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Henry Hub Natural Gas  Options
 


Type
 
Henry Hub Natural Gas Option
Underlying Futures Henry Hub Natural Gas Futures (NG)
Product Symbol ON
Venue CME Globex, CME ClearPort, Open Outcry (New York)
Hours
(All Times are New York Time/ET)
CME ClearPort: Sunday – Friday 6:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. (5:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Chicago Time/CT) with a 45-minute break each day beginning at 5:15 p.m. (4:15 p.m. CT)
CME Globex Sunday – Friday 6:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. (5:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Chicago Time/CT) with a 45-minute break each day beginning at 5:15 p.m. (4:15 p.m. CT)
Open Outcry: Monday – Friday 9:00 AM to 2:30 PM (8:00 AM to 1:30 PM CT)
Contract Unit A Henry Hub Natural Gas Put (Call) Option traded on the Exchange represents an option to assume a short (long) position in the underlying Henry Hub Natural Gas Futures traded on the Exchange.
Price Quotation U.S. dollars and cents per mmBtu
Option Style American
Minimum Fluctuation $0.001 per MMBtu
Expiration of Trading Trading ends at the close of business on the business day immediately preceding the expiration of the underlying futures contract.
Listed Contracts Consecutive months for the balance of the current year plus 12 additional years.
Strike Prices Twenty strike prices in increments of $0.05 per mmBtu above and below the at-the-money strike price in all months, plus an additional 20 strike prices in increments of $0.05 per mmBtu above the at-the-money price will be offered in the first three nearby months, and the next 10 strike prices in increments of $0.25 per mmBtu above the highest and below the lowest existing strike prices in all months for a total of at least 81 strike prices in the first three nearby months and a total of at least 61 strike prices for four months and beyond. The at-the-money strike price is nearest to the previous day's close of the underlying futures contract. Strike price boundaries are adjusted according to futures price movements.
Settlement Type Exercise into Futures
Position Limits NYMEX Position Limits
Rulebook Chapter 370
Exchange Rule These contracts are listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of NYMEX.
 
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