The EUR futures market is based upon the Euro to US Dollar exchange rate, and is traded at the CME Group 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) : 6E (EUR)
- Expiration date (as of February 2011) : March 14th 2011 (the second trading day before the third Wednesday of every third month)
- 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 2011, 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 1st to 3rd
- January 14th to 18th
- February 18th to 22nd
- April 21st to 24th
- May 27th to 31st
- July 1st to 5th
- September 2nd to 6th
- October 7th to 10th
- November 10th and 11th
- November 23rd to 25th
- December 23rd to 27th
- December 3th and 31st
Further Information
Additional information regarding the EUR futures market (e.g. current prices, daily volume, historical performance, etc.) can be found at the CME Group web site.