E-mini Dow ($5) Weekly Options Contract Specs

Contract Unit	One E-mini Dow ($5) futures contract
Minimum Price Fluctuation	Regular Tick: 1.00 index point ($5.00) for premium > 4.00 index points ($20.00) Reduced Tick: Option premium at or below 4.00 index points may be traded in $1.00 increments per option contract, i.e. at $1.00, $2.00, $3.00, or $4.00
Trading Hours	CME Globex: Sunday - Friday 6:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) with trading halt 4:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Clearport: Sunday - Friday 6:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET
Product Code	CME Globex: OYM CME ClearPort: YM Clearing: YM
Listed Contracts	Four months in the March Quarterly Cycle (e.g., Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec)
Termination Of Trading	9:30 a.m. ET on the 3rd Friday of the contract month
Position Limits	CBOT Position Limits
Exchange Rulebook	CBOT 27A
Price Limit Or Circuit	Price Limits
Vendor Codes	Quote Vendor Symbols Listing
Strike Price Listing Procedures	500-point intervals within ± 50% pervious day's settlement price of the underlying futures 100- point intervals within ± 20% previous day's settlement price of the underlying futures 50- point intervals within ± 10% previous day's settlement price of the underlying futures for the two nearest quarterly cycle month options
Exercise Procedure	American Style. An option can be exercised until 8:00 p.m. ET on any business day the option is traded
Settlement At Expiration	Option exercise results in a position in the underlying cash-settled futures contract. In-the-money options, in the absence of contrarian instructions delivered to the Clearing House by 8:00 p.m. ET on the day of expiration, are automatically exercised into expiring cash-settled futures, which settle to the SOQ calculated the morning of the 3rd Friday of the contract month.
Settlement Method	Deliverable
Underlying	E-mini Dow ($5) Futures

Contract Unit	One E-mini Dow ($5) Futures
Minimum Price Fluctuation	1.00 per index point = $5.00 for premium greater than 4.00 per index point Variable CAB at $1.00, $2.00, $3.00, or $4.00
Trading Hours	CME Globex: Sunday - Friday 6:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET with trading halt 4:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Clearport: Sunday - Friday 6:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET
Product Code	CME Globex: EYM CME ClearPort: EYM Clearing: EYM
Listed Contracts	Monthly contracts listed for 2 consecutive months
Termination Of Trading	Trading terminates at 4:00 p.m. ET on last business day of the contract month.
Position Limits	CBOT Position Limits
Exchange Rulebook	CBOT 27A
Price Limit Or Circuit	Price Limits
Vendor Codes	Quote Vendor Symbols Listing
Strike Price Listing Procedures	500-point intervals within ± 50% pervious day's settlement price of the underlying futures 100- point intervals within ± 20% previous day's settlement price of the underlying futures 50- point intervals within ± 10% previous day's settlement price of the underlying futures for the two nearest quarterly cycle month options
Exercise Procedure	European Style. Exercisable only on expiration day.
Settlement At Expiration	Settlement at Expiration: Option exercise results in a position in the underlying cash-settled futures contract. Options which are in-the-money on the last day of trading are automatically exercised. A 4:00 p.m. ET price fixing based on the weighted average traded price fixing of the E-mini Dow ($5) futures in the last 30 seconds of trading on expiration day (3:59:30 p.m.-4:00:00 p.m. ET) will be used to determine which options are in-the-money. Contrarian instructions are prohibited.
Settlement Method	Deliverable
Underlying	E-mini Dow ($5) Futures

Contract Unit	One E-mini Dow ($5) futures contract
Minimum Price Fluctuation	1.00 index point = $5.00 for premium above 4.00 index points $1.00 increments for premium at or below 4.00 index points
Trading Hours	CME Globex: Sunday - Friday 6:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET with trading halt 4:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Clearport: Sunday - Friday 6:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET
Product Code	CME Globex: YM1,YM2,YM3,YM4 CME ClearPort: YM1,YM2,YM3,YM4 Clearing: YM1,YM2,YM3,YM4
Listed Contracts	2 weekly contracts listed for weeks 1, 2 and 4, and 2 week 3 contracs. No weekly contract listed the same week as the quarterly expiration.
Termination Of Trading	Trading terminates at 4:00 p.m. ET on Friday of the contract week week
Position Limits	CBOT Position Limits
Exchange Rulebook	CBOT 27A
Price Limit Or Circuit	Price Limits
Vendor Codes	Quote Vendor Symbols Listing
Strike Price Listing Procedures	500-point intervals within ± 50% pervious day's settlement price of the underlying futures 100- point intervals within ± 20% previous day's settlement price of the underlying futures 50- point intervals within ± 10% previous day's settlement price of the underlying futures for the two nearest quarterly cycle month options
Exercise Procedure	European Style. Exercisable only on expiration day.
Settlement At Expiration	Settlement at Expiration: Option exercise results in a position in the underlying cash-settled futures contract. Options which are in-the-money on the last day of trading are automatically exercised. A 4:00 p.m. ET price fixing based on the weighted average traded price fixing of the E-mini Dow ($5) futures in the last 30 seconds of trading on expiration day (3:59:30 p.m.-4:00:00 p.m. ET) will be used to determine which options are in-the-money. Contrarian instructions are prohibited.
Settlement Method	Deliverable
Underlying	E-mini Dow ($5) Futures

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An electronically traded futures contract representing a portion of standard DJIA futures, E-mini Dow futures offer an accessible alternative to manage exposure to the U.S. stock market. Based on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, E-mini Dow futures offer exposure to the 30 U.S. blue-chip companies represented in the stock index.

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