Contract Options universe

Saxo Bank offers Contract Options on the following key contracts:

Product Groups Key Contracts
Agriculture Cocoa, Coffee, Corn, Soybean, Wheat, Sugar, Cattle, Hogs, ...
Energy Crude Oil, Natural Gas, Ethanol, ...
Equity Index DAX, EUROSTOXX, FTSE, CAC, SMI, AEX, ...
S&P 500, NASDAQ-100, Dow Jones, ...
CBOE SPX, OEX, NDX, VIX, ...
ASX, HSI, NIKKEI, ...
FX EUR/USD, GBP/USD, Other Majors and Emerging
Interest Rates STIRs (EuroDollar, EuriBor, EuroYen, Sterling, ...)
Treasuries, Gilt, Bund, Bobl & Schatz, ...
Metals Gold, Silver, Copper, ...


Full list of tradable instruments is available on the Saxo Bank trading platforms.

Saxo Bank provides access on the following exchanges:

• ASX • EURONEXT-Ams
• CBOE • EURONEXT-Liffe
• CBOT • EURONEXT-Par
• CME • HKEx
• COMEX • SGX
• EUREX • TSE

TRADING CONTRACT OPTIONS VIA STANDARDISED OPTIONS CHAIN

Contract Options are tradable from an industry-standard Options Chain that is built into the SaxoTrader and WebTrader. Positions can also be managed via the Option Trade Ticket and closed from the SaxoMobileTrader.

LIVE PRICES AVAILABLE

Complimentary to clients’ existing live data subscriptions on particular Futures Exchanges, Saxo Bank offers streaming Contract Options prices on the same exchanges free of charge.
ORDERS SUPPORTED Limit, Stop and Market orders are supported when trading Contract Options with Saxo Bank. Both One-Cancels-Other (OCO) and Good-till-Cancel (GTC) parameters are available.

OPTIONS TYPES

Saxo Bank offers trading Calls and Puts on Contract Options. As defined by the exchange where the Options are listed, both American and European style of exercise Contract Options are available for trading at Saxo Bank.

STOCKS AS COLLATERAL FOR TRADING OPTIONS

Contract Options are a part of the Saxo Bank multi-asset product offering. Thus, Saxo Bank enables clients to use Stocks and Bonds as collateral for trading Contract Options on their account. In addition, portfolio hedging and enhancement strategies are also possible on multi-asset investment portfolios of Saxo Bank’s existing asset classes.

Read more about Contract Options trading rates and conditions.

Facts about Contract Options

  • Exchange-traded type of option
  • Stock indices, commodities, interest rates, currencies and metals as underlying assets
  • Follows the price of an underlying Futures contract or Cash Index
  • Offers the possibility to trade an asset long and / or short
  • Online exercise via platforms or auto-exercise at expiry

Risk Warning

Danish banks are required to categorize investment products offered to retail clients depending on the
product’s complexity and risk as: green, yellow or red.

An option is categorized as a red product as it is considered an investment product with a high complexity and a high risk.

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