XML Schema Documentation

Super-types:	OptionNumericStrike < OptionStrike (by extension)
Sub-types:	None

Name	OptionStrike
Used by (from the same schema document)	Complex Type StrikeSpread
Abstract	no
Documentation	A type for defining the strike price for an equity option. The strike price is either: (i) in respect of an index option transaction, the level of the relevant index specified or otherwise determined in the transaction; or (ii) in respect of a share option transaction, the price per share specified or otherwise determined in the transaction. This can be expressed either as a percentage of notional amount or as an absolute value.

XML Instance Representation

<...>
Start Choice [1]

<strikePrice> xsd:decimal </strikePrice> [1]

'The price or level at which the option has been struck.'

<strikePercentage> xsd:decimal </strikePercentage> [1]

'The price or level expressed as a percentage of the forward starting spot price.'

End Choice

<currency> Currency </currency> [0..1]

'The currency in which an amount is denominated.'

</...>

Diagram

Schema Component Representation

<xsd:complexType name="OptionStrike">

<xsd:complexContent>

<xsd:extension base=" OptionNumericStrike ">

<xsd:sequence>

<xsd:element name="currency" type=" Currency " minOccurs="0"/>

</xsd:sequence>

</xsd:extension>

</xsd:complexContent>

</xsd:complexType>