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title: "Equity Index Futures | ProFuturesTrader"
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description: "Explore equity index futures: plain-English contract sizes, tick values, settlement, expiration, and risk."
lang: en
---

# Equity Index Futures

Equity index futures track stock-market benchmarks; contract multipliers, settlement, and smaller listings differ.

Educational only, not a recommendation to buy or sell any contract or a solicitation to open an account. Futures and options trading involves substantial risk of loss. You can lose more than your initial deposit.

## S&P 500 E-mini Futures

The existing canonical ES/MES guide to index multipliers, ticks, cash settlement, and risk.

Read more
https://profuturestrader.com/education/sp500-e-mini-futures

## Russell 2000 Futures

Plain-English russell 2000 futures guide: contract size, ticks, settlement, expiration, and risk. Educational only.

Read more
https://profuturestrader.com/education/futures-markets/russell-2000-futures

## Emini Dow Jones Futures

Plain-English emini dow jones guide: contract size, ticks, settlement, expiration, and risk. Educational only.

Read more
https://profuturestrader.com/education/futures-markets/e-mini-dow-futures

## Contract mechanics

- Margin and Leverage in Futures: https://profuturestrader.com/education/margin-and-leverage
- Contract Rollover: https://profuturestrader.com/education/contract-rollover
- Reading the Economic Calendar: https://profuturestrader.com/education/reading-the-economic-calendar

All futures markets and contracts: https://profuturestrader.com/education/futures-markets

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