CME Single Stock Futures: what launches July 27, 2026
CME Group is launching Single Stock Futures on July 27, 2026, pending the completion of its own regulatory review process. The initial lineup: 55 larger-sized contracts and 22 Micro-sized contracts, spanning more than 50 top U.S. stocks. It's CME's first push into individual-equity futures at this scale, and it opens a lever futures traders haven't had before.
What a Single Stock Futures contract is
An index future like the E-mini S&P 500 gives you leveraged exposure to a whole basket of stocks moving together. A Single Stock Futures contract narrows that down to one company. Same futures mechanics, margin and leverage included, pointed at a single name instead of an index. If you have a strong view on one stock specifically, not the market broadly, this is the tool CME is adding for that.
CME's own release names some of the underlyings in the initial batch: Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Nvidia, Tesla, Micron, and SpaceX, which only recently went public. That's a partial list. CME says the 55 larger and 22 Micro contracts together cover more than 50 stocks, and the exchange hasn't published the full roster.
Why it sits between two things you already know
Futures traders have had two ways to get equity exposure. Index futures move with the market as a whole. Straight stock trading gets you a single name, but no leverage and none of the futures margin mechanics. Single Stock Futures sit in the gap between them: futures-style exposure, aimed at one company. That's a new combination CME hasn't offered before at this size.
What CME hasn't said yet
The June 30, 2026 release, syndicated through PR Newswire and corroborated by CME's investor relations page and multiple financial outlets, sets the date and the contract counts. It does not set the symbol format, the margin requirements, or which brokers and data vendors will support the contracts on day one. If you're searching for the exact ticker on Apple's Single Stock Future or a margin table, that page doesn't exist yet, on our site or anyone's. Exchanges typically publish full contract specs close to launch, so check back as July 27 gets nearer.
How automation fits in
Autoview connects an alert to a broker and executes the order the alert describes. The alert can come from TradingView, a script, or anything else able to send a webhook; TradingView is one alert source among many, not the definition of the platform. For CME futures today, Autoview already runs live through Tradovate: connect an account, and alerts place Tradovate orders without you sitting at a screen watching for a level. The Tradovate setup guide covers the actual connection steps.
As CME and its brokers finalize Single Stock Futures trading details, symbol formats included, that's the same pipeline. An alert defines the order, and the broker connection carries it through. Nothing about that changes because the underlying is a new contract type.
One general mechanic worth knowing if you already trade CME products through Tradovate: Tradovate charges for real-time CME market data on funded live accounts, and Simulation accounts don't carry that feed by default. That isn't specific to Single Stock Futures. It's how Tradovate's CME data access works today, and it's worth understanding before day one of any new CME product.
What to do now
Nothing about Single Stock Futures needs an action from you yet. There's no ticker to trade and no command to write for a contract that doesn't exist. If you already automate Tradovate through Autoview, your setup doesn't change. If you're new to it, the Tradovate setup wizard is where that starts, independent of the SSF news. Watch CME's own release for the rest, and come back once the specs land.