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Contract specifications
- Contract symbol
- YMH8
- Product
- E-mini Dow (YM)
- Exchange
- CBOT
- Delivery month
- March 2028 (code H)
- Last trading day
- March 17, 2028
- Default rolls on
- March 9, 2028 (8 days before)
- Tick size
- 1
- Tick value
- $5.00
- Point value
- $5.00
- Next delivery
- YMM8 (June 16, 2028)
When YMH8 stops trading
Trading terminates at 9:30 a.m. ET on the third Friday of the contract month. For YMH8 that falls on March 17, 2028.
Senzoukria stops offering YMH8 as the default contract on March 9, 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 YMH8 the next listed delivery is YMM8, whose last trading day is June 16, 2028. That is the contract the volume moves into.
What one tick is worth on YMH8
The minimum price fluctuation is 1, which is $5.00 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 1 sets how finely the bid and ask volume of YM 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 YMH8 position and the rows of its footprint come from the same numbers.
Every YM delivery listed in 2028
YM lists 4 delivery months a year (H, M, U, Z). YMH8 is number 1 of 4 in 2028.
| Contract | Delivery | Last trading day | Default rolls on |
|---|---|---|---|
| YMH8 (this page) | Mar 2028 | Mar 17, 2028 | Mar 9, 2028 |
| YMM8 | Jun 2028 | Jun 16, 2028 | Jun 8, 2028 |
| YMU8 | Sep 2028 | Sep 15, 2028 | Sep 7, 2028 |
| YMZ8 | Dec 2028 | Dec 15, 2028 | Dec 7, 2028 |
YMH8 and MYMH8 side by side
YM and MYM track the same underlying, but YM is 10 times the size of MYM: $5.00 a tick against $0.50. Both quote on the same 1 tick. YMH8 and MYMH8 share the same last trading day, March 17, 2028, so a position in either rolls on the same date.
The practical difference is position sizing rather than behaviour. MYM lets a 10-contract position carry the same exposure as one YM, which makes partial exits possible on a small account; YM carries the deeper book, so its footprint and its depth of market are the ones to read even when the position is held in MYM.
Related pages
- YM — E-mini Dow
- Contract roll
- Futures month codes
- Tick value
- Front month contract
- Quarterly expiry
- AM/PM settlement
- MYM — Micro E-mini Dow
- YMM8
- YMZ7
- YM 2028
- MYMH8
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Frequently asked questions
- When does YMH8 expire?
- The last trading day of YMH8 is March 17, 2028. Trading terminates at 9:30 a.m. ET on the third Friday of the contract month.
- When should I roll out of YMH8?
- The app switches its default to the next listed month on March 9, 2028, which is YMM8. 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 YMH8 worth?
- One tick of 1 is $5.00 per contract, and a full point is $5.00, on a multiplier of 5.