{"data":{"id":"us/17-cfr-appendix-c-to-part-17","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"17 CFR Appendix C to Part 17","heading":"Appendix C to Part 17—Data Elements","body":"Appendix C to Part 17—Data Elements\nData element name Definition for data element\n1 Total Message Count The total number of position reports included in the file.\n2 Message Type Message report type.\n3 Sender ID The CFTC-issued reporting firm identifier assigned to the firm submitting the position report.\n4 To ID Indicates the position report was submitted to the CFTC.\n5 Message, Transmit, Datetime The date and time the file was created.\n6 Report ID A unique identifier assigned to each position report.\n7 Record Type (Action) Indicates the action that triggered the position report.\n8 Report Date The date of the information being reported.\n9 Reporting Firm ID CFTC-assigned identifier for the reporting firm.\n10 Special Account Controller LEI The Legal Entity Identifier (“LEI”) issued to the special account controller.\n11 Account ID A unique account identifier, assigned by the reporting firm to each special account. Assignment of the account number is subject to the provisions of § 17.00(b) and appendix A of this part (Form 102).\n12 Exchange Indicator The exchange where the contract is traded.\n13 Commodity Clearing Code The clearinghouse-assigned commodity code for the futures or options contract.\n14 Product Type Type of product.\n15 Ticker Symbol Ticker symbol of the product traded.\n16 Maturity Month Year Month and year of the delivery or maturity of the contract, as applicable. Day must be provided when necessary to characterize a contract.\n17 Maturity Time The expiration time of an option or last trading time of a future.\n18 Listing Date Product listing date.\n19 First Exercise Date The earliest time at which notice of exercise can be given.\n20 Strike Level Numeric option moneyness criterion.\n21 Alpha Strike Non-numeric option moneyness criterion.\n22 Cap Level Ceiling value of a capped option or bounded future.\n23 Floor Level Floor value of a capped option or bounded future.\n24 Bound or Barrier Type Behavior of the product when it hits the bound or barrier.\n25 Bound or Barrier Level Bound or barrier level of a contingent option.\n26 Put or Call Indicator Nature of the option exercise.\n27 Exercise Style Type of exercise of an option.\n28 Payout Amount Cash amount indicating the payout associated with the contract.\n29 Payout Type The type of valuation method or payout trigger.\n30 Underlying Contract ID The instrument that forms the basis of an option.\n31 Underlying Maturity Month Year Underlying delivery year and month (and day where applicable).\n32 Long Position The total of long open contracts carried at the end of the day.\n33 Short Position The total of short open contracts carried at the end of the day.\n34 Contracts Bought The total quantity of contracts bought (gross) during the day associated with a special account, including all block trades and contracts claimed for clearing as a result of trade allocations such as give-ups. Do not include exchanges of derivatives for related positions EDRPs (EFP, EFS or EFR, EOO) or transfers.\n35 Contracts Sold The total quantity of contracts sold (gross) during the day associated with a special account, including all block trades and contracts claimed for clearing as a result of trade allocations such as give-ups. Do not include exchanges of derivatives for related positions EDRPs (EFP, EFS or EFR, EOO) or transfers.\n36 EDRPs Bought The quantity of purchases of futures or options in connection with exchanges of futures or options for related positions (“EDRPs”) done pursuant to a DCM's rules, disaggregated into quantity of purchases of futures or options in connection with EDRPs by type of EDRP, including exchanges of futures for physical, exchanges of futures for risk, exchanges of options for options, and any other EDRP offered pursuant to a DCM's rules.\n37 EDRPs Sold The quantity of sales of futures or options in connection with EDRPs done pursuant to a DCM's rules, disaggregated into quantity of sales of futures or options in connection with EDRPs by type of EDRP, including exchanges of futures for physical, exchanges of futures for risk, exchanges of options for options, and any other EDRP offered pursuant to a DCM's rules.\n38 Delivery Notices Stopped The number of futures contracts for which delivery notices have been stopped during a day.\n39 Delivery Notices Issued The number of futures contracts for which delivery notices have been issued during a day.\n40 Long Options Expired Long options positions expired without being exercised.\n41 Short Options Expired Short options positions expired without being exercised.\n42 Long Options Exercised Long options positions exercised during the day.\n43 Short Options Exercised Short options positions exercised during the day.\n44 Long Futures Assigned Long futures assigned as the result of an option exercise.\n45 Short Futures Assigned Short futures assigned as the result of an option exercise.\n46 Long Transfers Sent Long positions sent through other transfers during the day. (Do not include give-ups).\n47 Long Transfers Received Long positions received through other transfers during the day. (Do not include give-ups).\n48 Short Transfers Sent Short positions sent through other transfers during the day. (Do not include give-ups).\n49 Short Transfers Received Short positions received through other transfers during the day. (Do not include give-ups).\n50 Product-Specific Terms Terms of the contract that are economically material to the contract, maintained in the ordinary course of business by the reporting market listing the contract, and not otherwise reported under the data elements in this appendix.","path":["Title 17—Commodity and Securities Exchanges","CHAPTER I—COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION","PART 17—REPORTS BY REPORTING MARKETS, FUTURES COMMISSION MERCHANTS, CLEARING MEMBERS, AND FOREIGN BROKERS"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-17.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:31Z","sha256":"5d2c2a28e9170dff6b85da41fa85e056a9fe8b33b4070c6765582fdfce44e60f","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/17-cfr-appendix-b-to-part-17","next":"us/17-cfr-18.00"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}