Below are the specifications for many common futures contracts including ticker symbol, exchange traded on, min tick, tick value. It is very important to know a market before trading it. The information below will help to understand your risk in each market. All information is manually entered and may not be 100% accurate.
Index Futures | Ticker Symbol | Exchange Traded | Min Tick | Tick Value |
S&P 500 | ES | CME | 0.25 | $12.50 |
Nasdaq 100 | NQ | CME | 0.25 | $5.00 |
Dow Futures | YM | CBOT | 1.0 | $5.00 |
Russell 2000 | TF | ICEUS | .10 | $10.00 |
Currency Futures | ||||
Australian Dollar | 6A | CME Globex | .0001 | $10.00 |
British Pound | 6B | CME Globex | .0001 | $6.25 |
Canadian Dollar | 6C | CME Globex | .0001 | $10.00 |
Euro FX | 6E | CME Globex | .0001 | $12.50 |
Japanese Yen | 6J | CME Globex | .000001 | $12.50 |
New Zealand Dollar | 6N | CME Globex | .0001 | $10.00 |
US Dollar Index | DX | ICEFI | .01 | $10.00 |
Swiss Franc | 6S | CME | .0001 | $12.50 |
Energy | ||||
Crude Oil | CL | NYMEX | .01 | $10.00 |
Mini Crude Oil | QM | NYMEX | .01 | $5.00 |
Natural Gas | NG | NYMEX | .10 | $10.00 |
Heating Oil | HO | NYMEX | .01 | $4.20 |
Metals | ||||
Gold | GC | COMEX | .10 | $10.00 |
Gold Mini | YG | NYSE | .10 | $3.32 |
Silver | SI | COMEX | .005 | $25.00 |
Silver Mini | YI | NYSE | .001 | $1.00 |
Copper | HG | COMEX | .0005 | $12.50 |
Platinum | PL | NYMEX | .10 | $5.00 |
CFTC RULE 4.41 HYPOTHETICAL OR SIMULATED PERFORMANCE RESULTS HAVE INHERENT LIMITATIONS. UNLIKE AN ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RECORD, SIMULATED RESULTS DO NOT REPRESENT ACTUAL TRADING. ALSO, SINCE THE TRADES HAVE NOT BEEN EXECUTED, THE RESULTS MAY HAVE UNDER-OR-OVER COMPENSATED FOR THE IMPACT, IF ANY, OF CERTAIN MARKET FACTORS, SUCH AS LACK OF LIQUIDITY. SIMULATED TRADING PROGRAMS IN GENERAL ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE DESIGNED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT ANY ACCOUNT WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE PROFIT OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THOSE SHOWN.
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