No.1 Soybean and Soybean Oil serial options were officially listed for trading on Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) since the night trading session on May 29, 2026.The first batch of serial options listed includes options with the A2611 and Y2611 futures contracts as their underlying contracts.This move marks another important step by DCE in further deepening its development of agricultural commodity options, following the launch of soybean meal and corn serial options in February this year. It also represents DCE’s continued efforts to improve the risk management toolkit across the soybean, grain and oil industrial chain and to better serve China’s national food security objectives.
As of June 30, the cumulative trading volumes of No.1 Soybean and Soybean Oil serial options have reached 36,069 lots and 10,242 lots, respectively. Overall, the serial options have operated smoothly, with orderly market participation. Their implied volatility rates have remained broadly in line with those of the corresponding standard options for the same contract months.
The listing of No.1 Soybean and Soybean Oil serial options represents an important step for DCE in improving its derivatives toolkit for theoils andoilseeds sector. It providesenterprises across the industrial chain with more cost-efficient and specific instruments to manage short-term price volatility. Meanwhile, the introduction of serial options is expected to help enhance trading activity in the underlying futures, improve the price discovery efficiency of the underlying futures contracts, promote deeper integration between the options, futures, and spot markets and better support the high-quality development of China’s soybean industry.
