| Cash-Settled Options on Ethanol Futures | |||||
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| Product Code | Ticker: CEC for Calls, CEP for Puts Clearing: 76 |
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| Contract Size | One futures contract | ||||
| Tick Size (minimum fluctuation) |
$0.001 per gallon ($1.827 to $1.828 = $29.00 per contract) | ||||
| Price Quotation | U.S. cents or tenths of cents per gallon. At the beginning of trading, 10 strikes bove and 10 strikes below the at-the-money strike will be listed; in total, 21 strikes will be listed initially. | ||||
| Contract Months | All calendar months | ||||
| Trading Venue | OTC (clearing only) | ||||
| Clearing Hours | OTC (clearing only) | Sunday - Friday: 6:36 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. CT next day | |||
| Daily Price Limits (maximum fluctuation) |
$0.30 per gallon ($8,700 per contract) above or below the previous day's settlement price. Limits are lifted on LTD. | ||||
| Final Settlement Procedure | For Calls, the final settlement price is the difference between the settlement price for the underlying futures contract and the option strike price 0 zero, whichever is greater. For Puts, the final settlement price is the difference between the strike price and the underlying futures settlement price or zero, whichever is greater. | ||||
| Last Clearing Date | The last trading day of the underlying futures contract | ||||
| Strike Price Increments | $0.05 per gallon (i.e. 1.900, 1.950, 2.000, 2.050, 2.100, etc.) | ||||
| Exercise | These options are cash-settled on the last clearing day and cannot be exercised at any time. | ||||
| Expiration | Unexercised options expire at 1:15 p.m. CT on the last day of clearing. | ||||
| Rulebook Chapter | 16B | ||||
| Exchange Rule | These contracts are listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of CBOT. | ||||