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Contract specifications
- Product
- E-mini Nasdaq 100 (NQ)
- Exchange
- CME
- Year
- 2029
- Deliveries listed
- 4
- First of the year
- NQH9 (Mar 16, 2029)
- Last of the year
- NQZ9 (Dec 21, 2029)
- Tick size
- 0.25
- Tick value
- $5.00
- Point value
- $20.00
Every NQ delivery listed in 2029
NQ trades 4 delivery months in 2029 (H, M, U, Z). Dates are computed from the exchange rule rather than stored. The engine counts Monday to Friday and holds no CME holiday table, so a date next to a public holiday can be one day off the exchange calendar.
The letter in a contract symbol is its delivery month: H = March, M = June, U = September, Z = December. The digit that follows is the year.
| Contract | Delivery | Last trading day | Default rolls on |
|---|---|---|---|
| NQH9 | Mar 2029 | Mar 16, 2029 | Mar 8, 2029 |
| NQM9 | Jun 2029 | Jun 15, 2029 | Jun 7, 2029 |
| NQU9 | Sep 2029 | Sep 21, 2029 | Sep 13, 2029 |
| NQZ9 | Dec 2029 | Dec 21, 2029 | Dec 13, 2029 |
The rule that sets these dates
Trading terminates at 9:30 a.m. ET on the third Friday of the contract month.
When the volume moves between these months
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.
What one tick of NQ is worth
The minimum price fluctuation is 0.25, which is $5.00 per contract on a multiplier of 20. A full point is $20.00. These are the values the app itself trades on, so the rows of a NQ footprint and the P&L on a NQ position come from the same numbers.
Related pages
- NQ — E-mini Nasdaq-100
- NQH9
- NQM9
- NQU9
- Contract roll
- Futures month codes
- Front month contract
- Tick value
- Quarterly expiry
- AM/PM settlement
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Frequently asked questions
- When do NQ futures expire in 2029?
- NQ has 4 listed deliveries in 2029. The first last trading day is March 16, 2029 and the last is December 21, 2029. The table above gives every month in between.
- How many NQ contracts are listed in 2029?
- 4, on the delivery month codes H, M, U, Z.
- Which NQ contract should I be trading?
- The one carrying the volume, which is usually the nearest delivery that has not reached its roll date. Compare the traded volume and open interest of the two nearest months rather than going by the last trading day alone.