Total Return Index Futures
Subscribe to UpdatesDiscover a more cost-efficient way to trade total return on top indices. Total Return Index futures offer total return Index exposure across S&P 500, Nasdaq-100, Russell 1000, Russell 2000, and Dow Jones Indices with the margin efficiency of a futures contract.
Total Return Index futures track the Total Return Indices and seek to replicate the price return performance of the S&P 500, Nasdaq-100, Russell 1000, Russell 2000, Dow Jones Industrial Average plus associated dividend reinvestment. All contracts trade as Basis Trade at Index Close (or BTIC) products.
| Index Futures Contracts | Underlying Index (Bloomberg) | CME BTIC Ticker (Tradeable) | CME Outright Ticker (Non-Tradeable) | Bloomberg BTIC Front Month | TR-RIC Root |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S&P 500 Total Return futures | SPTR Index | TRB | TRI | TVBA Index | 0#TBR |
| Nasdaq-100 Total Return futures | XNDX Index | N1T | N1R | BNRA Index | 0#1N1T |
| Russell 1000 Total Return futures | RU10INTR Index | R1B | R1R | RBYA Index | 0#1R1B |
| Russell 2000 Total Return futures | RU20INTR Index | R2T | R2R | RRTA Index | 0#1R2T |
| Dow Jones Industrial Average Total Return Index Return futures | DJITR Index | DTT | DTR | BTDA Index | 0#DTD |
Total Return Index Futures BTIC Block Trade Example
Suppose that two market participants want to transact a BTIC block trade for S&P 500 Total Return Index futures based on the closing index value of the S&P 500 Total Return (SPTR) Index. The market participants agree to the following terms:
- December 2019 S&P 500 Total Return Index futures
- BTIC block trade eligible contract
- BTIC block trade entry symbol TRBZ9, not the regular contract symbol TRIZ9
- A basis/price of -1.55
- Negotiated and traded in 0.05 index point increments, the minimum price increment (tick size) of the TRBZ9 contract, as required.
- 500 contracts
- Meets the minimum BTIC Block trade threshold as required. Please note that this is a 500 contract minimum, not a clip size, where any number of contracts equal to or greater than the contract specified minimum block trade threshold is acceptable.
Within five (5) minutes of the two counterparties agreeing to the trade, both sides of the trade must be price reported to CME Direct or CME ClearPort.
- Parties report the BTIC Block trade to CME ClearPort or to the GCC as TRBZ9 500x @ -1.55.
- Suppose that the closing SPTR index level is 5776.28. A futures position of TRIZ9 500x @ 5774.73 (i.e. 5776.28 + (-1.55)) will be created.
Vanilla S&P 500 Total Return Index futures are also BTIC-eligible and follow these same general steps.
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