E-MINI FUTURES TRADING

As technology evolves, the world is starting to make the transition from the pit to the personal computer. This exceptional and unique opportunity stands to potentially benifit all those who can envision its potential.

Overview

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.