Index Options

The American Stock Exchange was one of the pioneers in index options and today trades put and call options on broad market, industry sector and international indexes. Index options make it possible for investors to "trade" an entire market to seek either profit or protection from price movements in a stock market as a whole or in broad segments of a particular market.

Underlying Name	Symbol	Option Symbol(s)


Amex Airline Index	XAL	XAI, XXA
Amex Biotechnology Index	BTK	BHJ, BTK, BXZ, BYZ
Amex Gold BUGS Index	HUI	HOI, HUW, HZI
Amex Japan Index	JPN	JPN
Amex Major Market Index	XMI	XMX, XMY, XMZ
Amex Mini-Natural Gas Index	MNG	MNG
Amex Natural Gas Index	XNG	XNG, XNZ, XTD
Amex Oil Index	XOI	XCY, XOF, XOI, XOQ, XVI
Amex Pharmaceutical Index	DRG	DRG, DRZ
Amex Securities Broker/Dealer Index	XBD	BDP, XBF, XBJ
FTSE Eurotop 100 Index	EUR	EUC, EUR, EUW
Inter@ctive Week Internet Index	IIX	IIX, IMZ
Mini-Nasdaq-100 Index	MNX	MAZ, MMD, MMJ, MML, MMO, MMQ, MNX, MQX, MVM, MZX
Morgan Stanley Commodity Related	CRX	CRX, CTQ, CTW, CYZ
Morgan Stanley Consumer Index	CMR	CMR, FCR
Morgan Stanley Cyclical Index	CYC	CYC, CYW, CZQ, CZY, JCY
Morgan Stanley Technology Index	MSH	MHZ, MSG, MSH, MZH
Nasdaq Biotechnology Index	NBI	NBT, NJI, NRJ
Russell 2000 wrap	RUT	RUT, RUW, RUY, RUZ, YQV
S&P Midcap 400	MID	MID, MIZ, MLT, MQW

To access the options chain for an underlying security
enter the symbol here:

For a quote on a specific option,
enter symbol using the format listed below:

Underlying option symbol (root) + expiration months code + strike price code. Ex. WNLAF, Intel JAN 30 Calls
(Click here for expiration month codes and strike price codes)

Click here to view an entire list of classes that trade on the American Stock Exchange.

All options contracts traded on the American Stock Exchange and other national securities exchanges are issued, guaranteed and cleared by The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC). The OCC is a registered clearing agency with the Securities and Exchange Commission and has received an AAA rating from Standard & Poor's Corporation for its ability to fulfill its obligations as the counterparty for options trades.

* This page may contain issues that are not currently in compliance with the continued listing standards of the Amex, which can be viewed in the Amex Company Guide. A complete list of all non-compliant issues is also available.