NinjaTrader Offers MIAX SPIKES® Futures, Providing Opportunity to Take Positions and Manage Risk on Volatility
CHICAGO, June 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- NinjaTrader Group, LLC, a global leader in futures brokerage and advanced technology for active traders through its NinjaTrader subsidiary, today announced that its retail-focused futures brokerage firm is the first to offer access to MIAX's SPIKES® Futures, which are traded and cleared on Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX™), a subsidiary of Miami International Holdings, Inc. NinjaTrader is the first brokerage to offer the volatility products commission-free.
- NinjaTrader Group CEO Martin Franchi said: "We're excited to make futures on the SPIKES volatility index available to our retail futures trading community.
- The SPIKES index is a measure of the expected 30-day volatility in the SPDR® S&P 500® ETF (SPY).
- SPIKES Futures are based on the SPIKES Volatility Index (Ticker: SPIKE), which trades in penny increments and updates every 100 milliseconds for pinpoint accuracy.
- In addition to its unique offering of commission-free brokerage on the products, NinjaTrader is offering SPIKES Futures without any market data fees.