CME Group brought futures on individual stocks back - and you can trade them at Optimus today. Get capital-efficient, financially settled exposure to 55 top U.S. companies in standard and micro contract sizes, nearly 24 hours a day, with no stock-borrow fees.
Single stock futures are available to trade at Optimus. Contract list is set by CME Group and subject to change.
Stocks and Futures, Better Together
Single stock futures combine the names you already follow with the structural advantages of the futures market — flexibility, capital efficiency, and access that the cash equity market can't match.
Unlike buying shares outright, futures let you control a position with margin — CME Group designs single stock futures so you can control up to 6x the value of the capital posted, expressing the same view with less cash tied up. Put the capital you would otherwise lock up in shares to work elsewhere, or use it to scale your exposure to the same name.
Single stock futures are designed to trade nearly 24 hours a day on CME Globex — while the stock market sleeps — so you can react to earnings, news, and global events on your own schedule.
Single stock futures are financially settled and expire to the closing price — removing the need to manage physical share delivery while keeping your exposure purely directional.
Take a long or short position without share borrowing, locate, or uptick restrictions. Short even high-demand names that carry borrow fees, or hard-to-borrow names where shares may not be available at all.
Beyond directional views, execute advanced spread strategies by isolating single-stock risk without disturbing the rest of your portfolio's broader exposure.
Trade futures on the most-followed names in the market — drawn from the S&P 500, Nasdaq-100, and Russell 1000 — in a single, capital-efficient futures account.
Single stock futures are cash-settled, removing the need to manage physical share delivery, and providing access during periods that typically offer the potential for higher liquidity throughout the trading day. Single Stock Futures are not suitable for all investors; they are a leveraged product and could be extremely volatile.
How They Stack Up
The same underlying companies, three different instruments. Here's how single stock futures compare to trading the shares or the options.
| Single Stock Futures | Stocks & ETFs | Stock Options | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trading Hours | ~23 hrs/day (Sun-Fri) | 9:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. ET (Mon-Fri) | 9:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. ET (Mon-Fri) |
| Going Short | No borrow fees or locate | Often involves borrow fees & restrictions | No borrow fees or locate |
| Capital Efficiency | Margin-based — control up to 6x the value | Requires more capital (fully funded) | Margin / premium-based |
| Settlement | Financially settled — no share ownership | Typically involves ownership of shares | Physical delivery on exercise |
| Dividends | Built into the price via the basis — none to manage | Holders receive cash; shorts must pay | No dividend if exercised early |
| Payout Profile | Linear — moves with the stock | Linear | Non-linear; early-exercise risk |
For educational comparison only. Futures involve substantial risk of loss and are not suitable for all investors. Source: CME Group.
Coverage
CME Group lists single stock futures on 55 of the most actively followed U.S. companies. The full list is below - the most-traded names are highlighted first. List subject to change.
55 standard names. 22 also list a Micro-sized (10-share) contract: AAPL, AMD, AMZN, AVGO, BA, BAC, CSCO, GOOGL, INTC, JPM, META, MSFT, MU, NEM, NFLX, NVDA, PFE, PLTR, SPCX, TSLA, WMT, XOM.
Contract Specifications
Standardized specifications published by CME Group. Contact our team for current margin requirements.
| Spec | Single Stock Futures (Standard) | Micro Single Stock Futures |
|---|---|---|
| Number of Contracts | 55 | 22 |
| Contract Size | 100 shares of the underlying stock | 10 shares of the underlying stock |
| Globex Symbol | S-prefix — e.g., SNVDA | X-prefix — e.g., XNVDA |
| Minimum Price Fluctuation | 0.01 index points = $1.00 (BTIC: $1.00) | 0.01 index points = $0.10 |
| Price Quotation | U.S. dollars and cents per index point | |
| Listed Contracts | Quarterly contracts (Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec) listed for 2 consecutive quarters | |
| Trading Hours | CME Globex: Sunday 6:00 p.m. - Friday 5:00 p.m. ET, daily maintenance break 5:00-6:00 p.m. ET | |
| Settlement Method | Financially settled — expires to the closing price | |
| Termination of Trading | 4:00 p.m. ET on the third Friday of the contract month | |
Specifications per CME Group and subject to change. Contact our team for current margin rates.
