Montréal Exchange Quarterly Derivatives Market Activity Update 217
Average Daily Volume Montréal Exchange Average Daily Volume & 4, 366,2 391,6 7,, 35, 3, 25, Total volume has more than doubled over the last 1 years 247,9 256, 263,8 278,8 35,5 6,5, 6,, 5,5, 5,, 4,5, 4,, 2, 15, 161,5 169,6 151,1 138,5 176,5 3,5, 3,, 2,5, 1, 2,, 1,5, 5, 1,, 5, 26 27 28 29 217 Equity Index Derivatives Equity & ETF Options Interest Rate Derivatives Total 2 Note: Average daily volume for 217 is representative of 217 YTD.
SHORT-TERM INTEREST RATE DERIVATIVES 3
Average Daily Volume Three-Month Bankers Acceptance Futures (BAX) Volume and 15, 1,, 9, 125, 8, 1, 7, 6, 75, 5, 4, 5, 3, 25, 2, 1, - 217 217 217 - Average Daily Volume 4 Based on Canadian Dollar Offered Rate (CDOR) C$1,, nominal value of Canadian bankers' acceptances with a three-month maturity Cash settlement Price increment:.5 = C$12.5 per contract for the six (6) nearest listed contract months, including serials.1 = C$25. per contract for all other contract months 3 years of quarterly contracts: Whites, Reds and Greens, and two (2) nearest non-quarterly months (serials)
Average Daily Volume BAX Reds and Greens Volume 16, 217 REDS 29% of total volume GREENS 1.36% of total volume 14, 12, 1, 8, 6, 4, 2, REDS 8% of total volume GREENS.8% of total volume Whites Reds Greens 5
6: 6:19 6:38 6:57 7:16 7:35 8:25 8:44 9:3 9:22 9:41 1: 1:19 1:38 1:57 11:16 11:35 11:54 12:13 12:32 12:51 13:1 13:29 13:48 14:7 14:26 14:45 15:4 15:23 15:42 BAX Bid-Ask Spread Improvement Daily Average of BAX Bid-Ask Spread.15.14.13.12.11.1.9.8.7.6.5.4.3.2.1 Intraday BAX Bid-Ask Spread 28 29.8.7.6.5.4.3.2.1 Note: 2-day moving average of daily average bid-ask spread (8:2-16:) Note: Five minute averages of the bid-ask spread 6 BAX front month was used to compute bid-ask spreads
Average Daily Volume Options on BAX (OBX) Volume and 7, 3, 6, 25, 5, 2, 4, 15, 3, 2, 1, 1, 5, - 217 217 217 - Average Daily Volume 7 Quoted in points where each.1 point (1 basis point) represents C$25 Price increment:.5 = C$12.5 per contract.1 = C$2.5 per contract for cabinet trades
GOVERNMENT OF CANADA BOND FUTURES 8
Average Daily Volume Five-Year Government of Canada Bond Futures (CGF) Volume and 2, 14, 1,8 12, 1,6 1,4 1, 1,2 8, 1, 8 6, 6 4, 4 2 2, - 217 217 217 - Average Daily Volume 9 C$1, nominal value of a Government of Canada bond with a 6% notional coupon Physical delivery of eligible Government of Canada bonds Price increment:.1 = C$1 per contract
Average Daily Volume Ten-Year Government of Canada Bond Futures (CGB) Volume and 12, 6, 1, 5, 8, 4, 6, 3, 4, 2, 2, 1, 217 217 217 - Average Daily Volume 1 C$1, nominal value of a Government of Canada bond with a 6% notional coupon Physical delivery of eligible Government of Canada bonds Price increment:.1 = C$1 per contract
6: 6:19 6:38 6:57 7:16 7:35 8:25 8:44 9:3 9:22 9:41 1: 1:19 1:38 1:57 11:16 11:35 11:54 12:13 12:32 12:51 13:1 13:29 13:48 14:7 14:26 14:45 15:4 15:23 15:42 CGB Bid-Ask Spread Improvement Daily Average of CGB Bid-Ask Spread.45.4.35.3.25.2.15.1.5 Intraday CGB Bid-Ask Spread.2.18.16.14.12.1.8.6.4.2 28 29 Note: 2-day moving average of daily average bid-ask spread (8:2-16:) Note: Five minute averages of the bid-ask spread 11
12 EQUITY INDEX FUTURES
Average Daily Volume S&P/TSX 6 Index Futures (SXF) Volume and 3, 26, 27,5 24, 25, 22, 22,5 2, 2, 18, 17,5 15, 12,5 16, 14, 12, 1, 1, 8, 7,5 6, 5, 4, 2,5 2, 217 217 217 - Average Daily Volume 13 Notional $Value of one SXF contract: C$2 multiplied by S&P/TSX 6 Index Standard Futures contract value Cash settlement Price Increment:.1 index points for outright positions.1 index points for calendar spreads
OFF-EXCHANGE TRANSACTIONS 14
Block Trades and Cross Transactions ELIGIBLE PRODUCTS MINIMUM VOLUME THRESHOLD BLOCK TRADES ONX OIS BAX (Reds and Greens) OBX CGB CGZ/CGF/LGB Futures Contracts on S&P/TSX Indices (Only block trades priced at a basis to the index close, BIC) * 1, contracts 2 contracts Reds: 1, contracts / Greens: 5 contracts 2, contracts 1,5 contracts 5 contracts 1 contracts (execution of block trades priced at a BIC) PRESCRIBED TIME DELAY IS 15 MINUTES FOR ALL ELIGIBLE PRODUCTS Note: Block trades available for other products * Futures contracts on S&P/TSX indices: No outright block trades ELIGIBLE PRODUCTS MINIMUM VOLUME THRESHOLD PRESCRIBED TIME DELAY BAX/ONX/OIS No Threshold 5 seconds (front month, BAX: 1 st four quarterly months) 15 seconds (remaining months & strategies) CROSS TRANSACTIONS OBX/OGB 25 contracts < 25 contracts Government of Canada Bond Futures Contracts No Threshold 5 seconds seconds (all expiry months & strategies) 5 seconds (all expiry months & strategies) Futures Contracts on S&P/TSX Indices 1 contracts < 1 contracts Canadian Share Futures Contracts 1 contracts < 1 contracts seconds (all expiry months) 5 seconds (all expiry months & strategies) seconds (all expiry months & strategies) 5 seconds (all expiry months & strategies) 15 For more information, visit http://m-x.ca/publi_procedures_en.php. Note: Crosses available for other products
Exchange for Physical, Exchange for Risk & SXF Riskless Basis Exchange for Physical (EFP) Transaction whereby two parties enter into an agreement in which one party purchases a cash market position and simultaneously sells a corresponding futures contract position and the other party sells the cash market position and simultaneously purchases the corresponding futures contract position. Exchange for Risk (EFR) Transaction whereby two parties enter into an agreement in which one party purchases an over-the-counter derivative instrument and simultaneously sells a corresponding futures contract and the other party sells the over-the-counter derivative instrument and simultaneously purchases the corresponding futures contract. EFP and EFR transactions permitted on following instruments: Interest rate futures contracts Futures contracts on S&P/TSX indices Canadian Share Futures Contracts Riskless Basis Cross Transactions on Futures Contracts on S&P/TSX Indices and on Canadian Shares Riskless basis cross transactions on listed futures contracts on S&P/TSX indices and on listed Share Futures contracts Purchase/sale of index futures contracts/share Futures contracts against cash instruments for an average cash market price plus a pre-negotiated basis 16 For more information, visit http://m-x.ca/publi_procedures_en.php.
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