CHICAGO, March 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the
world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today
announced that more than 1 million options on its Micro E-mini
S&P 500 and Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures contracts have
traded since launch on August 31,
2020. In addition, options on Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100
futures achieved a single-day trading record of 1,948 contracts on
March 25, surpassing the prior record
of 1,934 contracts reached on March
10.
"We are pleased with the continued growth of options on our
Micro E-mini S&P 500 and Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures
contracts, with robust interest and participation from a broad
range of clients and active traders," said Tim McCourt, CME Group Global Head of Equity
Index and Alternative Investment Products. "These options further
build on the success of their Micro futures counterparts, which
have traded more than 693 million contracts since launch, and give
customers another tool to manage risk and access highly liquid
equity index futures markets with greater precision and
efficiency."
Options on the Micro E-mini S&P 500 and Micro E-mini
Nasdaq-100 futures are 1/10 the size of their E-mini options
counterparts. The smaller size allows active traders of all sizes
to more nimbly execute equity trading strategies, scale index
exposure up or down or hedge existing equity portfolio
positions.
Micro E-mini Equity options are listed by and subject to the
rules of CME. For more information and detailed specifications on
options on Micro E-mini Equity futures, please visit
cmegroup.com/microemini-options.
As the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace,
CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures,
options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze
data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently
manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer
the widest range of global benchmark products across all major
asset classes based on interest rates, equity
indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural
products and metals. The company offers futures and
options on futures trading through the CME Globex® platform,
fixed income trading via BrokerTec and foreign exchange trading on
the EBS platform. In addition, it operates one of the world's
leading central counterparty clearing providers, CME
Clearing. With a range of pre- and post-trade products and
services underpinning the entire lifecycle of a trade, CME Group
also offers optimization and reconciliation services through
TriOptima, and trade processing services through Traiana.
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