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EUR/USD 1-Month Realized Volatility Futures
 
 
EUR/USD 1-Month Realized Volatility Futures
Monthly Realized Volatility 1-month realized volatility calculated as annualized standard deviation of log returns (day-to-day) of daily settlement prices as follows.

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Where Pt is daily futures settlement price on day t and N is number of business days in 1-month calculation period where period commences on 1st business day after 2nd Friday immediately preceding 3rd Wednesday of 1st calendar month preceding named contract month; and, terminates on 2nd Friday preceding 3rd Wednesday of contract month. Days where futures settlements are unavailable do not contribute to calculation. Result is multiplied by 100, thus, 20% (0.20) volatility expressed as 20.00; 10% (0.10) volatility expressed as 10.00.
Underlying Price Series Based on daily futures settlement price for the serial or quarterly EUR/USD futures contract.
Contract Size $1,000 times 1-Month Realized Volatility. E.g., volatility moves from 20% to 25%, nominal contract value fluctuates from $20,000 to $25,000, or $5,000.
Tick Size Minimum price fluctuation or “tick” of 0.01 (=$10.00 per contract) for outrights; “half-tick” of 0.005 (=$5.00 per contract) for calendar spreads.
Contract Month Listings Outrights: 1st 3 contracts in consecutive calendar month cycle, e.g., January, February, March, such that 2 serial months (January, February, April, May, July, August, October, November) plus 1 March quarterly cycle month (March, June, September, December) are listed for trading.
Calendar Spreads: 1st monthly vs. 2nd monthly, 2nd monthly vs. 3rd monthly
Settlement Procedure FX Realized Volatility Futures Daily Settlement Procedure (PDF)
EUR/USD 1-Month Realized Volatility Futures Final Settlement Procedure (PDF)
Position Accountability 5,000 contracts
Ticker Symbol CME Globex Electronic Markets: 16E
Trading Hours GLOBEX (ETH) Sundays: 5:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Central Time (CT) next day. Monday – Friday: 5:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. CT the next day, except on Friday - closes at 4:00 p.m. and reopens Sunday at 5:00 p.m. CT.
CME ClearPort Sunday – Friday 6:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. (5:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Chicago Time/CT) with a 45–minute break each day beginning at 5:15 p.m. (4:15 p.m. CT)
Last Trade Date / Time
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Trading ceases at 2:00 pm (CT) on 2nd Friday immediately preceding 3rd Wednesday of contract month and concurrently with calculation of final CME currency fixing price in the calculation period.
Exchange Rule These contracts are listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of CME.
Block Trade Eligibility Yes. View more on Block Trade eligible contracts.
Block Trade Minimum 50 Contracts
EFP Eligibility Yes. View more on EFPs.
 
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