CME Russell 1000 Futures Chat Today 3:30-4:15

Discussion in 'Index Futures' started by a_ooiioo_a hii, Apr 24, 2003.

  1. Russell 1000®
    CME will begin trading Russell 1000® futures on GLOBEX® on Monday, April 28, 2003 at 8:30 a.m. CT. For more information, join us in a pre-launch online chat on April 24 from 3:30 to 4:15 p.m. CT.

    Link to today's Chat

    Want to learn more about the new Russell 1000® futures contracts? Join us in a pre-launch online chat on April 24, 2003 from 3:30 - 4:15 p.m. (Chicago Time). You can log on to this event from this page beginning 15 minutes before the event starts. You may want to bookmark this page now! If you will not have access to the Internet at that time, you can listen in by calling 1-877-803-2255 during the posted chat time and by entering this conference ID 1893018. In the meantime, if you would like additional information on the product, you can review the contract specs listed below or download the product brochure .

    Ticker Symbol RS1
    Contract Size $100 times Russell 1000 futures price
    Price Limits 5%, 10%, 15% and 20%
    For more details see Price Limits
    Minimum Price Fluctuation (Tick) 0.10 index points = $10.00 per contract (Calendar spreads: .05 index points = $5.00 per contract)
    Contract Months Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec
    Regular Trading Hours (Central Time) Virtually 24 hours per day (from 5:30 p.m. Sunday to 3:15 p.m. Friday)
    Last Trading Day Trading can occur up to 8:30 a.m. (Chicago time) on the third Friday of the contract month
    Final Settlement Date The third Friday of the contract month
    Position Limits 25,000
     
  2. The Globex Russell 1000 Futures should trade nearly 24 hours, like the E-minis.

    For comparison, there are three Russell 1000 funds which can be traded as Single Stock Futures on NQLX.

    IWB: Russell 1000

    IWD: Russell 1000 Value Index Fund

    IWF: Russell 1000 Growth Index Fund



     
  3. jhburton

    jhburton

    why start another one when the 2000's volume is lousy?
     
  4. I don't know. That's why there's the chat happening in a few minutes to find the asnwer to questions like this perhaps.
     
  5. I think when they said 3:30-4:15, they were talking about Chicago Time! :mad:
     
  6. This conference is good, it's going on right now, because it's Chicago Time.