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Contract specifications
- Contract symbol
- HEJ9
- Product
- Lean Hogs (HE)
- Exchange
- CME
- Delivery month
- April 2029 (code J)
- Last trading day
- April 13, 2029
- Default rolls on
- April 9, 2029 (4 days before)
- Tick size
- 0.025
- Tick value
- $10.00
- Point value
- $400.00
- Next delivery
- HEK9 (May 14, 2029)
When HEJ9 stops trading
Trading terminates on the 10th business day of the contract month. For HEJ9 that falls on April 13, 2029.
Senzoukria stops offering HEJ9 as the default contract on April 9, 2029, 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 HEJ9 the next listed delivery is HEK9, whose last trading day is May 14, 2029. That is the contract the volume moves into, just as it moved out of HEG9 on February 10, 2029.
What one tick is worth on HEJ9
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 HEJ9 position and the rows of its footprint come from the same numbers.
Every HE delivery listed in 2029
HE lists 8 delivery months a year (G, J, K, M, N, Q, V, Z). HEJ9 is number 2 of 8 in 2029.
| Contract | Delivery | Last trading day | Default rolls on |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEG9 | Feb 2029 | Feb 14, 2029 | Feb 10, 2029 |
| HEJ9 (this page) | Apr 2029 | Apr 13, 2029 | Apr 9, 2029 |
| HEK9 | May 2029 | May 14, 2029 | May 10, 2029 |
| HEM9 | Jun 2029 | Jun 14, 2029 | Jun 10, 2029 |
| HEN9 | Jul 2029 | Jul 13, 2029 | Jul 9, 2029 |
| HEQ9 | Aug 2029 | Aug 14, 2029 | Aug 10, 2029 |
| HEV9 | Oct 2029 | Oct 12, 2029 | Oct 8, 2029 |
| HEZ9 | Dec 2029 | Dec 14, 2029 | Dec 10, 2029 |
Related pages
- HE futures
- Contract roll
- Futures month codes
- Tick value
- Front month contract
- Back month contract
- Roll yield
- HEK9
- HEG9
- HE 2029
- LEJ9
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Frequently asked questions
- When does HEJ9 expire?
- The last trading day of HEJ9 is April 13, 2029. Trading terminates on the 10th business day of the contract month.
- When should I roll out of HEJ9?
- The app switches its default to the next listed month on April 9, 2029, which is HEK9. 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 HEJ9 worth?
- One tick of 0.025 is $10.00 per contract, and a full point is $400.00, on a multiplier of 400.