Fund Managers Request CBOE Options on MSCI Indexes, Which Will Launch April 21
Regarding the possibility of launching new options on MSCI global indexes, in the past month I have received positive feedback from more than a dozen managers of options-based funds that are listed in...
View ArticleNew Index Option Trading Opportunities at CBOE
Next week, specifically Tuesday April 21st, CBOE will roll out option trading on two indexes calculated by MSCI. The MSCI EAFE (Europe, Australasia, and Far East) and MSCI Emerging Markets (EEM) Index...
View Article$3.7 Trillion in A.U.M. Tracks EAFE and E.M. Indexes, as First-ever Index...
On Tuesday April 21 CBOE launched its first-ever trading in cash-settled options on two MSCI indexes – the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (MXEF) and the MSCI EAFE Index (MXEA). Options on the MSCI...
View ArticleBlock Trade Analysis – EEM Ratio Spread
Late Wednesday a big trader came in who appears to have a pretty specific opinion about the Emerging Market Sector. With less than an hour to go in the trading day there was a buyer of 25,000 EEM May...
View ArticleOptions on MSCI EAFE and EM Indexes – Bigger Notional Size and Added Expirations
CBOE recently launched trading in options on the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (MXEF) and the MSCI EAFE Index (MXEA).CBOE’s options on MSCI indexes are designed to provide investors different ways to...
View ArticleWeekly MSCI Index Review – 7/7/2015
Tuesday of each week is the time we have set aside to discuss international markets on the CBOE Options Hub. Recently CBOE launched index option trading on two of the most widely followed equity market...
View ArticleComparing S&P 500 and MSCI EAFE Performance
CBOE launched option trading on the MSCI EAFE (MXEA) index a couple of months ago. MXEA represents the performance of developed equity markets outside of the United States. There are over 900 stocks...
View ArticleInterested in Managing Global Portfolio Exposure? Explore Options on MSCI...
Interest in managing global portfolio exposure has grown in recent weeks. As shown in the price charts below, over the five-trading-day period from August 17 through August 24 – Two key global stock...
View ArticleMore Tools for Managing Global Exposure – Added Expirations for Options on...
Today CBOE added three new expirations for options on both the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (MXEF) and on the MSCI EAFE Index (MXEA). There now are six expiration dates for options on the MXEF and MXEA...
View ArticleOpen Interest for Options on MSCI Emerging Markets Index (MXEF) Tops 600...
This last week the open interest for options on the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (MXEF) rose above 600 contacts for the first time. Over the past year several institutional investors have expressed...
View ArticleOpen Interest for Options on MSCI Emerging Markets Index (MXEF) Grows to...
Open interest for options on the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (MXEF) recently rose above 6,200 contacts for the first time. Over the past month the MXEF options open interest grew from 98 to 6,229...
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