancellation in the User ID so allotted against this application, as prescribed. I / We certify
that we have not applied for any other User ID in the name of the said
Mr./Ms._______________________________. The User ID so allotted would be used by the said
Mr. / Ms. ______________________________ only to access the MCX trading system.

I/We undertake that approved user shall clear the necessary certification when mandated by MCX,
failing which we shall surrender the User ID.

I/We further certify that Mr. / Ms. _____________________ is not suspended/debarred by

SEBI/BSE/NSE and other Stock Exchange/ Commodity Exchange.

Name of Proposed User:

Signature of Proposed User:

Regards,
Name of the Member

(Authorised Signatory)
Name and Designation
Member ID _________
Contact No: ________
 Annexure A.6

Application for Mapping of Member Administrator / Approved Users

to the mode of connectivity
(On Members Letter-Head)

Date: _________________

To,

The Trading Department

Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited
Exchange Square, CTS No. 255
Suren Road, Chakala, Andheri (East),
Mumbai 400 093
Fax No.: 022 67269556/57

Sub: Mapping of Member Administrator / Approved Users to the mode of connectivity

Dear Sir,

I/We ______________________________________ (Trade name of Member) hereby apply for

the mapping of Member Administrator / Approved Users for trading through Internet/VSAT/Lease
Line connectivity.

We hereby confirm that we intend to access and trade on Multi Commodity Exchange of India
Limited as per mode of connectivity chosen below.

Sr. Member ID User ID Approved User Name Mode of

IP Address
No. Connectivity
(Primary/
(VSAT/Lease
Secondary)
Line/ Internet)

Regards,
Name of the Member

(Authorised Signatory)
Name and Designation
Member ID _________
Contact No: ________
 Annexure A.7

Application for Change of terminal address of Approved User ID

(On Members Letter-Head)

Date: _________________

To,

The Trading Department

Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited
Exchange Square, CTS No. 255
Suren Road, Chakala, Andheri (East),
Mumbai 400 093
Fax No.: 022 67269556/57

Sub: Change of Terminal Address of Approved User ID

Dear Sir,

I/We ______________________________________(Trade name of Member) hereby apply for

change of terminal address of Approved User id as per details given below:-

Sr. Member ID User ID Approved User Name New Terminal

No. Old Terminal Address
Address

In case of change in address leading to Pro Account trading facility from more than one location,
additional details should be provided in the following format:
Sr. User User CTCL Id (if Postal VSAT /Lease Name of the Reason
No. Id Name applicable) Address Line Director (s)/
with Pin /Internet Partner(s)/
Code Authorised
Supervising
Person *
stationed at the
location
Pin Branch Primary Back
Code ID (Next Up
(First 6 3 Digits
Digits of CTCL
of ID)
CTCL
ID)

* In case of Authorised Supervising Person, kindly provide a copy of a letter duly signed by two
Directors / Partners/ Proprietor authorizing the Authorised Supervising Person for supervising the
Pro-account trading at the specified location.

Regards,
Name of the Member

(Authorised Signatory)
Name and Designation
Member ID _________
Contact No: ________
 Annexure A.8

Application for continuing the Pro account trading facility from terminals located from more
than one location
(On Members Letter-Head)
(Only to be submitted with Change of Pro Enabled User ID)

Date: _________________

To,

The Trading Department

Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited
Exchange Square, CTS No. 255
Suren Road, Chakala, Andheri (East),
Mumbai 400 093
Fax No.: 022 67269556/57

I/We, ______________, (name of Trading Member and Member Id) Trading Member of MCX wish
to continue the facility of placing orders on Pro-account through trading terminals from more than
one location. I/We hereby confirm that the undertaking for availing proprietary account order entry
facility has been submitted by us to the Exchange.
In this regard, I/we are furnishing the following details: -
A. Default location where Pro-account is be being availed:

Sr. No. User Id User Name CTCL Id (if applicable) Postal VSAT /Lease Line
Address /Internet
Pin Code (First Branch ID Primary Back
6 Digits of (Next 3 Digits Up
CTCL ID) of CTCL ID)

