CME Group has announced plans to launch financially settled single stock futures for more than 50 major US stocks.
The new products will be available at the beginning of summer 2026, pending completion of all regulatory review and processes, and are expected to provide market participants with greater flexibility, capital efficiency and exposure to top US stocks.
Specifically, the new contracts include stocks from the S&P 500, Nasdaq-100 and Russell 1000 indices, spanning names such as Alphabet, Meta, NVIDIA and Tesla.
“We are pleased to begin offering investors an alternative way to gain exposure to individual leading US stocks with our new single stock futures contracts,” said Tim McCourt, global head of equities, FX and alternative products at CME Group.
“These contracts will provide a simpler, more cost-effective way to take a view on a stock, while allowing market participants to gain exposure to, or hedge potential price movements, without buying shares outright.”
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In addition, the offering aligns with an increasing demand for equity derivatives among institutional investors, particularly over the course of the past year.
Moreover, the launch also marks a further futures-related development for CME Group in recent months.
In January 2026, the firm expanded its digital asset derivatives suite with the launch of futures contracts linked to Cardano, Chainlink and Stellar.
Cardano futures will be offered in contract sizes of 100,000 ADA and 10,000 ADA, Chainlink futures at 5,000 LINK and 250 LINK, and Stellar futures at 250,000 and 12,500 lumens.