Emini Nasdaq 100

E-mini NASDAQ 100 Futures

Opening Date: 6/21/1999
Ticker Symbol: NQ, NQ= Clearing
Contract Size: $20 x E-mini NASDAQ-100 futures price
Tick Size (minimum fluctuation):
OUTRIGHT:                    0.25 index points=$5.00
CALENDAR SPREAD:     0.05 index points=$1.00
Trading HoursL All times listed are Central Time (CT) CME Globex (Electronic Platform) MON-THURS: 5:00 p.m.-3:15 p.m. & 3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. (Daily maintenance shutdown 4:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.) SUN: 5:00 p.m.-3:15 p.m.
Contract Months: Five months in the March Quarterly Cycle (Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec)
Last Trade Date/Time: Trading can occur up to 8:30 a.m. on the 3rd Friday of the contract month.
Final Settlement Procedure Cash Settlement:  All open positions at close of last day of trading are settled in cash to the Special Opening Quotation (SOQ) on Friday a.m. of the NASDAQ-100 Index, computed from the NASDAQ Offical Opening Price for the component stocks in the index. 
 
Daily Price Limits RTH:  Successive 10%, 20%, 30% limits (downside only)
ETH (overnight):  5% up or down