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Friday, February 6, 2026

Financial Products News #2026 - 7
Nasdaq Announces Name Change to Two Indexes Effective Wednesday, February 11th, 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 Wednesday, February 11th, 2026, Nasdaq will change the name of the following Indexes on the Nasdaq Global Index Data Service SM (GIDS).

What are the 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.

What are the changes?

On February 11th, 2026, data recipients will receive real-time index information from the proprietary GIDS data feed with the following attributes:

Ticker (No Change) Index Name (Old) Index Name (New)
NDXTII8 Nasdaq-100 8% Target Income Index Nasdaq-100 8% Income Target Index
NDXTIO8 Nasdaq-100 8% Target Income Call Only Index Nasdaq-100 8% Income Target Call Only Index

Nasdaq will support the following directory messages on GIDS:

  • Equities Summary (Message Type F): Disseminated at the end of the U.S. and European trading session to relay the summary of the current trading day's activity for an equity index.
  • Index Directory (Message Type R): Disseminated at the start of each day to relay basic index information.

Will the components and weightings data be made available?

Yes. For access and more information on the Index on the Nasdaq Global Index Watch (GIW) and Nasdaq Global Index FlexFile Delivery (GIFFD), please contact Nasdaq Index Data Sales.

Where can I find additional information?

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

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