As a general rule of thumb, an RFQ provides trading fee discounts for the following:
- Spreads (buy one, sell another) in the same underlying are charged for one leg only, meaning a 50% total discount.
- Delta hedge legs are generally not charged.
More precisely, a pair of legs is eligible for a trading fee reduction if:
- Both legs are in the same underlying.
- They are not 2 long options or 2 short options:
- a Straddle has no fee reduction.
- a Straddle has no fee reduction.
- The sum of delta is between -1 and 1:
- a hedged call has a trading fee reduction, but a long call with a long future does not. Similarly, a pure synthetic has reduced trading fees, but a comparable pair where both options are in the money, does not.