Futures on notional short-, medium- or long-term debt instruments issued by the Federal Republic of Germany, the French Republic and the Republic of Italy with remaining terms and a coupon of:
Options on | Product ID | Underlying | Remaining term of the underlying | Coupon (percent) |
Euro-Schatz Futures | OGBS | Euro-Schatz Futures | 1.75 to 2.25 years | 6 |
Euro-Bobl Futures | OGBM | Euro-Bobl Futures | 4.5 to 5.5 years | 6 |
Euro-Bund Futures | OGBL | Euro-Bund Futures | 8.5 to 10.5 years | 6 |
Euro-Buxl® Futures | OGBX | Euro-Buxl® Futures | 24.0 to 35.0 years | 4 |
Euro-OAT Futures | OOAT | Euro-OAT Futures | 8.5 to 10.5 years | 6 |
Euro-BTP Futures | OBTP | Euro-BTP Futures | 8.5 to 11 years | 6 |
Contract size
One fixed income futures contract.
Settlement
The exercise of an option on fixed income futures results in the creation of a corresponding position in the fixed income futures for the option buyer as well as the seller to whom the exercise is assigned. The position is established after the Post-Trading Full Period of the exercise day, and is based on the agreed exercise price.
Price quotation and minimum price change
Options on | Minimum price change |
Points | Value |
Euro-Schatz Futures | 0.005 | EUR 5 |
Euro-Bobl Futures | 0.005 | EUR 5 |
Euro-Bund Futures | 0.01 | EUR 10 |
Euro-Buxl® Futures | 0.02 | EUR 20 |
Euro-OAT Futures | 0.01 | EUR 10 |
Euro-BTP Futures | 0.01 | EUR 10 |
Term
Standard - up to 6 months: The three nearest successive calendar months and the following quarterly month of the March, June, September and December cycle thereafter.
Calendar months: The maturity month of the underlying futures contract is the quarterly month following the expiration month of the option.
Quarterly months: The maturity month of the underlying futures contract and the expiration month of the option are identical.
OGBL: In addition to the standard expirations, the five next weeks for the first, second, third, fourth and fifth week of the following maturity month with a weekly options expiration. In the expiration week of the standard option series, no additional weekly expiration will be available.
Between Christmas and New Year's Eve basically no expirations are available for trading as well.
Last trading day
Standard: Last trading day is the last Friday prior to the first calendar day of the option expiration month, followed by at least two exchange days prior to the first calendar day of the option expiration month.
OGBL: In addition to the standard expirations, last trading day is the Friday of the respective expiration week, if this is an exchange day; otherwise the exchange day immediately preceding that day.
Unless at least two exchange days lie between the last Friday of a month and the first calendar day of the expiration month, the last trading day is the Friday preceding the last Friday. If this Friday is not an exchange day, the exchange day immediately preceding that Friday is the last trading day. An exchange day within the meaning of this exception is a day, which is both an exchange day at the Eurex Exchanges and a federal workday in the U.S.
If the preceding exchange day is not in the same calendar month as the Friday of the expiration week, the last trading day shall be the exchange day following the Friday of the expiration week.
If the last trading day lies between Christmas and New Year’s Eve, then the Friday preceding that day is the last trading day.
Daily settlement price
The daily settlement price is established by Eurex. The daily settlement prices for options on fixed income futures are determined trough the binomial model according to Cox/Ross/Rubinstein.
Exercise
American-style; an option can be exercised until the end of the Post-Trading Full Period (18:30 CET, on the last trading day 18:00 CET) on any exchange day during the lifetime of the option.
Exercise prices
Options on | Exercise price intervals in points |
Euro-Schatz Futures | 0.1 |
Euro-Bobl Futures | 0.25 |
Euro-Bund Futures | 0.50 |
Euro-Buxl® Futures | 1.00 |
Euro-OAT Futures | 0.25 |
Euro-BTP Futures | 0.50 |
Number of exercise prices
Upon the admission of the options, at least nine exercise prices shall be made available for each term 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.
Option premium
The premium is settled using the futures-style method.
Admitted to the Eurex Block Trade Service with a Minimum Block Trade Size of 400 contracts