for example here's the ES contracts ESZ19 is the current one at the top, followed by ESH20 for the next one. You can see ESZ19 has traded 697,181 contracts today whereas the ESH20 has trades 10,714 contracts.  Once we get closer to expiration we'll see more volume start to come into the ESH20 and eventually take over the ESZ19. Then once inversion takes place the old contract expires in about a week, so you still have time to get out of it

    I think Gold contracts trade month to month but it's been a while since I've messed with those

    Correct, GC trades month to

    Posted by junkie on 27th of Nov 2019 at 03:53 pm

    Correct, GC trades month to month, but some months are traded heavier than others. The next heavily traded GC contract is February.

    Here are contract closure deadlines from my broker: https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/index.php?f=deliveryExerciseActions&p=physicalYou would enter GC (gold futures)

    So today at 4pm is a long cutoff.

    Thank you Junkie, most useful.!

    Posted by mundy on 27th of Nov 2019 at 11:37 pm

    Thank you Junkie, most useful.!

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