Weekly stock options serve the trading and risk management needs of participants in response to short-term or specific events, such as the release of economic figures and earnings announcements.
Features
Relatively lower option premiums resulting from shorter time to expiry.
Able to hedge precise, time-specific risks
Flexibility to select shorter time intervals for market exposure, without taking longer-dated risks
Resources
List of Stock Option Class with Weekly Expiries
List of Market Makers
Technical Documentation
Sample files for reference
- Capital Adjustment Series (“TP011”)
- Automatic Exercise Information for stock options report (“TP013”)
- Daily Trading Activity & Open Positions Summary (“DTOP”)
- Daily Risk Parameter file (“RPF”, ”RP006” and “RP009”)
- Weekly Series Information
- LOP report specification
- LOP report template
Derivatives Market Access Codes
- Derivatives Market Access Codes for Weekly Stock Options (Excel)
- Derivatives Market Access Codes for Weekly Stock Options (PDF)