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ICE Futures Europe

UK Base Electricity Options

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Description

Option on the UK Base Electricity Futures (Gregorian) contract. At expiry, one lot of UK Base Electricity Options will exercise into one lot of UK Base Electricity Futures (Gregorian).

Market Specifications

Trading Screen Product Name
UK Base Electricity Futures (Gregorian)
Trading Screen Hub Name
UK Grid
Contract Symbol
UBL
Contract Series
Up to 156 consecutive month contracts, or as otherwise determined by the Exchange. Quarterly, seasonal, calendar, and any period of consecutive monthly contracts can be registered as a strip
Contract Size
1 MW per day in contract period (i.e. month, quarter, season 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 = 1MW
Exchange for Swap (EFS): 1 lot = 1MW
Block Order 1 lot = 1MW
Price Quotation
The contract price is in Pounds and pence per MWh
Minimum Price Fluctuation
One pence per MWh (£0.01/MWh)
Tick Value
Contract Size x Minimum Trade Size x Minimum Price Fluctuation
Strike Price Increments
A minimum of 10 strike prices in increments of £1.00 above and below the at-the-money Strike Price. Strike Price boundaries are adjusted according to futures price movements. ICE Futures Europe may add one or more strike prices nearest to the last price listed as necessary.
Last Trading Day
Trading will cease when the intraday settlement price of the underlying futures contract is set, five calendar days before the start of the contract month. If that day is a non-business day or non-UK business day, expiry will occur on the nearest prior business day, except where that day is also the expiry date of the underlying futures contract, in which case expiry will occur on the preceding business day.
Option Style
European Style
Option Premium
Futures Style
Exercise Procedure
Expires into a corresponding UK Base Electricity Futures (Gregorian) 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 cessation of trading on the option expiry day to manually abandon or exercise an option.
MIC Code
IFEU
Clearing Venues
ICEU

Trading Hours

CityTradingPre-Open
NEW YORK
7:50 PM - 5:00 PM*
19:50 - 17:00
7:40 PM
19:40
LONDON
12:50 AM - 10:00 PM
00:50 - 22:00
12:40 AM
00:40
SINGAPORE
7:50 AM - 5:00 AM*
07:50 - 05:00
7:40 AM
07:40

Sunday Pre-Open at 5:40 PM ET and Open at 5:50 PM ET; Closed on Saturday.

Codes

Clearing Admin Name
O-UK Base Greg
Physical
UBL
Logical
UBL
GMI (FC)
Z4
ION A.C.N.
Symbol Code
UBL