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OVERVIEW

ChiNext Index and Related Products

The ChiNext Index is a key benchmark for the ChiNext Market and serves as an underlying index for investment products, reflecting the innovation-driven and entrepreneurial characteristics of the SZSE market. It comprises 100 stocks listed on ChiNext Market, selected for their relatively large market capitalization and high liquidity. The index reflects the performance of companies in China's strategic emerging industries and innovative and entrepreneurial sectors. More than 90% of its constituent companies are high-tech enterprises, while more than 80% operate in strategic emerging industries.

     

The range of investment products linked to the ChiNext Index has continued to expand, encompassing ETFs, index funds, enhanced index funds, and related derivatives. These products provide investors with diversified instruments to gain exposure to the ChiNext Market and innovation-driven, growth-oriented assets, while facilitating investment risk management.

    

ChiNext ETF Options

On September 19, 2022, the SZSE launched ChiNext ETF options. This marked the introduction of the first exchange-traded standardized derivative in the ChiNext Market and the first risk management instrument specifically designed for innovative and growth-oriented stocks.

     

The underlying asset for ChiNext ETF options is E Fund ChiNext ETF (159915.SZ), which tracks the ChiNext Index and provides broad exposure to the ChiNext Market. The launch of ChiNext ETF options further broadened the SZSE's equity options product offering, providing investors with an effective instrument to hedge against price fluctuations in innovative and growth-oriented stocks.

PRODUCT SPECIFICATION

ChiNext ETF Options Product Specification

       

Underlying

E Fund ChiNext Exchange Traded Fund (ChiNext ETF, 159915.SZ)

 

Contract Types

Call options and put options

 

Exercise Style

European style

 

Contract Multiplier

10,000

 

Expiration Months

4 contract expiration months (spot month, next calendar month, and next two calendar quarter months)

 

Contract Delivery

Physical delivery (unless otherwise specified)

 

Strike Prices

At least 9 prices (1 at-the-money, 4 out-of-the-money, 4 in-the-money)

 

 

Strike Price Intervals

Price

Strike Price Interval

≤ RMB 3

RMB 0.05

> RMB 3 and

≤ RMB 5

RMB 0.1

> RMB 5 and

≤ RMB 10

RMB 0.25

> RMB 10 and

≤ RMB 20

RMB 0.5

> RMB 20 and

≤ RMB 50

RMB 1

> RMB 50 and

≤ RMB 100

RMB 2.5

> RMB 100

RMB 5

 

 

Expiration Date

The fourth Wednesday of the contract expiration month (if the expiration date is a holiday, it will be put off to the next business day)

 

Trading Hours

Morning: 9:15–9:25 (for opening auction), 9:30-11:30

Afternoon: 13:00–15:00 (14:57-15:00 for closing auction)

 

Exercise Date

Same as the expiration date.

Exercise orders should be submitted between 9:15-11:30, 13:00-15:30 on the exercise date and will not be accepted otherwise.

 

Delivery Date

The day after the exercise date

 

Tick Size

RMB 0.0001

 

Order Size

1 contract

 

Order Types

Ordinary limit order, Fill-or-Kill limit order, Opposite-side Best Price market order, Same-side Best Price market order, Five Best market orders Immediate or Cancel, Immediate or Cancel market order, Fill-or-Kill market order and other types of orders as specified by the SZSE

 

Trading Types

Buy to open, buy to close, sell to open, sell to close, open covered call, close covered call and other types as specified by the SZSE

 

Price Limit

Call

Price up limit = max {previous closing price of underlying×0.5%, min [ (2×previous closing price of underlying – strike price), previous  closing price of underlying]×20%}

Price down limit = previous closing price of underlying×20%

Put

Price up limit = max{strike price×0.5%, min [(2×strike price –previous closing price of underlying), previous closing price of underlying]×20%}

Price down limit = previous closing price of underlying×20%

 

Circuit Breaker

During continuous auction, if the intraday trading price of a contract moves by 50% or more above or below the latest reference price and the absolute value of such movement reaches or exceeds 10 times the tick size, the contract will enter a 3-minute call auction session

 

Minimum Initial Margin

Short Call

Initial margin = {previous settlement price + max [12%×previous closing price of underlying – max (strike price – previous closing price of underlying, 0), 7%×previous closing price of underlying]}×contract size

Short Put

Initial margin = min {previous settlement price +max [12%×previous closing price of underlying – max (previous closing price of underlying–strike price, 0), 7%×strike price], strike price}×contract size

 

Minimum Maintenance

Margin

Short Call

Maintenance margin ={settlement price +max [12%×closing price of underlying – max(strike price–closing price of underlying, 0), 7%×closing price of underlying]}×contract size

Short Put

Maintenance margin=min {settlement price +max [12%×closing price of underlying – max (closing price of underlying–strike price, 0), 7%×strike price], strike price}×contract size

 

Maximum Contracts Per

Order

50 contracts maximum for each limit order. 10 contracts maximum for each market order