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Contract specifications
- Contract symbol
- RTYU8
- Product
- E-mini Russell 2000 (RTY)
- Exchange
- CME
- Delivery month
- September 2028 (code U)
- Last trading day
- September 15, 2028
- Default rolls on
- September 7, 2028 (8 days before)
- Tick size
- 0.1
- Tick value
- $5.00
- Point value
- $50.00
- Next delivery
- RTYZ8 (December 15, 2028)
When RTYU8 stops trading
Trading terminates at 9:30 a.m. ET on the third Friday of the contract month. For RTYU8 that falls on September 15, 2028.
Senzoukria stops offering RTYU8 as the default contract on September 7, 2028, 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 RTYU8 the next listed delivery is RTYZ8, whose last trading day is December 15, 2028. That is the contract the volume moves into, just as it moved out of RTYM8 on June 8, 2028.
What one tick is worth on RTYU8
The minimum price fluctuation is 0.1, which is $5.00 per contract on a multiplier of 50. A full point is therefore $50.00. 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 RTY 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 RTYU8 position and the rows of its footprint come from the same numbers.
Every RTY delivery listed in 2028
RTY lists 4 delivery months a year (H, M, U, Z). RTYU8 is number 3 of 4 in 2028.
| Contract | Delivery | Last trading day | Default rolls on |
|---|---|---|---|
| RTYH8 | Mar 2028 | Mar 17, 2028 | Mar 9, 2028 |
| RTYM8 | Jun 2028 | Jun 16, 2028 | Jun 8, 2028 |
| RTYU8 (this page) | Sep 2028 | Sep 15, 2028 | Sep 7, 2028 |
| RTYZ8 | Dec 2028 | Dec 15, 2028 | Dec 7, 2028 |
RTYU8 and M2KU8 side by side
RTY and M2K 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. RTYU8 and M2KU8 share the same last trading day, September 15, 2028, 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
- RTY — E-mini Russell 2000
- Contract roll
- Futures month codes
- Tick value
- Front month contract
- Quarterly expiry
- AM/PM settlement
- M2K — Micro E-mini Russell 2000
- RTYZ8
- RTYM8
- RTY 2028
- M2KU8
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Frequently asked questions
- When does RTYU8 expire?
- The last trading day of RTYU8 is September 15, 2028. Trading terminates at 9:30 a.m. ET on the third Friday of the contract month.
- When should I roll out of RTYU8?
- The app switches its default to the next listed month on September 7, 2028, which is RTYZ8. 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 RTYU8 worth?
- One tick of 0.1 is $5.00 per contract, and a full point is $50.00, on a multiplier of 50.