Underlying

White Sugar Futures Contract

Contract Type

Call Option, Put Option

Trading Unit

One white sugar futures contract (10 metric tons)

Price Quotation

Chinese yuan (CNY) per metric ton

Minimum Price Fluctuation

CNY0.5/metric ton

Price Limit

The same as the price limit of the white sugar futures contract

Contract Months

The two consecutive nearby months of the underlying futures contract; the options contracts of the following months will be listed on the trading day following the day when open interests (single-sided) of their underlying futures contracts exceed 5000 lots after clearing.

Trading Hours

Monday to Friday (except public holidays)

9:00 a.m.—11:30 a.m.  13:30 p.m.—15:00 p.m. (Beijing time)

Other trading hours stipulated by Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange

Last Trading Day

The 3rd trading day of the month prior to the futures delivery month and other dates stipulated by Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange

Expiration Day

The same as the last trading day

Strike Price

Based on the settlement price of the previous trading day of white sugar futures, five in-the-money option contracts, one at-the-money option contract and five out-of-the-money option contracts will be listed according to the strike price interval.

The strike price interval is: CNY50/metric ton when the strike price is less than or equal to CNY3,000/metric ton; CNY100/metric ton when the strike price is greater than CNY3,000/metric ton and less than or equal to CNY10,000/metric ton; CNY200/metric ton when the strike price is greater than CNY10,000/metric ton.

Exercise Style

American. The buyer can submit the application for exercising white sugar option on the expiration day or any trading day before the expiration day during trading hours. The buyer can submit the application for exercising or waiving the exercise before 15:30 on the expiration day.

Product Code

Call option: SR + contract month + C+ strike price

Put option: SR + contract month + P + strike price

Listed Exchange

Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange