Agricultural Short-Term options
Explore our suite of diverse Agricultural options to control trading time horizons on your underlying contract of choice.
Features and benefits
Lower your premium cost
Reduced time frames lower option premium costs for hedgers, providing a cost-effective way to gain market exposure.
Control margin costs
When purchasing short-term options, you’ll know exactly what your margin costs will be. Offset futures margins or lower margin requirements.
Tailor your risk coverage
Manage risk around high-impact events or specific time frames with greater precision.
Explore our short-term Agricultural options
Our New Crop Weekly and Short-Dated options expire on Fridays, while our Weekly options expire every day of the trading week. All three options have the same tick size and expiration style as standard options. This commodity lends itself to overlay hedges on long-term positions or spread trading.
Understanding old crop vs. new crop
Old crop futures represent grain that has already been harvested, whereas new crop futures represent crops that are yet to be harvested. Both contracts are based on the same commodity but are fundamentally very different and can act accordingly. Old crop contracts typically have more volatility given macro sensitivities in comparison to new crop futures.
Short-term option scenarios
Price reactions will differ between old crop and new crop contracts. Market participants can easily define length of exposure and the underlying contract with our suite of short-term Agricultural options. Explore these example scenarios to learn how market participants can use different futures contracts to help manage risk.
Compare different short-term options
Courses
Take self-guided courses on Agricultural futures and options.
If you’re new to Agricultural futures and options, the following courses can help you learn more about the benefits of short-term options and when it’s beneficial to leverage old crop versus new crop contracts.
Product updates and analysis on short-term options
Get the latest updates on Agricultural short-term options.
