What holidays affect my trading schedule for the Trading Combine®?

Understanding CME Protocol for Holidays:

When preparing your trading sessions around the Holidays, the first thing is to understand if your data provider follows the “CME Protocol” for Holidays.

What does it mean to follow the CME Protocol for Holidays?

CME may merge multiple calendar days into one trading day on recognized holidays where there are abbreviated trading hours. For example, if a holiday falls on a Monday, and there are shortened trading hours on that Monday, the exchange may count all P/L from Sunday’s Open through Tuesday’s Close as a single trading day.

What does it mean if the platform I am using does NOT follow CME Protocol?

This means that each day, including holidays with abbreviated trading hours, will count as individual days. P/Ls and drawdowns will be reset each calendar day.

Understanding the Abbreviated Hours around Holidays and Flattening Requirements:

Below are the holidays observed by the CME. The list includes holiday market closures as well holiday abbreviated trading hours. Failure to flatten your position before an early close will be considered a rule violation. Please note that there are no additional trading restrictions for the Trading Combine® or Pro Account® other than the adjustments outlined below.

This information applies to Trading Combine®. If you are trading in a funded level account, please see this article for Holiday Trading.

2023 Holiday Trading Hours:

• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
  • Monday, January 16: All positions must be closed by 12:00 PM CT. You may reopen positions after 5:00 PM CT.

• President's Day
  • Monday, February 20: All positions must be closed by 12:00 PM CT. You may reopen positions after 5:00 PM CT.

• Good Friday
  • Friday, April 7: All positions must be closed by 8:15 AM CT. You may reopen positions after 5:00 PM CT on Sunday, April 9.

• Memorial Day
  • Monday, May 29: All positions must be closed by 12:00 PM CT. You may reopen positions after 5:00 PM CT.

• Juneteenth
  
  • Monday, June 19: All positions must be closed by 12:00 PM CT. You may reopen positions after 5:00 PM CT. 

• Independence Day
  • Tuesday, July 4: All positions must be closed by 12:00 PM CT. You may reopen positions after 5:00 PM CT. 

• Labor Day
  • Monday, September 4: All positions must be closed by 12:00 PM CT. You may reopen positions after 5:00 PM CT.

• Thanksgiving
  • Thursday, November 23: All positions must be closed by 12:00 PM CT. You may reopen positions after 5:00 PM CT.
  • Friday, November 24: All positions must be closed by 12:00 PM CT. You may reopen positions after 5:00 PM CT on Sunday, November 26.

• Christmas
  • Sunday, December 24: Markets Closed
  • Monday, December 25: Markets Closed. You may reopen positions after 5:00 PM CT.

• New Year’s 
  
  • Sunday, December 31: Markets Closed
  • Monday, January 1: Markets Closed. You may reopen positions after 5:00 PM CT.

Holiday Calendar:

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