CME Futures and Spot Prices

Overview

StockCharts.com provides end-of-day (EOD) data for various futures contracts traded through the CME Group. The CME, Cboe, COMEX, KBCT, and NYMEX are now part of the CME Group. These futures contracts cover precious metals, oil, the e-mini, and more. Spot prices are also available for select commodities traded through the CME. Users will see the words “spot price” in the name of these symbols. Spot prices can be used to create long-term charts for a specific commodity.

Details

Symbol Group: CME

Publisher: CME Group

Update Frequency: End-of-day (EOD)

Online Source: CME Group

Links to Current Symbols: CME Futures & CME

Characteristics

Keep in mind that some futures contracts trade almost round the clock. For example, the E-mini S&P 500 contract trades 23 hours a day and five days a week (Monday through Friday). This makes the “opening” price almost irrelevant because there is no “overnight” period.

The symbols for these futures contracts consist of several parts. The first character is a caret (^), which is reserved for futures contracts. The next character or characters represent the name of the futures contract. For example, the “HO” in the symbol ^HOM13 stands for heating oil and the “S” in ^SH14 stands for soybeans.

The next three characters represent the month and the year of the contract. The last two numbers identify the year, while the letter identifies the month. ^SH14 is the symbol for the March 2014 Soybean contract. Below is a list of the corresponding months and letters.

• F January

• G February

• H March

• J April

• K May

• M June

• N July

• Q August

• U September

• V October

• X November

• Z December

Chart Example

Symbol List

StockCharts.com users can access an up-to-date list of symbols for all our CME Futures and Spot Prices. From this list, click the “Mentions” icon to the right of a specific symbol for more details about the symbol, as well as recent mentions in Public ChartLists, blog articles, and more.