Product information
Contract specifications
 
 
OPTIONS ON ROBUSTA COFFEE FUTURES
 


Codes and classification
Mnemo RC Market NYSE Liffe London Vol. 295 19/11/09
Exercise type American Currency $ O.I. 29,964
 Options On Robusta Coffee Futures
Unit of trading One Robusta Coffee Futures Contract
Expiry months January, March, May, July, September, November such that ten expiry months are available for trading. The first expiry month for this Contract is November 2008.
Price basis US dollars per tonne
Minimum price movement
(tick size and value)
$1 per tonne ($10)
Exercise day Exercise by 17:00 on any business day prior to the expiry day
Expiry day 12:30 on the third Wednesday of the calendar month preceding the expiry month
Trading hours 09:02 - 17:30
Related documentation
Expiry months: November 2008 onwards
Last update 08/01/08

NYSE Liffe Market: London.
Trading Platform: LIFFE CONNECT®.

Algorithm: Central order book applies a pro-rata trading algorithm, but with priority given to the first order at the best price subject to a minimum order volume and limited to a maximum volume cap.

Wholesale

Trading Facilities: None apply.
Exercise Price Increments: $25 per tonne up to $1,000 $50 per tonne from $1,001 and above.
Contract Standard: Assignment of one Robusta Coffee futures contract for the expiry month at the exercise price.
Option Exercise: Robusta Coffee options are ‘American’ style i.e. may be exercised at any time prior to expiry.
Option Premium: The contract price is not paid at the time of purchase. Option positions, as with futures positions, are marked-to-market daily giving rise to positive or negative variation margin flows. If an option is exercised by the Buyer, the Buyer is required to pay the original contract price to the Clearing House and the Clearing House will pay the original option price to the Seller on the following business day. Such payments will be netted against the variation margin balances of Buyer and Seller by the Clearing House.
Clearing: LCH.Clearnet Ltd.
All times are London times.