Standard & Micro
CME Group lists single stock futures in two sizes, so you can scale exposure to the same names up or down. Standard contracts represent 100 shares; 22 of the 55 names are also available as Micro-sized contracts of just 10 shares.
Single Stock Futures
Full-size exposure to the underlying stock. The standard contract is the headline product across all 55 names at launch.
Micro Single Stock Futures
About a tenth of the notional size of a standard contract — lowering the capital required to take a position and making single-name futures more accessible for smaller accounts.
All 55 standard and 22 Micro-sized single stock futures are available to trade at Optimus. Contract list is subject to change.
Why Optimus
Account, platform, and support team in one place. Optimus offers single stock futures with the setup active traders need - open an account and start trading.
Trading futures involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for all investors.
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Get Ready
Opening a futures account with Optimus is fast, straightforward, and fully supported.
Complete our streamlined online application. Approvals are typically fast — our team is here to guide you through every field.
Deposit via wire or ACH and select your preferred platform — Optimus Flow, Sierra Chart, TradingView, and more.
Single stock futures are live at Optimus. Fund your account and trade all 55 names, standard or micro, from one platform.
Industry Recognition
Three consecutive years of industry awards aren't a marketing claim — they're a track record. Here's what independent reviewers consistently find when they evaluate Optimus Futures.
Open Your AccountOptimus Flow named Benzinga's Best Software for Trading Futures three years running — evaluated on platform performance, pricing, and support.*
Independently reviewed among the top futures brokers globally, evaluated across 100+ data points including commissions, platform quality, and customer support.
Consistently top-ranked on TradingView — rated by millions of traders based on real user experience, not editorial scores.
FAQ
Single stock futures are standardized, financially settled futures contracts that track the price of an individual company's stock — such as NVDA, TSLA, or AAPL — at a set future date. Each CME Group contract represents 100 shares of the underlying stock and trades nearly 24 hours a day on CME Globex. CME Group launched single stock futures on July 27, 2026, and they are available to trade at Optimus now.
Yes. Single stock futures launched on July 27, 2026 and are available to trade at Optimus now. Open an account or contact our team to get started.
CME Group lists single stock futures on 55 leading U.S. companies drawn from the S&P 500, Nasdaq-100, and Russell 1000 — including NVIDIA (NVDA), Tesla (TSLA), Apple (AAPL), Amazon (AMZN), Microsoft (MSFT), Meta (META), SpaceX (SPCX), and more. The contract list is subject to change.
Yes. Alongside the 55 standard contracts of 100 shares each, 22 of the names are also available as Micro-sized single stock futures at a 10-share multiplier — about a tenth of the size — with a $0.10 minimum tick and an X-prefixed symbol. The Micro-sized contracts lower the capital required to take a position. All contracts are available to trade at Optimus now.
Single stock futures are financially settled, so you never take ownership of the underlying shares. They trade nearly 24 hours a day rather than only during regular market hours, use margin instead of full notional capital, and let you go short without stock-borrow fees or locate requirements. Ordinary dividends are built into the futures price through the basis rather than paid to holders, so there is no dividend to manage and none of the early-exercise dividend risk that options carry.
Single stock futures have a linear payout that moves point-for-point with the underlying stock, while options have a non-linear payout shaped by strike price, time decay, and volatility. Single stock futures are financially settled with no early-exercise risk, which can make directional trading simpler than building an equivalent options position.
Yes. You can trade CME Group single stock futures at Optimus today. Open an account or contact our team to get approved, funded, and platform-ready, and trade all 55 names in standard or micro size.
Yes, single stock futures are considered Security Futures and are subject to joint regulation under both securities and futures regulatory frameworks.
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