What Is an S&P ETF?

ETF options refer to the rights and contracts of open index funds that are bought or sold at a specific time in the future at a specific price. In the global exchange-listed derivatives market, the fastest-growing non-ETF options since the new century are. As of 2012, the proportion of ETF options that have been born less than 15 years in the equity derivatives market has exceeded 10%.

ETF options

Geographically, ETF options are listed and traded in major markets in North America, Europe, and Asia, but the US market is in an absolute leading position. NYSE Euronext, Nasdaq-OMX Group, Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Chicago Options Exchange and International Stock Exchange ranked the top four market shares.

In terms of varieties, the most actively traded ETF options are concentrated on the underlying ETFs of several broad-based indexes in the United States, including SPDRS & P500ETF tracking the S & P 500 index, iShares Russell 2000 ETF tracking the Russell 2000 index, and Nasdaq 100 Index of Power shares QQQ ETFs, etc.

Compared with stock index options that also cover market indices, the differences between ETF options are mainly concentrated on the small size of one-hand contracts, the execution method is mainly American options, and the physical delivery is the settlement method. That said, ETF options and stock index options are both crossover and complementary.