Futures exchanges establish a minimum amount that the price of a commodity can fluctuate upward or downward. This minimum fluctuation (trade increment) is known as a tick or commodity tick. Hence, a tick is any fluctuation in the price of a security.
Each futures contract has a different size, quantity, valuation etc., so each tick size that can be applied to anyone's futures contract, is dependent on the previous variables. Tick size is important as it determines the possible prices available. For example, each "tick" for the grain market (soybeans, corn and wheat) is 0.25 cents per bushel, on one 5,000-bushel futures contract.
Tick values for some popular contracts (as of June 2010[1])
Futures Product
Contract Size
Tick Size
Tick Value
E-Mini S&P 500 (CME)
$50 x index
0.25
$12.50
E-Mini NASDAQ (CME)
$20 x index
0.25
$5.00
Australian Dollar
A$100,000
0.0001
$10.00[2]
British Pound
£62,500
0.0001
$6.25
Canadian Dollar (CME)
C$100,000
0.0001
$10.00
Euro FX (CME)
€125,000
0.0001
$12.50
Japanese Yen
¥12,500,000
0.000001
$12.50
Mexican Peso
MP 500,000
0.000025
$12.50
New Zealand Dollar
NZ$100,000
0.0001
$10.00
Swiss Franc
SF 125,000
0.0001
$12.50
30 Day Fed Funds
$5,000,000 (annualized)
0.00005
$20.835
2 Year Treasury Note
$200,000
1/4 of 1/32
$15.625
5 Year Treasury Note
$100,000
1/4 of 1/32
$7.8125
10 Year Treasury Note
$100,000
1/2 of 1/32
$15.625[3]
30 Year Treasury Bond
$100,000
1/32
$31.25
Gold (CBOT)
100 oz
$0.10/oz
$10.00
Silver (CBOT)
5,000 oz
$0.005/oz
$25.00[4]
Silver (COMEX miNY)
1000 oz
$0.0125/oz
$12.50[5]
E-mini Crude Oil
500 Barrels
$0.025
$12.50[6]
E-mini Natural Gas
2,500 million BTU
$0.005
$12.50[7]
^CME Group
^CME Australian Dollar contract specifications
^CME 10-year Note contract specifications
^CME Silver contract specifications
^"CME COMEX miNY Silver contract specifications". Archived from the original on 2010-04-16. Retrieved 2010-06-21.
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