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Live Cattle Futures (CME) LC
Updated: 2012-02-03 for the markets on Monday, February 6th 2012.
Live Cattle (CME) 40,000 LBS; cents per lb.
- Regular Hours: 08:05 - 12:00 CST
- Electronic: 16:00 - 15:00 CST
- Min. Fluctuation: 0.025 ($ 10.000)
- Months Traded: Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct, Dec
- Margin Initial: $ 1,620 Maintenance: $ 1,200 ( detail )
Support & Resistance
| SYM | LCG12 | LCJ12 |
|---|---|---|
| Date | 02/03/12 | 02/03/12 |
| R2 | 125.950 | 129.775 |
| R1 | 124.775 | 128.575 |
| PIVOT | 124.175 | 127.975 |
| S1 | 123.000 | 126.775 |
| S2 | 122.400 | 126.175 |
About Live Cattle Futures (CME) LC
Live cattle futures and options engage in price discovery for the cattle marketplace. Live cattle futures and options effectively manage the price risk that merchandisers, producers, processors, and other have related to the purchase and sale of live cattle. Live cattle futures and options evaluate or reflect on both the current and future supply and demand situation for cattle, competing meats and feedgrains.
Live cattle futures and options are a physical delivery 40,000 pound contract. Contracts trade virtually 24 hours a day on CME Globex electronic trading platform and side by side during regular trading hours on the CME Group trading floor. Some advantages to electronically traded live cattle futures and options include direct participation in the trading process, millisecond response time, designated market makers an implied spread functionality.
 
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