The EUR futures market is based upon the Euro to US Dollar exchange rate, and is traded at the CME (Chicago Mercantile Exchange) in the US. The EUR futures market is traded on the Globex electronic trading system 24 hours per day from 5:00 PM Sunday to 4:00 PM Friday Central Time. The EUR futures market has a daily trading volume of approximately 150000 contracts, and a daily price range of approximately 90 ticks.
Contract Specifications
The full contract specifications for the EUR futures market are as follows :
- Symbol (IB / Sierra Chart Format) : EUR
- Expiration date (as of February 2007) : March 16 2007
- Exchange : GLOBEX
- Currency : USD
- Multiplier / Contract value : $125,000
- Tick size / Minimum price change : 0.0001
- Tick value / Minimum price value : $12.50
Holidays
In 2007, the EUR futures market is open for trading every trading day (Monday to Friday), except for the following holidays, when the opening and closing times are modified :
- January 01
- January 02
- January 12
- January 15
- February 16
- February 19
- April 06
- May 25
- May 28
- July 03
- July 04
- August 31
- September 03
- October 05
- October 08
- November 09
- November 12
- November 21
- November 22
- November 23
- December 24
- December 25
- December 26
- December 31
