A micro futures contract is simply a smaller version of the same futures contract. For example, the Micro E-Mini S&P 500 contract is 1/10 the size of the classic E-Mini S&P 500. That means that the minimum fluctuation of 0.25 index points with one micro contract results in a $1.25 ...
Micro E-mini futures will be listed on the customary U.S. Equity Index futures cycle – there will be five concurrent futures that expire against the opening index value on the third Friday of March, June, September and December. The tick increments will follow their E-mini counterparts as ...
For example, with the S&P 500 at a price of 3000, the value of the futures contract is $15000, so an account size of $7500 could buy one contract at 2x leverage. To obtain leverage of no more than 2x with one contract of the regular E-mini at the same price would require an ...