S&P 500 OPTIONS - CONTRACT SPECS

Contract Unit	1 S&P 500 Stock Price Index futures contract
Minimum Price Fluctuation	Reduced Tick:	0.05 index points = $12.50 for premium at or below 5.00
	Outright:	0.10 index points = $25.00 for premium above 5.00
	CAB	0.05 index points = $12.50
Price Quotation	U.S. dollars and cents per index point
Trading Hours	CME Globex:	Sunday - Friday: 6:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET with a trading halt 9:15 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
	CME ClearPort:	Sunday 5:00 p.m. - Friday 5:45 p.m. CT with no reporting Monday - Thursday from 5:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. CT
	Open Outcry:	Monday - Friday: 9:30 a.m. - 4:15 p.m. ET
Product Code	CME Globex: SP CME ClearPort: SP Open Outcry: Put: PS Call: CS Clearing: SP
Listed Contracts	CME Globex:	Quarterly contracts (Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec) listed for 1 quarter
	CME ClearPort and Open Outcry:	Quarterly contracts (Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec) listed for 8 consecutive quarters
Termination Of Trading	Open Outcry: 4:15 p.m. ET on Thursday prior to 3rd Friday of the contract month CME Globex: 9:15 a.m. ET on Thursday prior to 3rd Friday of the contract month
Position Limits	CME Position Limits
Exchange Rulebook	CME 351A
Block Minimum	Block Minimum Thresholds
Price Limit Or Circuit	Price Limits
Vendor Codes	Quote Vendor Symbols Listing
Strike Price Listing Procedures	100 index point integer multiples, when listed: +30% to -50% of the prior day’s settlement price on the underlying future contract 50 index point integer multiples, when listed: +20% to -40% of the prior day’s settlement price on the underlying future contract 10 index point integer multiples, when the underlying future is the second closest contract: +10% to -25% of the prior day’s settlement price on the underlying future contract ? 5 index point integer multiples, 35 days prior to expiry (or 5 Weeks): +5% to -15% of the prior day’s settlement price on the underlying future contract
Exercise Style	American Options
Exercise Procedure	An option can be exercised until 6:30 p.m. ET on any business day the option is traded
Settlement At Expiration	Option exercise results in a position in the underlying cash-settled futures contract. In-the-money options, in the absence of contrarian instructions delivered to the Clearing House by 6:30 p.m. ET on the day of expiration, are automatically exercised into expiring cash-settled futures, which settle to the SOQ calculated the morning of the 3rd Friday of the contract month.
Settlement Method	Deliverable
Underlying	S&P 500 Futures

Contract Unit	1 S&P 500 futures contract
Minimum Price Fluctuation	Outright:	0.10 index points = $25.00 for premium above 5.00 Reduced Tick: 0.05 index points = $12.50 for premium at or below 5.00
	CALENDAR SPREAD	0.10 index points = $25.00 for premium above 10.00 0.05 index points = $12.50 for premium at or below 10.00
Price Quotation	U.S. dollars and cents per index point
Trading Hours	CME Globex:	Sunday - Friday: 6:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET with a trading halt 9:15 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
	CME ClearPort:	Sunday 5:00 p.m. - Friday 5:45 p.m. CT with no reporting Monday - Thursday from 5:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. CT
	Open Outcry:	Monday - Friday: 9:30 a.m. - 4:15 p.m. ET
Product Code	CME Globex: EV CME ClearPort: EV Open Outcry: EV Clearing: EV
Listed Contracts	Monthly contracts listed for 6 consecutive months
Termination Of Trading	CME Globex:	Trading terminates at 9:15 a.m. ET on last business day of the contract month.
	Open Outcry:	Trading terminates at 4:00 p.m. ET on last business day of the contract month.
	CME ClearPort:	Trading terminates on last business day of the contract month.
Position Limits	CME Position Limits
Exchange Rulebook	CME 351 A
Block Minimum	Block Minimum Thresholds
Price Limit Or Circuit	Price Limits
Vendor Codes	Quote Vendor Symbols Listing
Strike Price Listing Procedures	100 index point integer multiples, when listed: +30% to -50% of the prior day’s settlement price on the underlying future contract 50 index point integer multiples, when listed: +20% to -40% of the prior day’s settlement price on the underlying future contract 10 index point integer multiples, when listed: +10% to -25% of the prior day’s settlement price on the underlying future contract 5 index point integer multiples, 35 days prior to expiry (or 5 Weeks): +5% to -15% of the prior day’s settlement price on the underlying future contract
Exercise Procedure	European
Settlement At Expiration	Option exercise results in a position in the underlying cash-settled futures contract. Options which are in-the-money on the last day of trading are automatically exercised. A 4:00 p.m. ET price fixing based on the weighted average traded price fixing (symbol ESF) of the E-mini S&P 500 futures in the last 30 seconds of trading on expiration day (3:59:30 p.m.-4:00:00 p.m. ET) will be used to determine which options are in-the-money. Contrarian instructions are prohibited.
Settlement Method	Deliverable
Underlying	S&P 500 Futures

