Binance Options Listing Rules

2022-09-08 09:54

European Options listed on Binance are settled daily, weekly, monthly or quarterly, with different expiration dates.

Listing Cycle*

Daily Options

Weekly Options

Monthly Options

Quarterly Options**

Expire at 08:00 UTC on day of expiry

Expire at 08:00 UTC on Friday every week

Expire at 08:00 UTC on the last Friday of each calendar month

Expire at 08:00 UTC on the last Friday of each calendar quarter

New Daily Option expiries (T+3) will be added at 08:00 UTC every day and will have a trading lifetime of three days.

New Weekly, Monthly, or Quarterly Option expiries will be added at 08:00 UTC on Thursday prior to Friday expiration.

Daily Options expiries will not be added if Weekly, Monthly or Quarterly Options expiry already exist with the same expiration date.

Weekly Options expiries will not be added if Monthly or Quarterly Options expiry already exist with the same expiration date.

Monthly Options expiries will not be added if Quarterly Options expiry already exist with the same expiration date.

*Quarterly Options on Binance will follow the respective calendar cycle: March, June, September, and December.

**Listing cycle and expiry availability are subject to change based on market demand. Please refer to the Binance Options trading page for the latest availability of options expiries.

Strike Interval

Binance will list Call options within a delta range of 0.05 to 0.95 and Put options within a delta range of -0.05 to -0.95. For each new option expiry listing, Binance will list a minimum of one At-the-Money (ATM) strike and three corresponding strikes above and below the ATM level available for trading. New strikes will be added depending on changing market conditions.

Ethereum The Merge (ETH 2.0) Fork Policy

Binance will not impose adjustments on the strike prices of ETH Options in the event of a fork. Binance ETH Options listed before and after The Merge (ETH 2.0) will follow the standard settlement procedure and will be based on the USDT value of Proof-of-Stake ETH.

Disclaimer: Binance reserves the right in its sole discretion to amend or change the Ethereum The Merge (ETH 2.0) Fork Policy, listing cycle, and strike interval provisions as it deems appropriate.