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US Dollar Options

SPECIFICATION

Underlying Instrument

US Dollars

Trading Unit

US $10,000

Price Quotation

Korean Won(KRW) per US Dollar(USD) to two decimal places

Exercise Style

European

Strike Price Intervals

10.00 (Total 7 strike prices are initially listed: one “ at-the-money ” + three “ in-the-money ” + three “ out-of-money ”)

Minimum Price Fluctuation

0.1 1or a value of KRW 1,000 per tick

Contract Months

The first three consecutive contract months (two serial expirations and one quarterly expiration) plus the next one months in the quarterly cycle(March, June, September, December)

Number of Contracts Iisted

4 contract months

Margins

Margin of Sellers will change according to the premium.
Buyers of call and put options just pay the premium.

Daily Price Limit

None

Position Limit

It can be adopted when KOFEX determines to be necessary

Exercise Date

Last trading day of the contract month

Last Trading Day

Second trading day preceding the final settlement day

Settlement Method

Delivery settlement

Trading Hours
(Korean Standard Time)

Mon-Fri: 09:00 ~ 15:05, 15:05 ~ 15:15(SPA)
Last trading day: 09:00 ~ 11:20, 11:20 ~ 11:30(SPA)

Trading Method

Electronic trading

Listing Date

April 23, 1999

Price Information Sources

Reuters:o#KRW
Telerate:KR@USKR.1yym
Bloomberg:KUA Curncy OTO
Internet: http://eng.krx.co.kr/index.html