Most index options are settled in cash at expiration. That means your trade's profits and losses are settled as a debit or credit directly into your trading ...

Specifications and details on cash settled index options. For example SPX, NDX, RUT, VIX, etc.

As index options are cash-settled, the investor receives or pays cash, depending on whether the option still has value when it expires. At expiry, the issuing ...

Since the options are cash-settled, the resulting cash position (in this case a cash outflow) will reflect in your account the next trading day. Example of cash ...

What is an index option? A cash-settled option provides a cash payout upon expiration or exercise, rather than physical delivery of the underlying security. ...

Most index options are cash settled which simply means that upon exercise cash is exchanged rather than securities.

Cash settled index options are settled in cash not with the underlying stock as with ETF index options.

Index options, like SPX and Mini-SPX, are cash settled. This key difference is particularly important when we talk about gap risk.

Cash-settled index options do not correspond to a particular number of shares. ... option holder exercises an index option and when an index option writer ...