Contract Unit	1 S&P 500 Stock Price Index Futures contract
Minimum Price Fluctuation	Outright:	0.10 index points = $25.00 for premium is above 5.00 Reduced Tick: 0.05 index points = $12.50 for premium at or below 5.00
	CALENDAR SPREAD	0.10 index points = $25.00 for premium is above 5.00 Reduced Tick: 0.05 index points = $12.50 for premium at or below 5.00
Price Quotation	$250 x Standard and Poor’s 500 Stock Price Index
Trading Hours	CME Globex:	Sunday - Friday 5:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Central Time (CT) with a trading halt from 3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. CT.
	CME ClearPort:	Sunday 5:00 p.m. - Friday 5:45 p.m. Central Time (CT) with no reporting Monday - Thursday 5:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. CT.
Product Code	CME Globex: YPC CME ClearPort: YPC Clearing: YPC
Listed Contracts	Quarterly contracts (Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec) listed for 4 consecutive quarters
Termination Of Trading	Trading terminates 3:00 p.m. CT on the 3rd Friday of the contract month.
Position Limits	CME Position Limits
Exchange Rulebook	CME 351A
Block Minimum	Block Minimum Thresholds
Vendor Codes	Quote Vendor Symbols Listing
Strike Price Listing Procedures	Strikes of 100, 200, 1100, 2100, 2200, 3100 and 4100 available for each contract month,and in addition permit additional strikes to be created by special request at a multiple of 100 index points.
Exercise Style	European Style. Exercisable only on expiration day.
Settlement At Expiration	Option exercise results in a position in the underlying cash-settled futures contract. Options which are in-the-money on the last day of trading are automatically exercised. A 3:00 p.m. CT price fixing based on the weighted average traded price fixing (symbol ESF) of the E-mini Standard and Poor’s 500 Stock Price Index Futures in the last 30 seconds of trading on expiration day (2:59:30 p.m.- 3:00:00 p.m. CT) will be used to determine which options are in-the-money. Contrarian instructions are prohibited.
Settlement Method	Deliverable
Underlying	S&P 500 Futures

Contract Unit	1 E-mini S&P 500 futures contract
Minimum Price Fluctuation	Reduced Tick:	0.05 index points = $12.50 for premium at or below 10.00
	Outright:	0.10 index points = $25.00 for premium above 5.00
	CALENDAR SPREAD	0.10 index points = $25.00 for premium above 5.00
	CAB	0.05 index points = $12.50
Price Quotation	U.S. dollars and cents per index point
Trading Hours	CME Globex:	Sunday - Friday: 6:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET with a trading halt 9:15 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
	CME ClearPort:	Sunday 5:00 p.m. - Friday 5:45 p.m. CT with no reporting Monday - Thursday from 5:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. CT
	Open Outcry:	Monday - Friday: 9:30 a.m. - 4:15 p.m. ET
Product Code	CME Globex: S1A,S2A,S3A,S4A,S5A CME ClearPort: S1A,S2A,S3A,S4A,S5A Open Outcry: S1A,S2A,S3A,S4A,S5A Clearing: S1A,S2A,S3A,S4A,S5A
Listed Contracts	Weekly contracts listed for 4 consecutive weeks.
Termination Of Trading	Trading terminates at 4:00 p.m. ET on Monday of the contract week
Position Limits	CME Position Limits
Exchange Rulebook	CME 351A
Block Minimum	Block Minimum Thresholds
Price Limit Or Circuit	Price Limits
Vendor Codes	Quote Vendor Symbols Listing
Strike Price Listing Procedures	100 index point integer multiples, when listed: +30% to -50% of the prior day’s settlement price on the underlying future contract 50 index point integer multiples, when listed: +20% to -40% of the prior day’s settlement price on the underlying future contract 10 index point integer multiples, when listed: +10% to -25% of the prior day’s settlement price on the underlying future contract 5 index point integer multiples, when listed: +5% to -15% of the prior day’s settlement price on the underlying future contract
Exercise Procedure	European Style. Exercisable only on expiration day.
Settlement At Expiration	Option exercise results in a position in the underlying cash-settled futures contract. Options which are in-the-money on the last day of trading are automatically exercised. A 4:00 p.m. ET price fixing based on the weighted average traded price fixing (symbol ESF) of the E-mini S&P 500 futures in the last 30 seconds of trading on expiration day (3:59:30 p.m.-4:00:00 p.m. ET) will be used to determine which options are in-the-money. Contrarian instructions are prohibited.
Settlement Method	Deliverable
Underlying	S&P 500 Futures

