Futures Price Limits and Price Banding
Futures price limits, price banding and Velocity Logic are three different controls. What each one stops, and how to tell a reject from a locked market.
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Market Orders With Protection on CME Globex
A market order with protection on CME Globex sweeps only inside a protection band, then rests the remainder as a limit. Here is the mechanism, with data.
ES Futures Trading Hours and the Daily Break
ES futures trading hours in CT and ET: the Sunday 5 p.m. open, the 4 p.m. maintenance break, and why the old 3:15 p.m. equity index halt no longer applies.
Micro E-mini vs E-mini Futures: Specs & Cost
Micro E-mini vs E-mini futures compared: multiplier, tick value, notional and the commission math that decides where the micro premium actually lands.
What Is the CME CVOL Index? CVOL vs VIX
The CME CVOL index measures 30-day implied volatility in futures options using simple variance and equal strike weights. Here is how it differs from VIX.
Futures Tick Size and Tick Value Explained
Futures tick size is the smallest price step; tick value is what one step pays. CME specs for ES, MES, NQ, MNQ, CL, MCL, GC, MGC, ZN and ZB, plus the P&L math.
Single Stock Futures: CME's New Contracts
Single stock futures explained: CME's 2026 contracts, how the price embeds financing minus dividends, the 15% margin floor, and why 60/40 tax does not apply.
Futures Block Trades and CME Minimums
A futures block trade is privately negotiated away from the order book. How CME Rule 526 minimums work, and why your chart never showed the trade.