HOME My Emini Systems Emini Basics Emini Trading Courses	Emini Specifications The first emini contract was launched in 1997. It was ES, a younger "brother" of the full sized futures for S&P 500 which at that time had already been around for 15 years. Another emini contract appeared two years later. Afterwards, we have been treated to quite a few more mini sized futures contracts that can be traded electronically, thus known as emini futures. Below I list the most popular of those contracts and their data. Name                  Ticker   Tick Size   Tick Value   Rollover Months S&P 500                  ES          0.25           $12.5          H, M, U, Z NASDAQ 100            NQ         0.50           $10             H, M, U, Z Russell 1000            RS1         0.10           $10             H, M, U, Z Russell 2000            ER2         0.10           $10             H, M, U, Z S&P Mid Cap 400     EMD        0.05           $25             H, M, U, Z S&P Mid Cap 600     SMC        0.05           $10             H, M, U, Z NASDAQ Composite QCN        0.50           $10             H, M, U, Z Euro                      E7           0.0001        $6.25          H, M, U, Z Japanese Yen         J7           0.000001     $6.25          H, M, U, Z Dow                      YM          1                $5              H, M, U, Z   Gold                      YG          0.10            $3.32         All Months Silver                    YI            0.001          $1              All Months Crude Oil               QM          0.025          $12.5         All Months Natural Gas            QG          0.005           $12.5         All Months   Some contracts expire every month, others every three months. The month codes are listed in the table below. Month Code January F February G March H April J May K June M Month Code July N August Q September U October V November X December Z For more information on trading eminis see another section.
	Disclaimer: HYPOTHETICAL OR SIMULATED PERFORMANCE RESULTS HAVE CERTAIN INHERENT LIMITATIONS UNLIKE AN ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RECORD. SIMULATED RESULTS DO NOT REPRESENT ACTUAL TRADING. ALSO, SINCE THE TRADES HAVE NOT BEEN EXECUTED, THE RESULTS MAY HAVE UNDER OR OVER COMPENSATED FOR THE IMPACT, IF ANY, OF CERTAIN MARKET FACTORS, SUCH AS LACK OF LIQUIDITY. SIMULATED TRADING PROGRAMS IN GENERAL ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE DESIGNED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT ANY ACCOUNT WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THOSE SHOWN.