B. Additional locations (Can be provided as separate Annexure)

Sr. User User CTCL Id (if applicable) Postal VSAT /Lease Name of the Director Reason
No. Id Name Address Line /Internet (s)/ Partner(s)/
with Pin Authorised
Code Supervising Person *
stationed at the
location

Pin Code Branch ID Primary Back

(First 6 (Next 3 Up
Digits of Digits of
CTCL ID) CTCL ID)

* In case of Authorised Supervising Person, kindly provide a copy of a letter duly signed by two
Directors / Partners/ Proprietor authorizing the Authorised Supervising Person for supervising the
Pro-account trading at the specified location.
Regards,
Name of the Member

(Authorised Signatory)
Name and Designation
Member ID _________
Contact No: ________
 Annexure A.9

Application for availing the Trading facility on behalf of Custodial Participants

(On the letter head of the Member (TM/ TCM/ITCM)

Date: _________________

To,

The Trading Department

Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited
Exchange Square, CTS No. 255
Suren Road, Chakala, Andheri (East),
Mumbai 400 093
Fax No.: 022 67269556/57

Dear Sir,

Sub: Enabling Member ID /User ID for Institutional trading facility

You are hereby requested to allow us the Trading facility on behalf of Custodial Participants
for the following Users:

S. No Member Id/ User Name

User ID

I/ We shall be solely responsible for all the orders/ trades placed through the aforesaid
user Ids.

Regards,
Name of the Member

(Authorised Signatory)
Name and Designation
Member ID _________
Contact No: ________
 Annexure B
Cancellation of Order

(On Members letter head)

Date: _________________

To,

The Trading Department

Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited
Exchange Square, CTS No. 255
Suren Road, Chakala, Andheri (East),
Mumbai 400 093
Fax No.: 022 67269556/57

Sub: Application for Cancellation of Order

Dear Sir,
Since I/ We am/are not able to participate in trading due to ___________________ (reason), I /
We request the Exchange to cancel my pending orders on my behalf as detailed below:

User ID:
Client ID:
Order Number (s):
Name of the contract:

Buy/Sell:
Quantity:

Regards,
Name of the Member

(Authorised Signatory)
Name and Designation
Member ID _________
Contact No: ________
 Annexure C

Increase/Decrease in Turnover limit

(On Members letter head)

Date: _________________

To,

The Trading Department

Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited
Exchange Square, CTS No. 255
Suren Road, Chakala, Andheri (East),
Mumbai 400 093
Fax No.: 022 67269556/57

Sub: Increase / Decrease in Turnover Limit

Dear Sir,

You are requested to increase/Decrease the Turnover Limit as mentioned below:

User Id Buy Limit Sell Limit

Regards,
Name of the Member

(Authorised Signatory)
Name and Designation
Member ID _________
Contact No: ________
 Annexure D
Square-off open position
(On Members letter head)
Date: _________________

To,

The Trading Department

Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited
Exchange Square, CTS No. 255
Suren Road, Chakala, Andheri (East),
Mumbai 400 093
Fax No.: 022 67269556/57

Sub: Square-off open position

Dear Sir,

Since I/ We am/are not able to participate in trading due to _________________ (reason), I

/ We request the Exchange to square-off my / our open position at market price on my /our
behalf as detailed below:

Sr Symbol Expiry Existing Request to Quantity User Id Client

No Position Exchange ID

(Long / (Sell / Buy)#

Short)*

*In case of long positions, please mention long and vice versa
# In case of existing long positions, please mention Sell and vice versa

I/We understand that the above said transaction(s) so done by the Exchange will get
reflected in the trade report and daily obligation report provided by the Exchange on FTP
(Extranet) Server. I / We shall be responsible for the losses incurred (profit earned) during
the process of squaring-off.

