# Problems with S&P futures

**URL:** <https://forums.collective2.com/t/problems-with-s-p-futures/1957>\
**Category:** C2\
**Created:** [July 1, 2004, 5:33pm UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/problems-with-s-p-futures/1957 "2004-07-01T17:33:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![AbdallahRahall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3bc359/32.png) [@AbdallahRahall](https://forums.collective2.com/u/AbdallahRahall)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 5:33pm UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/problems-with-s-p-futures/1957/1 "2004-07-01T17:33:26Z")

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I have had a few problems with S&P futures. I opened a short position on GLOBEX S&P. Today (when globex was closed) I placed an order to buy them at the market. I expected the order to be filled when the pit closed and globex started trading however, I was filled at 1140.5 which must have been the close of the Globex session in the morning.

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**Author:** ![MatthewKlein](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/forums.collective2.com/matthewklein/32/21382_2.png) [@MatthewKlein](https://forums.collective2.com/u/MatthewKlein)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2004, 7:37am UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/problems-with-s-p-futures/1957/2 "2004-07-02T07:37:36Z")

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Let me take a look and see what happened.

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**Author:** ![MatthewKlein](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/forums.collective2.com/matthewklein/32/21382_2.png) [@MatthewKlein](https://forums.collective2.com/u/MatthewKlein)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2004, 11:38am UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/problems-with-s-p-futures/1957/3 "2004-07-02T11:38:50Z")

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The problem was that I had the wrong trading hours for the Globex ‘big S&P’ contract in the Collective2 contract database. I have now fixed the hours and it should trade properly in the future. Thanks for catching this. - Matthew

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**Author:** ![AbdallahRahall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3bc359/32.png) [@AbdallahRahall](https://forums.collective2.com/u/AbdallahRahall)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2004, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/problems-with-s-p-futures/1957/4 "2004-07-02T11:53:43Z")

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thanks for sorting it out… btw how do I enter an fx trade ? I have an outstanding order to buy JPYagst EUR not too sure what the “lots” parameter is … is this the number of Yen or Euro ?