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Thursday, January 8, 2026

Financial Products News #2026 - 1
Nasdaq Announces Launch of New Indexes Effective Friday, January 9th, 2026

Markets Impacted:

  • All Markets

Data Feeds Impacted:

  • Nasdaq Global Index Data Service (GIDS)
  • Nasdaq Global Index Watch (GIW)
  • Nasdaq Global Index FlexFile Delivery (GIFFD)

Contact Information:

What you need to know:

Effective Friday, January 9th, 2026, Nasdaq will begin disseminating the following new indexes on Nasdaq Global Index Watch (GIW) and the Nasdaq Global Index Data ServiceSM (GIDS).

What are the new indexes?

The Nasdaq-100 8% Target Income Index tracks the performance of a systematic at-the-money covered call strategy. The strategy aims to generate an 8% annual income via short positions of at-the-money Nasdaq-100® (NDX®) Index call options, sized based on the coverage ratio, with monthly expirations.

The Nasdaq-100 8% Target Income Call Only Index is an option index that only measures the performance of the short call portion of the Nasdaq-100 8% Target Income™ Index.

How are the Indexes disseminated?

On Friday, January 9th, 2026, data recipients will receive real-time index information from the proprietary GIDS data feed with the following attributes:

Instrument ID Instrument Name Currency Frequency FP Type
NDXTII8 Nasdaq-100 8% Target Income™ Index USD ODCL I
NDXTIO8 Nasdaq-100 8% Target Income Call Only™ Index USD ODCL I

Will the components and weightings data be made available?

Yes, Nasdaq will provide components for these indexes.

Where can I find additional information?

For questions about Nasdaq index products, please contact Index Services or visit GIW.

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