Regards,
Name of the Member

(Authorised Signatory)
Name and Designation
Member ID _________
Contact No: ________
 Annexure E

Increase / Decrease of Maximum Single Order Size

(On Members letter head)

Date: _________________

To,

The Trading Department

Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited
Exchange Square, CTS No. 255
Suren Road, Chakala, Andheri (East),
Mumbai 400 093
Fax No.: 022 67269556/57

Sub: Increase / Decrease of Maximum Single Order Size

Dear Sir,

You are requested to increase / decrease the single order size of Member ID / User ID _______ to
`________________ with immediate effect, based on our current deposit available with the
Exchange.

We hereby agree to maintain the minimum required deposit prescribed by the Exchange for
availing the facility of increase in Maximum Single Order Size at all the times. We irrevocably
authorize the Exchange to reduce or withdraw the benefit of increase in Maximum Single Order
Size extended to us at any point of time without assigning any reason thereto, in case of our pay-in
default or our deposits being reduced to the level lower than the requirement etc.

We also undertake to confirm that the Exchange reserves the right to refuse our application for
increase in maximum order size and decision of the Exchange in this regard shall be final and
binding on us.

Regards,
Name of the Member

(Authorised Signatory)
Name and Designation
Member ID _________
Contact No: ________
 Annexure F

Reset of Member Admin Password

(On Members letter head)

Date: _________________

To,

The Trading Department

Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited
Exchange Square, CTS No. 255
Suren Road, Chakala, Andheri (East),
Mumbai 400 093
Fax No.: 022 67269556/57

Sub: Reset of Member Admin password

Dear Sir,

You are requested to unlock and / or reset the password of the following member Id/user ID(s).
(Please strike off whichever is not applicable)

Member Id: ___________

User ID(s): ___________

Regards,
Name of the Member

(Authorised Signatory)
Name and Designation
Member ID _________
Contact No: ________
 Annexure G.1

Application for Pro account trading facility from one location

(On Members letter head)

Date: _________________

To,

The Trading Department

Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited
Exchange Square, CTS No. 255
Suren Road, Chakala, Andheri (East),
Mumbai 400 093
Fax No.: 022 67269556/57

I/We, _____________ (name of the member and member ID) Trading Member of MCX, wish to
avail of the facility of placing orders on Pro-account through trading terminals from default
location.

In this regard, I/we are furnishing the following details:

Default location where Pro-account is to be enabled:

Sr. User Id User CTCL Id (if applicable) Postal VSAT /Lease Line
No. Name Address and /Internet
Pin Code
Primary Back Up

Pin Code Branch ID

(First 6 (Next 3 Digits
Digits of of CTCL ID)
CTCL ID)

Regards,
Name of the Member

(Authorised Signatory)
Name and Designation
Member ID _________
Contact No: ________
 Annexure G.2

UNDERTAKING FOR AVAILING PROPRIETARY ACCOUNT ORDER ENTRY FACILITY

I/We ________________________________________________, an individual / a firm registered
under the Indian Partnership Act, 1932/a Company/Body Corporate incorporated under the
Companies Act of 1956/______________________Act, 19__, and residing at/having our
registered office at/______________________________________
__________________________________________________give this UNDERTAKING on this
the ____________day of ______________20__ at ______________IN FAVOUR of Multi
Commodity Exchange of India Limited, a company incorporated under the Companies Act of 1956,
with its office at Exchange Square, CTS No 255, Suren Road, Andheri (East), Mumbai 400093
(hereinafter called MCX),

WHEREAS
1. MCX provides the Trading Software to enable its Trading Member to trade. In addition
MCX also permits Computer to Computer Link (hereinafter called CTCL) facility to
Trading members for order entry, receipt of order and trade confirmations and also for
receipt of data relating to its trade quotations.

2. MCX, has prescribed that the facility of placing orders on Pro-account through trading
terminals shall be availed by the Trading Members only at one or more locations of the
Trading Members as specified/required by the Trading members. Further, any trading
terminal located at a place other than the above location in excess of requirements shall
have a facility to place order only for and on behalf of a Constituent by entering client code
details as required by MCX/SEBI; and in case any Trading Member requires the facility of
using Pro-account through trading terminals from more than one location, such Trading
Member shall request MCX stating the reason for using the Pro-account at multiple
locations.

