More expirations, more precision to manage Nasdaq-100 exposure
Expand your choices to manage market moving events and fine-tune your trading strategies with E-mini Nasdaq-100 Weekly options. These short-dated contracts offer greater flexibility for trading the leading benchmark of modern-day industrials, the Nasdaq-100 Index.
Enjoy greater precision and versatility in managing short-term exposure with E-mini Nasdaq-100 Tuesday and Thursday Weekly options (European-style). The new contracts complement the existing Weekly (Monday, Wednesday, Friday), End-of-Month options, as well as Quarterly options on E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures.
Add more granularity to your trading strategies and fine-tune your Nasdaq-100 Index exposure.
Short-term options offer greater flexibility to manage high-impact event risk, providing the versatility you need in your trading strategies.
These contracts settle into liquid E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures contracts.
Understand the key elements of the E-mini Nasdaq-100 weekly options contracts and see what they can bring to your trading strategies.
CONTRACT | E-mini Nasdaq-100 Weekly Options (European-Style) |
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CME GLOBEX/CME CLEARPORT CODE | Q1A, Q2A, Q3A, Q4A, Q5A (Monday) Q1B, Q2B, Q3B, Q4B, Q5B (Tuesday) Q1C Q2C, Q3C, Q4C, Q5C (Wednesday) Q1D, Q2D, Q3D, Q4D, Q5D (Thursday) QN1, QN2, QN3, QN4 (Friday) |
UNDERLYING FUTURES MULTIPLIER | $20 |
CONTRACT UNIT | One E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures contract |
LISTING SCHEDULE | At any given time, the following contracts will be listed for trading: Q1A, Q2A, Q3A, Q4A, Q5A (Monday) Q1B, Q2B, Q3B, Q4B, Q5B (Tuesday) Q1C Q2C, Q3C, Q4C, Q5C (Wednesday) Q1D, Q2D, Q3D, Q4D, Q5D (Thursday) QN1, QN2, QN3, QN4 (Friday) |
STRIKE PRICE LISTING SCHEDULE | Strike Price Listing and Exercise Procedures Table |
EXERCISE PROCEDURE | European Style |
SETTLEMENT AT EXPIRATION | Option exercise results in a position in the underlying cash-settled futures contract. Options which are in-the-money on the last day of trading are automatically exercised. A 4:00 p.m. ET price fixing based on the weighted average traded price fixing (symbol NQF) of the E-mini Nasdaq-100 Stock Price Index futures in the last 30 seconds of trading on expiration day (3:59:30 p.m.- 4:00:00 p.m. ET) will be used to determine which options are in-the-money. Contrary exercise instructions are prohibited. Option exercise results in a position in the underlying futures contract |
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