The top five security futures contracts by volume in October were:
Tickers | Stocks | Number of Contracts |
IWM | iShares Russell 2000 | 6,943 |
QQQ | NASDAQ 100 Index Tracking Stock | 2,391 |
JNPR | Juniper Networks, Inc. | 2,032 |
MGM | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. | 2,000 |
WMT | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | 1,844 |
Each contract represents 100 shares of the underlying stock. NQLX has a total of 92 security futures products, including futures on the NASDAQ -100 Index Tracking StockSM (QQQSM) and a suite of Russell iSharesSM. NQLX also has three cash-settled futures on a suite of Russell 1000 ® products.
- Open interest was at 48,986 contracts on October 31, 2003.
- The most active day of the month was October 1 when 3,193 contracts traded.