E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures (NQ) offer liquid benchmark
contracts to manage exposure to the 100 leading non-financial U.S. large-cap
companies that make up the Nasdaq-100. The E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures contract
is $20x the Nasdaq-100index and has a minimum tick of 0.25 index points. Delayed
data for E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures displayed in the table below includes for
the open, high and low price and volume for the active contracts.
1. Economic development
2. Productivity growth index
3. Inflation
4. Raw material price
5. U.S. dollar and interest rate
6. Stock market
7. Companies operation
8. Political factors
9. Natural disaster
Advantages:
1. Deep liquidity and tight bid/ask spreads can reduce costs
2. Part of a marketplace where you can manage global equity exposure
3. Save on margin offsets with other equity index futures
4. Flexible execution gives you multiple ways to find liquidity
5. Act as event unfold with nearly 24-hour electronic access
6. Safe and secure central clearing mitigates counterparty credit risk
7. Use futures leverage to trade large contract value with less capital
8. Get 60/40 blended U.S. tax treatment on capital gains
