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ESU0 expiry: September 20, 2030

ESU0 is the September 2030 delivery of E-mini S&P 500 on CME. Its last trading day is September 20, 2030, and the app moves its default to the next listed month on September 12, 2030, 8 calendar days earlier. One tick is 0.25, worth $12.50, on a multiplier of 50.

Updated September 2026First published 16 October 2026

On this page
  1. Contract specifications
  2. When ESU0 stops trading
  3. When the volume actually leaves
  4. What one tick is worth on ESU0
  5. Every ES delivery listed in 2030
  6. ESU0 and MESU0 side by side
  7. Related pages
  8. In the same section
  9. This page in other languages
  10. Frequently asked questions

Contract specifications

Contract symbol
ESU0
Product
E-mini S&P 500 (ES)
Exchange
CME
Delivery month
September 2030 (code U)
Last trading day
September 20, 2030
Default rolls on
September 12, 2030 (8 days before)
Tick size
0.25
Tick value
$12.50
Point value
$50.00
Next delivery
ESZ0 (December 20, 2030)

When ESU0 stops trading

Trading terminates at 9:30 a.m. ET on the third Friday of the contract month. For ESU0 that falls on September 20, 2030.

Senzoukria stops offering ESU0 as the default contract on September 12, 2030, 8 calendar days before that last trading day, and keeps it selectable with a badge. The date is computed from the exchange rule rather than stored. The engine counts Monday to Friday and holds no CME holiday table, so a date that falls next to a public holiday can be one day off the exchange calendar. Check the exchange calendar when the date sits close to a holiday.

When the volume actually leaves

Equity index liquidity moves to the next quarter in a single week, usually the one that contains the roll date. Order flow read on the old contract after that week is thin and misleading: the book empties, prints get sparse, and a footprint built on it shows gaps that are an artefact of the roll rather than of the auction.

For ESU0 the next listed delivery is ESZ0, whose last trading day is December 20, 2030. That is the contract the volume moves into, just as it moved out of ESM0 on June 13, 2030.

What one tick is worth on ESU0

The minimum price fluctuation is 0.25, which is $12.50 per contract on a multiplier of 50. A full point is therefore $50.00. On a footprint chart one row is one tick, so the same vertical space holds a different number of rows depending on the product: a tick of 0.25 sets how finely the bid and ask volume of ES can be read.

These are the values the app itself trades on, taken from its contract table rather than retyped, so the P&L shown on a ESU0 position and the rows of its footprint come from the same numbers.

Every ES delivery listed in 2030

ES lists 4 delivery months a year (H, M, U, Z). ESU0 is number 3 of 4 in 2030.

ES 2030: last trading day and roll date of every listed delivery
ContractDeliveryLast trading dayDefault rolls on
ESH0Mar 2030Mar 15, 2030Mar 7, 2030
ESM0Jun 2030Jun 21, 2030Jun 13, 2030
ESU0 (this page)Sep 2030Sep 20, 2030Sep 12, 2030
ESZ0Dec 2030Dec 20, 2030Dec 12, 2030

ESU0 and MESU0 side by side

ES and MES track the same underlying, but ES is 10 times the size of MES: $12.50 a tick against $1.25. Both quote on the same 0.25 tick. ESU0 and MESU0 share the same last trading day, September 20, 2030, so a position in either rolls on the same date.

The practical difference is position sizing rather than behaviour. MES lets a 10-contract position carry the same exposure as one ES, which makes partial exits possible on a small account; ES carries the deeper book, so its footprint and its depth of market are the ones to read even when the position is held in MES.

In the same section

This page in other languages

Frequently asked questions

When does ESU0 expire?
The last trading day of ESU0 is September 20, 2030. Trading terminates at 9:30 a.m. ET on the third Friday of the contract month.
When should I roll out of ESU0?
The app switches its default to the next listed month on September 12, 2030, which is ESZ0. In practice the volume moves before the calendar does, so compare the traded volume and open interest of the two months rather than waiting for the last trading day.
How much is one tick of ESU0 worth?
One tick of 0.25 is $12.50 per contract, and a full point is $50.00, on a multiplier of 50.
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