Binance is changing how commodity options settle to match the crypto methodology. Starting November 23, 2026, at 17:00 ET, the settlement price moves from a single market close price to a 30-minute arithmetic mean of the Futures Index Price. This affects contracts like $XAU . It matters because the final price is now spread across 1,800 data points instead of one.

My read: This calculation method makes it much harder for a single large trade at the buzzer to swing the settlement price and protects against flash volatility right at expiration.

Do you prefer the simplicity of a single closing price or the safety of a 30-minute average?

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