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In 1983,
According to the
The SPX Index options, along with
A Retail Revolution
In the last two years, the number of retail investors participating in stock markets has grown exponentially.
According to one study, retail investors accounted for 19.5% of all stock market shares traded in the first six months of 2020, a truly unprecedented occurrence in stock market history. The figure represented a 4.5% increase over 2019 and was almost double the amount in 2010.
While retail growth has slowly subsided since late 2021, the generally agreed-upon vision is that retail investors will continue to participate more in the stock market. Better dissemination of information, affordable and accessible entries into markets, and quality trading tools have been cited as the reasons for sustained retail investors' growth. Cboe has played its part in all of these developments, but it has particularly stood out from the crowd in its creation of Mini and Nano options.
At 1/10th the size of standard options contracts, the Mini-S&P 500 Index (XSPSM) and Mini-Russell 2000 (MRUTSM) Index options are set at a price that is meant to be more friendly for retail traders to easily participate in, as smaller versions of the SPX and RUT indices. Cboe’s Nanostakes this affordability one step further, offering contracts 1/100th the size of standard options contracts.
Aside from their high affordability, Cboe’s Mini and Nano options have a host of benefits compared to standard options contracts including:
Potentially favorable tax treatment
Access to global trading hours
Cash-settled options
European exercise style
Since it was founded in 1973,
To find out which products work best for you, check out Cboe’s options contracts here.
This article was originally published on Benzingahere.
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