The RTH trading hours template for these instruments would be 'CMS US Index Futures RTH'. The 'CME US Index Futures RTH' trading hours template has an end time of 4:00 PM Central Time. This information could be seen by looking at the 'CME US Indes Futures RTH' trading hours template on the Tools > Trading Hours window.
Initial margin deposit required for Intraday trading? 08-28-2024, 10:56 AM When trading the NQ e-mini futures, the intraday margin is $1,000, but the initial margin says $23,100. Which is it that I have to have as a balance in the account? Can I trade one contract with a minimum balance of $1000+ or does it have to be a minimum of $23k?
A visual walkthrough of this process may be found here in our Help Center - How Do I Rollover a Futures Contract? To view future contract rollover dates, expiry dates, and other trading events, visit the "Upcoming Events" calendar on your NinjaTrader Account Dashboard. Please let us know if you have any additional questions.
Thank you Oxana for the feedback, I learned useful information. Then I want to confirm (1) which time zone is the default one for trading US futures? (2) My current PC time zone is in East Asia, if I manually set a time zone to US eastern time through Control Center->General, the live data & chart will follow the eastern time market, right?
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