Futures Market Hours Today & CME Holidays (Live)

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Equity index futures (ES, NQ, YM, RTY)

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Sunday to Friday, 17:00 to 16:00 Chicago time, with a one-hour break every day.

Equity index ES, MES, NQ, MNQ, YM, MYM, RTY, M2K—
Interest rates ZN, ZB, ZF, ZT, SR3—
Energy CL, MCL, NG, RB, HO—
Metals GC, MGC, SI, SIL, HG—
FX 6E, 6J, 6B, 6A, 6C—
Grains ZC, ZS, ZW, ZM, ZL—
Crypto BTC, MBT, ETH, MET—
24/7 since 29 May 2026, with a weekend maintenance window of at least two hours.

Bars show today on your clock; the line marks now. Striped: holiday hours CME hasn't published yet.

Next US market holiday

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Equity index futures: see the holiday table below.

Typical pattern; CME confirms each holiday's hours about two weeks before.

Prop firm flat-by times, on your clock

TopstepFlat by 15:10 CT15:10 CT
Apex Trader FundingFlat by 16:59 ET16:59 ET
Lucid TradingFlat by 16:45 ET16:45 ET · earlier on holiday early closes
TradeifyFlat by 16:45 ET16:45 ET · earlier on holiday early closes

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The math: Globex week = Sunday 17:00 → Friday 16:00 Chicago time, closed 16:00–17:00 every day

Updated 25 October 2026. Weekly hours are rules that hold on any date; holiday times are marked typical until CME publishes them, about two weeks before each holiday.

Futures trading hours by product

Sunday 17:00 to Friday 16:00 Chicago time, a one-hour break every day; grains have their own two sessions.

Product group	Sunday open	Daily break	Friday close
Equity index ES, MES, NQ, MNQ, YM, MYM, RTY, M2K	17:00 CT 18:00 ET · 15:00 PT	16:00–17:00 CT	16:00 CT 17:00 ET · 14:00 PT
Interest rates ZN, ZB, ZF, ZT, SR3	17:00 CT 18:00 ET · 15:00 PT	16:00–17:00 CT	16:00 CT 17:00 ET · 14:00 PT
Energy CL, MCL, NG, RB, HO	17:00 CT 18:00 ET · 15:00 PT	16:00–17:00 CT	16:00 CT 17:00 ET · 14:00 PT
Metals GC, MGC, SI, SIL, HG	17:00 CT 18:00 ET · 15:00 PT	16:00–17:00 CT	16:00 CT 17:00 ET · 14:00 PT
FX 6E, 6J, 6B, 6A, 6C	17:00 CT 18:00 ET · 15:00 PT	16:00–17:00 CT	16:00 CT 17:00 ET · 14:00 PT
Grains ZC, ZS, ZW, ZM, ZL	19:00 CT 20:00 ET · 17:00 PT	07:45–08:30 and 13:20–19:00 CT	13:20 CT 14:20 ET · 11:20 PT
Crypto BTC, MBT, ETH, MET	24/7 since 29 May 2026, with a weekend maintenance window of at least two hours

Sources, and why CT

CME Group runs Globex on Chicago time, so every rule here is written in CT and converted: New York (ET) is always one hour ahead and Los Angeles (PT) two hours behind, because the three cities change their clocks on the same dates. On UTC the week opens at 23:00 from November to March and 22:00 from March to November. Hours as listed by AMP Futures: Trading hours and EdgeClear: Exchange holiday hours (read 25 October 2026); CME's own page is CME Group: Holiday and trading hours. CME's crypto futures moved to 24/7 trading on 29 May 2026 (The Block: CME launches 24/7 crypto futures and options).

Futures market holidays 2026 and 2027

Every US market holiday from today to the end of 2027: the stock market from NYSE, futures by product group.

