CTS and Rithmic will follow CME protocol on Holidays and will often not clear trades to differentiate between different trading dates. This means that two trading days can be combined into one. P&L calculations will not reset and those two days will only count as one Trading Day.
Please see below for more information regarding specific holidays and if trades will be cleared.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Jan 13-17)
- Monday, January 16th: All positions must be closed by 12:00 PM CT. You may reopen positions after market open at 5:00 PM CT Monday, January 16th.
Presidents Day (Feb 17-21)
- Monday, February 20th: All positions must be closed by 12:00 PM CT. You may reopen positions after market open at 5:00 PM CT Monday, February 20th.
Good Friday (April 13-17)
- Friday, April 14th: Markets Closed. You may reopen positions after market open at 5:00 PM CT Sunday, April 16th
Memorial Day (May 26-30)
- Monday, May 29th: All positions must be closed by 12:00 PM CT. You may reopen positions after market open at 5:00 PM CT May 29th.
- All trades between 5:00 PM CT Sunday, May 28th and 3:10 PM CT Tuesday, May 30th will count for Tuesday’s trade date. This means that any profit or loss will carry through from 5:00 PM CT Sunday until the close on Tuesday, counting as one trade date.
Independence Day (July 3-5)
- Friday, June 30th: Regular Close.
- Sunday, July 2nd: Regular Open for trade date Monday, July 3rd at 5:00 PM CT.
- Monday, July 3rd: All positions must be closed by 12:00 PM CT. You may reopen positions after market open at 5:00 PM CT Monday, July 3rd.
- Tuesday, July 4th: All positions must be closed by 12:00 PM CT. You may reopen positions after market open at 5:00 PM CT Tuesday, July 4th.
- All trades between 5:00 PM CT Sunday, July 2nd and 12:00 PM CT Monday, July 3rd will count for Monday’s trade date. All trades between 5:00 PM CT Monday and 12:00 PM CT Tuesday will count for Wednesday’s trade date. All trades between 5:00 PM CT Tuesday and 3:10 PM CT Wednesday will also count for Wednesday’s trade date. This means that any profit or loss will carry through from 5:00 PM CT Monday until the close on Wednesday, counting as one trade date.
Labor Day (September 1-5)
- Monday, September 4th: All positions must be closed by 12:00 PM CT. You may reopen positions after market open at 5:00 PM CT Monday, September 4th.
- All trades between 5:00 PM CT Sunday, September 3rd and 12 PM CT Tuesday, September 4th will count for Tuesday’s trade date. This means that any profit or loss will carry through from 5:00 PM CT Sunday until the close on Tuesday, counting as one trade date.
Columbus Day (October 9)
- Monday, October 9th: Normal Trading Hours
Veteran’s Day (November 10)
- Friday, November 10th: Normal Trading hours
Thanksgiving (November 22-24)
- Thursday, November 23rd: All positions must be closed by 12:00 PM CT. You may reopen positions after market open at 5:00 PM CT Thursday, November 23rd.
- Friday, November 24th: All positions must be closed by 12:00 PM CT. You may reopen positions after market open at 5:00 PM CT Sunday, November 26th.
- All trades between 5:00 PM CT Wednesday, November 22nd and 12 PM CT Friday, November 24th will count for Friday's trade date. This means that any profit or loss will carry through from 5:00 PM CT Wednesday until the close on Friday, counting as one trade date.
Christmas (December 22-26)
- Monday, December 25th: Markets closed. You may reopen positions after market open at 5:00 PM CT on Monday, December 25th.
New Year’s (December 29-Jan 2)
- Monday, January 1st: Markets closed. You may reopen positions after market open at 5:00 PM CT on Monday, January 1st.