Options & Futures Commissions

EUREX (EU Equity and Index Options): See exchange fees
ISE (US Equity Options): 0.45$ per contract
CME (US) options and futures: See exchange fees (applicable pricing is non-members / Globex type). Please note that US futures contracts are subject to an additional 0.02$ per lot.

Swissquote Bank Europe does not charge an option exercise or assignment fee. Certain transactions are subject to the standard commissions for the applicable product.
 

• Stock options: standard buy or sell commission applies to the underlying stock
• Other options: standard option commissions apply

Important : At expiration, in-the-money long options positions will be exercised by Swissquote, and not sold.
 

Rollovers of Futures contracts can be instructed over the phone. Standard Futures commissions apply, with a minimum of 20 (€ or $) per leg.

Overnight fees are charged for options and futures instruments for every day the net position is held overnight. These fees apply only when the available cash in a given currency is less than the margin required in that same currency.

The overnight fee is calculated per currency, based on:

• The daily margin requirement,
• The available cash, and
• The funding fee for that currency.

A position is considered held overnight if it remains open after the market hours of the instrument.
Fees are charged monthly for each applicable currency.

Formula

Funding fee 1.50%

Daily Overnight Fee per currency=max(0, Margin−max(0, Cash)) × Days Held × Funding Fee / 360 days​

Example

The required margin exceeds the available cash, generating a financing cost. 

Cash = USD 5’000
Margin = USD 20’000
Max = USD 15’000
Days held = 3

Overnight Fee = 15’000×3×0.015/360=1.87

Result:  USD 1.87