ICE Tips. User Defined Strategies (UDS) November 10, 2010

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1 ICE Tips User Defined Strategies (UDS) November 10, 2010 The following are registered trademarks of IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. and/or its affiliated companies: ICE, TIPS, WEBICE, GLOBAL MARKETS IN CLEAR VIEW, ICE TRADE THE WORLD, U.S. DOLLAR INDEX and SUGAR NO. 11, ICE FUTURES CANADA, ICE FUTURES U.S. and ICE FUTURES EUROPE. For more information regarding registered trademarks owned by IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. and/or its affiliated companies see This material may not be reproduced or redistributed in whole or in part without the express prior written consent of IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. Copyright IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. 2011, All Rights Reserved.

2 User Defined Strategies (UDS) ICE is pleased to announce the launch of UDS for the following ICE Futures Europe markets: Brent WTI GasOil ECX (ERU, CER, EUA) ICE also offers UDS on the following ICE Futures U.S. markets: Cotton No 2 Coffee Cocoa Sugar No 11 Russell Index Dollar Index FCOJ ICE also offers UDS on the following ICE Futures Canada markets: Canadian Oilseeds Canadian Grains UDS allows participants to define option strategies on the exchange platform. Option strategies are defined leg by leg with up to 9 option legs and two futures hedge legs. When a UDS instrument is created, it is created from the buyers perspective which means a bid in the UDS instrument will result in a trade exactly as the legs are defined. An offer in a UDS instrument will result in a trade that is opposite of the UDS defined legs. Option UDS instruments that are not hedged (i.e. have no futures legs) will imply with the outright option markets as well as the outright markets will imply with a resting UDS order. Click HERE to read more about UDS and Request for Quote (RFQ) User Defined Strategies (UDS) Trading Example: Call Spread A participant creates a Feb /19.25 call spread. WebICE will understand certain common strategies (Call Spread, Put Spread, Straddle, Strangle, Fence, Butterfly, and Covered Call/Put) and display accordingly on the screen. To view the individual legs, right click on the UDS and select Show Description. ICE ICE Tips User Defined Strategies (UDS) - November 10, 2010 Page 2

3 A Bid in this call spread will indicate the participant is buying the Call and Selling the Call. An Offer in this call spread will indicate the participant is selling the Call and Buying the Call. Assume a participant places a bid in this call spread of This bid is hit by another participant. The resulting trade will occur for the buyer. ICE ICE Tips User Defined Strategies (UDS) - November 10, 2010 Page 3

4 User Defined Strategies (UDS) Trading Example: Custom Strategy UDS allows participants to create any combination of buy/sell option strategies. This example shows a custom strategy with multiple legs. A participant creates a customer strategy with following leg definitions. Buy Feb Call with a ratio of 1. Sell Feb Call with a ratio of 1. Sell Feb Call with a ratio of 2. Buy Mar 11 Future at with a 50% Delta. A Bid in this strategy will indicate the participant is Buying the Feb Call, Selling the Feb Call, Selling two Feb and Buying the Hedge at a delta of 50% for An Offer in this strategy will indicate the participant is Selling the Feb Call, Buying the Feb call, Buying two Feb and Selling the Hedge at a delta of 50% for The premium price in this particular example could be a negative number (i.e ) which indicates a credit is received by the buyer of this strategy. Assume a participant places a bid of for 10 lots in this UDS. The screen will show the bid on the screen with a credit. ICE ICE Tips User Defined Strategies (UDS) - November 10, 2010 Page 4

5 A second participant hits the bid. The participant who entered the bid will see the following Deal Confirmation screen indicating the legs that were bought and sold, as well as the definition of the UDS. ***Click HERE to view full release notes*** ICE ICE Tips User Defined Strategies (UDS) - November 10, 2010 Page 5