Futures Trading Levels and Economic Reports for July 2nd, 2013

 There wont be any blog commentary until July 8th as I am taking a family vacation.

Trading levels will be published daily.

Wishing all of you good trading!

Fourth of July Day Holiday Schedule

for CME / Globex & ICE Exchanges

CME Group

CME & CBOT Equity Products

Wednesday, July 3

12:15 P.M. CT –Early close

5:00 P.M. CT –Regular open for trade date Friday, July 5*

Thursday, July 4

7:15 A.M.  CT – Regular open – USD – Ibovespa Futures open for trade date Friday, July 5

10:30 A.M.  CT – Trading halt

Order entry, modification and cancellation allowed

5:00 P.M. CT – Halted products resume trading

Friday, July 5

7:15 A.M.  CT – Regular open – USD – Ibovespa Futures

4:15 P.M. CT – Regular close

CME & CBOT Interest Rate & FX Products

Wednesday, July 3

4:00 P.M. CT – Regular close

5:00 P.M. CT – Regular open for trade date Friday, July 5*

Thursday, July 4

12:00 P.M. CT – Trading halt

Order entry, modification and cancellation allowed

5:00 P.M. CT – Halted products resume trading

Friday, July 5

4:00 P.M. CT – Regular close

NYMEX & COMEX Products

Wednesday, July 3

4:15 P.M. CT / 1715 ET – Regular close

5:00 P.M. CT / 1800 P.M. ET – Regular open for trade date Friday, July 5*

Thursday, July 4

12:15 P.M. CT / 1:15 P.M. ET – Trading halt

Order entry, modification, and cancellation allowed

5:00 P.M. CT / 6:00 P.M. ET – Halted products resume trading

Friday, July 5

4:15 P.M. CT / 5:15 P.M. ET – Regular close

CBOT, KCBT, MGEX Grain & Agricultural Products

Wednesday, July 3

12:00 P.M. CT – Early CBOT & KCBT close

12:15 P.M. CT – Early MGEX Wheat

12:30 P.M. CT – Early CBOT Mini-Sized grain close

12:30 P.M. CT – Early MGEX Indices close

Note: Modified grain pre-opening between 1230/1300 CT – 1600 CT

4:45 P.M. CT – Products will be in a pre-open until their respective opens on Friday, July 5*

Friday, July 5

8:30 A.M.  CT – Grains open

Regular close – Per each product schedule

Other CME Group Products

Wednesday, July 3

12:00 P.M. CT – Early close for Lumber

12:02 P.M. CT – Early close for Lumber Options

12:15 P.M. CT – Early close for Livestock Futures & Options

Regular Close – Per each product schedule:

Exceptions:

Lumber will remain closed until its scheduled opening of 9:00 A.M. CT on Friday

Livestock will remain closed until its scheduled opening 9:05 A.M. CT on Friday

Friday, July 5

Regular close – Per each product schedule

*Dates and times are subject to change.  *Note: Session orders entered on Wednesday after 4:45 P.M. CT / 5:45 P.M. ET are for trade date Friday, July 5 and will continue working until Friday’s close unless otherwise noted.

More info at: http://www.cmegroup.com/tools-information/holiday-calendar/files/2013-4th-of-july-done.pdf

ICE Futures US

U.S. Grain & Oilseed, Equity Products

Wednesday, July 3

13:00 P.M. ET – Early U.S. Grains and Oilseeds close
13:15 P.M. ET – Early Russell Index close

Thursday, July 4

CLOSED – Softs and U.S. Grains and Oilseeds
1:00 P.M. ET – Early USDX & FOREX close
11:30 A.M. ET Early Russell Index close

Friday, July 5 
8:00 A.M. ET – Delayed Cotton No 2 open
8:00 A.M. ET – Delayed U.S. Grains & Oilseeds open

More info at:

https://www.theice.com/marketdata/Calendar.shtml?calendars=Holiday&expirationEnabled=false&calendars=SpecialTradingHours

The above sources were compiled from sources believed to be reliable.  Cannon Trading assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions.  It is meant as an alert to events that may affect trading strategies and is not necessarily complete.  The closing times for certain contracts may have been rescheduled.

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