NZD/USD MONTHLY OPTIONS - CONTRACT SPECS

Contract Unit	One futures contract for 100,000 New Zealand dollars
Minimum Price Fluctuation	0.0001 per New Zealand dollar increment = $10.00. 0.00005 per New Zealand dollar increment = $5.00) for premium below 0.0005
Price Quotation	U.S. dollars and cents per New Zealand dollar increment
Trading Hours	CME Globex:	Sunday 5:00 p.m. - Friday - 4:00 p.m. CT with a 60-minute break each day beginning at 4:00 p.m. CT
	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:	7:20 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. CT
Product Code	CME Globex: 6N CME ClearPort: NE Open Outcry: ZN Clearing: NE
Listed Contracts	Quarterly contracts (Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec) listed for 4 consecutive quarters and serial contracts listed for 3 consecutive months
Settlement Procedures	Option on a physically delivered futures contract
Termination Of Trading	Trading terminates at 9:00 a.m. CT on the second Friday prior to the third Wednesday of the contract month.
Position Limits	CME Position Limits
Exchange Rulebook	CME 258A
Block Minimum	Block Minimum Thresholds
Price Limit Or Circuit	Price Limits
Vendor Codes	Quote Vendor Symbols Listing
Exercise Style	European style. Auto-exercised against CME Group FX Fixing Price; no contrary instructions allowed. In-the-money (ITM) strikes exercised. Out-of-the-money (OTM) strikes abandoned. An option is ITM if the CME Group FX Fixing Price for the underlying futures contract is equal to or above the strike price in the case of a call or below the strike price in the case of a put.
Settlement Method	Deliverable
Underlying	New Zealand Dollar Futures

Contract Unit	One futures contract for 100,000 New Zealand dollars
Minimum Price Fluctuation	0.0001 per New Zealand dollar increment = $10.00
Price Quotation	U. S. dollars and cents per New Zealand dollar increment
Trading Hours	CME Globex:	Sunday 5:00 p.m. - Friday - 4:00 p.m. CT with a 60-minute break each day beginning at 4:00 p.m. CT
	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 7:20 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. CT
Product Code	CME Globex: 1Z,2Z,3Z,4Z,5Z CME ClearPort: 1Z,2Z,3Z,4Z,5Z Open Outcry: 1Z,2Z,3Z,4Z,5Z Clearing: 1Z,2Z,3Z,4Z,5Z
Listed Contracts	Weekly contracts listed for 4 consecutive weeks
Settlement Procedures	Option on a physically delivered futures contract
Termination Of Trading	Trading terminates at 9:00 a.m. CT on Friday of the contract week.
Position Limits	CME Position Limits
Exchange Rulebook	CME 258A
Block Minimum	Block Minimum Thresholds
Price Limit Or Circuit	Price Limits
Vendor Codes	Quote Vendor Symbols Listing
Exercise Style	European style. Auto-exercised against CME Group FX Fixing Price; no contrary instructions allowed. In-the-money (ITM) strikes exercised. Out-of-the-money (OTM) strikes abandoned. An option is ITM if the CME Group FX Fixing Price for the underlying futures contract is equal to or above the strike price in the case of a call or below the strike price in the case of a put.
Settlement Method	Deliverable
Underlying	New Zealand Dollar Futures

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