Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s E-mini futures track the most popular broad-based stock index
benchmarks in the financial world. Pioneered by Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and sequentially
launched between 1997 and 2002, all E-mini futures are traded completely electronically via electronic
order management software on your PC or through a registered commodity futures broker over the
telephone. In addition to offering unique opportunities for risk management and market exposure, E-mini
stock index futures are appealing because of their excellent liquidity and around-the-clock availability. At
one-fifth the size of their standard counterparts, these contracts have found an audience among
professional and individual investors alike.
The E-mini S&P 500 and E-mini Nasdaq 100 contracts are the fastest growing products CME has ever
launched. The success of the E-mini complex overall has established CME as the “Index Exchange,” with
more than a 95% market share of all domestically traded stock index futures and options on futures.
CME’s Equity quadrant as a whole is also known as one of the world’s most liquid trading environments
for stock index products, when measured in terms of volume and open interest.
The strategies/opportunities available to the trader make E-mini stock index futures well worth
considering. Please note, however, that futures trading is not suitable for all investors, and involves the
risk of loss, including the possibility of loss greater than your original investment.
LOOK AT THESE BENEFITS FOR REAL TRADERS
HIGH LEVERAGE
HIGH LIQUIDITY
HIGH LEVERAGE
100% ELECTRONIC ORDER EXECUTION
MINIMAL SLIPPAGE
TIGHT SPREADS
NO UPTICK RULE
GO SHORT AS EASY AS LONG
LOW COMMISSIONS
SHORT TERM TAX ADVANTAGES
HEDGING OPPORTUNITIES
THE EMINI MARKETS ARE TOTALLY FAIR, WITH NO CORRUPTION, NO MANIPULATION,
NO INSIDER TRADING AND NO SCANDALS
