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Derivatives Markets
Euronext Derivatives Markets
Effective from 7 April 2014
For further information on fees, please send your request to [email protected].
The rates indicated below are expressed in euro and are subject to VAT at the applicable rate.
I. Clearing fees
A clearing fee is charged for each contract cleared. This fee varies according to the type of contract involved. Liquidity Providers / Market Makers and Electronic Locals benefit from special conditions (please look at each fee grid for details).
Except for Paris commodity derivatives (monthly fee collection), all fees described into this section are collected on a daily basis.
A. Amsterdam clearing segment:
| Product type (Central Market and Prof trades)
(fee per contract) | Brokers | Liquidity providers | |||
| Client | House-Dealer | ||||
| Equity and index derivatives | |||||
|
Equity options | Central
Market | Premium <= 0.20 |
0.05 | 0.02 | |
| Premium > 0.20 | 0.03 | ||||
| Prof trades | 0.03 | ||||
| Single Stock Futures 1 | 0.05 | 0.03 | |||
| Tracker options | 0.05 | 0.03 | |||
| AEX Index options | 0.05 | 0.03 | |||
| AEX Index futures | 0.13 | ||||
| AMX Index options | 0.05 | 0.03 | |||
| AMX Index futures | 0.05 | 0.03 | |||
| AEX Index mini options | 0.015 | 0.01 | |||
| AEX Index mini futures | 0.015 | ||||
| AEX Dividend index futures | 0.13 | 0.05 | |||
| Currency derivatives | |||||
| Currency options | 0.05 | 0.03 | |||
| Currency futures | 0.05 | 0.03 | |||
| Maximum fee per order (except for the AEX Dividend index futures, the AMX Index options and futures, the AEX Index mini options/futures and the Single Stock Futures)
(including combination orders) | 40 | 20 | 10 | ||
1 A cap per posting is applied on Single Stock Futures: 100 for Brokers and 60 for Liquidity Providers
B. Brussels clearing segment:
| Product type (fee per contract) | Brokers
(Client and House accounts) | Market Makers |
| Equity options | 0.05 | 0.03 |
| Single Stock Futures 2 | 0.05 | 0.03 |
| BEL20ฎ Index options (BEL) | 0.13 | 0.05 |
| BEL20ฎ Index options (BXO) | 0.05 | 0.03 |
| BEL20ฎ Index futures (BXF) | 0.40 | 0.12 |
C. Lisbon clearing segment:
| Product type (fee per contract) | Brokers
(Client and House accounts) | Market Makers |
| PSI 20 Index futures | 0.05 | 0.03 |
| Single Stock futures 3 | 0.05 | 0.03 |
2 A cap per posting is applied on Single Stock Futures: 100 for Brokers and 60 for Market Makers
3 A cap per posting is applied on Single Stock Futures: 100 for Brokers and 60 for Market Makers
D. Paris clearing segment:
| Product type (fee per contract) | Brokers
(Client and House accounts) | Market Makers1 | Previous "Electronic Locals" status 2 |
| Equity and Index derivatives | |||
| Equity options contract size of 100 | 0.05 | 0.03 | NA |
| Equity options contract size of 10 | 0.02 | 0.01 | |
| Single Stock Futures 3 | 0.05 | 0.03 | |
| Tracker options | 0.05 | 0.03 | |
| CAC40 Options PXA (10) | 0.13 | 0.05 | |
| CAC40 futures | 0.13 | 0.05 4 | |
| CAC40 Dividend index futures | 0.13 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| FTSEurofirst 80 and FTSEurofirst 100 futures | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.05 |
| CAC40 mini futures | 0.015 | NA | |
| FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Euro Zone and FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Europe futures | 0.05 | ||
| Commodity derivatives* | |||
| Milling wheat futures, Rapeseed futures, Rapeseed Oil futures, Corn futures, Malting Barley futures and Skimmed Milk Powder futures | 0.70 5 | NA | 0.30 |
| Milling wheat options, Rapeseed options, Rapeseed Oil options, Corn options, Malting Barley options | - | ||
*. LCH.Clearnet SA applies an additional fee per contract which should have been netted in D day (such late netting fees are applied when the number of netted/offset contracts in D is superior to the sum of buy and sell contracts posted in D) on the basis of the following grid:
- 1 per contract from 50 to 500 no netted contracts
- 2 per contract from 501 to 1,000 no netted contracts
- 3 per contract over 1,001 no netted contracts
1 This specific market maker fees are only applied to members having special arrangements giving specific undertakings under contrat danimation agreements with the Euronext Derivatives Markets in scheme that has been approved by LCH.Clearnet SA. For further information, please contact Euronext department on +31 (0)20 550 5110, email: [email protected]. See also Paris market making scheme section.
