E-minis are futures contracts that represent a fraction of the value of standard futures. They are traded primarily on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange 's Globex electronic trading platform and the New York Board of Trade.

As of April, , CME lists 44 unique E-mini contracts, [2] of which approximately 10 have average daily trading volumes of over 1, contracts.

Some E-mini contracts provide trading advantages, including high liquidity and therefore tight spread , greater affordability for individual investors due to lower margin requirements than the full-size contracts, and round-the-clock trading Most E-mini futures expire quarterly with the exception of agricultural products , in March, June, September, and December. An E-mini future symbol is formed by starting with the root symbol and adding the expiration month letter the same as for futures and the last digit of the expiration year.

Beginner's Guide To E-Mini Futures Contracts: What Are The E-Minis?

The table below lists some of the more popular E-mini contracts, with the initial and maintenance margins required by CME. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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