CME
Canadian Dollar (6C) Tick Value & Contract Specs
Tick value $5.00 per tick — 100,000 Canadian dollars.
Canadian Dollar futures (6C) cover 100,000 CAD, quoted as US dollars per Canadian dollar. Like the other majors it ticks at 0.00005, worth $5.00 per contract, with a full pip worth $10. One point of care for traders arriving from spot: the futures contract is quoted USD per CAD, the inverse of the USD/CAD convention most forex platforms display, so the chart runs the opposite way to the one you are used to.
The loonie is the oil currency of the majors. Canada's export economy is heavily weighted to crude, and 6C's correlation with WTI is strong enough that energy traders watch it as a confirming signal — a sharp move in CL frequently shows up in 6C within minutes. Beyond oil, it is the most US-sensitive of the majors, since the overwhelming majority of Canadian trade crosses one border, which makes 6C react to US data almost as much as Canadian. That double sensitivity keeps it liquid through the North American session and thin overnight. Use the pre-filled calculator below, and mind the inverted quote when converting a spot-based plan.
- Exchange
- CME
- Contract size
- 100,000 Canadian 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 can rise around Bank of Canada decisions and sharp moves in crude.
How 6C 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 6C, that is 0.00005 × $100000 = $5.00 per tick, per contract.
One contract represents 100,000 Canadian dollars. P&L for a move from entry to exit is (exit − entry) ÷ tick size × tick value × contracts.
6C contract months and ticker symbols
A futures ticker is three parts: the root, a one-letter delivery month, and the year. 6CZ2026 is the December 2026 6C contract. The month letters skip I and L, which would read as 1 and 7 on a ticker.
| Code | Month | Listed for 6C? |
|---|---|---|
| F | January | Yes — 6CF |
| G | February | Yes — 6CG |
| H | March | Yes — 6CH |
| J | April | Yes — 6CJ |
| K | May | Yes — 6CK |
| M | June | Yes — 6CM |
| N | July | Yes — 6CN |
| Q | August | Yes — 6CQ |
| U | September | Yes — 6CU |
| V | October | Yes — 6CV |
| X | November | Yes — 6CX |
| Z | December | Yes — 6CZ |
All twelve months are listed, but almost all volume sits in the March, June, September and December contracts.
Which 6C 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 6C1! | TradingView | Continuous front-month contract. "2!" is the next one out, and a dated contract is written in full, e.g. 6CZ2026. |
| 6C00 | Barchart | Continuous front-month series. "6CZ26" style codes name a specific month and year instead. |
| 6Cc1 | Refinitiv / Reuters | Continuous front month; c2 is the second month out. |
| /6C | thinkorswim, tastytrade | The leading slash marks it as a future rather than a stock. A specific month is /6CZ26. |
| 6C=F | Yahoo Finance | The "=F" suffix denotes the front-month futures series. |
| $6C | 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 6CZ26 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 6C?
- $5.00 per tick — a 0.00005 tick size × a $100000 multiplier (point value).
- What is one 6C contract worth?
- One contract represents 100,000 Canadian dollars. Notional value = price × $100000; use the tick value calculator with the current price for an exact figure.
- Which exchange lists 6C?
- Canadian Dollar (6C) trades on the CME.
- What are the trading hours for 6C?
- 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 6C?
- Margin varies by broker and can rise around Bank of Canada decisions and sharp moves in crude.
- What are the 6C contract months?
- 6C 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 6CZ2026 mean?
- It is one specific 6C contract: the root 6C, the delivery-month code Z, and the year. Z is December, so 6CZ2026 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 6C00, 6C1! or /6C?
- All three name the same thing: the continuous front-month 6C contract, written differently by different platforms. Barchart uses 6C00, TradingView 6C1!, thinkorswim and tastytrade /6C, Yahoo Finance 6C=F, and 6C on social media is usually written $6C. None of them is a separate instrument — each stitches together whichever dated contract is currently the front month.
- How is P&L calculated for 6C?
- 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.