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These summary reports are produced after the various exercise submission deadlines and reflect submitted instructions from clearing firms. The actual exercise and assignment process is run later in the evening and specific results are made available to clearing firms.
Expiring Options Process:
Unless a firm submits an abandonment notice to abandon "in-the money" positions, then all the "in-the-money" options are automatically exercised and assigned. "Out-of-the-money" options are not exercised and assigned unless the firm submits a request explicitly instructing the Clearing House to exercise them.
The submission deadlines for the clearing firms for all exercise and abandonment instructions are:
Reports