Euro Pacific Bank

Changes to holding fee on long contract options

From 1 May 2018, holding fees on long contract option positions (all maturities) will not be applied for the first 30 days – holding fees will only apply after 30 days where the daily charges and calculations remain unchanged.

Long options daily holding fees per million (nominal value)

Categories Interest Rates Foreign-exchange Rates and Gold Equities Precious Metals, except Gold Commodities, except Precious Metals
<30 days maturity 0 0 0 0 0
>30 days maturity 0.10 0.70 1.10 1.00 1.60

Holding fee/day = Nominal value/1,000,000 * underlying category fee