Advisory #25 | 09 15, 2015
Effective Monday, September 21, the daily CME Globex maintenance period will begin 15 minutes earlier Monday through Thursday from 16:00 until 16:45 CT. This includes Equity Index futures (ES, YM, NQ) and Energy futures (CL). Currently, the daily maintenance period occurs Monday through Thursday from 16:15 to 16:45 CT. The re-open remains at 17:00 CT.
With this change, the closing times for the following markets will now occur 15 minutes earlier Monday through Friday at 16:00 CT.
All other CME Globex markets trading hours remain unchanged.
You can update your NinjaTrader session templates in just a few quick steps to adjust for these new trading hours. Included below are the 2 impacted session templates and the instruments associated with each. The video tutorial details the simple process to update each template.
Standard Instruments Affected | |
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DD | BIG Dow DJIA $25 |
DJ | Dow Jones Futures ($10) |
EMD | E-mini S&P MidCap 400 |
EMF | E-mini S&P CNX Nifty Futures (Nifty 50) |
ES | E-mini S&P 500 |
MNF | E-micro S&P CNX Nifty Futures (Nifty 50) |
NQ | E-mini NASDAQ-100 Futures |
SMP | S&P SmallCap 600 |
SP | S&P 500 |
YM | mini-sized Dow ($5) Futures |
Standard Instruments Affected | |
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CL | Crude Oil Futures |
GC | COMEX Gold Futures |
HG | COMEX Copper Futures |
HO | Heating Oil Futures |
MG | E-micro Gold Futures |
NG | Natural Gas |
PA | Palladium Futures |
PL | Platinum Futures |
QC | COMEX miNY Copper Futures |
QG | E-mini Natural Gas |
QH | E-mini Heating Oil Futures |
QI | COMEX miNY Silver Futures |
QM | E-mini Crude Oil Futures |
QO | COMEX miNY Gold Futures |
QU | E-mini Gasoline Futures |
RB | Rbob Gasoline Futures |
RT | Rbob Gasoline Financial Futures |
SI | COMEX Silver Futures |
TT | NYMEX Cotton No. 2 Futures |
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