NSE has announced the introduction of weekly options on Nifty 50. Here are the contract specifications
Instrument Name | OPTIDX |
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Symbol | NIFTY |
Expiry date | Every Thursday of the week. In case the Thursday is a trading holiday, the previous trading day shall be the expiry/last trading day. All contracts shall expire at the normal market closing time on the expiry day or such other time as decided by Exchange. |
Contract cycle | 7 weekly expiry contracts excluding the expiry week of monthly contract. New serial weekly options contract shall be introduced after expiry of the respective week’s contract. |
Note: All other contract specifications shall be in line with the monthly expiring NIFTY option contracts.
These contracts will commence trading from Feb 11th