Hong Kong Exchange to Launch Weekly-Expiring Options Hang Seng TECH Index Options on 2nd September 2024, Allows Investors to Manage Short-Term Risks & Specific Events, 2 Groups of Weekly Options – 1) Spot Week & 2) Next Week Options, 50% Discount on Trading Week Until Further Notice, Commission Levy Waived for 1st 6 Months of Trading
28th June 2024 | Hong Kong
Hong Kong Exchange (HKEX) is launching new weekly-expiring options Hang Seng TECH Index Options on 2nd September 2024, allowing investors to manage short-term risks & specific events. HKEX will launch 2 groups of weekly options – 1) Spot week and 2) Next week options. There will be a 50% discount on trading week until further notice, and commission levy waived for the 1st 6 months of trading. HKEX (27/6/24): “Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) is today (Thursday) pleased to announce the introduction of Weekly Hang Seng TECH Index Options on 2 September, subject to regulatory approval. Weekly Hang Seng TECH Index Options are options that expire every week, supporting needs of investors to manage their positions in response to short-term risks and specific events. There will be two groups of weekly contracts, a spot week and next week, which will be offered. HKEX will apply a market-wide 50 per cent trading fee discount on the new contracts until further notice. The Commission Levy will also be waived for the first six months upon the commencement of trading. HKEX successfully launched Weekly Hang Seng Index Options and Weekly Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Options in 2019, with average daily volume (ADV) growing from about 6,000 contracts in 2020 to over 19,000 contracts so far this year. The launch of Weekly Hang Seng TECH Index Options and the planned launch of weekly stock options later this year further enrich HKEX’s suite of derivatives products, and support our offering of short-dated options. HKEX’s Hang Seng TECH Index derivatives product suite has become one of the most actively traded products since the launch of the futures contracts in 2020, with ADV growing from about 14,000 contracts in 2021 to over 116,000 contracts so far this year. Hang Seng TECH Index Options also reached a daily volume record of 31,577 contracts on 3 May 2024. HKEX’s derivatives market set a record ADV of 1.35 million contracts in 2023, up 4 per cent from a year earlier. This momentum has continued into 2024, with ADV of 1.56 million contracts as of 31 May, up 13 per cent from a year earlier. More details about the product are available in a circular published today.”
“ Hong Kong Exchange to Launch Weekly-Expiring Options Hang Seng TECH Index Options on 2nd September 2024, Allows Investors to Manage Short-Term Risks & Specific Events, 2 Groups of Weekly Options – 1) Spot Week & 2) Next Week Options, 50% Discount on Trading Week Until Further Notice, Commission Levy Waived for 1st 6 Months of Trading “
About HKEX – Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) is a publicly-traded company (HKEX Stock Code: 388) and one of the world’s leading global exchange groups, offering a range of equity, derivative, commodity, fixed income and other financial markets, products and services, including the London Metal Exchange. As a superconnector and gateway between East and West, HKEX facilitates the two-way flow of capital, ideas and dialogue between China and the rest of the world, through its pioneering Connect schemes, increasingly diversified product ecosystem and its deep, liquid and international markets. HKEX is a purpose-led organisation which, across its business and through the work of HKEX Foundation, seeks to connect, promote and progress its markets and the communities it supports for the prosperity of all.
Hong Kong Exchange to Launch Weekly-Expiring Options Hang Seng TECH Index Options on 2nd September 2024, Allows Investors to Manage Short-Term Risks & Specific Events, 2 Groups of Weekly Options – 1) Spot Week & 2) Next Week Options, 50% Discount on Trading Week Until Further Notice, Commission Levy Waived for 1st 6 Months of Trading
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