Date	US stocks (NYSE)	Equity index futures	Other CME groups
Thu 26 Nov 2026 Thanksgiving Day Typical	Closed	Halt 12:00 CT (1:00 PM ET), reopen 17:00 CT	Rates halt 12:00 CT; energy and metals 13:30 CT; FX normal; grains closed
Fri 27 Nov 2026 Day after Thanksgiving Typical	Close 1:00 PM ET	Early close 12:15 CT (1:15 PM ET)	Rates 12:15 CT; FX, energy and metals 13:45 CT; grains 08:30–12:05 CT
Thu 24 Dec 2026 Christmas Eve To be confirmed	Close 1:00 PM ET	Early close, time to be confirmed (12:15 CT in recent years); no evening session	Early close for every group, times to be confirmed
Fri 25 Dec 2026 Christmas Day Typical	Closed	Closed; reopen Sunday 27 Dec, 17:00 CT	Closed, crypto aside
Thu 31 Dec 2026 New Year's Eve Typical	Open	Regular session to 16:00 CT; no evening session	Regular sessions; no evening session
Fri 1 Jan 2027 New Year's Day Typical	Closed	Closed; reopen Sunday 3 Jan, 17:00 CT	Closed, crypto aside
Mon 18 Jan 2027 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Typical	Closed	Halt 12:00 CT (1:00 PM ET), reopen 17:00 CT	Rates halt 12:00 CT; energy and metals 13:30 CT; FX normal; grains closed
Mon 15 Feb 2027 Presidents' Day Typical	Closed	Halt 12:00 CT (1:00 PM ET), reopen 17:00 CT	Rates halt 12:00 CT; energy and metals 13:30 CT; FX normal; grains closed
Fri 26 Mar 2027 Good Friday To be confirmed	Closed	To be confirmed: CME sets Good Friday hours each year	To be confirmed
Mon 31 May 2027 Memorial Day Typical	Closed	Halt 12:00 CT (1:00 PM ET), reopen 17:00 CT	Rates halt 12:00 CT; energy and metals 13:30 CT; FX normal; grains closed
Fri 18 Jun 2027 Juneteenth (observed) To be confirmed	Closed	Early halt, time to be confirmed (12:00 CT in 2026)	To be confirmed
Mon 5 Jul 2027 Independence Day (observed) Typical	Closed	Halt 12:00 CT (1:00 PM ET), reopen 17:00 CT	Rates halt 12:00 CT; energy and metals 13:30 CT; FX normal; grains closed
Mon 6 Sep 2027 Labor Day Typical	Closed	Halt 12:00 CT (1:00 PM ET), reopen 17:00 CT	Rates halt 12:00 CT; energy and metals 13:30 CT; FX normal; grains closed
Thu 25 Nov 2027 Thanksgiving Day Typical	Closed	Halt 12:00 CT (1:00 PM ET), reopen 17:00 CT	Rates halt 12:00 CT; energy and metals 13:30 CT; FX normal; grains closed
Fri 26 Nov 2027 Day after Thanksgiving Typical	Close 1:00 PM ET	Early close 12:15 CT (1:15 PM ET)	Rates 12:15 CT; FX, energy and metals 13:45 CT; grains 08:30–12:05 CT
Fri 24 Dec 2027 Christmas Day (observed) To be confirmed	Closed	To be confirmed	To be confirmed

Why futures times say typical, with sources

The dates and the stock market's closures and 1:00 PM early closes are NYSE's own (NYSE: Holidays and trading hours, read 25 October 2026). CME publishes each holiday's futures hours about two weeks before it. Until then a time here is the pattern CME used in recent years, kept only where two published schedules agree: Discount Trading: Futures holiday schedule, EdgeClear: Exchange holiday hours and helloweekends: CME holiday calendar 2026 (read 25 October 2026). Where they disagree or only one gives a time, the table says to be confirmed and the clock shows the stretch striped instead of guessing. cmegroup.com refuses automated reads, so a person checks each CME notice and the row turns "CME confirmed".

Prop firm flat-by times

The end-of-day rule each firm publishes, in CT, ET and PT; the clock above counts down to each on yours.

Firm	Flat by	The firm's rule
Topstep	15:10 CT 16:10 ET · 13:10 PT	All positions closed by 3:10 PM CT every weekday; Risk Managers start flattening from 3:08 PM CT. Topstep: When and what products can I trade?, read 2026-10-20.
Apex Trader Funding	15:59 CT 16:59 ET · 13:59 PT	All trades closed before 4:59 PM ET, earlier on some agricultural futures; holding through the close forfeits the account. Apex: Futures Trading Times, read 2026-10-18.
Lucid Trading	15:45 CT 16:45 ET · 13:45 PT	Flat by 4:45 PM EST on LucidPro, LucidFlex and LucidDirect. Lucid writes EST all year; we read it as New York time, the earlier of the two. On a holiday with an altered close, flat before the market closes. Lucid: Allowed Trading Times, read 2026-10-10.
Tradeify	15:45 CT 16:45 ET · 13:45 PT	Every position flat by 4:45 PM ET; nothing held into the next session or over the weekend. 12:59 PM ET on holiday short days. Tradeify: Permitted Times to Trade, read 2026-10-17.

