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Global Market
Forex
Benefits
of Trading CME FX Futures and Options:
Open, fair
and anonymous trading
Equal
access to the same FX markets and prices for all traders
All
exchange fees are public and spreads are consistently tight
Global
access to CME electronic markets virtually 24 hours a day
Access to
in excess of $60 billion in liquidity each day
Guarantee
of counterparty credit and central clearing by CME
clearing
British
Pound
Futures
Specifications:
Trading
symbol: BP
Minimum
Tick Size is: $0.0001 per British Pound, worth $6.25 per
contract.
Trade
Hours: from 4:00 PM EST on Sunday until 5:00 PM EST Monday.
During the week, the trading session is from 6:00 PM EST until 5:00 PM
EST the following afternoon.
Available
Trading Months: Mar., June, Sep., and Dec.
Renminbi/U.S.
Dollar
Futures Specifications:
Trading
symbol: RMBTrade Unit 1,000,000 Chinese RenminbiMinimum Tick
Size is: 0.00001 RMB = $10.00 per contractContract Listing Thirteen
consecutive calendar months plus two deferred March quarterly cycle
contracts. Trade Hours: Sun/Fri 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m
Other
symbols: EC
(Euro FX) /JY ( Japanese
Yen)
Stock
Index
Benefits
of Trading Index :
Fast,
efficient exposure to 500 large-cap U.S. companies actively
traded on the NYSE, the American Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock
Market - all using a single contract
Ability to
perform a range of strategies, such as hedging portfolios
against adverse market changes or gaining broad market exposure
Potentially
lower trading costs versus trading a basket of futures or
Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs)
Open, fair
and transparent markets
One of the
most dominant markets for trading equity futures products,
with a 92 percent market share of all U.S.-traded stock-index futures
Guarantee
of counterparty credit and central clearing by CME Clearing
S&P 500
Futures
Specifications:
Trading
symbol: SP
Point
Descriptions 1 point = .01 index points = $2.50
Minimum
Fluctuation: Regular 0.10=$25.00
Trading
Hours: 8:30 a.m.-3:15 p.m. Month end(3:15 p.m.) LTD(3:15 p.m.)
Trading
Venue: CME Globex
Trade
Hours Mon/Thurs 5:00 p.m.-8:15 a.m. & 3:30 p.m.-4:30
p.m.; Shutdown period from 4:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. nightly; Sun
& Hol 5:00 p.m.-8:15 a.m.
Trading
Month: Eight months in the March quarterly cycle. Mar, Jun,
Sep, Dec.
Other
symbols: ( Nikkei) Open Auction: NK Electronic: NKD
(Nasdaq-100): ND
( Dow
Jose): DJ
Interest Rate
10 Years US Treasury
Notes
Futures
Specifications:
Trading
symbol: Open Auction: TY Electronic: ZN
Contract
Size: One U.S. Treasury note having a face value at maturity
of $100,000 or multiple thereof.
Price
Quote: Points ($1,000) and one half of 1/32 of a point;
i.e., 84-16 equals 84 16/32, 84-165 equals 84 16.5/32
Trading
Hours:Open Auction: 7:20 am - 2:00 pm, Central Time, Monday -
Friday
Electronic:
6:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Central Time, Sunday - Friday
Contract
Months: Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec
Other
symbols: (30 Years ) Open Auction: US Electronic: ZB
(Five
Years) Open Auction: FV
Electronic: ZF
Precious
& Base Metals
Gold
Perhaps no
other market in the world has the universal appeal of the
gold market. For centuries, gold has been coveted for its unique blend
of rarity, beauty, and near indestructibility. Nations have embraced
gold as a store of wealth and a medium of international exchange;
individuals have sought to possess gold as insurance against the
day-to-day uncertainties of paper money.
COMEX
Division gold futures and options provide an important
alternative to traditional means of investing in gold such as bullion,
coins, and mining stocks.
Nymex Gold
Futures
Specifications:
Trading
symbol: GC (Gold)
Minimum
Price Fluctuation:$0.10 (10) per troy ounce ($10.00 per
contract).Trading Unit: 100 troy ounces.Trade Hours: (All times are New
York time)Open outcry trading is conducted from 8:20 AM until 1:30 PM.
Electronic
trading is conducted from 6:00 PM until 5:15 PM via the CME
Globex trading platform, Sunday through Friday. There is a 45-minute
break each day between 5:15PM (current trade date) and 6:00 PM (next
trade date).
Trading
Months
Trading is
conducted for delivery during the current calendar month;
the next two calendar months; any February, April, August, and October
falling within a 23-month period; and any June and December falling
within a 60-month period beginning with the current month.
Copper
one of the
oldest commodities known to man, is
a product with fortunes which directly reflect the state of the world
economy. It is the world's third most widely used metal.Copper was
first worked about 7,000 years ago. By the mid-1800s, Britain, with
superior smelting technology, controlled more than three quarters of
the world copper trade.
In the
early 20th century, new mining and smelting techniques were
developed in the United States which made it possible to process
lower-grade ores, resulting in a dramatic global expansion of the
copper market.
Copper
market participants across the board use COMEX Division
high-grade copper futures and options to mitigate price risk, and the
copper contracts are used as investment vehicles, as well.
Nymex Copper
Futures Specifications:
Trading
symbol: HG (Copper)
Minimum
Price Fluctuation:$0.10 (10 cents) per troy ounce ($10.00 per
contract).
Trading
Unit: 25,000 lbs.
Trade
Hours: (All times are New York time)Open outcry trading is
conducted from 8:10 AM until 1:00 PM.Electronic trading is conducted
from 6:00 PM until 5:15 PM via the CME Globex trading platform, Sunday
through Friday. There is a 45-minute break each day between 5:15PM
(current trade date) and 6:00 PM (next trade date).
Trading
Months: ALL
Other
symbols: SI
(Silver)/
PL (
Platinum)
Energy
Crude
oil is the
world's most actively traded commodity, and the NYMEX Division light,
sweet crude oil futures contract is the world's most liquid forum for
crude oil trading, as well as the world's largest-volume futures
contract trading on a physical commodity. Because of its excellent
liquidity and price transparency, the contract is used as a principal
international pricing benchmark. Additional risk management and trading
opportunities are offered through options on the futures contract;
calendar spread options; crack spread options on the pricing
differential of heating oil futures and crude oil futures and gasoline
futures and crude oil futures; and average price options.
Nymex
Crude Oil
Futures Specifications:
Trading
Symbol: CL ( Crude Oil)
Trading
Unit: 1,000 U.S. barrels (42,000 gallons).
Minimum
Price Fluctuation:$0.01 (1¢) per barrel ($10.00 per
contract).
Trading
Hours: (All times are New York time)Open outcry trading is
conducted from 9:00 AM until 2:30 PM.Electronic trading is conducted
from 6:00 PM until 5:15 PM via the CME Globex trading platform, Sunday
through Friday. There is a 45-minute break each day between 5:15PM
(current trade date) and 6:00 PM (next trade date).
Trading
Months: All Month
Other
symbols:
NG ( Nature Gas)/ QM (E-Mini
Crude Oil)
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