Thursday, June 11, 2009

Futures Divergence

Stock Index Futures (E-MINI SP) have started to roll or trade into next Quarterly Expiry.

Should not September Futures ES/U9 be trading higher then June ES/M9?
Am I missing something?

Futures contract prices are derived from calculating Cash Market and accumulating dividends and taking into account a risk free rate of return.

The Cash Market (SPX) is at 953 even, so June Futures are pretty much trading in line with that, but September futures are trading at a 4 point discount to Cash Market...HMMMMM.


September Futures




June Futures

1 comment:

  1. That Gap between Sept Futures and Cash is wider this morning.

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