1 General Provisions
1.1 This document specifies the Derivatives Exchange Trading and Membership Procedures that Derivatives Exchange Members and Derivatives Exchange Registered Traders must follow to comply with the provisions of the Derivatives Exchange Trading and Membership Rules and the procedures followed by the Exchange related to the Listed Derivatives Product (Single Stock Futures, Index Futures, and Single Stock Options).
1.2 The Exchange may waive any person’s obligations to the provisions of these procedures either based on a request from the relevant person or on its own initiative.
1.3 These procedures will enter into effect as per the Exchange’s approval resolution.
1.4 Expressions and terms in these Procedures have the meanings which they bear in the “Glossary of Defined Terms Used in the Exchange Rules”, and for the purpose of implementing these Procedures, the following expressions and terms shall have the meaning they bear as follows, unless the contrary intention appears:
Derivatives Trading Calendar: means a calendar published in the Exchange’s website that includes available maturities and the Expiration Date of each contract.
Expiration Date: The date on which the Listed Derivatives Product is settled in accordance with the relevant Listed Derivatives Product Specification.
Exercise of Option Contract: means to activate the right to buy or sell the Underlying Asset specified in the Option Contract.
Physical Delivery of Underlying Asset: means the term in Option Contracts which requires the Underlying Asset to be delivered upon the specified delivery date.
Automatic Exercise: means the Exercise of all ITM and ATM Option Contracts automatically by the Clearing House at end of day on expiry date of an Option Contract.
Call Option: an Option Contract which gives the right, not the obligation to the buyer of the Call Option to buy the Underlying Asset and require the seller to sell the Underlying Asset upon request by the buyer of the Call Option at the Strike Price for the duration of the Option Contract.
Put Option: an Option Contract which gives the right, not the obligation to the buyer of the Put Option to sell the Underlying Asset and require the seller to buy the Underlying Asset upon request by the buyer of the Put Option at the Strike Price for the duration of the Option Contract.
Deny Exercise: Long Position Holder of an Option Contract on expiry date may choose not to Exercise before end of day, and such long position shall expire without Cash Settlement of any Variation Margin.
Strike Price: means a set price of the Underlying Asset of the Option Contract at which an Option Contract will be Exercised.
Manual Exercise Request: means the Exercise request sent by the long Open Position Holder to the Clearing House between the creation of the long position date and expiry date of the Option Contract.
Single Stock Futures (SSFs): means a Futures Contracts whose value is derived from the value of an underlying asset, that represents a share listed on the Exchange or on another regulated exchanges.
Index Futures: means a Futures Contracts whose value is derived from the value of an underlying asset, that represents an index.
Single Stock Options (SSOs): means an Option Contracts which gives the right, not the obligation to the buyer to buy or sell the Underlying Asset and requires the seller to sell or buy the Underlying Asset which represents a share listed on the Exchange upon request by the buyer of the Option Contract at the Strike Price.
In-The-Money Options Contract (ITM): means a Call Option whose Underlying Asset price is higher to the Strike Price, and in case of a Put Option, if the Strike Price is higher to the Underlying Asset price at end of day.
At-The-Money Options Contract (ATM): means a Call Option or a Put Option whose Underlying Asset price is equal to the Strike Price at end of day.
Out-of-The-Money Options Contract (OTM): means a Call Option whose Underlying Asset price is lower than the Strike Price, and in case of a Put Option, if the Strike Price is lower than the Underlying Asset price at end of day.
Option Premium: means the value of owning the Option Contract, which represent the value received by the seller of the Call or Put Option from the buyer of the Call or Put Option which represents the current market price of the Option Contract.
Fair Value: means the price determined by the Exchange to close-out relevant SSFs or SSOs open positions.