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Contract specifications
- Contract symbol
- M2KU0
- Product
- Micro Russell 2000 (M2K)
- 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
- 0.1
- Tick value
- $0.50
- Point value
- $5.00
- Next delivery
- M2KZ0 (December 20, 2030)
When M2KU0 stops trading
Trading terminates at 9:30 a.m. ET on the third Friday of the contract month. For M2KU0 that falls on September 20, 2030.
Senzoukria stops offering M2KU0 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 M2KU0 the next listed delivery is M2KZ0, whose last trading day is December 20, 2030. That is the contract the volume moves into, just as it moved out of M2KM0 on June 13, 2030.
What one tick is worth on M2KU0
The minimum price fluctuation is 0.1, which is $0.50 per contract on a multiplier of 5. A full point is therefore $5.00. 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 0.1 sets how finely the bid and ask volume of M2K 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 M2KU0 position and the rows of its footprint come from the same numbers.
Every M2K delivery listed in 2030
M2K lists 4 delivery months a year (H, M, U, Z). M2KU0 is number 3 of 4 in 2030.
| Contract | Delivery | Last trading day | Default rolls on |
|---|---|---|---|
| M2KH0 | Mar 2030 | Mar 15, 2030 | Mar 7, 2030 |
| M2KM0 | Jun 2030 | Jun 21, 2030 | Jun 13, 2030 |
| M2KU0 (this page) | Sep 2030 | Sep 20, 2030 | Sep 12, 2030 |
| M2KZ0 | Dec 2030 | Dec 20, 2030 | Dec 12, 2030 |
M2KU0 and RTYU0 side by side
M2K and RTY track the same underlying, but RTY is 10 times the size of M2K: $5.00 a tick against $0.50. Both quote on the same 0.1 tick. M2KU0 and RTYU0 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. M2K lets a 10-contract position carry the same exposure as one RTY, which makes partial exits possible on a small account; RTY carries the deeper book, so its footprint and its depth of market are the ones to read even when the position is held in M2K.
Related pages
- M2K — Micro E-mini Russell 2000
- Contract roll
- Futures month codes
- Tick value
- Front month contract
- Quarterly expiry
- AM/PM settlement
- RTY — E-mini Russell 2000
- Micro contracts
- M2KZ0
- M2KM0
- M2K 2030
- RTYU0
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Frequently asked questions
- When does M2KU0 expire?
- The last trading day of M2KU0 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 M2KU0?
- The app switches its default to the next listed month on September 12, 2030, which is M2KZ0. 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 M2KU0 worth?
- One tick of 0.1 is $0.50 per contract, and a full point is $5.00, on a multiplier of 5.