Binary Options Expiry, Strike, Tie, and Settlement Rules
Compare the evidence needed to verify expiry timing, strike or barrier equality, price references, and cash settlement across contract families.
Evidence needed to reconstruct a settlement
The product name alone does not establish the accepted strike, observation window, equality rule, price source, or cash return.
| Contract and citation | Condition and observation window | Expiry evidence | Equality question | Settlement evidence | Reuse this row |
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CS-001Up / Down | Final reference price is compared with the accepted entry reference or strike in the selected direction.
| Accepted timestamp, exact expiry timestamp and timezone | What happens when final price equals the entry reference or strike? | Accepted reference, final reference, result, cash return, price source, correction rule |
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CS-002Touch / No Touch | The result depends on whether the stated barrier is reached during the contract's observation window.
| Observation start, exact end, barrier level and timezone | Does a quote exactly equal to the barrier count as touch, and which quote or tick is authoritative? | Barrier, authoritative tick or path record, observation bounds, result, cash return, correction rule |
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CS-003In / Out at expiry | Final reference price is evaluated against lower and upper boundaries at the settlement moment.
| Exact expiry, both boundaries, direction and timezone | Is a final price exactly on either boundary inside, outside, a tie, or void? | Both boundaries, final reference, result, cash return, price source, correction rule |
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CS-004In / Out stay | The result depends on whether the authoritative price path stays inside or moves outside the stated range during the observation window.
| Observation start and end, both boundaries and timezone | Does touching either boundary count as leaving the range, and is a single authoritative tick sufficient? | Both boundaries, authoritative path or event record, result, cash return, correction rule |
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CS-005Selectable-strike digital option | Final reference price is compared with a selected strike; displayed payout can change with strike distance and direction.
| Accepted strike, payout, exact expiry and timezone | What result applies when final price equals the selected strike? | Accepted strike and payout, final reference, result, cash return, price source, correction rule |
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CS-006Clock-expiry versus timer-expiry control | This is an order-control comparison rather than a distinct payoff: Clock selects an exact settlement time; Timer selects a duration whose accepted start determines the end.
| Submission, acceptance, countdown or clock value, computed and displayed expiry, timezone | The underlying contract's equality rule still applies and must be checked separately. | Event sequence from submission through acceptance, expiry, result and cash return |
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Comparison warnings
- A higher payout can represent a harder strike, barrier, path, or product condition; it is not a higher probability.
- Countdown duration and exact clock time are not interchangeable when acceptance is delayed.
- A result badge without accepted terms, expiry, and price references is not enough to reconstruct settlement.
- Demo workflow evidence does not prove funded-account execution or withdrawal quality.
Unknown rules remain unknown
If equality, boundary contact, observation timing, price source, correction, or refund treatment is not documented, publish not verified rather than inferring a rule.
Reuse the comparison
Cite the relevant contract family and retain its evidence questions. A generic row is a verification protocol, not proof of a broker-specific implementation.