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CME E-mini^® S&P 500^® options on futures represent one of the fastest-growing markets at CME. Their versatility, lower risk profile, potential to maximize upside profits and smaller contract size have made them increasing popular as an instrument for trading the S&P 500^® Index, the premier benchmark of stock market performance. These contracts are fully electronic and 1/5^th the size of a standard CME S&P 500 options contract, closely tracking the price movements of the Index.

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Benefits

• Fast, flexible way to trade the benchmark S&P 500 Index with a single contract, whether seeking to hedge a portfolio, increase returns or diversify investments
• Wide range of spread strategies offers versatility to design to nearly any market environment or objective
• Lower risk profile with maximum upside potential
• Rapidly growing liquidity and tight bid/ask spreads from dedicated market makers with mass-quoting capabilities
• Electronically traded on the CME Globex^® platform, offering speed, reliability, anonymity and trading around the clock, around the world
• Price transparency through free real-time quotes for all CME E-mini options products
• Contract size well-suited to a broad range of individual and institutional customer needs
• Guarantee of counterparty credit and central clearing by CME Clearing

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