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NYSE Liffe U.S., the U.S. futures exchange of NYSE Euronext (NYX), announced that it successfully launched options on its mini-sized gold and mini-sized silver futures contracts. These new options contracts are designed to meet growing customer demand to trade and invest in the precious metals market.
The options on NYSE Liffe U.S. 33.2 oz. mini gold and 1,000 oz. mini silver futures contracts provide traders flexibility by offering multiple trading strategies, enhanced risk management capabilities and added depth and liquidity to the underlying mini gold and mini silver futures market.
"Delivering on customer demand, NYSE Liffe U.S. is now offering customers the opportunity to trade options strategies on the most liquid US based mini metals futures. Customers’ ability to manage risk will be enhanced and they will also be able to take positions based on volatility,” said Jennifer Ropiak, Senior Vice President of Precious Metals Marketing at NYSE Liffe U.S. “Adding these products to our futures platform further complements NYSE Euronext’s multi-asset exchange model with natural trading and hedging strategies in diverse products such as equities, options and exchange-traded products, realizing cost efficiencies and increasing liquidity across our diverse markets.”
All NYSE Liffe U.S. precious metals contracts are traded in U.S. dollars and physically settled in New York or Delaware. For more information about NYSE Liffe U.S. precious metals futures contracts, please visit our website at www.nyseliffeus.com/precious-metals
To learn more about the launch of options on NYSE Liffe U.S. mini precious metals complex and its benefits to customers, please click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPlz-9A2Y30&feature=youtu.be
