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A significant gauge of the level of options market data is messages per second (MPS), which is the number of messages (i.e., options trade and quote data) reported to OPRA by the options exchanges during any given second of a trading day. Data volume has increased dramatically since the early 1990s, as illustrated in the following table. [2] [3 ...
S&P Futures trade with a multiplier, sized to correspond to $250 per point per contract. If the S&P Futures are trading at 2,000, a single futures contract would have a market value of $500,000. For every 1 point the S&P 500 Index fluctuates, the S&P Futures contract will increase or decrease $250.
A linear chart of the S&P 500 daily closing values from January 3, 1950, to February 19, 2016 A logarithmic chart of the S&P 500 index daily closing values from January 3, 1950, to February 19, 2016 A daily volume chart of the S&P 500 index from January 3, 1950, to February 19, 2016 Logarithmic Chart of S&P 500 Index with and without Inflation and with Best Fit and other graphs to Feb 2024
The original ("big") S&P contract was subsequently split 2:1, bringing it to 250 times the index. Hedge funds often prefer trading the E-mini over the big S&P since the older ("big") contract still uses the open outcry pit trading method, with its inherent delays, versus the all-electronic Globex system for the E-mini. The current average daily ...
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On average, selling the at-the-money put option each month earned a premium of 1.65% of the notional value of the index, which averaged 19.8% per year. The income return of 19.8% exceeds the total return of 10.3%, as a portion of premiums are paid to insure losses of the put buyers.
The company is headquartered in Chicago, where it operates a trading floor for open outcry trading. [51] Cboe has two main proprietary index options products, options on the VIX Index, an index that measures expectations for stock market volatility [52] and options on SPX, the Standard & Poor's 500 index. [43]
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