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Futures market hours

When CME Globex futures trade, by product group, in ET, CT, PT and UTC, and the next holiday changes.

Weekly session
Sun 6:00 p.m. to Fri 5:00 p.m. ET
Daily break
5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. ET
Crypto futures
24/7 since May 29, 2026
Next holiday
Thanksgiving, Nov 26

Checked on · CME Group Holiday and Trading Hours · By helloweekends Editors

Futures market hours on CME Globex, CME Group's electronic trading platform, run from Sunday 6:00 p.m. to Friday 5:00 p.m. ET for equity index, interest rate, FX, energy and metals futures. Trading stops each weekday from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. ET for a daily break. Grains trade in two sessions, livestock only during the day, and crypto futures around the clock. Holidays shorten or cancel sessions.

Hours by product group

CME Group runs four exchanges, CME, CBOT, NYMEX and COMEX, and their futures trade on CME Globex. Most groups trade nearly 24 hours a day, five days a week. The daily break is a pause when nothing trades; for most groups it lasts one hour. CME's trading day starts in the evening: the session that opens on Monday at 6:00 p.m. ET belongs to Tuesday.

All times ET. Source: CME Group product pages and fact cards, checked September 26, 2026.
Product groupExample contractsGlobex sessionDaily breakWeekly close and reopen
Equity indexES, NQ, YM, RTY, MES, MNQSun–Fri 6:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.Closes Fri 5:00 p.m.; reopens Sun 6:00 p.m.
Interest ratesZN, ZB, ZF, SR3Sun–Fri 6:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.Closes Fri 5:00 p.m.; reopens Sun 6:00 p.m.
FX6E, 6J, 6BSun–Fri 6:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.Closes Fri 5:00 p.m.; reopens Sun 6:00 p.m.
EnergyCL, NG, RBSun–Fri 6:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.Closes Fri 5:00 p.m.; reopens Sun 6:00 p.m.
MetalsGC, SI, HGSun–Fri 6:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.Closes Fri 5:00 p.m.; reopens Sun 6:00 p.m.
GrainsZC, ZS, ZWSplit session: Sun–Fri 8:00 p.m.–8:45 a.m. (overnight) and Mon–Fri 9:30 a.m.–2:20 p.m. (day)8:45 a.m.–9:30 a.m. and 2:20 p.m.–8:00 p.m.Closes Fri 2:20 p.m.; reopens Sun 8:00 p.m.
LivestockLE, HEMon–Fri 9:30 a.m.–2:05 p.m. (day session only)Closed 2:05 p.m.–9:30 a.m. (no overnight session)Closes Fri 2:05 p.m.; reopens Mon 9:30 a.m.
CryptoBTC, MBT, ETH24/7, weekends and holidays included (since May 29, 2026)Mon–Fri 5:00 p.m.–5:02 p.m. maintenanceNo weekend close; maintenance Sat 3:00 a.m.–5:00 a.m.

The symbols are CME's own codes. ES and MES are the E-mini and Micro E-mini S&P 500, NQ and MNQ the Nasdaq-100 versions, ZN the 10-Year Treasury note, 6E the euro, CL WTI crude oil, GC gold, ZC corn, LE live cattle and HE lean hogs.

Session times in ET, CT, PT and UTC

CME publishes its hours in US Central Time (CT). We show Eastern Time (ET), which is one hour later. Pacific Time (PT) is three hours behind ET. The table converts the main session times.

ET = US Eastern, CT = US Central, PT = US Pacific. US daylight time: March 8 to November 1, 2026, and March 14 to November 7, 2027; standard time the rest of the year. Source: CME Group, checked September 26, 2026.
SessionETCTPTUTC (US daylight time)UTC (US standard time)
Weekly open, Sunday6:00 p.m.5:00 p.m.3:00 p.m.22:0023:00
Daily break5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.21:00–22:0022:00–23:00
Weekly close, Friday5:00 p.m.4:00 p.m.2:00 p.m.21:0022:00
Grains overnight session8:00 p.m.–8:45 a.m.7:00 p.m.–7:45 a.m.5:00 p.m.–5:45 a.m.00:00–12:45 (next day)01:00–13:45 (next day)
Grains day session9:30 a.m.–2:20 p.m.8:30 a.m.–1:20 p.m.6:30 a.m.–11:20 a.m.13:30–18:2014:30–19:20
Livestock day session9:30 a.m.–2:05 p.m.8:30 a.m.–1:05 p.m.6:30 a.m.–11:05 a.m.13:30–18:0514:30–19:05
Crypto weekday maintenance5:00 p.m.–5:02 p.m.4:00 p.m.–4:02 p.m.2:00 p.m.–2:02 p.m.21:00–21:0222:00–22:02
Crypto Saturday maintenance3:00 a.m.–5:00 a.m.2:00 a.m.–4:00 a.m.12:00 a.m.–2:00 a.m.07:00–09:0008:00–10:00

ET, CT and PT change their clocks on the same dates, so the gaps between them never change. UTC has no daylight saving time. So when US daylight saving time starts, every CME time comes one hour earlier in UTC, and when it ends, one hour later. In 2026 US daylight saving time runs from March 8 to November 1. In 2027 it runs from March 14 to November 7. If you trade from outside the US, your own clock may change on a different date, so check the gap in those weeks.

Grains trade in two sessions

Corn (ZC), soybeans (ZS) and wheat (ZW) have an overnight session from 8:00 p.m. to 8:45 a.m. ET, Sunday to Friday. After a pause, the day session runs from 9:30 a.m. to 2:20 p.m. ET, Monday to Friday. The week ends on Friday at 2:20 p.m. ET and starts again on Sunday at 8:00 p.m. ET. CME's grain fact card puts the daily settlement, the official closing price, at about 1:15 p.m. CT (2:15 p.m. ET).

