Nikkei 225 Futures (Large Contracts)
Contract Specifications
| Underlying Index | Nikkei Stock Average (Nikkei 225) | ||||||
| Opening Date | September 3, 1988 | ||||||
| Trading Hours | 8:45-15:45, 17:00-6:00
(Note) An order acceptance period ("pre-closing") is established for 5 minutes before the Itayose on close. Trading Hours |
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| Contract Months | Quarterly Contract Months (Available for a period up to 8 years)
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| Last Trading Day | The business day preceding the second Friday of each contract month (When the second Friday is a non-business day, it shall be the preceding business day.) Trading in a new contract month begins on the business day following the last trading day. |
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| SQ Day | The business day following the last trading day. | ||||||
| Contract Unit | Nikkei 225 × JPY 1,000 | ||||||
| Tick Size | JPY 10 (Value per tick: JPY 10,000 per contract) | ||||||
| Price Limits |
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| Circuit Breaker Rule (SCB) | In the case where there was a trade, etc. in the central contract month at the upper or lower price limit range, trading in all contract months will be suspended for at least 10 minutes. Price Limits/ Circuit Breaker Rule | ||||||
| Strategy Trades | The calendar spread trading is available. | ||||||
| J-NET Trading | Available (Tick size: JPY 0.0001, Minimum trading unit: 1 unit) J-NET Trading |
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| Flexible Futures Trading | Available Flexible Futures Trading |
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| Holiday Trading | Available Holiday Trading |
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| Settlement | Cash Settlement | ||||||
| Final Settlement Price | Special Quotation (SQ calculation is based on the total opening prices of each component stock of Nikkei 225 on the business day following the last trading day.) |
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| Margin | Calculated by VaR Method Margin Calculation Method (VaR Method) for Futures and Options (JSCC) |
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| Give-Up | Available Give-Up System |
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| Position-Transfer | Available Position Transfer System（JSCC） |