Weekly Agricultural Options

Greater flexibility and precision to customize your risk coverage, with more savings and more strategies.

How They Are Designed

  • Provides an expiring option every week
  • Based on front month futures contract
  • Expires on every Friday that is not a standard expiration date for quarterly / serial options

How You Can Benefit

  • Hedge around high-impact events such as USDA and WASDE reports
  • Strengthen positions for short-term market fluctuations
  • Pay less in premiums due to less time covered
  • Use with your existing futures hedges to capture opportunity with defined risk

Weekly Agricultural Options Explained

Product Codes

Product

CME Globex

Open Outcry

Bloomberg

CQG

Propht X

Corn

ZC1-5

PY1-5

1-5XA Comdty

ZCE1-5

@C1-5

Soybean

ZS1-5

CZ1-5

1-5SA Comdty

ZSE1-5

@S1-5

SRW Wheat

ZW1-5

WZ1-5

1-5WA Comdty

ZWA1-5

@W1-5

HRW Wheat

OE1-5

OK1-5

  

KWE1-5

  

Soybean Meal

ZM1-5

MZ1-5

1-5DA

ZME1-5

  

Soybean Oil

ZO1-5

WZ1-5

1-5AA

ZLE1-5

  

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