Online trading platform eToro (NASDAQ: ETOR) has rolled out a new type of futures contract for its Spanish users, allowing them to trade positions that mirror current market prices rather than future valuations.
The NASDAQ-listed company said today (Wednesday) it’s offering spot-quoted futures contracts on six markets: the S&P 500, Nasdaq-100, Russell 2000, Dow Jones Industrial Average, plus Bitcoin and Ethereum. The contracts come from CME Group, the Chicago-based derivatives exchange.
Unlike regular futures contracts that price in expected future values, these spot-quoted versions track the actual current price of the underlying asset. Think of it as futures trading that looks and feels more like buying stocks or crypto at today’s prices.
Yossi Brandes, VP of Execution Services at eToro
“We are proud to be among the first platforms to offer Spot-Quoted futures,” said Yossi Brandes, eToro’s VP of Execution Services. The contracts “simplify access to futures by expressing positions in spot-market terms.”
The move builds on eToro’s earlier launch of traditional futures trading in Spain, which gave eligible users access to 20 different contracts across equities, energy, and gold markets.
Lower Entry Barriers
These new contracts require around $200 to get started – significantly less than many traditional futures products. They also run for a full year without the quarterly or monthly rollovers that can complicate regular futures trading.
Spanish users can go long or short on these contracts most hours during weekdays. But there’s a catch: positions held overnight get hit with daily financing adjustments to keep the contract price aligned with the actual market price.
Tali Salomon, eToro’s regional manager for Iberia and Latin America
Tali Salomon, eToro’s regional manager for Iberia and Latin America, said the addition gives Spanish retail investors “greater flexibility, all within eToro’s seamless experience of managing investments from a single multiasset platform.”
CME Group’s Richard Stoker called the contracts “smaller and more accessible-sized contracts suitable for individual investors” with “familiar spot-based pricing and longer-dated expiries.”
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Growing Appetite for Retail Futures
The launch comes as retail interest in futures trading has grown, partly driven by products like CME’s micro contracts that lowered entry barriers. CME introduced spot-quoted futures in June 2025, pitching them as easier-to-understand alternatives to traditional futures.
However, eToro’s disclaimers warn that these instruments “involve significant risk and are not suitable for all investors.” The company notes that traders “may lose more than your initial investment due to the underlying assets’ price volatility.”
The contracts are currently only available to eligible eToro users in Spain, with the company saying it will notify registered users when the product becomes available to them.
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