Futures trading hours ( correct ) .....

Discussion in 'Index Futures' started by md2324, Jul 10, 2015.

  1. md2324

    md2324

    I've had some help with confirming the actual trading hours for the Future Indexes before,
    but a few different scenarios have come up, with each conflicting one another

    Here's what has me confused ....

    1. I trade on the TorS platform , and at 3:00 p.m. cst. The Bell goes off and rings ( signifying that it is the end of the trading day )
    Well , I thought that Futures trading didn't end till 4:15 p.m. cst. and then started back trading at 5:00 p.m. cst. ?

    So from 3 p.m. cst till 4:15 p.m. ...... is this RTH or ETH ?


    2. Looking into both TopStep Trader and NADEX , Both of these close down for the trading day around similar times ...... TopStep's trading hours for the ES is from 5 p.m. cst. till 3:10 p.m. cst. ,
    and NADEX's trading hrs. for the ES is from 5 p.m. cst till 3:15 p.m. ( for their Daily BullCall spreads )
    ( so both TopStep and NADEX have close to the same trading Hours )


    Any confirmation on the distinction between RTH and ETH would be much appreciated

    Thanks for the help
     
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  3. i960

    i960

    For CME, 1700CT is the start of the next trading session (near the beginning of the Asian session) and would be "ETH." For ICE, it's usually 1900CT-1700CT, RTH vs ETH isn't really a thing there.

    For the CME specific 1530CT-1615CT range, I've never really considered it RTH, but just a final trading window you probably shouldn't be trading other than closing or opening if needed.
     
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