Equity Index
EQUITY INDEX OPTIONS ON FUTURES
Access around-the-clock liquidity, market depth, and extensive product choice on the world's benchmark indices.
CME Group Equity Index Options on Futures offer around-the-clock liquidity, market depth, and extensive product choice on the world's benchmark indices to suit a variety of trading strategies. Capitalize on potential margin offsets on futures and options strategies, advanced on-screen spreading capabilities, and the certainty of central clearing.
Key benefits
Discover the liquidity and versatility of using Equity Index options on futures at CME Group to manage equity market exposure.
Around-the-clock liquidity
Trade nearly 24-hour CME Group markets and take action when prices move, tapping into deep liquidity across U.S., EMEA, and APAC trading hours.
Capital and operational efficiencies
Trade Equity Index options and their underlying futures to help maximize capital efficiencies through margin offsets and streamlined operations.
Extensive range of expiries and sizes
Access a variety of strikes and expiries – short-dated weekly to longer-dated quarterly options. Scale exposure with E-mini and Micro E-mini contracts.
Options execution flexibility
Enjoy multiple ways to trade and manage risk in the CME Globex central limit order book or via delta-neutral and outright block trades.
Around-the-clock liquidity
Trade nearly 24-hour CME Group markets and take action when prices move, tapping into deep liquidity across U.S., EMEA, and APAC trading hours.
Capital and operational efficiencies
Trade Equity Index options and their underlying futures to help maximize capital efficiencies through margin offsets and streamlined operations.
Extensive range of expiries and sizes
Access a variety of strikes and expiries – short-dated weekly to longer-dated quarterly options. Scale exposure with E-mini and Micro E-mini contracts.
What’s new in Equity Index options
Get the latest updates on the Equity Index options market with product news research, market trends, and more.
Market Activity
The latest across the Equity Index options complex
Trade quarterly, monthly, and weekly option expirations, including Monday through Friday expiries across S&P 500, Nasdaq-100, and Russell 2000 contracts. Click on the product name in the table to view quotes and access other expirations.
Block trades
Gain the execution flexibility of privately negotiated bilateral block trades on E-mini S&P 500 and E-mini Nasdaq-100 options. See the latest activity.
Weekly Equity Index options on futures
Explore our liquid, shorter-term option expiries on leading E-mini and Micro E-mini futures.
Micro E-mini options
Add the precision and versatility of trading smaller-sized options on major equity benchmarks.
E-mini S&P 500 Tuesday and Thursday options
Manage short-term exposure to the S&P 500 throughout the work week with more weekly expiries.
E-mini Russell 2000 weekly options
Add versatility to small-cap strategies with the expansion of weekly options on the leading small-cap benchmark.
Resources
View contract and exchange details to help you trade Equity Index options.
ESSENTIALS
Contracts
Blocks & EFRP Trades
Reports
Block and BTIC liquidity provider directory
Browse firms that have agreed to take calls from clients wanting to execute block or BTIC trades on Equity Index future.
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ESSENTIALS
Reports
Stay in the Know
Subscribe to the Monthly Options Report to stay updated on latest trends for options on Equity Index futures and other asset classes.
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See how traders are using options
Learn how other market participants use Equity Index options on futures to manage event risk and reduce portfolio volatility. View the latest articles.
Explore the benefits of short-dated options
Shorter-dated options are seeing rising interest from traders, particularly in maturities with less than one week until expiration. See what's driving this trend.
Five reasons to trade E-mini S&P 500 options
Find out why market participants continue to turn to the deep, around-the-clock liquidity of E-mini S&P 500 (ES) options.
There’s an option for that – flexibly trade using Equity weekly options
Examine different ways to trade E-mini Nasdaq-100 and S&P 500 weekly options to manage risk ahead of major market events.
Gain small-cap exposure with options on the Russell 2000 Index
Learn why small-cap indexes, such as the Russell 2000 Index, historically outperform large-cap indexes and how you can express your view on the index using options.
Tools
Run scenarios, analyze the market, identify trends, and test-drive strategies with our interactive online tools.
Pricing and strategy tools
Volatility tools
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