E-mini Dow ($5)
Options on E-mini Dow ($5) futures provide a way to limit downside risk while maintaining exposure to a key benchmark for the U.S. stock market, using a small-sized electronic contract. They also enable you to:
- Benefit from potentially lower trading costs compared to trading individual stocks or Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs)
- Use a financial tool that accommodates a range of strategies, different market environments and varied objectives
View free real-time quotes on a variety of electronically traded CME Group products
Euro-denom. E-mini S&P 500 Futures to Launch Oct. 27
Capitalize on compelling new spreading opportunities while gaining exposure to the euro and the U.S. large-cap benchmark in a single trade.
Fee Incentives & Intercommodity Spreads: S&P SmallCap & MidCap Products
Fee Waivers on the S&P MidCap 400 and S&P SmallCap 600 contracts
Reduced fees for spread-traded E-mini options
Effective though December 2008
- Equity Index Price Limits
- Equity Index Products Research Center
- Equity Index Choices center
- EOM Options Fixing Price (ESF)
- Equity Fair Value Premiums
- Clearing & Trading Fees
- Performance Bonds/Margins
- Trading Hours
- Product & Vendor Codes
- Future Spreads on CME Globex
- Options Strategies on CME Globex
- CME Rulebook
- CBOT Rulebook
- Find-a-Broker
- Glossary
- Knowledge Center Home
- View Intra Day Block Trades
- Month-End FV Settlement Q&A
| Trade Unit | One CBOT mini sized Dow futures contract of a specified contract month. | ||
| Settle Method | Cash Settled | ||
| Point Size | 1 point = $5.00 | ||
| Strike Price Interval | |||
| Strike | |||
| Limits/Price Banding | Successive 10%, 20%, and 30% price limits based on the average daily close of the cash index in the last month of the preceding quarter. Price limits are effective only for limit moves below the previous day's close. | ||
| Tick Size (Minimum Fluctuation) |
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| Trading Hours | Mon/Thu 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. next day, shut down period 4:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Sundays 5:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. next day Last Trading Day Quarterly futures/options: Trading can occur up to 8:30 a.m. on expiration day Serial options: Trading can occur up to 3:15 p.m. on third Friday of the contract month | ||
| Listed | |||
| Product Codes | Clearing: YM Electronic: OYMC for calls, OYMP for puts | ||
| Minimum Block Size | |||
| Product Calendar | The first three consecutive contract months (two serial expirations and one quarterly expiration) plus the next four months in the quarterly cycle (Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec). Serials will exercise into the first nearby quarterly futures contract. Quarterlies will exercise into futures contracts of the same delivery period.
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Euro-denom. E-mini S&P 500 Futures to Launch Oct. 27
Capitalize on compelling new spreading opportunities while gaining exposure to the euro and the U.S. large-cap benchmark in a single trade.
Fee Incentives & Intercommodity Spreads: S&P SmallCap & MidCap Products
Fee Waivers on the S&P MidCap 400 and S&P SmallCap 600 contracts
Reduced fees for spread-traded E-mini options
Effective though December 2008
- Equity Index Price Limits
- Equity Index Products Research Center
- Equity Index Choices center
- EOM Options Fixing Price (ESF)
- Equity Fair Value Premiums
- Clearing & Trading Fees
- Performance Bonds/Margins
- Trading Hours
- Product & Vendor Codes
- Future Spreads on CME Globex
- Options Strategies on CME Globex
- CME Rulebook
- CBOT Rulebook
- Find-a-Broker
- Glossary
- Knowledge Center Home
- View Intra Day Block Trades
- Month-End FV Settlement Q&A
| Contract Month | Product Code | First Trade Date | Last Trade Date | Settlement Date | |
| OCT08 | YMV08 | 07/21/2008 |  |
10/17/2008 | 10/17/2008 |
| NOV08 | YMX08 | 08/18/2008 | |
11/21/2008 | 11/21/2008 |
| DEC08 | YMZ08 | 01/11/2008 | |
12/19/2008 | 12/19/2008 |
| MAR09 | YMH09 | 03/20/2008 | |
03/20/2009 | 03/20/2009 |
| JUN09 | YMM09 | 06/23/2008 | |
06/19/2009 | 06/19/2009 |
| SEP09 | YMU09 | 09/22/2008 | |
09/18/2009 | 09/18/2009 |
| Contract Month | Product Code | First Trade Date | Last Trade Date> | Settlement Date | |
| JAN09 | YMF09 | 10/20/2008 | |
01/16/2009 | 01/16/2009 |
Euro-denom. E-mini S&P 500 Futures to Launch Oct. 27
Capitalize on compelling new spreading opportunities while gaining exposure to the euro and the U.S. large-cap benchmark in a single trade.
Fee Incentives & Intercommodity Spreads: S&P SmallCap & MidCap Products
Fee Waivers on the S&P MidCap 400 and S&P SmallCap 600 contracts
Reduced fees for spread-traded E-mini options
Effective though December 2008
- Equity Index Price Limits
- Equity Index Products Research Center
- Equity Index Choices center
- EOM Options Fixing Price (ESF)
- Equity Fair Value Premiums
- Clearing & Trading Fees
- Performance Bonds/Margins
- Trading Hours
- Product & Vendor Codes
- Future Spreads on CME Globex
- Options Strategies on CME Globex
- CME Rulebook
- CBOT Rulebook
- Find-a-Broker
- Glossary
- Knowledge Center Home
- View Intra Day Block Trades
- Month-End FV Settlement Q&A
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Equity Price Limit Guide |
- Equity Index Price Limits
- Equity Index Products Research Center
- Equity Index Choices center
- EOM Options Fixing Price (ESF)
- Equity Fair Value Premiums
- Clearing & Trading Fees
- Performance Bonds/Margins
- Trading Hours
- Product & Vendor Codes
- Future Spreads on CME Globex
- Options Strategies on CME Globex
- CME Rulebook
- CBOT Rulebook
- Find-a-Broker
- Glossary
- Knowledge Center Home
- View Intra Day Block Trades
- Month-End FV Settlement Q&A