The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) has officially approved the registration of Benzene options on Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE). The relevant matters of listing and trading are hereby released:
I. Listing and Trading Time
Benzene options will be listed for trading from 21:00 on July 8 (Tuesday), 2025. On the listing day, the call auction will be from 20:55 to 21:00. Benzene options are available for night trading.
II. Contracts Listed for Trading
Benzene options listed for trading are Contract BZ2603, BZ2604, BZ2605, BZ2606.
III. Listing Prices
The listing prices of Benzene options contracts are calculated based on the BAW American futures options pricing model. The interest rate in the model is the latest benchmark one-year deposit rate, and the volatility is based on factors such as the historical volatility of the physicals prices comprehensively. The listing prices will be released together with the settlement data through the Member Service System after the settlement on the trading day prior to the listing day, and will also be released on DCE’s website (www.dce.com.cn).
IV. Trading Orders
Limit order and stop limit order will be offered. The maximum quantity of orders placed each time of the options contract is the same as that of the underlying futures contract, 1000 lots.
V. Exercise and Fulfillment
During the trading hours of any trading day and from 15:00 to 15:30 on the expiration day, clients may submit application for exercise, hedging liquidation of the two-way options positions, hedging liquidation of the two-way futures positions following exercise or fulfillment. During the trading hours and from 15:00 to 15:30 on the expiration day, clients may submit application for abandonment of exercise.
VI. Position Limit
The position limit for Benzene options is 2000 lots. The position limits of Benzene options and Benzene futures are separate. With respect to the options contracts of a particular month held by the Non-Futures Company Member and the client, neither the sum of the buying open interest of all call options and the selling open interest of all put options, nor the sum of buying open interest of all put options and the selling open interest of all call options may exceed the position limit of the corresponding options contracts. The positions involving actual control relationship shall be calculated on a consolidated basis.
VII. Portfolio Margin
From the settlement on July 9, 2025, BZ2603 options contracts will be the contracts applicable to portfolio positions.
VIII. Related Commissions
The trading commissions of Benzene options is 1 CNY/lot. The exercise (fulfillment) commissions of Benzene options are the same as the corresponding trading commissions. The hedging commissions of Benzene options is 0.5 CNY/lot.
The order fees shall be collected on Benzene options. The order fees shall be collected on daily basis. The standards are as follows:
Table: The order fees standards of Benzene options
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Options |
Charging rate: CNY/count |
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Message amount≤4000 count |
4000 count＜Message amount≤8000 count; OTR≤2 |
4000 count＜Message amount≤8000 count; OTR＞2 |
Message amount＞8000 count; OTR≤2 |
Message amount＞8000 count; OTR＞2 |
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Benzene options |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
The order fees are calculated on the basis of underlying futures contracts.
Contract order fee = ∑(each message amount of underlying futures contracts by clients or Non-Futures Company Members on the then-current day × each charging rate)
Message amount = number of order placements + number of order cancellations
OTR= message amount / number of executed orders-1
Market makers shall be exempted from charges of order fee when engaged in market making.
As for the same client who has several trading codes with different Futures Company Members, or clients and Non-Futures Company Members involving actual control relationship, DCE will calculate their number of order placements, number of order cancellations and number of executed orders on a consolidated basis.
IX. Market Maker Mechanism and Quotation Inquiry
The market maker mechanism is implemented in the trading of Benzene options. Non-Futures Company Members or clients may submit a quotation inquiry to the market makers on non-continuous-quotation contracts. The continuous-quotation contracts will be released on DCE’s website. The quotation inquiry shall specify the contract symbol of the options. The interval between two quotation inquiries on the same options contract should not be less than 60 seconds. The maximum number of quotation inquiries on each options product under the same trading code is 200 per day.
All entities concerned are required to effectively make preparations for the listing and trading of Benzene options, and improve risk management measures to ensure the smooth operation of the market.
