YMZ6 - E-mini Dow Jones Industrial Average Futures (December 2026)
E-mini Dow Jones Industrial Average Futures December 2026 contract: CBOT E-mini Dow Jones futures (YM): tracks the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30-stock industrial index. Used for blue-chip index hedging and directional positioning.
- Sector
- Equity Index Futures
- Industry
- Equity Index Futures
- Exchange
- CBOT
YMZ6 Contract Specifications
- Contract Month
- December 2026
- Month Code
- Z (December)
- Root
- YM
- Underlying
- E-mini Dow Jones Industrial Average Futures
- Exchange
- CBOT
- Contract Size
- $5 multiplier on the Dow Jones Industrial Average
- Point Value
- $5 per index point
- Tick Size
- 1 index point
- Tick Value
- $5.00 per tick
YMZ6 Settlement and Trading Hours
Settlement: Cash-settled to the DJIA Special Opening Quotation on the third Friday of the contract month.
Trading hours: Globex Sunday-Friday 6:00 PM - 5:00 PM ET.
How YMZ6 Fits in the Futures Curve
YMZ6 is the December 2026 listing of the E-mini Dow Jones Industrial Average Futures contract. Each listed expiration carries its own implied-volatility surface, term structure position, and basis to the underlying instrument. The front-month contract typically dominates volume and is the reference for options-on-futures pricing; back-month contracts price the term structure of the underlying's volatility and (for physically-delivered commodities) the carry between spot and forward.
YMZ6 Options Snapshot
Options pricing data for YMZ6 is refreshed daily after the close. When listed contracts exist, this page surfaces the latest at-the-money implied volatility, max pain strike, dealer gamma exposure (GEX), and 25-delta skew. Listed contracts and live snapshots appear once the options chain has been published by the exchange for the most recent session.
What This Page Covers
The YMZ6 overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks.
Frequently asked YMZ6 overview questions
- What is YMZ6?
- YMZ6 is the ticker symbol for E-mini Dow Jones Industrial Average Futures (December 2026), a listed futures contract. E-mini Dow Jones Industrial Average Futures December 2026 contract: CBOT E-mini Dow Jones futures (YM): tracks the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30-stock industrial index. Used for blue-chip index hedging and directional positioning. Listed on CBOT. YMZ6 is the listed futures symbol shown on this page; futures traders use the contract for directional exposure, hedging the underlying instrument, and as the delivery instrument for options-on-futures structures.
- What are YMZ6's key statistics?
- E-mini Dow Jones Industrial Average Futures (December 2026) (YMZ6) carries a December 2026 expiry on the CBOT-listed E-mini Dow Jones Industrial Average Futures contract, with a $5 per index point point value. Full contract specifications including settlement convention, tick size, and curve term-structure context are on the contract reference block above. Options-on-futures pricing references these spec fields directly via the multiplier and exchange contract rules.
- What underlies the YMZ6 futures contract?
- YMZ6 is the December 2026 listing on the E-mini Dow Jones Industrial Average Futures contract, traded on the CBOT. Each listed expiration carries its own implied-volatility surface, term-structure position relative to other listed months, and (for physically-delivered contracts) basis to the spot underlying. Front-month contracts dominate volume and serve as the reference for options-on-futures pricing; back-month contracts price the term structure of the underlying's volatility.
- How current is the YMZ6 data on this page?
- Options snapshots refresh after each trading session; if no snapshot is currently posted for YMZ6, it usually reflects low options liquidity or a recently listed name. Contract specifications come from the listing exchange (CBOT) and do not change over the life of the contract once listed. Options-on-futures data, when available, refreshes after each trading session. There is no equity-style FINRA reporting or sell-side analyst coverage for futures contracts.