On a holiday early close

A firm's cutoff assumes a regular session. On a holiday the market can close first: on the Friday after Thanksgiving equity index futures close at 12:15 CT in the usual pattern, hours before any of these cutoffs. Lucid says to be flat before an altered close and Tradeify sets 12:59 PM ET on holiday short days. Check your firm's notice in holiday weeks; the contract limits and daily loss tools cover the rest of the day's rules.

Futures hours vs forex hours

The same week, one hour apart: spot forex runs Sunday 17:00 to Friday 17:00 New York time, Globex 18:00 to 17:00.

Where they differ

Spot forex has no exchange and no daily break of its own; CME's FX futures (6E, 6J, 6B) follow Globex, opening on Sunday at 18:00 New York time, an hour after the forex week, and stopping for an hour every day. Gold quoted as XAUUSD by a broker is the broker's product with its own sessions; gold futures (GC, MGC) trade Globex hours. Sessions on your clock are on the forex market hours page.

Method and privacy

Method: Weekly hours are each product group's CME Globex sessions on the Chicago clock (America/Chicago), read on yours through its IANA time zone. Holiday hours are the pattern CME has used in recent years, kept where two published schedules agree and marked to be confirmed where they don't; CME publishes each holiday's hours about two weeks before. Prop firm times are each firm's own published rule.

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Common questions

Are futures open today?

CME Globex futures trade from Sunday 17:00 to Friday 16:00 Chicago time (18:00 to 17:00 New York time), with a one-hour break from 16:00 to 17:00 Chicago time every day. On a US market holiday most groups halt early or close. The live clock at the top shows each product group on your own clock, and the holiday table lists every date to the end of 2027.

Are futures open on Thanksgiving?

Yes, for part of the day. In the pattern CME has used in recent years, equity index and interest rate futures halt at 12:00 Chicago time (1:00 PM ET) on Thanksgiving Day and reopen at 17:00 for Friday's session; energy and metals halt at 13:30; FX keeps its hours; grains are closed. On the Friday after, equity index futures close early at 12:15 Chicago time (1:15 PM ET). CME confirms each year's times about two weeks before.

What time do futures open on Sunday?

At 17:00 Chicago time, which is 6:00 PM ET and 3:00 PM PT, for equity index, interest rate, FX, energy and metals futures. Grains open their evening session at 19:00 Chicago time. CME's crypto futures have traded 24/7 since 29 May 2026, so they have no Sunday open.

What time do futures close on Friday?

At 16:00 Chicago time (5:00 PM ET, 2:00 PM PT) for equity index, interest rate, FX, energy and metals futures, after which they stay closed until Sunday 17:00. Grains close their day session at 13:20 Chicago time.

Do futures trade 24 hours a day?

Nearly. Equity index, interest rate, FX, energy and metals futures trade about 23 hours a day from Sunday evening to Friday afternoon, stopping for one hour every day from 16:00 to 17:00 Chicago time. CME's crypto futures trade around the clock, with a weekend maintenance window of at least two hours.

What are futures market hours in Eastern and Pacific time?

18:00 to 17:00 New York time (ET) and 15:00 to 14:00 Los Angeles time (PT), Sunday to Friday, with the daily break from 17:00 to 18:00 ET (15:00 to 16:00 PT). Chicago, New York and Los Angeles change their clocks on the same dates, so these offsets hold all year.

Are futures open on Christmas and New Year's Day?

No: CME closes on Christmas Day and on New Year's Day, crypto futures aside. In 2026 Globex trades Christmas Eve until an early close and reopens on Sunday 27 December at 17:00 Chicago time; after a regular New Year's Eve session it reopens on Sunday 3 January 2027. CME publishes the Christmas Eve early-close times about two weeks before.

When do I have to be flat at Topstep, Apex, Lucid or Tradeify?

Topstep: all positions closed by 3:10 PM CT every weekday. Apex Trader Funding: before 4:59 PM ET. Lucid Trading: by 4:45 PM EST on LucidPro, LucidFlex and LucidDirect, which we read as New York time, the earlier of the two. Tradeify: by 4:45 PM ET, or 12:59 PM ET on holiday short days. Each is quoted from the firm's help page; the clock shows each on your own clock.

Is the stock market open the day after Thanksgiving?

Yes, until 1:00 PM ET. NYSE closes early on Friday 27 November 2026 and Friday 26 November 2027 (1:15 PM for eligible options), and on Christmas Eve, Thursday 24 December 2026. It is closed on Thanksgiving Day itself.

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