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FX OPTIONS TRADER HANDBOOK
Understanding the relationship between CME FX Options on Futures and OTC Options.

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Options Trader Handbook

CME FX options deliver into a futures contract
One option contract delivers into one futures contract, and correspondingly, each option contract has a notional value equivalent to its underlying future and currency denomination. Examples: EUR/USD = €125,000 JPY/USD = ¥12,500,000 GBP/USD = £62,500 CAD/USD = C$100,000 CHF/USD = SF125,000 AUD/USD = A$100,000

There are four futures contracts per year (March, June, September and December — called the March Quarterly Cycle) each with a delivery date set on the third Wednesday of the Quarterly month (referred to as the International Money Market or IMM dates by many forwards traders).

Our FX futures contracts are denominated in foreign currency amounts and quoted in USD terms (except for cross-currency pairs). Thus, a CALL option gives the right to BUY the foreign currency and PUT the right to SELL the foreign currency

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