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HEQ8 expiry: August 14, 2028

HEQ8 is the August 2028 delivery of Lean Hogs on CME. Its last trading day is August 14, 2028, and the app moves its default to the next listed month on August 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

On this page
  1. Contract specifications
  2. When HEQ8 stops trading
  3. When the volume actually leaves
  4. What one tick is worth on HEQ8
  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
HEQ8
Product
Lean Hogs (HE)
Exchange
CME
Delivery month
August 2028 (code Q)
Last trading day
August 14, 2028
Default rolls on
August 10, 2028 (4 days before)
Tick size
0.025
Tick value
$10.00
Point value
$400.00
Next delivery
HEV8 (October 13, 2028)

When HEQ8 stops trading

Trading terminates on the 10th business day of the contract month. For HEQ8 that falls on August 14, 2028.

Senzoukria stops offering HEQ8 as the default contract on August 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 HEQ8 the next listed delivery is HEV8, whose last trading day is October 13, 2028. That is the contract the volume moves into, just as it moved out of HEN8 on July 10, 2028.

What one tick is worth on HEQ8

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 HEQ8 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). HEQ8 is number 6 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
HEJ8Apr 2028Apr 14, 2028Apr 10, 2028
HEK8May 2028May 12, 2028May 8, 2028
HEM8Jun 2028Jun 14, 2028Jun 10, 2028
HEN8Jul 2028Jul 14, 2028Jul 10, 2028
HEQ8 (this page)Aug 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 HEQ8 expire?
The last trading day of HEQ8 is August 14, 2028. Trading terminates on the 10th business day of the contract month.
When should I roll out of HEQ8?
The app switches its default to the next listed month on August 10, 2028, which is HEV8. 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 HEQ8 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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