Azuki (Red Bean) Futures

Contract Specifications

Type of Trade Physically Delivered Futures Transaction
Standard Grading standards No. 2 azuki (red bean) produced in Hokkaido, Japan
Opening Date February 12, 2013
(Note) transferred from TOCOM on July 27, 2020
Trading Hours 8:45-15:15, 16:30-6:00
(Note) An order acceptance period ("pre-closing") is established for 5 minutes before the Itayose on close.
Trading Hours
Contract Months Nearest 6 months
Last Trading Day Day session on the 2nd business day preceding the Delivery Day
Contract Unit 2,400 kg (80 bags)
Price Increment \10 per 30 kg (1 bag)(\800 per Contract Unit)
Delivery Unit 2,400 kg (80 bags)
Price Limits
  1. The price limit range shall be calculated by multiplying the reference price of price limits by 8%.
    (Note) No expansion
    Price Limits/ Circuit Breaker Rule
    (Note) OSE may review price limit temporarily considering market conditions and other factors.
  2. Immediately Executable Price Range (DCB) : LTP ±\100
    ※However, the DCB Price Range for Opening Auction and Closing Auction will be ±\300 and ±\200 respectively.
    Immediately Executable Price Range Rule
Circuit Breaker No trading Halt
Strategy Trades The calendar spread trading is available.
J-NET Trading Available(Tick size:\0.1, Minimum trading unit:1 unit)
J-NET Trading
Holiday Trading Available
Holiday Trading
Daily Settlement Price Final Execution Price of Individual Auction
(Note)Regardless of the above, SP may be revised as the figure deemed appropriate by Japan Securities Clearing Corporation (JSCC) .
Settlement Price of Last Trading Day (Delivery Price) The volume-weighted average price calculated based on execution prices and volume formed through Individual Auction during the Day Session on the Last Trading Day
Delivery Day and Time The business day (by noon) immediately preceding the last business day of each month except December (by noon on the 24th day of December)
Delivery Points Designated commercial warehouses in Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba, Saitama, and Hokkaido
Method of Delivery The Party Making Delivery submits to JSCC a warehouse receipt, issued by a OSE-designated warehouse, for the delivery good. The Party Taking Delivery pays the Delivery Value based on the delivery price to JSCC.
(Note)Early Delivery and ADP are available besides Basic Delivery.
Operational Procedures for Settlement by Delivery related to Commodity Futures Contracts
Customer Position Limits (separately for long and short positions)
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Customers 20
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Commercials, Investment trusts and Market maker 50
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Margin Calculated by VaR Method
Margin Calculation Method (VaR Method) for Futures and Options (JSCC)
Settlement ・Resale or repurchase
・Final settlement (physical delivery)
Give-Up Available
Give-Up System
Position-Transfer Available
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Position Reporting

Applicable contract months: All contract months

Parties required to report: Trading Participants and Eligible Intermediaries, when short or long positions entrusted by a single client exceed the reporting criteria below

Information to be reported: Short positions and long positions for all contract months for the relevant issues

(Even if only one of the short or long position for one contract month exceeds the reporting criteria, it is necessary to report the quantities of both short and long positions in all contract months.)

Entrusted by other Trading Participants or Eligible Intermediaries Entrusted by customers other than these
Reporting criteria 1 contract 21 contracts

Measurement date: Every business day (at the end of the day session)

(note)
  • ・Commercials are those who commercially engage in trade, intermediary, brokerage, agency, production, processing or use of commodities.
  • ・Eligible Intermediaries are brokers, foreign securities services providers, or foreign commodity futures brokers who are subject to the application of special measures concerning limits on the quantity of positions.