E-MINI S&P 500 FUTURES - CONTRACT SPECS
| Contract Unit | $50 x S&P 500 Index | ||||
| 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. BTIC: Sunday - Friday 6:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. ET Clearport: Sunday - Friday 6:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET TACO on CME Globex: Sunday - Friday 6:00 p.m. - 9:30 a.m. ET. Monday - Thursday 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET; no 11:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. ET session on Friday. Monday - Thursday 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. ET daily maintenance period. TACO on Clearport: Sunday 6:00 p.m. - Monday 9:30 a.m. ET. Monday - Thursday 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET and 6:00 p.m. - 9:30 a.m. ET. Friday 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET. Monday - Thursday 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. ET daily maintenance period. |
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| Minimum Price Fluctuation |
Outright: 0.25 index points = $12.50 Calendar Spread: 0.05 index points = $2.50 BTIC: 0.05 index points = $2.50 TACO (ESQ): 0.05 index points = $2.50 |
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| Product Code | CME Globex: ESCME ClearPort: ESClearing: ESBTIC: "EST","ESQ" | ||||
| Listed Contracts | Quarterly contracts (Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec) listed for 5 consecutive quarters | ||||
| Settlement Method | Financially Settled | ||||
| Termination Of Trading |
Trading terminates at 9:30 a.m. ET on the 3rd Friday of the contract month BTIC trading terminates at 4:00 p.m. ET on the Thursday before the 3rd Friday of contract month TACO trading terminates at 9:30 a.m. ET on the Thursday before the 3rd Friday of the contract month |
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| Settlement Procedures | Settlement Procedures | ||||
| Position Limits | CME Position Limits | ||||
| Exchange Rulebook | CME 358 | ||||
| Price Limit Or Circuit | Price Limits | ||||
| Vendor Codes | Quote Vendor Symbols Listing | ||||
An electronically traded futures contract one fifth the size of standard S&P futures, E-mini S&P 500 futures and options are based on the underlying Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index. Made up of 500 individual stocks representing the market capitalizations of large companies, the S&P 500 Index is a leading indicator of large-cap U.S. equities.
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