Commencement of Live Trading in Currency Options on USD-INR Spot Rate
By Steve on Oct 29, 2010 with Comments 0
The Exchange has received approval from SEBI and RBI for introduction of options on USD-INR spot rate on currency derivatives segment of Stock Exchange.
Members of the Currency Derivatives Segment are hereby informed that the Exchange shall commence ‘Live Trading’ in the currency options contracts on US Dollar-Indian Rupee (US$-INR) spot rate, with effect from Friday, October 29, 2010.
The contract specifications and other trading parameters are as follows:
Contract specifications
The Contract specifications, trading parameters, and mode of settlement have been specified in
Annexure – 1, which shall be binding on all the members and constituents trading through them.
Trading Hours
Monday to Friday: 9.00 A.M. to 05.00 P.M.
Symbol: USDOPT
Market Type: N
Instrument Type: OPTCUR
Underlying: US Dollar – Indian Rupee (US$-INR) spot rate
Size of contract: 1 contract is for 1000 USD (Lot Size)
Quotation Premium in Rupee terms, outstanding positions in USD terms
Type of option: Premium styled European Call and Put Options
Tick size: 0.25 paise or INR 0.0025
Available contract
Three serial monthly contracts followed by three quarterly contracts of the cycle March/June/September/December
Last trading day
Two working days prior to the last business day of the expiry month at 12 noon.
Strike price
Minimum of twelve in-the-money, twelve out-of the-money and one near-the-money strikes would be provided for all availablecontracts
Settlement mechanism: Cash settled in INR
Strike Interval: 25 paise or INR 0.25
Final Settlement day
Last working day (excluding Saturdays) of the expiry month. The last working day will be the same as that for Interbank Settlements in Mumbai. The rules for Interbank Settlements, including those for ‘known holidays’ and ‘subsequently declared holiday’ would be those as laid down by FEDAI.
Settlement price
The final settlement price would be the Reserve Bank Reference Rate on the date of expiry of the contracts Expiry / last trading day
The expiry / last trading day for the options contract would be two working days prior to the last working day of the expiry month
Exercise at Expiry
On expiry date, all open long in-the-money contracts, on a particular strike of a series, at the close of trading hours would be automatically exercised at the final settlement price and assigned on a random basis to the open short positions of the same strike and
Filed Under: Currency • United Stock Exchange (USE)
