OPTIONS ON EUROPEAN BUTTER FUTURES
Contract codeEBTO
Unit of tradingOne European Butter Futures contract 
Pricing unit/quotation (= PRICE BASIS)Euro and euro cents per tonne
Option styleDairy options are ‘American’ style - i.e., may be exercised at any time before expiry
Exercise Price increments€50 per tonne
Minimum price movement (tick size and value)50 euro cents per tonne (€2.50)
Expiry monthsMonthly contracts listed for 12 consecutive months
Introduction of new expiry monthsFirst trading day following the expiration of a 
maturity, so that 12 maturities are available for trading
Wholesale servicesExchange of Options for Options, Large-in-Scale, Request for Cross
Euronext marketParis
Expiry day18:30 CET on the business day before the last trading day of the underlying future (if not a business day then the preceding business day)
Contract StandardAssignment of one European Butter Futures contract for the expiry month at the exercise price 
Clearing organizationEuronext Clearing
Trading hoursCentral Order Book: Monday - Friday from 09:01 - 18:30 CET
Wholesales: Monday - Friday from 07:30 - 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 update23 APR 2026