Equity options, index futures & options

Individual stock derivatives

Individual derivatives provide a vast range of strategies to complement or enhance your trading in shares. From protection/insurance to earning extra income, options can provide an investment tool that can revolutionise your risk/return profile. LEPOs and options can give you an opportunity to earn leveraged returns from some of the top shares on the ASX.

Exchange traded options

What are exchange traded options? - Learn about the features, benefits and risks of ETOs.

Getting started 

Delayed prices - Search for an option price.

Options strategies - How do options work? Learn about the four basic positions, options strategies, portfolios and options in margin lending.

Education - online options courses.

Tools & calculators - ASX offers a variety of tools to help you make informed decisions, including plot pay off diagrams, margin estimators, and calculating returns on covered calls.

Trading Information - Code lists, contract specifications, market statistics, calendars, trading hours, FAQs

Corporate Actions and Notices:

• If you trade options with a non advisory broker, ensure you know about adjustments for options you trade. 
• Refer to the general notices for margin intervals, market maker obligations and new option stocks.

 Low exercise price options

Share LEPOs - learn more about the features and benefits of share LEPOs.

Index options

The ASX index options market consists of strong retail and institutional participation. Similar to the futures market, the ASX index options are offered both over broad and sector indices. Learn more about index options.

XJO Index Options ($10 contract size)

The XJO Nov 08 final expiry settlement price: 3,359.6
Historical prices (XLS 15KB) are also available.

• Getting started
• Delayed prices - XJO Index Options
• Trading Information
• Index option strategies
• Education
• Tools & calculators
• General notices
• Index LEPOs

Sector index options ($10 contract size)

ASX SPI 200™ Index Options ($25 contract size)

Index futures

The ASX index futures product offering covers both broad and sector indices all of which are based on Standard and Poor’s indices. These products have several applications for both retail and institutional investors including speculation, hedging and equitising cash. Learn more about futures

IRESS codes for index futures

ASX SPI 200™ Index Futures ($25 contract size)

• Getting connected (PDF 38KB) - contact an SFE full participant.
• Education - Try our online courses, or test your futures trading skills using the SFE trading simulator.
• Delayed prices - ASX SPI 200™ Index Futures
• Trading information 
• SFE Notices

Sector index futures ($10 contract size)

Index futures ($10 contract size)