CME Russell 2000 Options
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Russell Index contracts will be listed at CME Group through the SEP 2008 expiration.
CME Group will list Russell 2000 futures and options through the SEP 2008 expiration date. To provide our customers with efficient, tradable ways to capture the risk/reward opportunities of the small-cap market, CME Group is offering S&P SmallCap 600 futures (view term sheet), based on what is fast becoming the financial industry’s preferred small-cap benchmark.

CME Russell 2000® options provide institutional customers and prop trading firms with added versatility for trading the Russell 2000 Index, a leading benchmark for the small-capitalization section of the equity market. Using these contracts, traders have an opportunity to limit downside risk while maximizing upside potential.

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Benefits

  • Flexibility to construct a strategy for almost any perceived outcome – whether seeking to profit in an advancing, declining or even stable market or to hedge against adverse price moves in the small-cap sector
  • Lower risk profile and maximum upside potential
  • Guarantee of counterparty credit and central clearing by CME Clearing

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Futures and Options
RUSSELL DEC07
826.50
+1320
Updated:
10/26/07 03:22 PM CST
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RUSSELL DEC07
819.60A
+610
Updated:
10/26/07 03:22 PM CST
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