Exchange traded flexible equity and index derivatives clarification
As earlier communicated Nasdaq will introduce trading in flexible equity and index derivatives under the exchange rules of Nasdaq Derivatives Markets. The launch date will be June 11th, 2018.
The exchange traded flexibles can be created in the following markets:
| Market | Market code | Exchange | MIC |
| Danish Flexible Index (DATI) | 83 | SE | DKED |
| Danish Flexible Stock (DATS) | 84 | SE | DKED |
| Finnish Flexible Stock (HXTS | 62 | SE | FIED |
| Norwegian Flexible Index (NOTI) | 101 | SE | NOED |
| Norwegian Flexible Stock (NOTS) | 102 | SE | NOED |
| Swedish Flexible Index (SEOI) | 6 | SE | SEED |
| Swedish Flexible Stock (SEOS) | 7 | SE | SEED |
The current offering of flexibles contracts are cleared only contracts. With the introduction of exchange traded flexible contracts it will still be possible to register trades for clearing only by using the current specific Trade Types for cleared only trades.
Exchange traded flexibles market information will be distributed in OMnet and GCF as for any other exchange traded contract.
Flexible contracts can be identified by the following identifiers.
| OMnet | GCF | ITCH |
|
DQ124/BU124: Delta Instrument Series: NS_INST_SERIES_BO tm_series _c [value] 1=yes | 2=no |
BasicDataMarket Field: FlexibleMarketType Type: FlexibleMarketType[1/2] * 1 = ExchangeTradedDerivatives * 2 = OTCCleared |
No identifier |
|
BasicDataDerivative Field: FlexibleSeries Type: Y/N 1 |
Please see Genium INET 5.0.0205 website for more information about exchange traded flexibles.
For further information, please contact:
Technical Support
+46 8 405 6750
technicalsupport@nasdaq.com
Charlie Holmgren
+46 8 405 6944
charlie.holmgren@gmail.com
