That is the headline that came down a Dow Jones wire story this afternoon. It seems that the good teachers pension board had too many piggies in its portfolio. In other words, they exceeded exchange position limits.
CME fined the Board $15,000 and ordered them to return the nearly $18,000 profit they made in lean hogs back in March 2013 according to the story.
Hey, I wonder if some of that $18,000 happens to be my money?
How do I get a refund?
Seriously however, I do wonder what these exchanges do with that money that they collect, not as a fine, but rather as profits. The teachers' board had to take it out of someone else's pockets to earn it as this is a zero sum game.
I think I will fill out an application and see if that works! Then again, the report does not say whether they made those profits from being on the short side or on the long side. I will have to go back and see where I was positioned back then. I know I was in that market at the time. What would be a bummer would be if I happened to be on the same side as they were. Then what? do all of us traders who are positioned likewise have to hand over our earnings to the CME?
Obviously I am kidding here but it does go to show that these position limits are a big deal. I am of the view that if the exchanges really want to tame some of these broken markets, that instead of fooling around with raising price limits, they should instead deal with position limits and REDUCE them, not increase them like they have been more prone to doing.
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