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RTY futures expiry calendar 2027: 4 dates

RTY (E-mini Russell 2000) lists 4 delivery months on CME in 2027. The first last trading day of the year falls on March 19, 2027, the last on December 17, 2027. This page gives the exact date of each one, and the date the app moves its default to the next month.

Updated September 2026First published 22 October 2026

On this page
  1. Contract specifications
  2. Every RTY delivery listed in 2027
  3. The rule that sets these dates
  4. When the volume moves between these months
  5. What one tick of RTY is worth
  6. Related pages
  7. In the same section
  8. This page in other languages
  9. Frequently asked questions

Contract specifications

Product
E-mini Russell 2000 (RTY)
Exchange
CME
Year
2027
Deliveries listed
4
First of the year
RTYH7 (Mar 19, 2027)
Last of the year
RTYZ7 (Dec 17, 2027)
Tick size
0.1
Tick value
$5.00
Point value
$50.00

Every RTY delivery listed in 2027

RTY trades 4 delivery months in 2027 (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.

RTY 2027: last trading day and roll date of every listed delivery
ContractDeliveryLast trading dayDefault rolls on
RTYH7Mar 2027Mar 19, 2027Mar 11, 2027
RTYM7Jun 2027Jun 18, 2027Jun 10, 2027
RTYU7Sep 2027Sep 17, 2027Sep 9, 2027
RTYZ7Dec 2027Dec 17, 2027Dec 9, 2027

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 RTY is worth

The minimum price fluctuation is 0.1, which is $5.00 per contract on a multiplier of 50. A full point is $50.00. These are the values the app itself trades on, so the rows of a RTY footprint and the P&L on a RTY position come from the same numbers.

In the same section

This page in other languages

Frequently asked questions

When do RTY futures expire in 2027?
RTY has 4 listed deliveries in 2027. The first last trading day is March 19, 2027 and the last is December 17, 2027. The table above gives every month in between.
How many RTY contracts are listed in 2027?
4, on the delivery month codes H, M, U, Z.
Which RTY 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.
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