I would like to go back in time to back test a day in February to see how I would have traded that day differently now, knowing what I know now.
So I need to go back to February which should be a part of the H contract month, but H contract month is not part of the chart lists available. Please how do I get to view past months contracts for ES and NQ?
Hello @Adeoluwa_Oyelami,
Thanks for your question and welcome to the Optimus Futures community forum!
The E-mini S&P 500 futures contract (ES) has four different contract months available: March, June, September and December
The E-mini Nasdaq-100 (NQ) trades on contracts of the same four months: March, June, September and December
A contract for February does not exist for the ES or NQ.
At the time of this post, the current “front month” contract is December 2025, the exact symbol is ES.Z25 or NQ.Z25. The December 2025 contract will expire on Friday of the third week of December, and at that time, the new March 2026 contract will become the active front month.
The symbol for March 2026 E-mini S&P 500 is: ES.Z25.
The symbol for March 2026 E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures is: NQ.H26.
For the demo of Optimus Flow, it is not possible to backtest or view historical data for contracts that have already expired, so there will be no way to view data from February 2025 using our demo.
For live accounts, we support the Rithmic data feed, which offers native front-month continuous contracts that will allow you to view all history for any particular product. A live account using Rithmic on Optimus Flow would be able to view historical data for the month of February 2025 using Rithmic’s “front month” ES or NQ symbol.
We hope you find this answer helpful and that it answers your question.
Best,
Optimus Futures Support