| Amsterdam Listed Stock Options | |
| Contract size | One option normally equals rights over a number of underlying shares. The applicable number of contracts is linked to the unit of trading. [1] |
| Unit of trading | See the document "Unusual contract size" in "Related documentation" to find out which unit of trading is applicable per contract. |
| Pricing unit/quotation | Euros per share |
| Minimum price movement (tick size and value) | See applicable tick size table [2] |
| Option style | American style Holders of long positions are entitled to exercise their options before or on the expiration date. |
| Expiry months | Weekly; 1, 2, 3 monthly; 6, 9, 12 months quarterly (of the March, June, September, December cycle); 18, 24, 30, 36 months half yearly (of the June, December cycle). See the document "Expiry Months Listed Per Class" in "Related documentation" to find out which expiry months are listed per class. |
| Introduction of new exercise prices and exercise price intervals | See the document "Euronext Series Introduction Policy for Individual Equity Option Contracts" in "Related documentation" to find the series introduction policy. |
| 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 17:30 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. |
| Exercise | Exercise is possible until 19:15 CET on any business day, extended to 19:45 CET on third Fridays[3] |
| Settlement | Physical delivery of such number of shares as determined by the terms of the contract through the settlement system of Euronext Clearing. |
| Settlement day | Two business days after the exercise day |
| Option premium | Payable in full by the buyer on the business day following a transaction |
| Clearing organization | Euronext Clearing |
| Trading hours | Central Order Book: 09:01 – 17:30 CET Large-in-Scale Facility: 07:15 – 18:30 CET |
| Trading platform | Optiq |
| Algorithm | Central order book applies a Price Pro Rata trading algorithm. With this algorithm priority is given to orders at the best price (highest for a bid, lowest for an offer). If there are several orders at this best price, equal priority is given to every order at this price and incoming business is divided among these orders in proportion to their volume |
| Last update | 9 SEP 2024 |
| [1] New option classes with a non-standard contract size that are listed as a result of corporate actions. See the document "Unusual Contract sizes" in "Related documentation" to find an overview of the non-standard contract size of these classes. [2] See the document "Financial derivatives tick sizes" in "Related documentation" to find the applicable tick table per class. [3] 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. | |
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