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No significance should be attached to a broker’s inclusion or omission. The list may not be exhaustive since the list only includes those brokers that have requested to be included on the list. If you are a broker and would like your firm to be listed, please contact our team at brokerlist@cmegroup.com
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Webinar: Single Stock Futures for Active Traders
Craig Bewick, Senior Director of Retail Education, and Jim Iuorio, CEO, JI Financial Strategies, discuss key futures concepts, analyze recent price action and present potential trading examples to help individual traders understand the Single Stock futures basics.
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FAQ
Get answers to frequently asked questions for Single Stock futures.
What are Single Stock futures?
Single Stock futures are standardized, capital-efficient futures contracts that allow you to trade on the price movement of an individual company’s stock, such as TSLA or MSFT, at a set future date.
What Single Stock futures are available?
How do Single Stock futures differ from stocks?
Unlike stocks, these contracts trade nearly 24 hours a day and provide exceptional capital efficiency to enable you to control a position with less upfront margin. Single Stock futures simplify directional trading, allowing you to easily take long or short positions without the complexities of stock borrowing fees and short-sale restrictions.
How do Single Stock futures differ from stock options?
Compared to stock options, Single Stock futures are financially settled and offer simplified directional trading without the complexity of options.
Where can I trade Single Stock futures?
Where can I find market disclosures?
What are the contract specifications for Single Stock futures?
| SINGLE STOCK FUTURES | MICRO SINGLE STOCK FUTURES | |
| Number of Contracts | 55 | 22 |
| Contract Size | 100 shares of underlying stock | 10 shares of underlying stock |
| Minimum Price Fluctuation | 0.01 index points = $1.00 BTIC: 0.01 index points = $1.00 |
0.01 index points = $0.10 |
| Listed Contracts | Quarterly contracts (Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec)
listed for 2 consecutive quarters BTIC: Eligible in all listed contract months |
Quarterly contracts (Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec) listed for 2 consecutive quarters |
| Settlement Method | Financially settled[text-align:center] | |
| Termination of trading | Trading terminates at 4:00 p.m. ET on the third Friday of the contract month[text-align:center] | |
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