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.
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
Product Code	CME Globex: ES CME ClearPort: ES Clearing: ES BTIC: EST
Listed Contracts	Five months in the March Quarterly Cycle (Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec)
Settlement Method	Financially Settled
Termination Of Trading	Trading can occur up to 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the 3rd Friday of the contract month BTIC trading terminates at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time (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
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

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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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