CME Trading Hours 2027: Holiday Closures, Early Halts and Early Closes
CME has published its 2027 holiday hours. Three full closures, all on Fridays, seven early halts and one early close, with the exact times for equity, energy, metals and Treasury futures.
CME Group has published its 2027 Globex holiday schedule, and it has a shape worth noticing before you plan the year: all three full closures land on a Friday. New Year's Day, Good Friday and the observed Christmas holiday each turn into a three-day weekend with no Globex session at all. Every other holiday is a shortened day, not a closed one.
This guide covers every 2027 holiday with the times CME has published for the main product groups. All times are Central Time (CT), the time zone CME runs on. If your platform or your risk settings use Eastern Time, add one hour.
The regular Globex week
Outside holidays, CME Globex opens Sunday at 5:00 PM CT and runs to Friday at 4:00 PM CT, with a one-hour daily maintenance break from 4:00 to 5:00 PM CT, Monday to Thursday. Each evening session belongs to the next day's trade date: the session that opens Sunday evening is Monday's.
Holidays bend that week in three different ways, and the difference matters if you hold positions or run automation:
A full closure means no trading for that trade date. Globex closes at the normal time the day before and stays closed until the next scheduled open.
An early halt means Globex opens as usual the evening before, trades through the morning, stops at midday, and reopens at 5:00 PM CT the same day. Positions carry through the halt. Expect thin liquidity all day, because the cash equity market is closed.
An early close means trading ends early and does not resume until the next session, which on a Friday means Sunday evening.
2027 at a glance
| Holiday | Date | What happens on Globex |
|---|---|---|
| New Year's Day | Friday, January 1 | Closed |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Day | Monday, January 18 | Early halt |
| Presidents Day | Monday, February 15 | Early halt |
| Good Friday | Friday, March 26 | Closed |
| Memorial Day | Monday, May 31 | Early halt |
| Juneteenth | Friday, June 18 | Early close |
| Independence Day (observed) | Monday, July 5 | Early halt |
| Labor Day | Monday, September 6 | Early halt |
| Thanksgiving | Thursday, November 25 | Early halt |
| Day after Thanksgiving | Friday, November 26 | Early close |
| Christmas (observed) | Friday, December 24 | Closed |
Two quirks of the 2027 calendar: Christmas falls on a Saturday, so the holiday is observed on Friday, December 24. New Year's Day 2028 also falls on a Saturday, and it is not observed on Friday, December 31. The last trading day of 2027 is a normal session.
The three full closures
New Year's Day: Friday, January 1
Thursday, December 31, 2026 is a normal session with a regular 4:00 PM CT close. There is no trading for the January 1 trade date, and Globex reopens at the usual Sunday open on January 3.
Good Friday: Friday, March 26
Thursday, March 25 closes at the regular time across equity, interest rate, energy, metals and FX futures. CME's notice is plain: no trading for the Friday, March 26 trade date. Good Friday is the holiday that catches the most traders, because stock traders treat it as a normal market holiday and forget that futures close too.
Christmas (observed): Friday, December 24
Wednesday, December 22 and Thursday, December 23 are regular sessions for equity, Treasury, energy, metals and FX futures. Thursday ends with a 4:00 PM CT close and no evening reopen. Friday, December 24 has no trading, and Globex returns at the Sunday open on December 26. Some trade-at-settlement (TAS) contracts close early on December 23 (gold at 11:30 CT, crude oil at 12:30 CT, for example), so check those if you use them.
The seven early halts
Five of the seven are Monday holidays, and all five follow the same pattern. Globex opens normally on Sunday at 5:00 PM CT, trades through Monday morning, halts at midday, and reopens at 5:00 PM CT Monday. The whole stretch from Sunday evening to Tuesday's close is Tuesday's trade date, so day orders entered after Sunday's open keep working until Tuesday's close.
| Product group | MLK, Presidents, Memorial, Labor Day | Independence Day (Mon, July 5) | Thanksgiving (Thu, Nov 25) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity index (ES, NQ and the micros) | Halt 12:00 CT | Halt 12:00 CT | Halt 12:00 CT |
| Treasuries (ZN) | Halt 12:00 CT | Halt 13:30 CT | Halt 12:00 CT |
| Energy (CL) | Halt 13:30 CT | Halt 13:30 CT | Halt 13:30 CT |
| Metals (GC) | Halt 13:30 CT | Halt 13:30 CT | Halt 13:30 CT |
| FX (6E) | Trades to 16:00 CT | Trades to 16:00 CT | Trades to 16:00 CT |
All of them reopen at 5:00 PM CT the same day. Independence Day is the odd one out for Treasuries: CME's 2027 schedule has ZN trading until 13:30 CT on July 5, ninety minutes later than on the other Monday holidays.
