CME
Australian Dollar (6A) Tick Value & Contract Specs
Tick value $5.00 per tick — 100,000 Australian dollars.
Australian Dollar futures (6A) cover 100,000 AUD, quoted as US dollars per Australian dollar. The tick is 0.00005 — half a pip in spot terms — worth $5.00 per contract, and a full pip (0.0001) is $10. Because the contract is 100,000 units, the arithmetic matches a standard spot lot exactly, which makes 6A an easy first futures contract for anyone arriving from a forex platform.
The Aussie is the market's preferred liquid proxy for Chinese growth. Australia's export base is iron ore, coal and LNG sold largely into China, so 6A often reacts to Chinese PMI and credit data faster than any Australian release does. It is also a classic carry and risk-sentiment currency: it strengthens when global risk appetite is on and sells off hard in flights to safety, which gives it a persistent negative correlation to the yen. Traders coming from spot AUD/USD should note the one genuine advantage here — futures are centrally cleared with a published order book, so the price you size against is the price everyone sees. The calculator below is pre-filled with 6A's specs.
- Exchange
- CME
- Contract size
- 100,000 Australian dollars
- Tick size
- 0.00005
- Tick value
- $5.00
- Point value (multiplier)
- $100000
- Trading hours
- Sun–Fri 6:00pm–5:00pm ET, with a daily trading halt 5:00pm–6:00pm ET
- Margin
- Margin varies by broker and tends to rise around RBA decisions and Chinese data releases.
How 6A tick value works
Tick value is the dollar amount one futures contract gains or loses when the price moves one minimum increment (one tick).
tick value = tick size × multiplier. For 6A, that is 0.00005 × $100000 = $5.00 per tick, per contract.
One contract represents 100,000 Australian dollars. P&L for a move from entry to exit is (exit − entry) ÷ tick size × tick value × contracts.
6A contract months and ticker symbols
A futures ticker is three parts: the root, a one-letter delivery month, and the year. 6AZ2026 is the December 2026 6A contract. The month letters skip I and L, which would read as 1 and 7 on a ticker.
| Code | Month | Listed for 6A? |
|---|---|---|
| F | January | Yes — 6AF |
| G | February | Yes — 6AG |
| H | March | Yes — 6AH |
| J | April | Yes — 6AJ |
| K | May | Yes — 6AK |
| M | June | Yes — 6AM |
| N | July | Yes — 6AN |
| Q | August | Yes — 6AQ |
| U | September | Yes — 6AU |
| V | October | Yes — 6AV |
| X | November | Yes — 6AX |
| Z | December | Yes — 6AZ |
All twelve months are listed, but almost all volume sits in the March, June, September and December contracts.
Which 6A contract am I looking at?
Most charts default to the continuous front-month series rather than a dated contract — one stitched-together chart that rolls to the next month as the current one nears expiry. Every platform spells it differently, which is why the same contract appears under so many names.
| Written as | Platform | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 6A1! | TradingView | Continuous front-month contract. "2!" is the next one out, and a dated contract is written in full, e.g. 6AZ2026. |
| 6A00 | Barchart | Continuous front-month series. "6AZ26" style codes name a specific month and year instead. |
| 6Ac1 | Refinitiv / Reuters | Continuous front month; c2 is the second month out. |
| /6A | thinkorswim, tastytrade | The leading slash marks it as a future rather than a stock. A specific month is /6AZ26. |
| 6A=F | Yahoo Finance | The "=F" suffix denotes the front-month futures series. |
| $6A | StockTwits, social | A cashtag, not an exchange symbol. It usually means the front month, but it is informal and ambiguous. |
A dated code such as 6AZ26 always means one specific contract; the continuous forms never do. Check which you are quoting before comparing a price to someone else’s — around a roll they differ.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the tick value for 6A?
- $5.00 per tick — a 0.00005 tick size × a $100000 multiplier (point value).
- What is one 6A contract worth?
- One contract represents 100,000 Australian dollars. Notional value = price × $100000; use the tick value calculator with the current price for an exact figure.
- Which exchange lists 6A?
- Australian Dollar (6A) trades on the CME.
- What are the trading hours for 6A?
- Sun–Fri 6:00pm–5:00pm ET, with a daily trading halt 5:00pm–6:00pm ET.
- How much margin do I need to trade 6A?
- Margin varies by broker and tends to rise around RBA decisions and Chinese data releases.
- What are the 6A contract months?
- 6A lists January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December. All twelve months are listed, but almost all volume sits in the March, June, September and December contracts.
- What does 6AZ2026 mean?
- It is one specific 6A contract: the root 6A, the delivery-month code Z, and the year. Z is December, so 6AZ2026 is the December 2026 contract. The codes run F G H J K M N Q U V X Z for January through December — I and L are skipped because they read as 1 and 7 on a ticker.
- What is 6A00, 6A1! or /6A?
- All three name the same thing: the continuous front-month 6A contract, written differently by different platforms. Barchart uses 6A00, TradingView 6A1!, thinkorswim and tastytrade /6A, Yahoo Finance 6A=F, and 6A on social media is usually written $6A. None of them is a separate instrument — each stitches together whichever dated contract is currently the front month.
- How is P&L calculated for 6A?
- P&L = (exit price − entry price) ÷ 0.00005 tick size × $5.00 tick value × number of contracts. Use the tick value calculator to compute this directly.
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Specs last reviewed 2026-09-15. Exchanges can amend contract specs — always confirm against the exchange or your broker before trading.