More Expirations for More Precise Trading and Risk Management
Traders turn to the precision of CME Group’s weekly expiring options to enhance existing positions or to lay off risk and capture trading opportunities around market-moving events, like Sunday elections, Wednesday FOMC meetings and Friday Unemployment reports.
- Deep liquidity across all six major asset classes
- Event-driven trading throughout the week
- Trade gamma and capture arbitrage opportunities
- Strengthen existing positions for short-term market fluctuations
- Add to a futures hedge to capture opportunity with defined risk
- Access optionality over the entire term structure
- Pay less in premiums due to less time covered
Contract |
Weekly Expiry |
CME Globex |
Bloomberg |
Reuters |
Equity Options |
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E-mini S&P 500 |
Monday |
IWWA Index |
0#1AEW+ |
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Wednesday |
IEWA Index |
0#ECW+ |
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Friday |
1EA Index - 4EA Index |
0#ESW+ |
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Standard S&P 500 |
Monday |
SVPWA Index |
0#1ASW+ |
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Wednesday |
SPWA Index |
0#SCW+ |
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Friday |
1DA Index - 4DA Index |
0#EVW+ |
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E-mini NASDAQ-100 |
Friday |
10A Index, 20A Index, 4OA Index |
0#1NQW+ |
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E-mini Dow ($5) |
Friday |
1FA Index, 2FA Index |
0#1YMW+ |
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E-mini Russell 2000 |
Friday |
RUWA Index |
0#1RTYW+ |
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Interest Rate Options |
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2-Year Note |
Wednesday |
TUIA Comdty |
0#WTW+ |
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Friday |
1W-5W |
0#TUW+ |
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5-Year Note |
Wednesday |
FVWA Comdty |
0#WFW+ |
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Friday |
1I-5I |
0#FVW+ |
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10-Year Note |
Wednesday |
TYYA Comdty |
0#WYW+ |
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Friday |
1M-5M |
0#TYW+ |
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T-Bond |
Wednesday |
USYA Comdty |
0#WBW+ |
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Friday |
1C-5C |
USW+ |
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FX Options |
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EUR/USD |
Wednesday |
WEYA |
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Friday |
UAW |
0#1EUUW+ |
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GBP/USD |
Wednesday |
WLYA |
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Friday |
BGW |
0#1GBUW+ |
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JPY/USD |
Wednesday |
WJYA |
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Friday |
JAW |
0#1JPUW+ |
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CAD/USD |
Wednesday |
WCBA |
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Friday |
UDW |
0#1CHUW+ |
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AUD/USD |
Wednesday |
WABA |
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Friday |
AUW |
0#1ADUW+ |
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Energy Options |
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WTI Crude Oil |
Friday |
CLWA Comdty |
0#CLW+ |
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Natural Gas |
Friday |
GKWA Comdty |
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Metals Options |
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Gold |
Friday |
XGCA Comdty OMON <GO> |
0#GCW+ |
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Silver |
Friday |
WSIA Comdty OMON <GO> |
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Copper |
Friday |
HGWA Comdty OMON <GO> |
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Ag Options |
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Corn |
Friday |
1-5XA Comdty |
0#CW+ |
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Soybeans |
Friday |
1-5SA Comdty |
0#SWW+ |
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SRW Wheat |
Friday |
1-5WA Comdty |
0#WW+ |
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CME FedWatch
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Open Interest Heatmap
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Cross Correlation Tool
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Options Expiration Calendar
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Options Calculator
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Volatility Term Structure Tool
Compare charts of current implied volatilities across expiration to the view from one week earlier.
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Coronavirus: Market Concerns Mount
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- By Bluford Putnam
- January 27, 2020
- Markets are jittery as concerns over growth mount in the wake of the coronavirus spreading from China to other parts of the world, including the US.
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SONIA: High Time to Lower Rates
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- By Erik Norland
- January 23, 2020
- Will the Bank of England cut interest rates at its January 30 meeting? There is a rising probability that it will, according to SONIA futures.
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Oil: Is Mideast Risk Premium Too Low?
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- By Erik Norland and Bluford Putnam
- January 22, 2020
- Drone attacks on Saudi Arabia and the killing of an Iranian general send oil prices rising, only to retreat. Is there enough risk premium in the market?
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Commodities Eye 2020 China Growth Prospects
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- By Erik Norland
- January 15, 2020
- China's 2020 growth prospect amid a ceasefire in the US trade war could help determine the value of the currencies of several commodity exporting nations.
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Does China Drive the Canadian/US dollar Exchange Rate?
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- By Erik Norland
- December 16, 2019
- US is Canada's largest trading partner, with China a distant second. So, why does China have a bigger influence on the Canadian/US dollar exchange rate?
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