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AskFutures covers roughly 74 CME Group futures markets — across CME, CBOT, NYMEX, and COMEX — plus a few international index and rates contracts that trade in the same ecosystem. You can name any of these roots directly in chat (“trade MES”, “go long CL”) and AskFutures knows the contract.
Not sure which to use? Just describe the market in words — “the Micro S&P”, “crude oil”, “gold” — and AskFutures will pick the right symbol. You can also ask for any symbol’s contract specs at any time.
Each table lists the full-size root and, where one exists, its micro (smaller-sized version of the same contract — same market, less dollars per point). Micros are the friendliest place to start: same idea, smaller stakes.

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Equity indices

The most-traded markets on AskFutures. The micros (MES, MNQ, MYM, M2K) are about 1/10th the size of their full-size parents.

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Energy

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Metals

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Grains & oilseeds

Grain and oilseed contracts are quoted in cents per bushel (or cents per pound / per short ton) — a pricing convention worth knowing when you read a stop in price terms. Each has a Micro version.

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Interest rates

The U.S. Treasury complex plus a few European government-bond contracts.

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FX (currencies)

Full-size currency futures plus E-Micro versions for the majors.

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Crypto

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Livestock

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Softs

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International indices

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Volatility

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A few things to know

A micro is the same market as its full-size parent — same prices, same behavior — just a smaller dollar value per point. If a strategy idea works on ES, it works on MES; the micro simply moves a fraction of the dollars per trade. Starting on micros is the lower-stakes way to test an idea.
Futures expire and roll to the next month. AskFutures backtests on back-adjusted continuous contracts so you get one smooth, multi-year price history per market instead of a patchwork of expiring contracts. See contract specs for how roll and expiration work.
Every market comes with 1-minute, 5-minute, and daily bars (1-hour and weekly are derived from these), updated daily from the vendor feed. AskFutures defaults to 1-minute bars for day-trading ideas.
AskFutures is CME Group only (CME, CBOT, NYMEX, COMEX) plus the listed international contracts. Single-name stocks, ETFs, options, and spot FX are out of scope. If you name a market that isn’t supported, AskFutures will tell you rather than guess.

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Next steps

Contract specs

Tick size, point value, margin, sessions, and roll rules — and how to read them.

What a strategy is made of

Markets, entries, exits, filters, and parameters.

Build a strategy

Go from a plain-English idea to a backtest.

Is the backtest real?

Why the same rules and data always give the same numbers.