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"E-Mini Nasdaq Futures Tutorial" Click Here for the E-Mini S&P Tutorial. E-Mini Nasdaq Futures Ticker Symbol: NQ Charting Symbol's are as follows, NQ1M or NQM1 are the most common. Note: All trading in the E-Mini Nasdaq will occur on GLOBEX with the exception of all or none trades during RTH trading hours. Trading shall continue on GLOBEX until 8:30 a.m. the day following the last day of trading on the Trading Floor. GLOBEX Trading Hours for E-Mini's 3:45pm CST- 3:15pm CST (the next day) Monday through Friday. 5:30pm CST on Sunday - 3:15PM CST which is Monday's close. Also on Monday through Thursday from 10:00pm CST - 11:00pm CST the E-mini Nasdaq futures contract pauses and does not trade for about 1 hour. Quotation: U.S. Dollars per Index Point Contract Size: $20 x Nasdaq Stock Index Delivery Months: March (H), June (M), September (U), December (Z) Minimum Tick (Size/Value): 0.50 or $10.00 1882.00 1181.50 1181.00 1180.50 1180.00 Each minimum fluctuation is .50 which is $10.00 and 1.00 is $20.00. One full point for example from 1180.00 to 1181.00 is 1.00 which is $20.00 Contract size calculation example: lets say the E-Mini Nasdaq futures contract is trading at 1180.00, well at $20.00 per point multiplied by 1180.00 you get the contract size of $23,600.00 If the day trading margin to trade and hold 1 e-mini nasdaq futures contract during the day is approximately $3375.00 Initial margin. $23,600 divided by $3375 shows you a controlling leverage of about 7 to 1. Keep in mind even though mathematically the leverage in the e-mini
s&p is greater, the e-mini nasdaq futures contract is much more volatile
that the e-mini s&p contact so it is NOT correct to assume when comparing the two leverages together. Click Here for the E-Mini S&P Futures
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