E-mini Dow Futures Futures

How many times have you heard “the Dow is …” There isn’t an index that gets mentioned as a barometer of the US stock market more than the Dow Jones Industrial Average. And rather than buying the 30 stocks that make up the index, traders can trade exposure to all of them in one contract, the E-mini Dow ($5) futures contract.
With blue chip stocks - such as Visa, McDonald’s, Boeing, Chevron, Caterpillar and IBM - in this price-weighted index, the E-mini Dow futures contract enables traders to access these major companies with one transaction. Yes there is an ETF that mirrors the Dow, but the E-mini Dow ($5) futures is more capital efficient. And if traders want to short the index, it is as simple as selling the futures – no stock loans with variable fees.
You hear it all the time, now you can trade the Dow on CME Group virtually 24-hours per day.