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CME Euro FX Options - European Style European Style Options
Ticker Symbol Clearing = YT; GLOBEX = XT; Ticker = YT; Weekly Expiration Options:; =1T/5T; AON=0T; (100 Threshold)&
Sample Quote U.S. Dollars per Euro. Sample quote = .0922.
Contract Size One Euro FX futures contract.
Minimum Price Fluctuation (Tick) Floor: Regular - 0.0001=$12.50; Cab - 0.00005=$6.25; Special "Half Tick" - 0.00005=$6.25 for premium<0.0005, spreads w/net premium<0.0005, non-generic combos with total premium<0.0010.
CME® Globex®: Regular - 0.0001=$12.50; Cab - 0.00005=$6.25; Special "Half Tick" - 0.00005=$6.25 for premium<0.0005, spreads w/net premium<0.0005, non-generic combos with total premium<0.0010.
Price Limit Floor:Trading halted when underlying futures is locked at a limit (currently, no price limit in the underlying futures).
CME® Globex®:Trading halted when underlying futures is locked at a limit (currently, no price limit in the underlying futures).
Contract Month Listings Four option contract months in the March Quarterly Cycle (Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec), and two option contract months not in the March Quarterly Cycle, that is, serial months (Jan, Feb, Apr, May, Jul, Aug, Oct, Nov), plus four weekly expirations (One March Quarterly, two serial months and four weeklies on GLOBEX, except two March quarterlies, two serial months, and four weeklies on GLOBEX).
Trading Hours Floor: Monday through Friday 7:20 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. (Chicago time); occurs side by side with GLOBEX.
CME® Globex®: Sun/Fri 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. LTD 9:00 a.m.
Last Trading Day Expiration Day - Quarterly & Serial (Monthly) Options: Options expire on the 2nd Friday immediately preceding the 3rd Wednesday of the contract month usually at 9:00 a.m.(Chicago time) Weeklies: Options expire usually at 9:00 a.m.(Chicago time) on Fridays not also an expiration for quarterly and serial (monthly) options Quarterly & Serial (Monthly) Options: Floor trading terminates at the normal Regular Trading Hours (RTH) closing time (usually 2:00 p.m. Chicago time) on the business day preceding the expiration of the contract month. For any expiring option, CME Globex platform trading terminates at 9:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on the expiration day. Weeklies: Floor trading terminates at the normal RTH closing time (usually 2:00 p.m. Chicago time) on those business days preceding expiration of the weekly options that are not the termination of a quarterly or serial European-style option. For any expiring option, CME Globex platform trading terminates at 9:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on the expiration day.
Position Limits/Accountability A person owning/controlling a combination of options and underlying futures contracts that exceed 10,000 futures-equivalent contracts net on the same side of the market in all contract months combined, shall provide, in a timely fashion, up on request by the Exchange, information regarding the nature of the position.
Trading Venue Floor, CME® Globex®