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Weekly Options on Agricultural Futures
Weekly Agricultural Options

In response to customer demand and building on the growth of the Weekly Corn, Soybean and Wheat options, the suite of Weekly Agricultural options expanded in September 2011 with the addition of Weekly Live Cattle, Soybean Oil and Soybean Meal options.

Weekly Agricultural Options provide users with increased flexibility in managing existing option positions, and new opportunities to trade high impact economic events.

The addition of Weekly Agricultural Options means that there is an option expiring every Friday in benchmark Agricultural products. This enables targeted trading based on market movements or events occurring in specific time frames.

Weekly Agricultural Options:

  • Complement the standard and serial options
  • Provide users with increased flexibility in managing existing option positions
  • Offer new opportunities to trade high impact events such as USDA reports

 

Features:

  • Expire every Friday that is not already a standard or serial expiration in the respective option
  • Exercise into the next futures expiry
  • Same strike price intervals and minimum tick sizes as the standard and serial options
  • Trade via open outcry and electronically on CME Globex
  • New weekly option listed the business day following an expiration

 

Resources for Weekly Agricultural Options
Live Cattle Options Contract Specifications
Weekly Live Cattle Options Frequently Asked Questions
Live Cattle Options Expiration Calendar
Weekly Agricultural Options Contract Specifications
Frequently Asked Questions:  Weekly Grain Options
Grain Options Expiration Calendar
USDA Reports Calendar

 

Additional Information on Agricultural Options
Grain Spread Options
Live Cattle Calendar Spread Options
Lean Hogs Calendar Spread Options