Why are so many futures options European-style exercise?

Listen to This Week in Futures Options 123: Futures Options Are On Fire

Topics this week include:

  • Energy/Crude
  • Equities
  • Metals/Gold
  • Rates
  • Ags

Futures Options Feedback: Listeners take over

  • Question from Mate7 – Good talk on ex. and settle on last show. I’m looking over the CME website option specs pages and I don’t see many American style contracts. Why does CME use so many European contracts? Are they against early exercise?