Options on Soybean Futures

Basic Trading Unit: One MidAm soybean Futures contract of 1,000 bushels.

Price Quotation: Cents and eighths of a cent per bushel

Min Price Fluct.: 1/8 cent per bushel ($1.25 per contract)

Strike Prices: Listed in multiples of 25 cents per bushel

Contract Months: January, March, May, July, August, September, and November.

Trading hours: 8:30 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. (Chicago time)

Last Day of trading: The last Friday preceding the first notice day for the corresponding soybean futures contract by at least five business days.

Expiration Date: Unexercised options expire at 10:00 a.m. on the first Saturday following the last day of trading.

Ticker Symbol: SC = Calls SP = Puts

Date Trading Began: February 8, 1985


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