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E-mini Nasdaq-100 Options Contract Specs
E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures (NQ) offer liquid benchmark contracts to manage exposure to the 100 leading non-financial U.S. large-cap companies that make up the Nasdaq-100. The E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures contract is $20 x the Nasdaq-100 index and has a minimum tick of 0.25 index points. Delayed data for E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures displayed in the table below includes for the open, high and low prices and volume for the active contracts.
| Contract Unit | One E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures contract | ||||
| Minimum Price Fluctuation |
Regular Tick: 0.25 index points ($5.00) for premium > 5.00 index points ($100.00) Reduced Tick: 0.05 index points ($1.00) for premium at or below 5.00 index points ($100.00) CAB: 0.05 index points ($1.00) |
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| Trading Hours | CME Globex: Sunday - Friday 6:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) with trading halt 4:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Clearport: Sunday - Friday 6:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET |
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| Product Code | CME Globex: NQClearing: NQ | ||||
| Listed Contracts | Four months in the March Quarterly Cycle (e.g. Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec) | ||||
| Termination Of Trading | 9:30 a.m. ET on the 3rd Friday of the contract month | ||||
| Position Limits | CME Position Limits | ||||
| Exchange Rulebook | CME 359A | ||||
| Price Limit Or Circuit | Price Limits | ||||
| Vendor Codes | Quote Vendor Symbols Listing | ||||
| Strike Price Listing Procedures | 100 index point integer multiples upon listing: +30% to -50% of the prior day’s settlement price on the underlying future contract 10 index point integer multiples for the nearest expiration: +10% to -20% of the prior day’s settlement price on the underlying future contract. |
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| Exercise Procedure | American Style. An option can be exercised until 7:00 p.m. on any business day the option is traded | ||||
| Settlement At Expiration | Option exercise results in a position in the underlying cash-settled futures contract. In-the-money options, in the absence of contrarian instructions delivered to the Clearing House by 8:00 p.m. ET on the day of expiration, are automatically exercised into expiring cash-settled futures, which settle to the SOQ calculated the morning of the 3rd Friday of the contract month. | ||||
| Settlement Method | Deliverable | ||||
| Underlying | E-mini Nasdaq 100 Futures | ||||
Nasdaq-100 Futures vs ETFs
Learn about the costs of replicating Nasdaq-100 Index exposure via futures and ETFs across four common investment scenarios.
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