3. MCX as a precondition while permitting the facility of using Pro-account through trading
terminals from more than one location requires me/us to furnish the undertaking in the
manner and on the terms herein below:-

NOW THEREFORE IN CONSIDERATION OF MCX having agreed to allow me/us at my/our

request to avail the Pro-account facility from more than one location, I/We hereby IRREVOCABLY
AND UNCONDITIONALLY UNDERTAKE and agree to abide by and be bound by the following
terms and conditions:-

1. That I/We undertake to enter proprietary orders only from the Pro-account terminals
permitted by MCX and undertake not to misuse the said Pro-account facility and state
that the proprietary trades on the Pro-account terminals pertain to proprietary trades
and not client trades.

2. That I/we state that our Director(s)/Partner(s)/Authorized Supervising Persons/ is/are

based at the location where the Pro-account trading terminals are located. The Pro-
account facility shall be made available to the Approved Users only after obtaining the
 prior written consent of MCX and subject to such terms and conditions as may be
prescribed by MCX from time to time.

3. That I/We undertake not to use the Pro-account trading terminals for purposes other
than the defined reasons.

4. That I/We undertake to take all such steps and/or precautions to ensure and keep
ensured that the Pro-account facility is not extended to a location other than the
location of the trading terminals where the Pro-account facility is permitted by MCX
and CTCL terminals shall not be extended beyond the location of such permitted
trading terminals.

5. That MCX, at its absolute discretion, may make the Pro-account facility available to
me/us only from the date of my/our enablement on the Pro-account facility till such time
as it may deem fit and further that the Pro-account facility may at any time be
withdrawn by MCX at its discretion without giving me/us any notice or any reasons
whatsoever.

6. That I/We shall execute, sign, and subscribe, to such other documents, papers,
agreements, covenants, bonds, and/or undertakings as may be prescribed or required
by MCX from time to time.

7. That I/We undertake to abide by all the provisions of the Byelaws, Rules, Regulations
and Circulars/norms and requirements that may be in force from time to time relating to
use and operation of the Trading System (including use of CTCL software) and that
they shall also mutatis mutandis become applicable to the use and operation of the
Pro-account facility.

8. That I/We undertake to render all possible assistance and cooperation to MCX by
providing all information in any form as it may require and shall produce such
documents, records, accounts books, data howsoever stored including data stored in
magnetic tapes, floppy diskettes, etc. and any other information as may be required by
MCX at its discretion.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF this Undertaking is executed by the undersigned on the day, month,
year and the place first mentioned above.

Signed by, for and on behalf of: Before me

 Annexure G.3

Application for Pro account trading facility from terminals located from more than
one location

(On Members letter head)

Date: _________________

To,

The Trading Department

Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited
Exchange Square, CTS No. 255
Suren Road, Chakala, Andheri (East),
Mumbai 400 093
Fax No.: 022 67269556/57

I/We, ______________, (name of Trading Member and Member Id) Trading Member of MCX wish
to avail of the facility of placing orders on Pro-account through trading terminals from more than
one location. I/We hereby confirm that the undertaking for availing proprietary account order entry
facility has been submitted by us to the Exchange.

In this regard, I/we are furnishing the following details: -

C. Default location where Pro-account is be being availed:

Sr. User Id User Name CTCL Id (if applicable) Postal VSAT /Lease
No. Address Line /Internet

Pin Code Branch ID Primary Back

(First 6 Digits (Next 3 Digits Up
of CTCL ID) of CTCL ID)
 D. Additional locations (Can be provided as separate Annexure)

Sr. User User CTCL Id (if Postal VSAT /Lease Name of the Reason
No. Id Name applicable) Address Line /Internet Director (s)/
with Pin Partner(s)/
Code Authorised
Supervising
Person *
stationed at the
location

Pin Branch Primary Back

Code ID (Next Up
(First 6 3 Digits
Digits of CTCL
of ID)
CTCL
ID)

* In case of Authorised Supervising Person, kindly provide a copy of a letter duly signed by two
Directors / Partners/ Proprietor authorizing the Authorised Supervising Person for supervising the
Pro-account trading at the specified location.

