Trade where equity markets move first

Hedge equity index exposure or refine trading positions using a highly liquid and diverse suite of Equity Index futures and options, based on global benchmark indices.

Access more than 50 top U.S. companies from the S&P 500, Nasdaq-100 and Russell 1000 with the power of futures, available in both standard- and Micro-sized contracts.

Trade your favorite U.S. equity benchmarks on a nano-sized scale. Sized at 1/10 the size of our Micro E-minis, these contracts allow market participants to control a larger position with lower capital requirements and 23-hour market access.

Get deep, around-the-clock liquidity on Equity options, available across a wide range of expiries on global benchmark indices.

AIR Total Return futures provide equity index total return exposure with a built-in floating rate in a capital-efficient format.

Manage dividend risk or express a view on index payouts independently of price movements.

Hedge sector-specific trends with capital-efficient futures and options across 19 key industry segments.

Gain equal exposure to every stock in the S&P 500 Index with a single contract, enhancing diversification and reducing large-cap concentration.

Trade key underlying drivers of market performance, starting September 21.* Covering Growth, Value, Momentum and Quality with new E-mini S&P 500 and Dow Jones Factor futures, designed for capital-efficient style rotation and risk hedging. 

*Pending regulatory review

Based on institutional-grade indexes from CME Group and FutureSports, Sports Index futures will provide market participants transparent, capital-efficient exposure to the performance of professional sports franchises, starting with 32 NHL teams on September 28.*

*Pending regulatory review

View a guide on Equity Index futures and options, new products, trading highlights and more.

View a guide of key use cases of Equity Index options, product overview and more.

View a guide that explores futurization.

View a guide that explores overnight liquidity in U.S. index derivatives.

Dive into our July issue of the Equity Insights report, unpacking news, highlights and records across Equity futures and options.

Move beyond the bid-ask spread to discover a modern framework for measuring true market resilience.

Explore how record bullish demand and balance sheet scarcity are driving U.S. equity financing rates to historic highs, creating unique arbitrage, curve-trading and hedging opportunities for institutional traders using E-mini and AIR Total Return futures.

Discover how our U.S. Single Stock futures deliver maximum capital efficiency and flexibility by requiring just 15% upfront margin while simplifying short positions.

Learn why market participants continue to turn to the deep, around-the-clock liquidity of options on E-mini S&P 500 futures.

Read how new Dividend Mid-Curve options and Quarterly Dividend futures enable traders to manage U.S. dividend risk, trade forward volatility and capture shifts in index dividend expectations.

Discover the various execution methods for seamless month-end or quarter-end portfolio rebalancing with S&P 500 Month-End futures and options.

As trade tensions and Fed leadership changes drive volatility into the start of 2026, ES options data reveals a divergence in how traders are positioning for the year.

Find out how new implied ratio spreads for USD- and yen-denominated Nikkei 225 futures provide greater trading precision and help maintain delta neutrality across shifting exchange rates.

Learn how daily expiries are being used to isolate intraday volatility and hedge specific macro events.