Index Options

Take your options further and execute your investment strategy with CBOE's Index Options.

Index Options Specifications & Components

Just as stock options are defined as contracts that give the buyer the right to buy or sell a stock at a stated price for a limited period of time, cash-settled index options give buyers similar rights. Click the Index Options Specifications & Components link for a list of CBOE-listed indices along with their specifications and components.

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Index Sites

Visit CBOE's Index Sites section where you'll find the most comprehensive material CBOE has to offer in the way of proprietary and other popular CBOE-listed index products.

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Index FLEX Specifications

Index FLEX options allow users to custom tailor most contract terms and enjoy expanded position limits for exchange listed Index options. Index FLEX options offer investment professionals, holders of restricted stock, large stockholders, corporations and other types of investors the newest in risk management instruments, especially designed to extend access to customized derivative products.

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Index Component Changes

Memos issued by CBOE specifying index component changes for CBOE-listed indices.

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Options involve risk and are not suitable for all investors. Prior to buying or selling an option, a person must receive a copy of Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options (ODD). Copies of the ODD are available from your broker, by calling 1-888-OPTIONS, or from The Options Clearing Corporation, One North Wacker Drive, Suite 500, Chicago, Illinois 60606. The information on this website is provided solely for general education and information purposes and therefore should not be considered complete, precise, or current. Many of the matters discussed are subject to detailed rules, regulations, and statutory provisions which should be referred to for additional detail and are subject to changes that may not be reflected in the website information. No statement within the website should be construed as a recommendation to buy or sell a security or to provide investment advice. The inclusion of non-CBOE advertisements on the website should not be construed as an endorsement or an indication of the value of any product, service, or website. The Terms and Conditions govern use of this website and use of this website will be deemed acceptance of those Terms and Conditions.