When is the last trade date, settlement date for the Equities and how are the settlement prices computed?
The last trade date (LTD) for the U.S. Equities is 3:15 p.m. Chicago time on the business day preceding the third Friday of the contract month. Except for the E-mini contracts (i.e. the E-mini Nasdaq-100 and the E-mini S&P 500), which continue trading on CME Globex up until 8:30 a.m. on the third Friday of the contract month. The final settlement prices are received by the CME Clearing House on the third Friday of the contract month from the respective indices groups and are a weighted average of the opening prices of all the stock components of the relevant indices for that day. Generally we receive the final settlement prices between the hours of 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
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