Contract Unit	1 S&P 500 futures contract
Minimum Price Fluctuation	Outright:	0.10 index points = $25.00 for premium above 5.00
	Reduced Tick:	0.05 index points = $12.50 for premium at or below 10.00
	CALENDAR SPREAD	0.10 index points = $25.00 for premium above 10.00
	CAB	0.05 index points = $12.50
Price Quotation	U.S. dollars and cents per index point
Trading Hours	CME Globex:	Sunday - Friday: 6:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET with a trading halt 9:15 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
	CME ClearPort:	Sunday 5:00 p.m. - Friday 5:45 p.m. CT with no reporting Monday - Thursday from 5:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. CT
	Open Outcry:	Monday - Friday: 9:30 a.m. - 4:15 p.m. ET
Product Code	CME Globex: EV1,EV2,EV3,EV4 CME ClearPort: EV1,EV2,EV3,EV4 Open Outcry: EV1,EV2,EV3,EV4 Clearing: EV1,EV2,EV3,EV4
Listed Contracts	Weekly contracts (EV1, EV2, EV4) listed for 4 weeks and 3 weeks of EV3
Termination Of Trading	Trading terminates at 4:00 p.m. ET on Friday of the contract week
Position Limits	CME Position Limits
Exchange Rulebook	351A
Block Minimum	Block Minimum Thresholds
Price Limit Or Circuit	Price Limits
Vendor Codes	Quote Vendor Symbols Listing
Strike Price Listing Procedures	EV3 (Week 3) 100 index point integer multiples, when listed: +30% to -50% of the prior day’s settlement price on the underlying future contract 50 index point integer multiples, when listed: +20% to -40% of the prior day’s settlement price on the underlying future contract 10 index point integer multiples, when listed: +10% to -25% of the prior day’s settlement price on the underlying future contract 5 index point integer multiples, 35 days prior to expiry (or 5 Weeks): +5% to -15% of the prior day’s settlement price on the underlying future contract EV1, EV2 and EV4 (Week 1, 2 & 4) 100 index point integer multiples, when listed: +30% to -50% of the prior day’s settlement price on the underlying future contract 50 index point integer multiples, when listed: +20% to -40% of the prior day’s settlement price on the underlying future contract 10 index point integer multiples, when listed: +10% to -25% of the prior day’s settlement price on the underlying future contract 5 index point integer multiples, when listed: +5% to -15% of the prior day’s settlement price on the underlying future contract
Exercise Procedure	European Style. Exercisable only on expiration day.
Settlement At Expiration	Option exercise results in a position in the underlying cash-settled futures contract. Options which are in-the-money on the last day of trading are automatically exercised. A 4:00 p.m. ET price fixing based on the weighted average traded price fixing (symbol ESF) of the E-mini S&P 500 futures in the last 30 seconds of trading on expiration day (3:59:30 p.m.-4:00:00 p.m. ET) will be used to determine which options are in-the-money. Contrarian instructions are prohibited.
Settlement Method	Deliverable
Underlying	S&P 500 Futures

Contract Unit	1 S&P 500 futures contract
Minimum Price Fluctuation	Reduced Tick:	0.05 index points = $12.50 for premium at or below 10.00
	Outright:	0.10 index points = $25.00 for premium above 5.00
	CALENDAR SPREAD	0.10 index points = $25.00 for premium above 10.00
	CAB	0.05 index points = $12.50
Price Quotation	U.S. dollars and cents per index point
Trading Hours	CME Globex:	Sunday - Friday: 6:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET with a trading halt 9:15 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
	CME ClearPort:	Sunday 5:00 p.m. - Friday 5:45 p.m. CT with no reporting Monday - Thursday from 5:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. CT
	Open Outcry:	Monday - Friday: 9:30 a.m. - 4:15 p.m. Eastern Time (ET)
Product Code	CME Globex: S1C,S2C,S3C,S4C,S5C CME ClearPort: S1C,S2C,S3C,S4C,S5C Open Outcry: S1C,S2C,S3C,S4C,S5C Clearing: S1C,S2C,S3C,S4C,S5C
Listed Contracts	Weekly contracts listed for 4 consecutive weeks
Termination Of Trading	Trading terminates at 4:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday of the contract week
Position Limits	CME Position Limits
Exchange Rulebook	CME 351A
Block Minimum	Block Minimum Thresholds
Price Limit Or Circuit	Price Limit or Circuit Breaker
Vendor Codes	Quote Vendor Symbols Listing
Strike Price Listing Procedures	100 index point integer multiples, when listed: +30% to -50% of the prior day’s settlement price on the underlying future contract 50 index point integer multiples, when listed: +20% to -40% of the prior day’s settlement price on the underlying future contract 10 index point integer multiples, when listed: +10% to -25% of the prior day’s settlement price on the underlying future contract 5 index point integer multiples, when listed: +5% to -15% of the prior day’s settlement price on the underlying future contract
Exercise Procedure	European Style. Exercisable only on expiration day.
Settlement At Expiration	Option exercise results in a position in the underlying cash-settled futures contract. Options which are in-the-money on the last day of trading are automatically exercised. A 4:00 p.m. ET price fixing based on the weighted average traded price fixing (symbol ESF) of the E-mini S&P 500 futures in the last 30 seconds of trading on expiration day (3:59:30 p.m.-4:00:00 p.m. ET) will be used to determine which options are in-the-money. Contrarian instructions are prohibited.
Settlement Method	Deliverable
Underlying	S&P 500 Futures

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