SPX Multiplier

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Quote from thegazelle:

I understand one has the cash market as the underlying, the other the futures market. My question is this. Say you are long 2 ES 1400 calls.

Are you then long 2 contracts of ES at 1400, which gets settled against the cash market, making it essentially the same as SPX settlement?

Depending on whether those 2 options are quarterly or serial. if you got quarterly then you settle into cash and, essentially, it is the same as 1 SPX option. If the 2 options are serial, say Feb as in example above, then you settle into the Mar futures contract and it is not the same as the Feb cash-settled SPX options.

But in general, given that 1 SPX point is worth $100 and 1 ES point is worth $50, you need 2 ES contracts for 1 SPX contract.