CME Futures on iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund™ provides investors with an alternative way to access and trade one of the most liquid ETFs in the U.S. – the Russell 2000 Index Fund. Traders may benefit from lower capital requirements to trade the futures contract versus the ETF, as well as the central clearing and counterparty credit guarantee provided by CME Clearing. The contracts trade from 8:30 a.m. – 3:15 p.m. Chicago Time on weekdays.

Benefits

• Fast, efficient way to trade one of the most active ETFs – at lower capital requirements – and gain broad access to the small-cap market represented by the Index
• Additional way to diversify portfolio investments
• Opportunity to hedge against ETF investments or guard against portfolio losses in declining markets
• Electronically traded on the CME Globex^® platform, offering speed, reliability and anonymity and trading access from around the world
• Guarantee of counterparty credit and central clearing by CME Clearing

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