2 These specific fees only apply to a previous status that is not open to new applicants.
3 A cap per posting is applied on Single Stock Futures: 100 for Brokers and 60 for Market Makers
4 Where a transaction (on the same maturity) is cancelled out with a converse transaction in the course of the same trading session so that the result is a zero sum, fees are reduced by 50%.
5 For participants in the New Market Participants (NMP) programme, a discounted clearing fee of 0.26 will be applied from 1st April 2014 to 31st March 2015 (please refer to Euronext Derivatives Markets INFO-FLASH dated 17 March 2014 for the programme details). This discounted clearing fee will be applied with one month in arrears (standard fees applied first and then rebates to be processed).
Paris Market Making scheme
- Equity and Index options (MONEP): Total annual clearing and exercise/assignment fees payable by Market Makers on equity and index options (MONEP) may not exceed 100,000
- Tracker options: Total annual clearing and exercise/assignment fees payable by Market Makers on tracker options may not exceed 10,000 for General Market Makers.
Paris Large trades on Individual Equity Options (MONEP)
Large trades on equity options benefit from specific fees. Large trades are defined as posted trades with:
- At least 60,000 equity option contracts for contract size of 10 shares
- At least 6,000 equity option contracts for contract size of 100 shares
| Client account | House account | Market Maker account |
| 40 / posting | 20 / posting | 20 / posting |
II. Exercise (Tender) / Assignment, Cash Settlement and Delivery fees
Except for Amsterdam clearing segment (daily fee collection), fees described into this section are collected on a monthly basis.
A. Amsterdam clearing segment:
| Product type (fee per contract) | Fee Type | Brokers | Liquidity Providers | |
| Client | House-Dealer | |||
| Equity and index derivatives | ||||
| Equity options | Exercise/Assignment | 0.90 | 0.40 | 0.30 |
| Single Stock Futures 9 | Tender/Assignment | 0.30 | 0.05 | |
| Tracker options | Exercise/Assignment | 0.90 | 0.40 | 0.30 |
| AEX and AMX Index options | Exercise/Assignment | 0.90 | 0.40 | 0.30 |
| AEX and AMX Index futures | Tender/Assignment | 2.40 | 1.00 | |
| AEX Index mini options | Exercise/Assignment | 0.30 | 0.10 | 0.05 |
| AEX Index mini futures | Tender/Assignment | 0.30 | 0.10 | |
| Dividend index futures | Tender/Assignment | 0.30 | 0.05 | |
| Currency derivatives | ||||
| Currency options | Exercise/Assignment | 0.90 | 0.40 | 0.30 |
| Currency futures | Tender/Assignment | 0.90 | 0.40 | 0.30 |
Maximum fee per individual Exercise/Tender and Assignment (except for the Dividend index futures and the Single Stock Futures) | 1,000 | 600 | 500 | |