Regards,
Name of the Member

(Authorised Signatory)
Name and Designation
Member ID _________
Contact No: ________
 Annexure H.1

Application Form for sanction of Hedge Limit

(On Members letter head)
To,
Trading Department
Multi Commodity Exchange of India
Limited Exchange Square, CTS No. 255,
Suren Road, Chakala, Andheri (East),
Mumbai 400 093

1. Member Name and Member ID:

2. Name of the Client applying for Hedge Code:
3. Hedge Code:
4. PAN of Client:
5. Details of hedge limit required:

Commodity/ies in Hedge limit sought Period for which the

which additional additional open
open position limit Long open Short open position limit is
is sought position (QTY position required
in units) (QTY in
units)

6. Hedge limit sought against: (Tick appropriate option)

a) Physical stock
b) Export/Import commitments
c) Past track record of Production or Purchase or Sales
d) Processing capacity
e) Others (Please specify)

7 . Details of client codes allotted

under the current Member and any Member Name Client code
other Member:Member ID

For Member

Authorised Signatory
Signature of Client seeking Hedge:
Name & Contact No:
Name of Client seeking Hedge Limits:
Designation:
 Annexure H.2

Write Up on Hedge Rationale

(On Members letter head)

Date:

To,
Trading Department
Multi Commodity Exchange of India
Limited Exchange Square, CTS No. 255,
Suren Road, Chakala, Andheri (East),
Mumbai 400 093

A. Brief Business Profile of the Hedger Client:

B. Rationale for availing Hedge Limits

For Member

Authorised Signatory
Signature of Client seeking Hedge:
Name & contact No:
Name of Client seeking Hedge Limits:
Designation:
 Annexure H.3
Declaration for Availing Hedge Limits
(On Members letter head)

I / We, , hereby declare that:

1. I/We am/are trading through (Name of the applying

member) using the client codes .

2. I/We undertake that I/we shall not violate the hedge limits as sanctioned to
me/us and understand that such hedge limits will not be available in the near month
contracts.

3. I/We undertake to inform the Exchange, the details of all our positions taken in
different capacities and which are required to be clubbed as per guidelines of MCX.

4. The decision of the Exchange to permit or deny a hedge position, shall be final and
binding on the Member / Hedger. The Exchange has the right to inspect the physical
stock against which hedge position has been permitted with or without prior intimation
and the hedge position limit is subject to review during the specified period. We
undertake to extend necessary cooperation during the inspection.

5. The hedge position permitted shall be for the period till which it is approved or revoked
by the Exchange, whichever is earlier.

6. No churning of positions shall be carried out.

7. Hedge limit is not sought against the offsetting positions.

8. We understand that we have to seek extension of limit from time to time and if we fail
to do so, we will square off the additional open position limit granted to us. We
understand that Exchange has the necessary authority to square off the said positions
on expiry of the approved period.

9. I / We shall abide by the terms and conditions under which the hedge limits will be
sanctioned by the Exchange. We shall also abide by the Rules, Byelaws and Business
Rules of the Exchange.

10. I/We hereby declare that the information given in this form and the Annexure/s
hereto are true and correct to the best of our knowledge. We shall intimate the
Exchange any material change in the facts mentioned herein above as soon as
possible.

Signature of the Client Signature of the

Member Seeking Hedge Limits

Name of the Client: Name of the Member & Signatory

With Stamp With stamp

Place: Place:

Date: Date:
 Annexure H.4
Directors/Partners Details
(To be filled by the client/member seeking hedge limits)

Name of client applying for hedge limits:

Hedge Code:

Status of Client:

Company
Partnership Firm (incl. LLP)
HUF
Proprietorship/Individual.
Trust
Others, if any

A. Details of Partners/Directors/Karta/Trustees:

Name:
PAN:
Fathers Name:
Address
City: State: Pin Code:
Contact/Mobile No:

B. Details of Firm/Companies/Trust/HUF where the Partners/ Directors / Trustees /Karta

hold positions (wherever applicable):

Name of the Entity:

PAN:
Address
City: State: Pin Code:

I/We hereby confirm that the information given in this Annexure hereto are true and correct to
the best of our knowledge.

