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Futures Contract Specifications
        
The lean hogs contract specifications tell you how the lean hogs futures trade, not how to trade to lean hogs futures. Before you consider opening a commodity futures account, you should consult with a licensed commodities broker.

LEAN HOGS FUTURES

Trade Unit
40,000 pounds

    

Point Descriptions

1 point = $.01 per hundred pounds = $4.00

   

Contract Listing

Feb Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Oct, and Dec. Current Listings Nine months listed at a time on CME GLOBEX.

   

Strike Price

Interval N/A

   

Product Code

Clearing=LNTicker=LHGLOBEX=HE  

   

Trading Venue

Floor

   

Hours

9:05 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. LTD(12:00 p.m.)

   

Listed

N/A

Strike

 N/A

   

Limits

$0.03/lb, $1200 See Rule 1602.D

    

Minimum Fluctuation

Regular 0.00025/lb=$10.00

Trading Venue

CME® Globex®

   

Hours

Mon-Thurs 9:05 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Shutdown period from 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Re-open 5:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Friday Close at 1:30p.m. LTD(12:10 p.m. If the LTD is on a day that the market closes early, then the time is 11:10 a.m.)

    

Listed

N/A

   

Strike

N/A

   

Limits

See Floor Venue limits.

   

Minimum Fluctuation

Regular 0.00025/lb=$10.00

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