Originally posted by TNO-Mike
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 trade on the Globex from 3:45 p.m. - 8:15 a.m. Central. The Dow Jones Futures trade electronically on A/C/E from 8:15 p.m. - 7:00 a.m.
March, June, September, and December are the Contract Months. For RealTick users, symbols are C/I/P/T for Globex. Example S&P 500 June = /SPI2. With the I standing for June and 2 representing 2002.
Originally posted by TNO-Mike
The E-mini S&P 500 and E-mini Nasdaq 100 trade on Globex from 5:30 p.m Sunday to 3:15 p.m Friday, with a stop in trading from 3:15 - 3:45 p.m Monday through Thursday. Ticker Symbols on RealTick are /ES and /NQ for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 respectively.
The Dow Jones E-mini contracts trade from 8:15 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Central from Sunday to Friday.