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Description

The German THE Natural Gas Options contract is an option on the German THE Nature Gas Futures contract. At expiry, one lot of German THE Natural Gas Options will exercise into one lot of German THE Natural Gas Futures.

Market Specifications

Trading Screen Product Name

German THE Futures

Trading Screen Hub Name

THE (Futures-style)

Contract Symbol

GNP

Contract Series

Up to 156 consecutive month contracts, or as otherwise determined by ICE Endex. Quarterly, seasonal, calendar, and any period of consecutive monthly contracts can be registered as a strip”. 

Contract Size

1 MW per day in contract period (i.e. month, quarter, season or year) x 23, 24 or 25 hours (summer or winter time). 

Unit of Trading

1 MW

Minimum Trading Size

Options: 5 lots = 5 MW
Exchange for Physical (EFP): 1 lot = 1 MW
Exchange for Swap (EFS): 1 lot = 1 MW
Block Order: 1 lot = 1 MW

Price Quotation

The contract price is in Euros and Euro cents per MWh 

Minimum Price Fluctuation

0.5 Euro Cent per MWh

Tick Value

Contract Size x Minimum Trade Size x Minimum Price Flux

Strike Price Increments

A minimum of 5 strike prices in increments of €0.50 above and below the at-the-money Strike Price. Strike Price boundaries are adjusted according to futures price movements. ICE Endex may add one or more strike prices nearest to the last price listed as necessary.

Expiration Date

Trading will cease when the intraday settlement price of the underlying futures contract is set, five calendar days before the start of the contract month. If that day is a non-business day or non-UK business day, expiry will occur on the nearest prior business day, except where that day is also the expiry date of the underlying futures contract, in which case expiry will occur on the preceding business day.

Option Style

European Style 

Option Premium

Futures Style

Exercise Procedure

Expires into a corresponding German THE Natural Gas Futures contract with European-style exercise. If the option is not abandoned, automatic exercise will occur for options which are one or more ticks in the money.

At-The-Money and Out-of-The-Money options will expire worthless. Members will have up to one hour after the cessation of trading on the option expiry day to manually abandon or exercise an option.

Exchange Rulebook

ICE Endex Market Rulebook

MIC Code

NDEX

Clearing Venues

ICEU

Trading Hours

Codes