| AEX-index® Weekly Futures | |
| Exchange contract code | 1FT, 2FT, 4FT, 5FT |
| Contract size | Contract valued at € 200 per index point (e.g. value € 78,000 at 390.00) |
| Unit of trading | 200 |
| Pricing unit/quotation | Index points (e.g. 390.00) |
| Minimum price movement (tick size and value) | Central Order Book: 0.05 index points (€ 10 per contract) Large-in-Scale Facility: 0.0001 index points (€0.02 per contract) |
| Expiry months | There are four weekly futures contracts. Each weekly future expires on a specific Friday of a month; the Friday of the month is indicated by the number in the trading symbol. In general the weekly futures have an initial lifetime of at least four weeks. The weekly future for the new month is introduced on the Monday after the expiry of the current month. In case there is a fifth Friday in the coming month, the weekly future for the fifth Friday is introduced on the same day as the weekly future for the fourth Friday. If the specific Friday is not a normal business day, the expiry day will be the last business day preceding this Friday. |
| Introduction of new expiry months | New expiry months are available for trading on the first business day after the expiry of a maturity. |
| Wholesale services | Large-in-Scale Facility. See the “LIS thresholds" document for the minimum size thresholds. |
| Euronext market | Amsterdam |
| Last trading day | Trading ceases at 16:00 CET/CEST on the relevant Friday of the delivery month. In the event that the this Friday is not a normal business day, the Last Trading Day shall normally be the last business day preceding this Friday. |
| Settlement | Cash Settlement based on the EDSP |
| Settlement day | First business day after the Last Trading Day |
| Exchange Delivery Settlement Price (EDSP) | Price determined on the Last Trading Day as the average of the AEX-index values calculated and disseminated at one minute intervals between, and including, 15:30 and 16:00 CET/CEST. The EDSP value is rounded to two decimal places[1]. |
| Clearing organization | Euronext Clearing |
| Trading hours | Central Order Book: 08:00 - 22:00 CET/CEST Large-in-Scale Facility: 07:30 - 22:00 CET/CEST Trades of both Day session [07:15 - 18:30] and Evening session [18:30 - 22:00] are cleared on the same day of trade execution (T) |
| Trading platform | Optiq |
| Algorithm | Central order book applies a price-time trading algorithm with priority given to the first order at the best price. |
| Last update | 16 September 2024 |
[1] Please refer to Amsterdam Notice AN 12–22 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. [2] A client who does not wish his order to be executed in the evening session must stipulate this condition when placing the order with the intermediary. | |
| In the United States these products may only be offered and sold to prescribed entities under specified conditions. |