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Index Options - CAC 40

 CAC 40® Index Options
Exchange contract codePXA
Contract sizeContract valued at € 10 per index point (e.g. value € 41,000 at 4,100.0)
Unit of trading10
Pricing unit/quotationEuros per index point
Minimum price movement (tick size and value)

Central Order Book: € 0.10 (€ 1 per contract)

Large-in-Scale Facility: € 0.0001 (€ 0,001 per contract)

Option styleEuropean style
Holders of long positions are only entitled to exercise their options on the expiration date.
Expiry months1, 2, 3 monthly; 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24 months quarterly (of the March, June, September, December cycle) and 36, 48, 60 months yearly (of the December cycle)
Introduction of new exercise prices and exercise price intervalsSee the document "Series Introduction Policy CAC 40 Index Options" in "Related documentation" to find the series introduction policy.
Introduction of new expiry monthsNew expiry months are available for trading on the first business day after the expiry of a maturity.
Wholesale servicesLarge-in-Scale Facility.
See the “LIS Thresholds” document for the minimum size thresholds.
Euronext marketParis
Last trading dayTrading ceases at 16:00 CET on the third Friday of the expiry month. In the event that the third Friday is not a business day, the Last Trading Day shall normally be the last business day preceding the third Friday.
ExerciseExercise until 19:45 CET on Last Trading Day only[1]
SettlementCash Settlement based on the EDSP
Settlement dayFirst business day after the Last Trading Day
Exchange Delivery Settlement Price (EDSP)Price determined on the Last Trading Day. Euronext calculates the settlement index as the arithmetic mean of all index values calculated and disseminated between 15:40 and 16:00 CET, rounded to two decimal places. Such settlement index is taken, and rounded to one decimal place, to produce the closing settlement price[2]
Option premiumPayable in full by the buyer on the business day following a transaction.
Clearing organizationEuronext Clearing
Trading hoursCentral Order Book: 09:01 – 17:30 CET
Large-in-Scale Facility: 07:15 – 18:30 CET
Trading platformOptiq
AlgorithmCentral order book applies a price-time trading algorithm with priority given to the first order at the best price.
Last update9 SEP 2024
 [1] On the Last Trading Day, in-the-money options are automatically exercised, unless contrary instructions are received from the client/member. Please check the exact exercise rules with your broker.
[2] Please refer to Paris Notice No. 2012–11 issued on 26 July 2012 which provides details of the procedures to be followed when determining the closing settlement price in case of special market circumstances.
 In the United States this product may only be offered and sold to prescribed entities under specified condition.