Products-Chinese Jujube
Dried Jujube Option Contract Specifications

(Adopted at the 9th meeting of the 8th Board of Governors on December 14, 2023; effective as of June 21, 2024)

Underlying

Dried Jujube Futures Contract

Contract Type

Call options; put options

Trading Unit

1 CJ contract

Price Quotation

Chinese yuan (RMB) per metric ton

Minimum Price Fluctuation

RMB 1 yuan/metric ton

Price Limit

Same as the price limit for CJ contracts

Contract Months

The two consecutive nearby months of the underlying futures contract; contracts of subsequent months are listed on the trading day following the day when (single-counted) post-clearing open interest of the relevant underlying futures contract exceeds 5,000 lots

Trading Hours

9:00-11:30 and 13:30-15:00 (Beijing time) and other trading hours prescribed by Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange

Last Trading Day

Third-to-last trading day as counting backward from the last calendar day (inclusive) of the 2nd month prior to the delivery month of the underlying futures contract, or another date prescribed by Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange

Expiration Day

Same as the Last Trading Day

Strike Price

The range of strike price (SP) is the preceding trading day’s settlement price of the underlying futures contract plus or minus 1.5 times the current day’s price limit

The strike price interval is:

100 yuan/metric ton if SP ≤ 10,000 yuan/metric ton;
200 yuan/metric ton if 10,000 yuan/metric ton < SP ≤ 20,000 yuan/metric ton;
400 yuan/metric ton if SP > 20,000 yuan/metric ton

Exercise Style

Exercise Style American. The buyer can submit an exercise request during trading hours on any trading day before the expiration day, and an exercise or abandonment request before 15:30 on the expiration day

Product Code

Calls: CJ-contract month-C-strike price

Puts: CJ-contract month-P-strike price

Listing Exchange

Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange