Futures trading hours ( correct ) .....

[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

 

[LegendaryTrader]

i'm not sure what you're smoking, but take a look at the exchange contract specs:
http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/e-mini-sandp500_contract_specifications.html

TorS likely indicates the closing bell is for the equity indexes at 3p.m. Trading halt at 3.15p.m.

TST is a vendor, not an exchange. You play by their rules for some reason, maybe they need 5 minutes to consolidate every customer's positions? Or they don't want to get caught by EOD spikes.

 

[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.