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Contract specifications
- Contract symbol
- MESM0
- Product
- Micro E-mini S&P 500 (MES)
- Exchange
- CME
- Delivery month
- June 2030 (code M)
- Last trading day
- June 21, 2030
- Default rolls on
- June 13, 2030 (8 days before)
- Tick size
- 0.25
- Tick value
- $1.25
- Point value
- $5.00
- Next delivery
- MESU0 (September 20, 2030)
When MESM0 stops trading
Trading terminates at 9:30 a.m. ET on the third Friday of the contract month. For MESM0 that falls on June 21, 2030.
Senzoukria stops offering MESM0 as the default contract on June 13, 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 MESM0 the next listed delivery is MESU0, whose last trading day is September 20, 2030. That is the contract the volume moves into, just as it moved out of MESH0 on March 7, 2030.
What one tick is worth on MESM0
The minimum price fluctuation is 0.25, which is $1.25 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 0.25 sets how finely the bid and ask volume of MES 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 MESM0 position and the rows of its footprint come from the same numbers.
Every MES delivery listed in 2030
MES lists 4 delivery months a year (H, M, U, Z). MESM0 is number 2 of 4 in 2030.
| Contract | Delivery | Last trading day | Default rolls on |
|---|---|---|---|
| MESH0 | Mar 2030 | Mar 15, 2030 | Mar 7, 2030 |
| MESM0 (this page) | Jun 2030 | Jun 21, 2030 | Jun 13, 2030 |
| MESU0 | Sep 2030 | Sep 20, 2030 | Sep 12, 2030 |
| MESZ0 | Dec 2030 | Dec 20, 2030 | Dec 12, 2030 |
MESM0 and ESM0 side by side
MES and ES 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. MESM0 and ESM0 share the same last trading day, June 21, 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.
Related pages
- MES — Micro E-mini S&P 500
- Contract roll
- Futures month codes
- Tick value
- Front month contract
- Quarterly expiry
- AM/PM settlement
- ES — E-mini S&P 500
- Micro contracts
- MESU0
- MESH0
- MES 2030
- ESM0
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Frequently asked questions
- When does MESM0 expire?
- The last trading day of MESM0 is June 21, 2030. Trading terminates at 9:30 a.m. ET on the third Friday of the contract month.
- When should I roll out of MESM0?
- The app switches its default to the next listed month on June 13, 2030, which is MESU0. 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 MESM0 worth?
- One tick of 0.25 is $1.25 per contract, and a full point is $5.00, on a multiplier of 5.