CME S&P 500 Futures
Manage U.S. equity exposure with the benchmark S&P 500 Index.
Trade CME Group's S&P 500 futures with KGI (Singapore). The S&P 500 Index is a broad-based, capitalization-weighted index that tracks 500 of the largest companies in the U.S. economy and is a key indicator of the stock market's health. From the Micro E-mini to the larger E-mini S&P 500, you can choose the contract size that suits your needs.
Trade nearly 24 hours a day and benefit from leading liquidity, flexible execution and the security of central clearing.
Why Trade S&P 500 Futures?
- Deep Liquidity Around the Clock
- Access actively traded contracts with consistently tight bid/ask spreads and dedicated market makers providing two-sided markets.
- Access actively traded contracts with consistently tight bid/ask spreads and dedicated market makers providing two-sided markets.
- Versatile Trading Opportunities
- Pursue a variety of trading opportunities and strategies across volatility, index correlations, sector weightings and price exposure.
- Pursue a variety of trading opportunities and strategies across volatility, index correlations, sector weightings and price exposure.
- Capital Efficiency
- Benefit from margin offsets versus other CME products, as well as potentially lower trading costs and fewer transactions compared with a basket of securities or ETFs.
- Benefit from margin offsets versus other CME products, as well as potentially lower trading costs and fewer transactions compared with a basket of securities or ETFs.
- Counterparty Risk Mitigation
- All transactions are centrally cleared, helping to mitigate counterparty risk.
- All transactions are centrally cleared, helping to mitigate counterparty risk.
Around-the-clock access to the benchmark S&P 500 Index.
E-mini S&P 500 futures (ES) offer one of the most efficient and cost-effective ways to gain market exposure to the S&P 500 Index. With a contract unit of $50 × the S&P 500 Index, ES futures let you take positions on S&P 500 performance electronically, supported by around-the-clock liquidity.
ES 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 S&P 500 options are also available, with a range of expiries.
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.
- Central Marketplace
- Trade a global equity index portfolio from one marketplace.
- Trade a global equity index portfolio from one marketplace.
- Flexibility
- Flexible execution gives you multiple ways to find liquidity.
- Flexible execution gives you multiple ways to find liquidity.
- Margin Savings
- Benefit from potential margin offsets with other CME equity index futures.
- Benefit from potential 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 S&P 500 futures (MES) are smaller-sized versions of the benchmark E-mini S&P 500 contract, at 1/10th the size. They are designed to manage exposure to the 500 U.S. large-cap stocks tracked by the S&P 500 Index, widely regarded as the best single gauge of the U.S. stock market.
With a contract size of $5 × the S&P 500 Index and a minimum tick of 0.25 index points, MES lets traders scale positions with greater precision. Financially settled Micro E-mini S&P 500 options are also available, with daily expiries and 23-hour access.
Key Benefits
- Accessible Contract Size
- At 1/10th the size of E-mini S&P 500 futures, MES makes participation more accessible.
- At 1/10th the size of E-mini S&P 500 futures, MES makes participation more accessible.
- Efficient Exposure
- Gain direct exposure to the 500 U.S. large-cap stocks tracked by the S&P 500 Index.
- Gain direct exposure to the 500 U.S. large-cap stocks tracked by the S&P 500 Index.
- 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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