1 Expansion of Contract Months and Strike Prices
As previously announced (notice by Derivatives Business Development on April 12, 2013), OSE will increase contract months for futures and options, and strike prices for options, on Nikkei 225.
With this change, the following contracts will start trading on Tuesday, July 16, 2013.
Contract month (9 digit code) | The trade-starting day | The last trading day | |
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Nikkei 225 Futures | December 2014 (169120018) | Tue., July 16. 2013 | Thu., December 11, 2014 |
June 2015 (160060018) | Thu., June 11, 2015 | ||
December 2015 (160120018) | Thu., December 10, 2015 | ||
June 2016 (161060018) | Thu., June 9, 2016 | ||
December 2016 (161120018) | Thu., December 8, 2016 | ||
June 2017 (162060018) | Thu., June 8, 2017 | ||
December 2017 (162120018) | Thu., December 7, 2017 | ||
June 2018 (163060018) | Thu., June 7, 2018 | ||
Nikkei 225 mini | March 2014 (169030019) | Tue., July 16. 2013 | Thu., March 13, 2014 |
June 2014 (169060019) | Thu., June 12, 2014 | ||
September 2014 (169090019) | Thu., September 11, 2014 | ||
December 2014 (169120019) | Thu., December 11, 2014 | ||
June 2015 (160060019) | Thu., June 11, 2015 | ||
December 2015 (160120019) | Thu., December 10, 2015 | ||
June 2016 (161060019) | Thu., June 9, 2016 | ||
December 2016 (161120019) | Thu., December 8, 2016 | ||
June 2017 (162060019) | Thu., June 8, 2017 | ||
December 2017 (162120019) | Thu., December 7, 2017 | ||
June 2018 (163060019) | Thu., June 7, 2018 |
- (*1) There is no change in Calendar Spreads available from July 12 2013 (available Calendar Spreads will be the same four combinations as current) and there will be no new available Calendar Spreads from July 16 2013.
- (*2) The trading term for each contract will be from the day session on the trade-starting day until the day session on the last trading day.
Contract month | The trade-starting day | The last trading day | Exercise day | |
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Nikkei 225 Options | January 2014 | Tue., July 16. 2013 | Thu., January 9, 2014 | Fri., January 10, 2014 |
February 2014 | Thu., February 13, 2014 | Fri., February 14, 2014 | ||
April 2014 | Thu., April 10, 2014 | Fri., April 11, 2014 | ||
September 2014 | Thu., September 11, 2014 | Fri., September 12, 2014 |
- (*1) In addition with increasing contract months for options on Nikkei 225, OSE will add strike prices. OSE will announce the strike prices to be added on Friday, July 12, 2013.
- (*2) The trading term for each contract will be from the day session on the trade-starting day until the end of the day session on the last trading day.
2 Designated Market for Security Options
In connection with the integration of cash equity markets with Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) on Tue., July 16, 2013, OSE will set TSE as the designated market for the following securities underlying security options.
Code | Issue | Change Day | Before | After |
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1309 | SSE50 Index Linked Exchange Traded Fund | Tue., July 16. 2013 | OSE | TSE |
1320 | Daiwa ETF-Nikkei225 | |||
1321 | Nikkei 225 Exchange Traded Fund | |||
1328 | Gold-Price-Linked Exchange Traded Fund | |||
1671 | Simplex WTI ETF | |||
1944 | KINDEN CORPORATION | |||
6594 | NIDEC CORPORATION | |||
6963 | ROHM COMPANY LIMITED (*) | |||
6981 | MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY,LTD. (*) | |||
7974 | Nintendo Co.,Ltd. (*) |
- (*1) Strike prices to be added on Tuesday, July 16, 2013, will be based on the price of the security underlying the option on the designated market (OSE) as of Friday, July 12, 2013.
- (*2) Trading on options based upon underlying securities marked "(*)" is not available until the integration of the derivatives market in March 2014.