Settlement

Physical delivery of underlying shares two exchange days after exercise.

Contract months

Up to 12 months: The three nearest successive calendar months and the three following quarterly months of the March, June, September and December cycle thereafter.

Up to 24 months: The three nearest successive calendar months, the three following quarterly months of the March, June, September and December cycle thereafter, and the two following semi-annual months of the June and December cycle thereafter.

Up to 60 months: The three nearest successive calendar months, the three (for Spanish equity options nine) following quarterly months of the March, June, September and December cycle thereafter, and the four (for Spanish equity options the nearest) following semi-annual months of the June and December cycle thereafter, and the two following annual months of the December cycle thereafter.

Last trading day

Last trading day is the third Friday, for Italian equity options the day before the third Friday, of each expiration month, if this is an exchange day; otherwise, the exchange day immediately preceding that day.

Daily settlement price

The daily settlement price is established by Eurex. The daily settlement prices for equity options are determined through the binomial model according to Cox/Ross/Rubinstein. If necessary, dividend expectations, current interest rates or other payments are taken into consideration.

Further details are available in the clearing conditions.

Exercise

American-style; an option can be exercised until the end of the Post-Trading Full Period (20:00 CET) on any trading day during the lifetime of the option.

European-style for equity options with group ID DE 14, CH14, FI14, FR14 and NL14; an option can only be exercised on the last trading day until the end of the Post-Trading Full Period (20:00 CET).

European-style for Russian equity options; an option can only be exercised on the last trading day until the end of the Post-Trading Full Period (17:40 CET).

Exercise prices (Standard)

* only for equity options with group IDs DE11, DE12, DE14, AT12, CH11, CH12, CH14, FI11, FI12, FI14, IT11, IT12, RU11, RU12 and SE12.

Exercise prices (Spanish equity options)

Exercise prices (Belgian, French and Dutch equity options)

Exercise prices (British equity options)

Exercise prices (Irish equity options)

Exercise prices (German, Finnish, Italian and Swiss Weekly Options)

Exercise prices (Belgian, French and Dutch Weekly Options)

Number of exercise prices

Upon the admission of the options, at least seven exercise prices shall be made available for each due date with a term of up to 24 months for each call and put, such that three exercise prices are in-the-money, one is at-the-money and three are out-of-the-money.

Upon the admission of the options, at least five exercise prices shall be made available for each due date with a term of more than 24 months for each call and put, such that two exercise prices are in-the-money, one is at-the-money and two are out-of-the-money.

Upon the admission of Dutch, Belgian and French options, at least nine exercise prices shall be made available for each due date with a term of up to 12 months for each call and put, such that four exercise prices are in-the-money, one is at-the-money and four are out-of-the-money.

Upon the admission of Dutch, Belgian and French options, at least seven exercise prices shall be made available for each due date with a term of more than 12 months for each call and put, such that three exercise prices are in-the-money, one is at-the-money and three are out-of-the-money.

Option premium

The premium is payable in full in the currency of the respective contract on the exchange day following the day of the trade.

This section only lists the differences with respect to the regular contract specifications for equity options.

Contract Months

Up to 6 months:The nearest calendar month and the two following quarterly months of the March, June, September and December cycle thereafter.

Daily Settlement Price

The Daily Settlement Price is established by Eurex. The Daily Settlement Prices for Low Exercise Price Options are determined through the binomial model according to Cox/Ross/Rubinstein. If necessary, dividend expectations, current interest rates or other payments are taken into consideration.

Further details are available in the clearing conditions.

Exercise Prices

Exercise price of a LEPO is the smallest exercise price of an option available in the Eurex® system. For example, for securities with exercise prices with two decimal places, LEPOs with an exercise price of EUR 0.01, CHF 0.01 or USD 0.01, respectively, will be set up. Options with an exercise price with one decimal place have an exercise price of EUR 0.1, CHF 0.1 or USD 0.1, respectively.

The Minimum Block Trade Sizes (MBTS) of its T7 Entry Services and for its selective request for quote service Eurex EnLight (EMBTS) can be found in the file TES parameters under 
Products > Product information > T7 Entry Service (TES) parameters.

For the last two expiration months in the maturity range, the Maximum Spread is increased by 100 percent for permanent quotation as well as for responses to quote requests for all options with 6 or more expiration months.

For equity and equity index options, mistrade parameters will be doubled on the last trading day.

Mistrade ranges are doubled for expiries that are equal to or greater than the value displayed in the corresponding CSV file.

For the transactions in option contracts accomplished during a Stressed Market period, the mistrade ranges reduplicate.