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Chicago
Mercantile Exchange
Quotes from
the CME are now available on the LiveWire Internet data service.
If you are a subscriber and would like to receive quotes from
the CME, you need to first download
LiveWire Internet version 10.0U or higher, then select F9>Internet>Buy
Time. You will be able to buy time for the entire CME (exchange
fee: $60) or just the FORTUNE e-50, E-mini Nasdaq-100, and E-mini
S&P 500 futures and options contracts (exchange fee: $10 per month,
minimum 6 month commitment).
Complete
details on products quoted on the CME are available on the CME
website: www.cme.com. Contract
specifications are available at: www.cme.com/clearing/spex/cscover.htm.
Comprehensive
list of CME products with symbols CME
Symbology
For your
convenience we have outlined the basics and the current future
contract symbols for the FORTUNE e-50, E-mini Nasdaq-100, and
E-mini S&P 500 contracts, as well as valuable links.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
1. Future
contract months are specified according to Globex symbols, listed
in the chart below.
2. Although trading hours are almost 24 hours daily, we recommend
that you set the Market Opens and Market Closes times (press Spacebar
when on the symbol) to your local equivalent of 5:30 a.m.-5:30
p.m. CST (for example, in PST, 03:30 - 13:30). If you want to
see trading outside these normal trading activity times, set your
times to 00:00 - 23:59, and view an Intra-Day chart.
| CONTRACT
MONTH SYMBOLS |
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GLOBEX
(use for future
contracts and option puts)
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CME
(use
only for calls)
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| January |
A |
F |
| February |
B |
G |
| March |
C |
H |
| April |
D |
J |
| May |
E |
K |
| June |
I |
M |
| July |
L |
N |
| August |
O |
Q |
| September |
P |
U |
| October |
R |
V |
| November |
S |
X |
| December |
T |
Z |
CME
Options Symbology
Options are
specified as SSM$$$:
SS = symbol (e.g. e-mini S&P 500 is ES)
M = month. For puts use the Globex month, for
calls use the CME month.
$$$ = last 3 digits of the strike price
Examples:
e-mini
S&P 500 options June call at 1170 symbol is ESM170
e-mini S&P 500 options June put at 1170
symbol is ESI170
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