Livestock trades only during the day

Live cattle (LE) and lean hog (HE) futures trade Monday to Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 2:05 p.m. ET. There is no overnight session. The market is shut from 2:05 p.m. until 9:30 a.m. the next weekday, and from Friday 2:05 p.m. to Monday 9:30 a.m. ET.

Crypto futures trade 24/7

Since Friday, May 29, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. ET, CME's bitcoin (BTC), Micro Bitcoin (MBT) and ether (ETH) futures trade around the clock, weekends and holidays included. Two maintenance windows remain:

  • Monday to Friday, 5:00 p.m. to 5:02 p.m. ET, with a pre-open from 5:01 p.m. In a pre-open you can enter orders, but nothing trades.
  • Saturday, 3:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. ET, with a pre-open from 4:45 a.m.

Trades made from Friday evening to Sunday evening, and on holidays, count for the next business day.

Next holiday changes

Holidays change the regular hours. These are upcoming holiday sessions on CME's schedule, for the main product groups. Christmas Eve is covered in the note below the table.

Times ET. Source: CME Group Holiday and Trading Hours, checked September 26, 2026. CME finalizes holiday hours about two weeks before each holiday.
DateHolidayEquity index and interest ratesFXEnergy and metalsGrains and livestockCrypto
Thu, Nov 26, 2026ThanksgivingHalt 1:00 p.m., reopens 6:00 p.m.Normal hoursHalt 2:30 p.m., reopens 6:00 p.m.ClosedOpen 24/7
Fri, Nov 27, 2026Day after ThanksgivingEarly close 1:15 p.m.Early close 2:45 p.m.Early close 2:45 p.m.Opens 9:30 a.m., early close 1:05 p.m.Open 24/7
Fri, Dec 25, 2026ChristmasClosedClosedClosedClosedOpen 24/7
Fri, Jan 1, 2027New Year's DayClosedClosedClosedClosedOpen 24/7

Christmas EveChristmas Eve, Thursday, December 24, 2026, has no row in this table. CME lists a Christmas holiday window from December 24 to 26, 2026. Its Christmas settlement notice sets early settlement for equity index and crypto futures at 12:00 p.m. CT (1:00 p.m. ET) that day. A settlement time is not the same as a trading close, and the Globex hours for December 24 were not shown in CME's Holiday and Trading Hours tool when we checked on September 26, 2026. Check CME before you trade that day.

On Thanksgiving, equity index and interest rate futures stop at 1:00 p.m. ET and restart at 6:00 p.m. ET. The next day they close early, at 1:15 p.m. ET. More holidays, with notes, are in the CME holiday calendar 2026 and the CME holiday calendar 2027.

What the hours mean for prop firm traders

A prop firm sells evaluations, which are paid tests on simulated accounts, and gives a funded account to traders who pass. Each firm sets a flat-by time: the time by which every position must be closed. It is usually earlier than the exchange close. Topstep and FundedNext Futures use 3:10 p.m. CT (4:10 p.m. ET), MyFundedFutures 4:10 p.m. ET, Lucid Trading and Tradeify 4:45 p.m. ET, and Take Profit Trader 4:55 p.m. ET. Rules checked on September 26, 2026.

Holidays move these cut-offs too. On holiday early closes Tradeify requires positions to be closed by 12:59 p.m. ET. Take Profit Trader says that missing an earlier product or holiday close liquidates the account. The weekend matters as well: equity index futures stop on Friday at 5:00 p.m. ET and restart on Sunday at 6:00 p.m. ET, 49 hours later, and the price can open far from Friday's close.

Every firm's cut-off is in our guide to prop firm weekend holding. The few plans that let you keep a position past the close are listed under prop firms that allow overnight holding.

Exchange hoursThese are CME Group's exchange hours. A prop firm's own flat-by time can be earlier. A prop firm evaluation is a paid service with simulated trading. Most people who buy one do not pass it, and firms change their rules, pause payouts and close. Not investment advice.

Questions

What time do futures open on Sunday?

Most CME Globex futures open on Sunday at 6:00 p.m. ET (5:00 p.m. CT). Grains open at 8:00 p.m. ET. Livestock waits until Monday at 9:30 a.m. ET, and crypto futures do not close for the weekend.

Do futures trade 24 hours a day?

Almost. Equity index, interest rate, FX, energy and metals futures trade about 23 hours a day from Sunday evening to Friday afternoon, with a break from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. ET. CME crypto futures have traded 24/7 since May 29, 2026, apart from short maintenance windows. CME's separate 1-Ounce Gold futures contract also trades 24/7, and a CME notice of August 10, 2026 announced 24/7 trading for 100-Ounce Silver and 10-Barrel WTI crude oil futures, pending regulatory review. These smaller contracts do not change the hours of the GC, SI and CL futures in the table.

What time does the futures market close on Friday?

At 5:00 p.m. ET for equity index, interest rate, FX, energy and metals futures. Grains close at 2:20 p.m. ET and livestock at 2:05 p.m. ET. Crypto futures keep trading.

Are futures market hours the same in UTC all year?

No. CME sets its hours in US Central Time, so the UTC times move by one hour when US daylight saving time starts and ends. The Sunday open is 22:00 UTC in daylight time and 23:00 UTC in standard time.

Is the futures market open on Thanksgiving 2026?

Partly. On Thursday, November 26, 2026, equity index and interest rate futures halt at 1:00 p.m. ET, and energy and metals at 2:30 p.m. ET; all four reopen at 6:00 p.m. ET. FX trades normal hours and crypto 24/7. Grains and livestock are closed.

Sources

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