CME Nasdaq-100 Futures
Gain U.S. equity exposure with Nasdaq-100 futures and options.
Trade CME Group's Nasdaq-100 Index futures and options with KGI (Singapore). From Micro E-mini to E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures and options, these contracts offer flexible, cost-effective exposure to the Nasdaq-100 Index — a broad-based, modified capitalization-weighted index that tracks 100 large-cap companies spanning major industry groups.
Trade nearly 24 hours a day, Sunday to Friday, with deep liquidity, tight bid-ask spreads and the security of central clearing. A range of options expiries, including weekly options, supports a wide variety of trading and risk management strategies.
Why Choose Nasdaq-100 Futures & Options?
- Broad Market Exposure
- Gain exposure to 100 large-cap companies spanning major industry groups through a single contract.
- Gain exposure to 100 large-cap companies spanning major industry groups through a single contract.
- Deep Liquidity
- Trade nearly 24 hours a day in actively traded electronic markets with tight bid-ask spreads.
- Trade nearly 24 hours a day in actively traded electronic markets with tight bid-ask spreads.
- Cost Efficiency
- Potentially lower costs and fewer transactions compared with trading a basket of securities or ETFs.
- Potentially lower costs and fewer transactions compared with trading a basket of securities or ETFs.
- Counterparty Risk Mitigation
- All transactions are centrally cleared by CME Clearing, helping to mitigate counterparty risk.
- All transactions are centrally cleared by CME Clearing, helping to mitigate counterparty risk.
Trade the benchmark Nasdaq-100 Index around the clock.
E-mini Nasdaq-100 (NQ) futures and options offer one of the most cost-effective ways to gain market exposure to the Nasdaq-100 Index. With a contract unit of $20 × the Nasdaq-100 Index, NQ provides the liquidity and flexibility to react to global events as they unfold, manage portfolio risk, or express views on the index.
NQ trades on CME Globex from Sunday 6:00 p.m. to Friday 5:00 p.m. ET, with a daily maintenance period from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. ET. E-mini Nasdaq-100 Weekly options are also available to manage uncertainty around market-moving events.
Key Benefits
- Leading Liquidity
- Deep liquidity and tight bid-ask spreads can help reduce trading costs.
- Deep liquidity and tight bid-ask spreads can help reduce trading costs.
- Manage Exposure
- Part of a marketplace where you can manage global equity exposure.
- Part of a marketplace where you can manage global equity exposure.
- Flexibility
- Flexible execution gives you multiple ways to find liquidity.
- Flexible execution gives you multiple ways to find liquidity.
- Margin Savings
- Benefit from margin offsets with other CME equity index futures.
- Benefit from margin offsets with other CME equity index futures.
- Safety and Security
- Central clearing helps mitigate counterparty risk.
- Central clearing helps mitigate counterparty risk.
- Futures Leverage
- Trade a large contract value with a relatively small amount of capital.
- Trade a large contract value with a relatively small amount of capital.
Source: CME Group
Smaller contracts, greater precision.
Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100 (MNQ) futures are smaller-sized versions of the benchmark E-mini Nasdaq-100 contract, at 1/10th the size. They are designed to manage exposure to the 100 leading non-financial U.S. large-cap companies that make up the Nasdaq-100.
With a contract size of $2 × the Nasdaq-100 Index and a minimum tick of 0.25 index points, MNQ lets traders scale positions with greater precision. Options on MNQ are available with American, end-of-month and weekly (Monday to Friday) expiries.
Key Benefits
- Accessible Contract Size
- At 1/10th the size of E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures, MNQ makes participation more accessible.
- At 1/10th the size of E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures, MNQ makes participation more accessible.
- Efficient Exposure
- Gain direct exposure to 100 leading non-financial U.S. large-cap companies.
- Gain direct exposure to 100 leading non-financial U.S. large-cap companies.
- Precision Trading
- A minimum tick of 0.25 index points allows for fine-tuned position sizing.
- A minimum tick of 0.25 index points allows for fine-tuned position sizing.
- Flexibility
- Suitable for hedging, managing risk, or expressing directional views.
- Suitable for hedging, managing risk, or expressing directional views.
Source: CME Group
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