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HEJ8 expiry: April 14, 2028

HEJ8 is the April 2028 delivery of Lean Hogs on CME. Its last trading day is April 14, 2028, and the app moves its default to the next listed month on April 10, 2028, 4 calendar days earlier. One tick is 0.025, worth $10.00, on a multiplier of 400.

Updated September 2026First published 16 October 2026

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  1. Contract specifications
  2. When HEJ8 stops trading
  3. When the volume actually leaves
  4. What one tick is worth on HEJ8
  5. Every HE delivery listed in 2028
  6. Related pages
  7. In the same section
  8. This page in other languages
  9. Frequently asked questions

Contract specifications

Contract symbol
HEJ8
Product
Lean Hogs (HE)
Exchange
CME
Delivery month
April 2028 (code J)
Last trading day
April 14, 2028
Default rolls on
April 10, 2028 (4 days before)
Tick size
0.025
Tick value
$10.00
Point value
$400.00
Next delivery
HEK8 (May 12, 2028)

When HEJ8 stops trading

Trading terminates on the 10th business day of the contract month. For HEJ8 that falls on April 14, 2028.

Senzoukria stops offering HEJ8 as the default contract on April 10, 2028, 4 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

Livestock contracts follow the production calendar, so the listed months are uneven and the gap between two deliveries can be two months. The active month is the one carrying the volume.

For HEJ8 the next listed delivery is HEK8, whose last trading day is May 12, 2028. That is the contract the volume moves into, just as it moved out of HEG8 on February 10, 2028.

What one tick is worth on HEJ8

The minimum price fluctuation is 0.025, which is $10.00 per contract on a multiplier of 400. A full point is therefore $400.00. 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 0.025 sets how finely the bid and ask volume of HE 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 HEJ8 position and the rows of its footprint come from the same numbers.

Every HE delivery listed in 2028

HE lists 8 delivery months a year (G, J, K, M, N, Q, V, Z). HEJ8 is number 2 of 8 in 2028.

HE 2028: last trading day and roll date of every listed delivery
ContractDeliveryLast trading dayDefault rolls on
HEG8Feb 2028Feb 14, 2028Feb 10, 2028
HEJ8 (this page)Apr 2028Apr 14, 2028Apr 10, 2028
HEK8May 2028May 12, 2028May 8, 2028
HEM8Jun 2028Jun 14, 2028Jun 10, 2028
HEN8Jul 2028Jul 14, 2028Jul 10, 2028
HEQ8Aug 2028Aug 14, 2028Aug 10, 2028
HEV8Oct 2028Oct 13, 2028Oct 9, 2028
HEZ8Dec 2028Dec 14, 2028Dec 10, 2028

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Frequently asked questions

When does HEJ8 expire?
The last trading day of HEJ8 is April 14, 2028. Trading terminates on the 10th business day of the contract month.
When should I roll out of HEJ8?
The app switches its default to the next listed month on April 10, 2028, which is HEK8. 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 HEJ8 worth?
One tick of 0.025 is $10.00 per contract, and a full point is $400.00, on a multiplier of 400.
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