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Real-time Quotes and Depth of Market
BEST Direct gives customers access to real-time data for all e-cbot products,
including mini-Dow and Treasury futures contracts. This enables you to view real-time
quotes for Treasury futures and the leading stock index futures contracts on
the same screen.
This BEST Direct screen shot shows real-time quotes with current bid and ask price and quantity for the E-mini Nasdaq, mini-Dow, Treasury bond and 10-year Treasury Note, and E-mini S&P 500.
BEST Direct also shows depth of market going five prices deep for all e-cbot contracts.
BEST Direct quick trade window showing depth of market information for the March 30-year Treasury Bond futures contract.
E-cbot Stop Orders
For e-cbot products, BEST Direct accepts Stop orders on our servers on a synthetic
basis. E-cbot synthetic Stop orders are held and on BEST Direct based on the
following:
• Synthetic Buy Stops become market
orders when the last traded price is at or above
the Stop level.
• Synthetic Sell Stops become market orders when
the last traded price is at or below the Stop level.
These synthetic Stops will appear to be regular working Stop orders on your BEST Direct platform. No GTC Stops will be honored for E-CBOT products. Also, at this time, E-CBOT Stops will not be accepted for the night session.
Trading online involves risks. Please review your Customer Agreement for specifics.
Download BEST Update
If you are currently using BEST Direct and would like to receive real-time streaming
quotes for E-CBOT contracts, you first must download an update file. Here's
how to download and install that file:
• Go to the BEST Direct Downloads page.
• Click on 7.5 Full Version (11.4 MB)
• Select the "save" option and save
the program in a location that will be easy to locate,
such as your desktop or a BEST Direct program folder.
• Then click "open" on the pop-up window, and follow
the instructions on your screen to install the software.
E-CBOT Trading Hours
CBOT markets open earlier on e-cbot than they did on a/c/e. Here are current
trading hours for all e-cbot products:
Stock Index
• Mini-sized Dow ($5) Futures: 7:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
• DJIA ($10) Futures: 7:15 p.m. - 7:00 a.m.
• DJIA Options: 7:17 p.m. - 7:00 a.m.
Interest Rates and Metals
• T-bond Futures: 7:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
• T-bond Options: 7:02 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
• Mini-sized T-bond Futures: 7:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
• 2-year Treasury Note Futures: 7:01 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
• 5-year and 10-year Treasury Note Futures: 7:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
• 2-, 5- and 10-year Treasury Note Options: 7:02 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
• Mini-sized 10 year T-note Futures: 7:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
• 5- and 10-year Agency Note Futures: 7:04 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
• 5- and 10-year Agency Note Options: 7:06 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
• Mini-sized Eurodollar Futures: 7:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
• 5-year and 10-year Interest Rate Swap Futures: 7:03 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
• 5-year and 10-year Interest Rate Swap Options: 7:05 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
• 10-year Mini Note Futures: 7:04 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
• Fed Funds Futures: 7:01 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
• Fed Funds Options: 7:02 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
• Mini-sized Gold and Silver Futures: 7:16 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Ag Products and DJ/AIG Index
• Corn Futures: 7:30 p.m. - 6:00 a.m.
• Corn Options: 7:32 p.m. - 6:00 a.m.
• Soybean Complex Futures: 7:21 p.m. - 6:00 a.m.
• Soybean Complex Options: 7:33 p.m. - 6:00 a.m.
• Wheat Futures: 7:32 p.m. - 6:00 a.m.
• Wheat Options: 7:34 p.m. - 6:00 a.m.
• Oats and Rough Rice Futures: 7:33 p.m. - 6:00 a.m.
• Oats and Rough Rice Options: 7:35 p.m - 6:00 a.m.
• DJ-AIG Commodity Index: 8:15 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
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