Option S | 3!a2n[/4!n/4!c] | (Rate Source)(Time and Location) |
Conditional (see rule C6)
Optional
in mandatory sequence A
This field specifies the rate source for physically-fixed deliverable options and for
the settlement of the non-deliverable or
cash-settled and non-deliverable options
option
and includes an optional time and location for sampling
the rate source
settlement
.
Time must be a valid time expressed as HHMM (Error code(s): T38).
The values to be used for the settlement rate source are published in Annex A of the 1998 FX and Currency Option Definitions (the FX definitions, as published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., the Emerging Markets Traders Association and the Foreign Exchange Committee) as amended and supplemented from time to time.
Time and Location should only be populated if different from Time and Location in field 31G.
For some cross currency rates two separate settlement rate sources may be quoted, in which case the fields must appear in alphabetical order of Rate Source.
For some cross currency NDOs two separate settlement rate sources may be quoted.
Subfield Location consists of a two character ISO country code and a two character location code. The location code is made up as follows:
if the location name is one word, then the location code is the first two letters of the location name
if the location name consists of at least two words, then the location code is the first letter of the first word followed by the first letter of the second word