Product Description
TheStreet.com E-finance Index is designed to track the performance of companies involved in providing financial
services over the Internet. The Index currently includes 15 stocks of companies engaged in brokerage, banking,
consumer credit and electronic payment services. The Index is equal-dollar weighted, designed to ensure that each
of the component stocks is represented in approximately equal dollar value. Equal-dollar weighting was established
by designating the number of shares of each security that represented approximately $100,000 in market value, based
on closing prices on May 21, 1999 (e.g., a stock that closed at $20 per share would be represented in the Index by
5,000 shares for a total market value of $100,000). The aggregate value of the stocks was reduced by a divisor to
establish an Index benchmark value of 100.00. To ensure that each component stock continues to represent approximate
equal value in the Index, adjustments are made quarterly after the close of trading on the third Friday of February,
May, August and November. |
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Index Components
TheStreet.com E-finance Index is composed
of shares of the following issues: |
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Index Components
Components list as of 12/19/00
| TheStreet.com
E-finance Index is composed of shares of the following issues: |
| Ameritrade Holding Corp. - Cl. A |
(AMTD) |
Mortgage.com, Inc. |
(MDCM) |
| CheckFree Corp. |
(CKFR) |
Net.B@nk, Inc. |
(NTBK) |
| DLJdirect Inc. |
(DIR) |
NextCard, Inc. |
(NXCD) |
| E*TRADE Group, Inc. |
(EGRP) |
S1 Corporation |
(SONE) |
| E-Loan, Inc. |
(NITE) |
The Charles Schwab Corp. |
(SCH) |
| eSPEED, Inc. |
(ESPD) |
TD Waterhouse Group, Inc. |
(TWE) |
| Intuit Inc. |
(INTU) |
Wit Capital Group, Inc. |
(WITC) |
| Knight/Trimark Group, Inc. |
(NITE) |
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Trading Unit
The minimum trade size is
one option contract. The notional value underlying each contract equals $100 multiplied by the Index value. |
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Expiration Cycle
Three consecutive near-term expiration
months plus two successive months from the February cycle. |
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Expiration
The Saturday following the third
Friday of the expiration month. |
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Last Trading Day
Two business days prior to expiration
(normally a Thursday). |
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Limited Exercise of
Options
European style. Options may be exercised only on the last business day
prior to expiration (normally a Friday). Writers are subject to assignment only at
expiration. Check with your broker to ascertain cut-off times for exercise and provisions
for automatic exercise. |
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"Delivery" Method
if Exercised
Cash settlement based on the
dollar difference between the final settlement valuation of the Index and the strike price of the contract multiplied by $100. |
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Exercise Price Intervals
Exercise (strike) prices are set 2 ½-point
intervals, bracketing the current Index value when the Index is below 200. If the Index is above 200, the interval will be 5 points. |
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Option Premium Quotations
Stated in points and fractions. One point
equals $100. Minimum tick for series trading below 3 is 1/16 ($6.25); for all other series, 1/8 ($12.50). |
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Final Index Settlement Value
Determined on the last business day prior to
expiration, based on the first (opening) reported sale price for each component stock. |
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Settlement
Next New York business day following expiration. |
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Position Limits
15,000 contracts on the same side of the market. |
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Minimum Customer Margin for
Uncovered Writers
Premium plus 20% of the aggregate Index value
(Index value x $100) reduced by any out-of-the-money amount to a minimum of premium plus 10% of the aggregate Index value. |
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Trading Hours
9:30 a.m. to 4:02 p.m., New York time. |
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Trading System
Specialist/Registered Options Trader. |
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CUSIP Number
883911109 |
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Trading Symbol
XEF |
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Final Settlement Value
Symbol
XIF |
