Product information
Contract specifications
 
 
US DOLLAR / EURO OPTIONS
 


Codes and classification
Mnemo DEX Market NYSE Liffe Amsterdam Vol. 13 19/11/09
Exercise type European Currency O.I. 9,162
 US Dollar / Euro Options
Unit of trading 100
Contract size USD 10.000
Expiry months 1) Initial lifetime: 1, 2, and 3 months. Cycle: all months
2) Initial lifetime: 6, 9 and 12 months. Cycle: March, June, September and December
3) Initial lifetime: 2 years. Cycle: September
Quotation Euros per USD 100
Minimum price movement
(tick size and value)
EUR 0.01 (= EUR 1 per contract)
Last trading day Trading in expiring currency derivatives have the EuroFX rate as their settlement basis and ends at 13.00 Amsterdam time on the third Friday of the expiry month, provided this is a business day. If it is not, the previous business day will be the last day of trading.
Settlement EuroFX rate contracts: Cash settlement, based on the value of the Euro / US Dollar rate set by EuroFX at 13.00 Amsterdam time. For DEX, the inverse value of the EuroFX Euro / US Dollar rate is used and rounded off to four decimal places.
Trading hours 9.00 – 17.30 Amsterdam time
Clearing LCH.Clearnet S.A.
Option style European style. Holders of long positions are not entitled to exercise their options before the exercise date.
Last update 21/09/07

  • Trading Platform: LIFFE CONNECT®
  • Wholesale Service: Prof Trade Facility