CME Group Expands Contract Month Listings for Equity Index Options Products
Effective August 19, 2007. Read details here.

CME E-mini® NASDAQ-100^® options on futures represent one of the fastest-growing markets at CME. Their versatility, limited risk profile and potential to maximize upside profits have made them increasing popularity as an instrument for trading the NASDAQ-100^® Index, a leading benchmark of 100 of the largest non-financial companies listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market. These contracts are fully electronic and 1/5^th the size of a standard CME NASDAQ-100 options contract, closely tracking the price movements of the Index.

Benefits

• Fast, flexible way to trade the benchmark NASDAQ-100 Index with a single contract, whether seeking to hedge a portfolio, increase returns or diversify investments
• Wide range of spread strategies offers versatility to design a strategy to nearly any market environment or objective
• Lower risk profile and maximum upside potential
• Electronically traded on the CME Globex^® platform, offering speed, reliability, anonymity and trading around the clock, around the world
• Price transparency through free real-time quotes for all CME E-mini equity options contracts
• Contract size well-suited to a broad range of individual /institutional customer needs and budgets,
• Guarantee of counterparty credit and central clearing by CME Clearing

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