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Global Market
Currency Futures
Benefits of Trading CME Currency Futures and Options:
Open, fair and anonymous trading
Equal access to the same foreign exchange markets and prices for all traders
All exchange fees are public
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 Renminbi Minimum 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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