About CME Group and Stock Index Futures CME Group, formed by the 2007 merger of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), is the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange. It is also the world's premier marketplace for trading stock index futures. The first successful stock index futures contract, the S&P 500 contract, began trading at CME in 1982. Since then, our product line has grown to include a comprehensive range of benchmark indexes on U.S. and international stocks. In 2007, CME Group's equity index product line had an average daily volume (ADV) of over 2.4 million contracts, with an average notional value in excess of $200 billion traded every day. The notional value of open interest in CME Group's equity index product line was in excess of $400 billion on December 31, 2007. CME Group offers trading on stock index futures virtually 24 hours per day, with the E-mini products available electronically only. The markets are liquid around the clock, even during non-U.S. hours, and especially in the European morning hours leading in to the U.S. daytime open for the stock market. About This Guide This spread trading guide introduces and studies the spread between two sets of indexes: The S&P 500 and the DJIA, and S&P MidCap 400 and S&P SmallCap 600 . If you are interested in trading the spread between either or both of these pairs we hope this guide will help you get started.
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