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Standard & Poors Depository Receipts (SPDR)

Product Overview

Futures on Standard & Poor’s 500 Depositary Receipts (SPDRs) provide a way to quickly and efficiently access and trade the first and largest ETF (in terms of assets) in the U.S. They also enable you to:

  • Benefit from lower capital requirements to trade the futures contract versus the ETF
  • Diversify portfolio investments with a unique product
  • Hedge against ETF investments or guard against portfolio losses in declining markets
  • Use a financial tool that accommodates a range of strategies, different market environments and varied objectives 
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Fee Incentives & Intercommodity Spreads: S&P SmallCap & MidCap Products


Reduced Fees on Spread-Traded E-mini Options

Retroactive to May 1, 2008, CME Group has waived CME Globex fees on the following E-mini equity index options: 

ELIGIBLE CONTRACTS (Must Be Traded As Part of a Spread)
American-Style
• E-mini S&P 500 options
• E-mini NASDAQ-100 options
• E-mini S&P MidCap 400 options
European-Style
• End-of-month (EOM) E-mini S&P 500 options


Block trades for E-mini Russell 2000

CME Group is offering an expanded block trade program for E-mini Russell 2000 products. This program is designed to help facilitate an orderly transition of open interest with the end of our contractual listing rights nearing (September 2008). Waivers have been added for certain block transactions.


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Trade Unit 100 shares of S&P Depositary Receipts
Settle Method Delivery
Point Size
Strike Price Interval
Strike
Limits/Price Banding Trading halts coordinated with halts in the markets trading the underlying ETF.
Tick Size (Minimum Fluctuation)
Regular0.01=$1.00
Trading Hours M-F 8:30 a.m.-3:15 p.m. LTD: 3:15 pm
Listed
Product Codes Clearing=PY GLOBEX=SPY Ticker=SPY
Minimum Block Size
Product Calendar Two months in the March Quarterly Cycle plus first two serial months.
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General News & Announcements for Equity
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Fee Incentives & Intercommodity Spreads: S&P SmallCap & MidCap Products


Reduced Fees on Spread-Traded E-mini Options

Retroactive to May 1, 2008, CME Group has waived CME Globex fees on the following E-mini equity index options: 

ELIGIBLE CONTRACTS (Must Be Traded As Part of a Spread)
American-Style
• E-mini S&P 500 options
• E-mini NASDAQ-100 options
• E-mini S&P MidCap 400 options
European-Style
• End-of-month (EOM) E-mini S&P 500 options


Block trades for E-mini Russell 2000

CME Group is offering an expanded block trade program for E-mini Russell 2000 products. This program is designed to help facilitate an orderly transition of open interest with the end of our contractual listing rights nearing (September 2008). Waivers have been added for certain block transactions.


Contracts Currently Eligible to Trade and Recently Expired Contracts
Contract Month Product Code First Trade Date Last Trade Date Settlement Date
SEP08 PYU08 03/24/2008 Add to Outlook 09/19/2008 09/19/2008
OCT08 PYV08 07/21/2008 Add to Outlook 10/17/2008 10/17/2008
NOV08 PYX08 08/18/2008 Add to Outlook 11/21/2008 11/21/2008
DEC08 PYZ08 06/23/2008 Add to Outlook 12/19/2008 12/19/2008
General News & Announcements for Equity
RSS

Fee Incentives & Intercommodity Spreads: S&P SmallCap & MidCap Products


Reduced Fees on Spread-Traded E-mini Options

Retroactive to May 1, 2008, CME Group has waived CME Globex fees on the following E-mini equity index options: 

ELIGIBLE CONTRACTS (Must Be Traded As Part of a Spread)
American-Style
• E-mini S&P 500 options
• E-mini NASDAQ-100 options
• E-mini S&P MidCap 400 options
European-Style
• End-of-month (EOM) E-mini S&P 500 options


Block trades for E-mini Russell 2000

CME Group is offering an expanded block trade program for E-mini Russell 2000 products. This program is designed to help facilitate an orderly transition of open interest with the end of our contractual listing rights nearing (September 2008). Waivers have been added for certain block transactions.