National
Stock Exchange has introduced a facility in Equity Options contract,
that will allow the trading member to Opt for “ Do not exercise”
Instruction on in- the money Contracts on
the Expiry day. Presently, all open positions across in- the money
Options contracts that are not closed by the clients/admin are
automatically exercised and cash settled by the Exchanges. But
under such circumstances, STT @0.125% on the full contract value is
levied, and the clients end up paying higher STT charges.
As
per this new facility, on every expiry day, the Exchange shall send a
file containing client wise Close to Money ( CTM) contracts to the
trading member , and the trading member after reviewing the positions has to specify to the Exchange , with “Do not Exercise Option” before 4.30 PM.
In such cases, the exchange shall consider the member request and shall
not exercise these ITM contracts, but these contracts will be treated
as Out of the Money contract (OTM) and positions shall be closed
at Zero amount.
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