CME
British Pound (6B) Tick Value & Contract Specs
Tick value $6.25 per tick — 62,500 British Pounds.
The British Pound future (6B) covers 62,500 pounds per contract — half the currency amount of the euro contract — and is quoted in dollars per pound. Its tick is a full 0.0001 (one spot pip), worth $6.25 per contract. That equivalence is convenient: a 6B contract's pip value matches 0.625 standard lots of spot GBP/USD, and a 100-pip cable move is $625 per contract.
Sterling has a deserved reputation for sharp, headline-driven moves — UK CPI mornings, Bank of England decisions and the occasional political shock produce some of the largest single-session ranges among major currencies. Futures traders get that movement with exchange clearing and visible volume rather than dealer quotes. Because 6B's currency unit differs from 6E's, don't assume the two contracts are interchangeable in size; check the specs table below first, then use the pre-filled tick value calculator to convert your planned stop distance into dollars before entry.
- Exchange
- CME
- Contract size
- 62,500 British Pounds
- Tick size
- 0.0001
- Tick value
- $6.25
- Point value (multiplier)
- $62500
- 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 typically moves with GBP/USD volatility.
How 6B 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 6B, that is 0.0001 × $62500 = $6.25 per tick, per contract.
One contract represents 62,500 British Pounds. P&L for a move from entry to exit is (exit − entry) ÷ tick size × tick value × contracts.
6B contract months and ticker symbols
A futures ticker is three parts: the root, a one-letter delivery month, and the year. 6BZ2026 is the December 2026 6B contract. The month letters skip I and L, which would read as 1 and 7 on a ticker.
| Code | Month | Listed for 6B? |
|---|---|---|
| F | January | Yes — 6BF |
| G | February | Yes — 6BG |
| H | March | Yes — 6BH |
| J | April | Yes — 6BJ |
| K | May | Yes — 6BK |
| M | June | Yes — 6BM |
| N | July | Yes — 6BN |
| Q | August | Yes — 6BQ |
| U | September | Yes — 6BU |
| V | October | Yes — 6BV |
| X | November | Yes — 6BX |
| Z | December | Yes — 6BZ |
All twelve months are listed, but almost all volume sits in the March, June, September and December contracts.
Which 6B 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 6B1! | TradingView | Continuous front-month contract. "2!" is the next one out, and a dated contract is written in full, e.g. 6BZ2026. |
| 6B00 | Barchart | Continuous front-month series. "6BZ26" style codes name a specific month and year instead. |
| 6Bc1 | Refinitiv / Reuters | Continuous front month; c2 is the second month out. |
| /6B | thinkorswim, tastytrade | The leading slash marks it as a future rather than a stock. A specific month is /6BZ26. |
| 6B=F | Yahoo Finance | The "=F" suffix denotes the front-month futures series. |
| $6B | 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 6BZ26 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 6B?
- $6.25 per tick — a 0.0001 tick size × a $62500 multiplier (point value).
- What is one 6B contract worth?
- One contract represents 62,500 British Pounds. Notional value = price × $62500; use the tick value calculator with the current price for an exact figure.
- Which exchange lists 6B?
- British Pound (6B) trades on the CME.
- What are the trading hours for 6B?
- 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 6B?
- Margin varies by broker and typically moves with GBP/USD volatility.
- What are the 6B contract months?
- 6B 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 6BZ2026 mean?
- It is one specific 6B contract: the root 6B, the delivery-month code Z, and the year. Z is December, so 6BZ2026 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 6B00, 6B1! or /6B?
- All three name the same thing: the continuous front-month 6B contract, written differently by different platforms. Barchart uses 6B00, TradingView 6B1!, thinkorswim and tastytrade /6B, Yahoo Finance 6B=F, and 6B on social media is usually written $6B. None of them is a separate instrument — each stitches together whichever dated contract is currently the front month.
- How is P&L calculated for 6B?
- P&L = (exit price − entry price) ÷ 0.0001 tick size × $6.25 tick value × number of contracts. Use the tick value calculator to compute this directly.
More futures contract specs
- 6A — Australian DollarTick value $5.00 · CME
- 6C — Canadian DollarTick value $5.00 · CME
- 6S — Swiss FrancTick value $6.25 · CME
- 6N — New Zealand DollarTick value $5.00 · CME
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Specs last reviewed 2026-09-06. Exchanges can amend contract specs — always confirm against the exchange or your broker before trading.