Contract specifications for event contracts

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Event contracts

Asset Class Product Code Event Contract
Cryptocurrency ECBTC Bitcoin futures
Energy ECCL Light Sweet Crude Oil futures
ECNG Henry Hub Natural Gas futures
Equity Index ECES E-mini S&P 500 futures
ECNQ E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures
ECRTY E-mini Russell 2000 futures 
ECYM E-mini Dow Jones Industrial Average futures
FX EC6E Euro/U.S. Dollar (EUR/USD) futures
Metals ECGC Gold futures
ECSI Silver futures
ECHG Copper futures

Contract specifications

CME Globex Trading Hours
All times are in central Prevailing Time (CPT)
All Contracts: CME Globex Pre Open: Sunday 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Monday - Thursday 4:45 - 5:00 p.m.
ECES; ECNQ; ERTY; ECYM; ECBTC Sunday 5:00 p.m. - Friday 3:00 p.m. Next Day's Event Contract will list at 5:00 p.m.
ECGE Sunday 5:00 p.m. - Friday 3:00 p.m.
ECSI Sunday 5:00 p.m. - Friday 12:25 p.m.
ECHG Sunday 5:00 p.m. - Friday 12:00 p.m.
ECCL; ECNG Sunday 5:00 p.m. - Friday 1:30 p.m.
Contract Size 1 contract = $20
Price Quotation U.S. Dollars
Listing Schedule One daily contract lised on the Principal Contract Month of the Underlying Futures
Settlement Method Financial
Strike Price Listing Schedule ECES 2 strikes at $25.00 strike increment above and below the at-the-money strike then 4 strikes at $50.00 strike increment above and bleow the highest and lowest $25.00 increment strike.
ECNQ 1 strike at $100.00 strike increment above and below the at-the-money strike then 3 strikes at $250.00 strike increment above and below the highest and lowest $100.00 increment strike.
ECRTY 1 strike at $10.00 strike increment above and below the at-the-money strike then 3 strikes at $25.00 strike increment above and below the highest and lowest $10.00 increment strike.
ECYM 1 strike at $250.00 strike increment above and below the at-the-money strike then 3 strikes at $500.00 strike increment above and below the highest and lowest $250.00 increment strike.
EC6E 4 strikes at $0.0025 a strike increment above and below the at-the-money strike then 3 strikes at $0.0050 strike increment above and below the highest and lowest $0.0025 increment strike.
ECGC 4 strikes at $10.00 a strike increment above and below the at-the-money strike then 4 strikes at $25.00 strike increment above and below the highest and lowest $10.00 increment strike.
ECSI 4 strikes at $0.50 a strike increment above and below the at-the-money strike then 4 strikes at $1.00 strike increment above and below the highest and lowest $0.50 increment strike.
ECHG 4 strikes at $0.05 a strike increment above and below the at-the-money strike then 4 strikes at $0.10 strike increment above and below the highest and lowest $0.05 increment strike.
ECCL 4 strikes $1.00 increments on the nearest $1.00 interval above and below the at-the-money strike, then 4 strikes in $2.50 increments on the nearest $2.50 interval above and below the highest and lowest $1.00 increment strikes.
ECNG 4 strikes at $0.10 increments on the nearest $0.10 interval above and below the at-the-money strike, then 4 strikes in $0.50 increments on the nearest $0.50 interval above and below the highest and lowest $0.10 increment strikes. Additional strikes may be listed for trading, and strikes scheduled to be listed for trading may be suspended at the sole discretion of the Exchange.
ECBTC 4 strikes at $250.00 strike increments above and below the at-the-money strike then 2 strikes at $500.00 strike increments above and below the highest and lowest $250.00 increment strike.
Option Style European
Exercise Procedure Exact At-The-Money Characteristics (with no contrary instructions)
Exact At-The-Money Characteristics Exercise puts, calls expire with no value
Termination of Trading Daily products: trading will terminate at the end of the daily settlement period of the Underyling Futures contract. Contract listed on the Pricipal Contract Month of the Underlying Futures.
Final Settlement $0 or $20
Maximum Order Quantity 250 contracts
Accountability Level Each Event Contract will have its own Single Month Accountability Level of 12,500 contracts
Block Eligible No

 

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