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What one futures contract is worth, what a tick and a move cost, and how many contracts fit your risk.

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Your position

Filled with the latest free price when there is one; type your own.
For gold, 10 means $10 an ounce away.
Your broker's figure: margins change often.

NQ: E-mini Nasdaq-100

CME, $20 x the index a contract.

Size of the position
$586,673 (1 x $20 x the index)
One tick
0.25 in price = $5.00 per contract
A move of 1.00 in price
$20.00
A 1% move
$5,867

Data and education only, not investment advice and not a trading signal. Public sources can be late or wrong; check before relying on a number. Past prices do not predict what a market will do. Risk warning · The words on this page, explained

Contract terms

  1. 30-year Treasury bond$31.25
  2. Silver$25.00
  3. Bitcoin$25.00
  4. 10-year Treasury note$15.625
  5. Copper$12.50
  6. E-mini S&P 500$12.50
  7. Gold$10.00
  8. Crude oil (WTI)$10.00
  9. Natural gas$10.00
  10. Euro FX$6.25
  11. British pound$6.25
  12. Japanese yen$6.25
  13. Micro silver$5.00
  14. E-mini Nasdaq-100$5.00
  15. E-mini Dow$5.00
  16. Micro E-mini S&P 500$1.25
  17. Micro gold$1.00
  18. Micro crude oil$1.00
  19. Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100$0.50
  20. Micro E-mini Dow$0.50
  21. Micro bitcoin$0.50
What the smallest price step of one contract is worth, as the exchanges publish it, largest first
CodeContractExchangeSizeTickTick valueNext expiry
GCGoldCOMEX100 troy ounces0.1$10.0028 October 2026
MGCMicro goldCOMEX10 troy ounces0.1$1.0028 October 2026
SISilverCOMEX5,000 troy ounces0.005$25.0029 December 2026
SILMicro silverCOMEX1,000 troy ounces0.005$5.0029 December 2026
HGCopperCOMEX25,000 pounds0.0005$12.5029 December 2026
CLCrude oil (WTI)NYMEX1,000 barrels0.01$10.0020 November 2026
MCLMicro crude oilNYMEX100 barrels0.01$1.0020 November 2026
NGNatural gasNYMEX10,000 MMBtu0.001$10.0028 October 2026
ESE-mini S&P 500CME$50 x the index0.25$12.5018 December 2026
MESMicro E-mini S&P 500CME$5 x the index0.25$1.2518 December 2026
NQE-mini Nasdaq-100CME$20 x the index0.25$5.0018 December 2026
MNQMicro E-mini Nasdaq-100CME$2 x the index0.25$0.5018 December 2026
YME-mini DowCBOT$5 x the index1$5.0018 December 2026
MYMMicro E-mini DowCBOT$0.50 x the index1$0.5018 December 2026
ZN10-year Treasury noteCBOT$100,000 face value0.015625$15.62521 December 2026
ZB30-year Treasury bondCBOT$100,000 face value0.03125$31.2521 December 2026
6EEuro FXCME125,000 euros0.00005$6.2514 December 2026
6BBritish poundCME62,500 pounds0.0001$6.2514 December 2026
6JJapanese yenCME12,500,000 yen0.0000005$6.2514 December 2026
BTCBitcoinCME5 bitcoin5$25.0030 October 2026
MBTMicro bitcoinCME0.1 bitcoin5$0.5030 October 2026

Contract sizes and ticks as the exchanges publish them. Check the exchange's own specification and your broker before trading; trading hours, limits and margins are not shown here because they change. Next expiry is the last day the nearest listed month trades, worked out from the exchange's rules; a holiday can move it by a day, so check the exchange's calendar before you rely on it.

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