Futures expirations... be aware!

this tread is for me as well,...i forget when stock indexes were expired, they were diferently expired then currency futures,..so im gona post this dates, so that in future i will check that out, before opening any position...

thanks

anyway...


OIL (well i got that in my blood)
arround 14-16 for brent each month, WTI after 15-->21

EUREX

Euro/Dax (deutsch) --> 21.december 07, 20.june 08

D.J STOXX 600 Oil & Gas Future, --> 21. Dec 2007, marec 08, june08

SMI Index Future (CHF) --> 21.dec.07, 20.marec 08


ECBOT

GOLD --> 28.nov 07, 27.dec 07, 27.feb.08

Dow Jones --> 20 dec.07, 19 june, 20 march 08


EUR PAR 2

CAC 40 Index --> 16.nov.07, 21.dec 07, 18 jan 08, 20 mar.08, 19 dec.08

GLOBEX

AUD & British pound & JPY & NZD

17 mar08, 16 june, december 17. 07

EUR & CAD

--II-- + 15 sept 08

COMEX gold --> februar, april, june, nov, dec

Nikei--> nov, dec, jan, feb, marc

nasdaq & S&P 500 --> mar, june, dec

...thats it from me...

INTERCONTINENTAL

USD Index --> dec, june, marec

Good point yes.. They all expire at different times.

Good information .... thanks!

well i did some homework,...interesting coming weeks, please dont trade it,...

i guess fresh buy is on monday,...but it will bottomed today...

haha! love how you commentate the charts! i do the same thing

btw, futures expirations have so many intricacies to them, its really hard to keep track of. its even worse than options expiration! after years in the futures market i still make "clerical" mistakes and i have never quite grasped some of the price action i see around expiration.

Merlin (or futures veterans) can you elaborate here a little? Why are expiration dates important, what are these "intricacies", how the price action is different during these dates..etc. Also isn't spot forex considered an options market? What is this options expiration date you speak of? Further reading?

PS: I thought it was obvious I wasn't being serious about the FX Option = Spot thing, now that I read it I can't see my own sarcasm very well, so there you go. My intent is to get a nice explanation of the various differences since I could not find a thread about this here.

well,...i longed cable and euro, i hope i wont close this 2 trades untill i see 1000 pips with my own eyes,...