9 A cap of 200 per individual tender/assignment is applied.
B. Brussels clearing segment:
| Product type (fee per contract) | Fee type | Brokers
(Client and House accounts) | Market Makers |
| Equity options | Exercise/Assignment | 0.30 | 0.05 |
| Single Stock Futures 10 | Cash Settlement | 0.30 | 0.05 |
| BEL20ฎ Index options (BXO and BEL) | Exercise/Assignment | 0.30 | 0.05 |
| BEL20ฎ Index futures | Cash settlement | 0.90 | 0.17 |
C. Lisbon clearing segment:
| Product type (fee per contract) | Fee type | Brokers
(Client and House accounts) | Market Makers |
| PSI 20 Index futures | Cash settlement | 0.30 | 0.05 |
| Single Stock futures 11 | Cash settlement | 0.30 | 0.05 |
10 A cap of 200 per individual cash settlement is applied. 11 A cap of 200 per individual cash settlement is applied.
D. Paris clearing segment:
| Product type (fee per contract) | Fee type | Brokers
(Client and House accounts) | Market Makers1 | Previous "Electronic Locals" status2 |
| Equity and Index derivatives | ||||
| Equity options (100) | Exercise/Assignment | 0.30 | 0.05 | NA |
| Equity options (10) | Exercise/Assignment
Cash settlement | 0.05 | 0.02 | |
| Single Stock Futures 3 | Cash settlement
Cash settlement | 0.30 | 0.05 | |
| Tracker options | Exercise/Assignment | 0.30 | 0.05 | |
| CAC40 Options - PXA | Exercise/Assignment | 0.30 | 0.05 | |
| CAC40 futures | Cash settlement | 0.30 | 0.05 | |
| CAC40 Dividend Index futures | Cash settlement | 0.30 | 0.05 | 0.30 |
| FTSEurofirst 80 and FTSEurofirst 100 Futures | Cash settlement | 0.30 | 0.05 | 0.30 |
| CAC40 mini futures | Cash settlement | 0.10 | N/A | |
| FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Euro Zone and FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Europe futures | Cash settlement | 0.30 | ||
| Commodity derivatives | ||||
| Commodity futures | Delivery | 1.00 | ||
| Commodity options | Exercise/Assignment | 1.00 | ||
1. Equity/Index/Tracker Option Exercise and Assignment fees are taken into account for the market maker annual cap on fees (see also Paris Market making scheme section)
2.These specific fees only apply to a previous status that is not open to new applicants.
3 A cap of 200 per individual cash settlement is applied
III. Clearing services
Fees described into this section are collected on a monthly basis.
A. Clearing services common to all clearing segments
A fee of 0.06 is charged per contract for both Internal and External corrections and Internal and External transfers (except transfer for restructuring see below).
The keys for fee distribution between sending Clearing Member and receiving Clearing Member are (distribution decision is made by the sending member only):
- Case nฐ1: 0% for sending Clearing Member - 100% for receiving Clearing Member
- Case nฐ2: 50% for sending Clearing Member - 50% for receiving Clearing Member
- Case nฐ3: 100% for sending Clearing Member - 0% for receiving Clearing Member
- Case nฐ4: 0% for sending Clearing Member- 0% for receiving Clearing Member; this case is not applicable, therefore the fees will be by default the Case nฐ2: 50% for sending Clearing Member - 50% for receiving Clearing Member.
Transfer fee for restructuring:
Transfers of positions resulting from the decision of an order-giver to change clearer, a change in the accounts attributed to the order-giver or a Clearing Members closure are subject to special rates.
A fee of 3.80 is charged per transfer. The total amount may not exceed 300 per request and per financial market1. The fee is payable by the Clearing Member receiving the transfer (the above keys for fee distribution do not apply here).
The creation of positions on the position account of the Clearing Member is subject to special rates. The positions are updated in real time on the account of the Clearing Member. Only LCH.Clearnet SA is authorized to use the function of positions creation. The fees for this operation are:
- A creation of position between 0 and 100 lots: 10.00
- A creation of positions over 100 lots: 50.00
1. Amsterdam, Brussels, Lisbon, Paris commodities or Paris financials
B. Clearing services specific to Paris clearing segment
Special conditions applying to commodity contracts
Delivery administration fee
LCH.Clearnet SA levies delivery administration fees on the buying member and selling member for each contract giving rise to a delivery notice as part of a CCP delivery (livraison MATIF) and also for positions cleared one day after the maturity date.
| Contract | Amount |
| Milling wheat | 15.00 |
| Corn | |
| Rapeseed Oil | |
| Skimmed Milk Powder | |
| Rapeseed |
30.00 |
| Malting Barley |
Set charge for delivery costs
All costs concerning approval, analysis and forwarding of samples charged by service providers to LCH.Clearnet SA to manage CCP delivery (livraison MATIF) in accordance with the Clearing Rules will be passed back to the involved buyer and seller Clearing members on an equal basis.
The cost of additional analyses, which may be requested by a buying Clearing Member, will be invoiced to the buying Clearing Member at the actual cost billed to LCH.Clearnet SA.