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Product Name |
Open Outcry |
Electronic Trading (Weekday) |
Electronic Trading (Sunday) |
CME ClearPort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash Settled Ethanol | 19:36-16:00 ET (18:36-15:00 CT) | 19:36-16:00 ET (18:36-15:00CT) | ||
| Ethanol Futures Ethanol Options |
19:00-08:15 and 10:30-14:15 ET(18:00-07:15 and 09:30-13:15 CT) 19:00-08:15 ET (18:00-07:15 CT) |
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| Cleared OTC Ethanol Forward Month Swaps Futures | 19:36-17:00 ET (18:36-16:00 CT) |
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| Cleared OTC Ethanol Gulf Coast Basis Swaps | 19:36-17:00 ET (18:36-16:00 CT) | |||
| Cleared OTC Ethanol Los Angeles Basis Swaps | 19:36-17:00 ET (18:36-16:00 CT) | |||
| Cleared OTC Ethanol New York Harbor Basis Swaps | 19:36-17:00 ET (18:36-16:00 CT) | |||
| Light Sweet Crude Oil (WTI) Futures | 09:00-14:30 ET (08:00-13:30 CT) | 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) | 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) | 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) |
| Light Sweet Crude Oil (WTI) - Financial Futures | 09:00-14:30 ET (08:00-13:30 CT) | 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) | ||
| E-mini Light Sweet Crude Oil (WTI) - Financial Futures | 09:00-14:30 ET (08:00-13:30 CT) | 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) | 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) | 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) |
| Brent Crude Oil Last-day - Financial Futures | 09:00-14:30 ET (08:00-13:30 CT) | 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) | 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) | 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) |
| Russian Export Blend Crude Oil (REBCO) - Financial Futures | 09:00-14:30 ET (08:00-13:30 CT) | 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) | 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) | |
| CBOT Ethanol Futures | 19:00-08:15 and 10:30-14:15 ET (18:00-07:15 and 09:30-13:15 CT) | 19:00-08:15 ET (18:00-07:15 CT) | ||
| NYMEX Ethanol Futures | 09:00-14:30 ET (08:00-13:30 CT) | 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) | ||
| Cash-Settled Ethanol Options | 19:36-16:00 ET (18:36-15:00 CT) | |||
| Cleared OTC Ethanol Forward Month Swaps Futures | 19:36-17:00 ET (18:36-16:00 CT) | |||
| Cleared OTC Ethanol Gulf Coast Basis Swaps Futures | 19:36-17:00 ET (18:36-16:00 CT) | |||
| Cleared OTC Ethanol Los Angeles Basis Swaps Futures | 19:36-17:00 ET (18:36-16:00 CT) | |||
| Cleared OTC Ethanol New York Harbor Basis Swaps Futures | 19:36-17:00 ET (18:36-16:00 CT) | |||
| Natural Gas (Henry Hub) Futures | 09:00-14:30 ET (08:00-13:30 CT) | 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) | 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) | 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) |
| Henry Hub Natural Gas Last-day - Financial Futures | 09:00-14:30 ET (08:00-13:30 CT) | 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) | ||
| Henry Hub Natural Gas Penultimate - Financial Futures | 09:00-14:30 ET (08:00-13:30 CT) | |||
| E-mini Natural Gas (Henry Hub) - Financial Futures | 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) | 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) | 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) | |
| Henry Hub Natural Gas Penultimate Swap - Financial Futures | 09:00-14:30 ET (08:00-13:30 CT) | 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) | 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) | 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) |
| Henry Hub Natural Gas Swap - Financial Futures | 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) | 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) | 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) | |
| PJM Western Hub Peak Calendar Month Real Time LMP Swap Futures | 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) | 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) | 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) | |
| PJM Western Hub 50 MW Peak Calendar Month Real Time LMP Swap Futures | 09:00-14:30 ET (08:00-13:30 CT) | 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) | ||
| Heating Oil Futures | 09:00-14:30 ET (08:00-13:30 CT) | 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) | 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) | 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) |
| Heating Oil - Financial Futures | 09:00-14:30 ET (08:00-13:30 CT) | 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) | ||
| E-mini Heating Oil - Financial Futures | 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) | |||
| RBOB Gasoline Futures | 09:00-14:30 ET (08:00-13:30 CT) | 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) | ||
| RBOB Gasoline - Financial Futures | 09:00-14:30 ET (08:00-13:30 CT) | 21:00-13:30 ET (08:00-13:30 CT) | ||
| E-mini RBOB Gasoline - Financial Futures | 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) | |||
| European Gasoil (ICE) - Financial Futures | 09:00-14:30 ET (08:00-13:30 CT) | 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) | ||
| Gulf Coast Gasoline Futures | 09:00-14:30 ET (08:00-13:30 CT) | 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) | ||
| Gulf Coast Harbor Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel (ULSD) Futures/a> | 09:00-14:30 ET (08:00-13:30 CT) | 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) | ||
| New York Harbor Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel (ULSD) Futures | 09:00-14:30 ET (08:00-13:30 CT) | 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) | ||
| Central Appalachian Coal (CAPP) Futures | 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) | 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) | 18:00-17:15 ET (17:00-16:15 CT) | |
| For products traded solely via CME ClearPort Clearing, the hours are as follows: Sunday - Friday 6:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. New York time/ET (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) | ||||