Index Options & Futures Trading - S&P 600 Small
Cap
Stock Market Investing &
Trading System
Investors have used options on the
Standard & Poor's
Small Cap 600 Index (SML, IJR, IJT, IJS)
index for a variety of purposes over the past 18 years, including
investing, hedging, asset allocation, and the management of risk.
S&P Small Cap 600 Index Options Contracts & Futures Trading
Contracts
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Securities |
Issuer |
Type |
Symbol / Root |
|
S&P Small Cap 600 Index Fund |
AMEX |
ETF |
IJR |
|
S&P Small Cap 600/BARRA Growth Index Fund |
AMEX |
ETF |
IJT |
|
S&P Small Cap 600/BARRA Value Index Fund |
AMEX |
ETF |
IJS |
|
S&P Small Cap 600 Index Options |
CBOE |
Options |
SML |
|
S&P 600 Index: Trading Options Contracts
Investors appreciate many
features of the IJR, IJT, IJS options, including:
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the fact that the options are
tied to the world's leading benchmark for institutional investors;
-
IJR, IJT, IJS options are
powerful, flexible tools that allow investors to synthetically adjust
their positions to a 600-stock portfolio;
-
these listed options minimize
counterparty risk - they are guaranteed by The Options Clearing
Corporation, a triple-A rated clearinghouse.
-
there is price discovery in
competitive, SEC-regulated auction markets.
E-mini S&P SmallCap 600 futures
S&P 600 eminis provide a way to efficiently gain exposure to the U.S.
small-cap market using what is quickly becoming the preferred small-cap
index. They also enable you to:
- Trade the entire index of 600 small-sized
company stocks in one transaction
- Trade a smaller-sized S&P SmallCap 600
contract
- Get better performance, liquidity, stability
and a superior methodology of the index for identifying investable and
financially viable small-cap issues
- Receive a benefit from lower trading costs
- Benefit from the low correlation to the S&P
500 Index
- Use a financial tool that accommodates a
range of strategies, different market environments and varied objectives
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