Standard options have long offered a more flexible way to invest. But a relatively new product called Weekly Options, or "Weeklys," gives investors an even more efficient way to use leverage and target profits. As of Jan. 5, there were 40 underlying assets - including stocks, exchange-traded funds, and indexes - available as Weekly Options on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE).
List of Available Weekly Options |
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Ticker Symbol | Name | Product Type | List Date | Expire Date |
OEX | S&P 100 Index (American style) | Index, pm-settled, cash | 20110106 | 20110114 |
XEO | S&P 100 Index (European style) | Index, pm-settled, cash | 20110106 | 20110114 |
SPX* | S&P 500 Index | Index, pm-settled, cash | 20110106 | 20110114 |
DJX | Dow Jones Industrial Average | Index, am-settled, cash | 20110106 | 20110114 |
NDX | Nasdaq-100 Index | Index, am-settled, cash | 20110106 | 20110114 |
EEM | iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index | ETF | 20110106 | 20110114 |
FAS | Direxionshares Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares | ETF | 20110106 | 20110114 |
GLD | SPDR Gold Trust | ETF | 20110106 | 20110114 |
GDX | Market Vectors Gold Miner ETF | ETF | 20110106 | 20110114 |
IWM | iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund | ETF | 20110106 | 20110114 |
QQQQ | Power Shares QQQ Trust | ETF | 20110106 | 20110114 |
SPY | S&P 500 Depository Receipts | ETF | 20110106 | 20110114 |
XLF | Financial Select Sector SPDR | ETF | 20110106 | 20110114 |
SLV | iShares Silver Trust | ETF | 20110106 | 20110114 |
VXX | iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term FT | ETF | 20110106 | 20110114 |
FAZ | Direxionshares Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares | ETF | 20110106 | 20110114 |
USO | United States Oil Fund | ETF | 20110106 | 20110114 |
AAPL | Apple Corporation | Equity | 20110106 | 20110114 |
AIG | American International Group | Equity | 20110106 | 20110114 |
AMZN | Amazon.com Inc | Equity | 20110106 | 20110114 |
AXP | American Express Company | Equity | 20110106 | 20110114 |
BAC | Bank of America Corp | Equity | 20110106 | 20110114 |
BIDU | Baidu Inc. | Equity | 20110106 | 20110114 |
BP | British Petroleum | Equity | 20110106 | 20110114 |
C | Citigroup | Equity | 20110106 | 20110114 |
CSCO | Cisco SystemsInc. | Equity | 20110106 | 20110114 |
F | Ford Motor Company | Equity | 20110106 | 20110114 |
GE | General Electric Company | Equity | 20110106 | 20110114 |
GM | General Motors Company | Equity | 20110106 | 20110114 |
GOOG | Google Inc | Equity | 20110106 | 20110114 |
GS | Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | Equity | 20110106 | 20110114 |
JPM | J. P. Morgan Chase & Company | Equity | 20110106 | 20110114 |
LVS | Las Vegas Sands Corp. | Equity | 20110106 | 20110114 |
MEE | Massey Energy Company | Equity | 20110106 | 20110114 |
MSFT | Microsoft Corporation | Equity | 20110106 | 20110114 |
NFLX | NetFlix Inc. | Equity | 20110106 | 20110114 |
IBM | International Business Machines | Equity | 20110106 | 20110114 |
PCLN | Priceline.com Inc. (new) | Equity | 20110106 | 20110114 |
POT | Potash Corp Saskatchewan | Equity | 20110106 | 20110114 |
RIMM | Research in Motion Limited | Equity | 20110106 | 20110114 |