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ICE Endex

German Power Financial Base Options

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Description

Option on the German Power Financial Base Futures contract. At expiry, one lot of German Power Financial Base Options will exercise into one lot of German Power Financial Base Futures.  

Market Specifications

Trading Screen Product Name
German Power Financial Base Futures
Trading Screen Hub Name
German Grid
Contract Symbol
GAB
Contract Series
Up to 156 consecutive monthly 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 the contract period (i.e. month, quarter or year) x 23, 24 or 25 hours (summer or winter time). 
Unit of Trading
1 MW
Minimum Trading Size
Options: 1 lots = 1 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
0.1 Euro Cent per MWh (€0.001/MWh)
Tick Value
Contract Size x Minimum Trade Size x Minimum Price Flux
Strike Price Increments
A minimum of 10 strike prices in increments of increments of €0.50 above and below the at-the-money Strike Price for the front 3 expiries. A minimum of 5 strike prices in increments of increments of €0.50 above and below the at-the-money Strike Price for the rest of the curve. 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, at approximately 14:00 CET (as specified in the Operating Schedule - Appendix B.1) on the day on which the Dutch TTF Natural Gas Options (Futures Style Margin) (TFO) expires. 
Option Style
European Style 
Option Premium
Futures Style
Exercise Procedure
Expires into a corresponding German Power Financial Base 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 designated Settlement Period on the option expiry day to manually abandon or exercise an option.
Exchange Rulebook
MIC Code
NDEX
Clearing Venues
ICEU

Trading Hours

CityTradingPre-Open
New York2:00 AM - 12:00 PM
02:00 - 12:00

London7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
07:00 - 17:00

Singapore2:00 PM - 12:00 AM
14:00 - 00:00

Codes

Clearing Admin Name
O-German Pwr Fin
Physical
GAB
Logical
GAB
GMI (FC)
AM
ION A.C.N.
Symbol Code
GAB