Thanksgiving works the same way on a Thursday. Wednesday, November 24 closes normally at 4:00 PM CT, Globex reopens at 5:00 PM CT for Friday's trade date, halts Thursday at the times above, and reopens Thursday at 5:00 PM CT.
Grains and livestock keep their own hours. On the Monday holidays, corn and the other grains have no day session and return at 7:00 PM CT Monday evening. Around Independence Day they stay closed from Friday, July 2 until Tuesday morning, July 6. Live cattle and lumber are closed on each of these holidays and resume the following morning.
The two early closes
Juneteenth: Friday, June 18
Juneteenth falls on a Saturday in 2027, so it is observed on Friday, June 18. Thursday, June 17 closes normally at 4:00 PM CT and Globex reopens at 5:00 PM CT for Monday's trade date. Friday then stops at 12:00 CT for equity, Treasury, energy, metals and FX futures, and stays closed until Sunday evening. CME's notice adds that day orders entered after Thursday's pre-open cancel at Friday's close. Grains, livestock and lumber have no session on Friday at all.
The day after Thanksgiving: Friday, November 26
The half day traders call Black Friday. Equity index and Treasury futures close at 12:15 CT. Energy, metals and FX close at 13:45 CT. Grains and live cattle trade 8:30 AM to 12:05 PM CT, and nothing reopens until Sunday.
Bitcoin futures trade straight through
CME's 2027 schedule shows Bitcoin futures trading through every one of these holidays, including the three full closures. The session rolls at 4:00 PM CT each day with a pause of a minute or two, and the only weekly gap is CME's Saturday maintenance window. If you trade both BTC and the index futures, do not assume one calendar fits both.
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Setting your flatten time around the holidays
If you hold nothing through a halt, the simplest plan is to be flat before it. With CrossTrade you can do that per account with a scheduled flatten, on both NinjaTrader 8 and Tradovate: the Account Manager closes every open position at a time you set, whether or not you are at the desk.
Two details matter on holiday weeks:
The flatten time is set in Eastern Time, and CME publishes in Central Time. A 12:00 CT halt on ES is 1:00 PM ET, so a flatten at 12:50 ET clears the account ten minutes before it. For CL and GC, the 13:30 CT halt is 2:30 PM ET. On Black Friday, 12:15 CT is 1:15 PM ET.
The time does not move on its own. CrossTrade does not shift your flatten time for holidays or early closes, because close times differ by product and a calendar guess is not good enough to decide when your account is exposed. Set an earlier time before the holiday, and set your normal time back afterward. If you use trading windows, an end time before the halt also stops new webhook signals from reaching the account, and a window set to flatten closes positions when it ends.
Before each holiday, check CME
CME says trading hours are usually finalized about two weeks before each holiday, and holiday schedules depend on input from the NYSE and SIFMA. The times in this guide are the ones CME published as of November 2026. Check the CME Group holiday calendar a week or two before each date, especially for any product not listed here.
Frequently asked questions
Is the futures market open on Good Friday 2027?
No. CME Globex has no trading for the Friday, March 26, 2027 trade date. Thursday, March 25 closes at the regular time and trading resumes at the Sunday evening open.
What time does the futures market close on Black Friday 2027?
On Friday, November 26, 2027, equity index and Treasury futures close at 12:15 PM CT (1:15 PM ET). Energy, metals and FX futures close at 1:45 PM CT. Globex reopens Sunday evening.
Is CME open on Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2027?
Partly. Globex opens Sunday, January 17 at 5:00 PM CT, and equity index futures trade until a 12:00 PM CT halt on Monday, January 18. Energy and metals halt at 1:30 PM CT. Everything reopens at 5:00 PM CT Monday for Tuesday's trade date.
Is the futures market open on December 24 and December 31, 2027?
December 24 is closed: it is the observed Christmas holiday, because Christmas Day falls on a Saturday. December 31 is a normal trading day, because New Year's Day 2028 falls on a Saturday and is not observed on the Friday.
Are CME trading hours in Eastern or Central Time?
Central Time. CME Group publishes all Globex hours in CT, one hour behind Eastern Time. A 12:00 PM CT halt is 1:00 PM ET.
Do Bitcoin futures close on CME holidays in 2027?
No. CME's 2027 schedule shows Bitcoin futures trading through every holiday, including New Year's Day, Good Friday and Christmas, with only a brief pause at the 4:00 PM CT daily roll.
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Schedule data from CME Group's published 2027 Globex holiday calendar, retrieved November 9, 2026. CME may change holiday hours; always confirm with CME before trading. Futures trading involves substantial risk.
