ASX Participants and option users are advised ASX will increase the number of ETO Classes for which weekly option series are listed from Wednesday 1 September 2021. The extension to ASX’s option offering is based on end user feedback and will be supported by 4 market makers: Susquehanna, Mako, Eclipse and VivCourt.
Listing of the new weekly options will follow the current methodology. They will expire on a Thursday and be listed out 3 weeks, provided that there is not already a monthly expiry listed.
The following Single Stock ETO Classes will have the new weekly option series.
ASX Code |
Company Name |
AWC |
Alumina Limited |
CSL |
CSL Limited |
IGO |
IGO Limited |
LLC |
Lendlease Group |
MQG |
Macquarie Group Ltd |
OSH |
Oil Search Ltd |
OZL |
OZ Minerals |
S32 |
South32 Limited |
WES |
Wesfarmers Limited |
WOW |
Woolworths Group Ltd |
WPL |
Woodside Petroleum |
Z1P |
Zip Co Ltd |
The margin parameters (PSR and VSR) of the new weekly options will follow those currently in place for the monthly style options. Please click here for a full list.
Participants wishing to trade the new option series should make sure that the new series are created without issue in their respective systems. Requests for further listings of additional series will be considered in line with the ‘Equity and Index Options Listing Guidelines – for ASX equity markets’.
Gregory Pill – Head of Equity Derivative Products
Gregory Pill
+61 (02) 9227 0696
greg.pill@asx.com.au