Futures Contracts - Value Specifications
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 |
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