CME US Index Futures RTH Trading Hours incorrect

[kevinenergy]

The CME US Index Futures RTH trading hours template is incorrect. It defines the trading hours as: 0830 - 1600 CT.

This is a serious error because it changes important support and resistance like yesterdays close price and important intraday moving averages.

https://www.cmegroup.com/education/files/eq-trading-hours.pdf

https://www.tradingview.com/blog/en/regular-trading-hours-for-cme-futures-28648/

I was under the impression that RTH trading hours was actually: 0830 - 1515 CT
However according to one of the links above they changed the end time to 1500.

Tbh I'm not sure whether I should be looking at 1500 or 1515.... but it definitely is not 1600.

[NinjaTrader_JustinD]

Hello kevinenergy,

Thank you for your message.


This will be expected as it is managed by the broker servers and goes until EOD. However, you can create your own custom Trading Hours template from the Tools > Trading Hours window if this break affects your indicators negatively. In regards to the specific end time, 1500 will be the strict RTH close time, but you are welcome to choose whichever time you would like.

NinjaTrader 8 Help Guide — Trading Hours


Please let me know if you have any additional questions.