Micro E-mini S&P 500 Index

Futures and Options
Globex Code
MESM5
Last
5602.75
Change
-136.50 (-2.38%)
Volume
1,259,860
Last Updated30 Mar 2025 05:29:14 AM CT.
Market data is delayed by at least 10 minutes

Micro E-mini S&P 500 Weekly Options - Contract Specs

Contract Unit
1 Micro E-mini S&P 500 Stock Price Index Futures contract
Minimum Price Fluctuation
CME Globex:
Outright: 0.25 index points ($1.25) for premium above 10.00 index points

CAB: 0.05 index points ($0.25)

Reduced Tick: 0.05 index points ($0.25) for premium at or below 10.00 index points
CME ClearPort:
Outright: 0.05 index points = $0.25
Price Quotation
U.S. dollars and cents per index point
Trading Hours
CME Globex:
Sunday 6:00 p.m. - Friday - 5:00 p.m. ET (5:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. CT) with a daily maintenance period from 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. ET (4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. CT)
CME ClearPort:
Sunday 6:00 p.m. - Friday 6:45 p.m. ET (Sun 5:00 - Fri 5:45 p.m. CT) with no reporting Monday - Thursday 6:45 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. ET (5:45 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. CT)
Product Code
CME Globex: EX1,EX2,EX3,EX4
CME ClearPort: EX1,EX2,EX3,EX4
Clearing: EX1,EX2,EX3,EX4
Listed Contracts
3 weekly contracts of wk 1, wk 2 and wk 4 and 6 wk 3 contracts, including Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec.
List a new weekly contract on the business day before the last trading day of the expiring weekly contract.
No weekly contract listed if expiration would occur on the same day as the End Of Month option expiration.
Termination of Trading
Trading terminates at 4:00 p.m. ET on Friday of the contract week
Position Limits
Exchange Rulebook
Price Limit or Circuit
Vendor Codes
Strike Prices Strike Price Interval
Settlement Method
Deliverable
Underlying
Micro E-mini S&P 500 Stock Price Index Futures
  • Micro E-mini S&P 500 futures (MES) offer smaller-sized versions of our liquid benchmark E-mini contracts.
  • The are designed to manage exposure to the S&P 500 Index, made up of 500 individual stocks representing the market capitalizations of large companies. The S&P 500 is a leading indicator of large-cap U.S. equities.
  • The Micro E-mini S&P 500 futures contract is $5 x the S&P 500 Index and has a minimum tick of 0.25 index points.
  • View delayed data for Micro E-mini S&P 500 futures below for the open, high and low prices and volume for the active contracts.

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