Signature of the Authorised Person of Client Seeking Hedge Limits along with Stamp

Name:

Designation:

Date:

Place:
 Annexure H.5

Details of Hedge positions held as on Date:

(On letter head of Client)

Hedge Client
Name:
Hedge Code:
Indicative Format:
Quantity held (in Units)

Commodity Hedge positions on other Cross Hedging positions

Exchanges for past 6
months or actual period.

I/We hereby declare that the information given in this form and the Annexure/s hereto are true
and correct to the best of our knowledge.

Signature of the Authorised Person of Client Seeking Hedge Limits along with Stamp

Date:

Place:
 Annexure H.6

Statement of Physical stocks owned by the applicant

(To be certified by Chartered Accountant)

Hedge Client Name:

Hedge Code:
Commodity Hedge Month End Location of
Limit Physical Stock Physical stock
(L /Sh

Stock Position held by Client as on _.

Attached:

Proof of ownership / stock of goods held in the warehouse

Bank certificate in case stock of commodities is pledged with the Scheduled Commercial
banks/ Cooperative banks

Place:
Date:
 Annexure H.7

Statement of Commodity wise details of outstanding Domestic/Import/Export commitments.

(To be certified by Chartered Accountant)

Member Name and ID:

Hedge Client Name:
Hedge Code:
Indicative Format:
Long Physical position Short Physical position
Name of Current Import Total Export Domestic
Commodity stock ( in commitments Long commitments Commitments
units and (in units) ( in (in units)
Details of units)

Statement of Hedge requirements

Name of the commodity Long Position (Qty in units) Short Position (Qty in units)

Place:
Date:
Reference - List of circulars

1. SEBI/HO/CDMRD/DMP/CIR/P/2016/75 dated August 30, 2016

2. MCX/T&S/253/2016 dated August 31, 2016
3. SEBI/HO/CDMRD/DRMP/CIR /2016/88 dated September 20, 2016
4. MCX/T&S/284/2016 dated September 21, 2016
5. SEBI/HO/CDMRD/DMP/CIR/P/2016/83 dated September 7, 2016
6. MCX/T&S/273/2016 dated September 7, 2016
7. CIR/CDMRD/DMP/02/2016 dated January 1, 2016
8. MCX/T&S/009/2016 dated January 15, 2016
9. SEBI/HO/CDMRD/DMP/CIR/P/2016/83 dated September 7, 2016
10. MCX/T&S/273/2016 dated September 7, 2016
11. SEBI/HO/CDMRD/DRMP/CIR/P/2016/90 dated September 21, 2016
12. MCX/C&S/302/2016 dated September 28, 2016
13. MCX/T&S/289/2016 dated September 26, 2016
14. MCX/T&S/082/2015 dated March 19, 2015
15. MCX/T&S/400/2010 dated November 12, 2010
16. MCX/T&S/343/2013 October 11, 2013
17. MCX/T&S/140/2011 dated April 20, 2011
18. SEBI/HO/CDMRD/DMP/CIR/P/2016/49 dated April 25, 2016
19. MCX/T&S/147/2016 dated May 17, 2016
20. MCX/T&S/196/2016 dated July 7, 2016
21. SEBI/HO/CDMRD/DMP/CIR/P/2016/71 dated August 19, 2016
22. SEBI/HO/MIRSD/MIRSD2/CIR/P/2016/92 dated September 23, 2016
23. MCX/T&S/297/2016 dated September 27, 2016
24. SEBI/HO/CDMRD/DMP/2016/101 dated September 27, 2016
25. MCX/T&S/305/2016 dated September 28, 2016
26. MCX/T&S/160/2009 dated April 11, 2009
27. And other related / connected relevant Circulars issued in the past