Amendments to Various Currency Exchange Binary Contracts and Gold Binary Contracts

Pursuant to Commission Regulation §40.6(a), the HedgeStreet Rule and Instrument Committees have approved amendments/additions to the payout criteria of the binary contracts represented by the following rules:

Rule 12.60 Currency Exchange EUR/USD Binary Contracts

Rule 12.61 Currency Exchange GBP/USD Binary Contracts

Rule 12.62 Currency Exchange USD/YEN Binary Contracts

Rule 12.63 Currency Exchange USD/CHF Binary Contracts

Rule 12.66 Gold Binary Contracts

Rule 12.78 Currency Exchange USD/CAD Binary Contracts

These rule amendments were made effective at the start of business on Wednesday, August 2, 2006. Click here to view the rule amendments.