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Contract specifications
- Contract symbol
- GCG8
- Product
- Gold (GC)
- Exchange
- COMEX
- Delivery month
- February 2028 (code G)
- Roll anchor
- January 27, 2028
- Official last trading day
- February 25, 2028
- Default rolls on
- January 23, 2028 (4 days before)
- Tick size
- 0.1
- Tick value
- $10.00
- Point value
- $100.00
- Next delivery
- GCJ8 (March 29, 2028)
The date that matters on GCG8
The first notice day of GCG8 is January 31, 2028, the last business day of the month preceding delivery. Senzoukria anchors its roll two business days earlier, on January 27, 2028.
This date is not the last trading day. A metal contract keeps quoting into its delivery month, but past the first notice day it is deliverable, liquidity collapses, and most brokers and prop firms liquidate what is left. Senzoukria therefore anchors its roll two business days before the first notice day and never offers a contract already in its delivery period.
GCG8 itself keeps quoting until its official last trading day, February 25, 2028, the third-to-last business day of its delivery month, but that session sits inside the delivery period and is not where the volume is.
Senzoukria stops offering GCG8 as the default contract on January 23, 2028, 4 calendar days before that roll anchor, and keeps it selectable with a badge. The date is computed from the exchange rule rather than stored. The engine counts Monday to Friday and holds no CME holiday table, so a date that falls next to a public holiday can be one day off the exchange calendar. Check the exchange calendar when the date sits close to a holiday.
When the volume actually leaves
Metal contracts stay quoted into their delivery month, but the volume leaves before the first notice day. The active month is rarely the one whose name matches the calendar, so checking the date rather than the month name is the habit that avoids trading a dying contract.
For GCG8 the next listed delivery is GCJ8, whose roll anchor is March 29, 2028. That is the contract the volume moves into.
What one tick is worth on GCG8
The minimum price fluctuation is 0.1, which is $10.00 per contract on a multiplier of 100. A full point is therefore $100.00. On a footprint chart one row is one tick, so the same vertical space holds a different number of rows depending on the product: a tick of 0.1 sets how finely the bid and ask volume of GC can be read.
These are the values the app itself trades on, taken from its contract table rather than retyped, so the P&L shown on a GCG8 position and the rows of its footprint come from the same numbers.
Every GC delivery listed in 2028
GC lists 6 delivery months a year (G, J, M, Q, V, Z). GCG8 is number 1 of 6 in 2028.
| Contract | Delivery | Roll anchor | Default rolls on |
|---|---|---|---|
| GCG8 (this page) | Feb 2028 | Jan 27, 2028 | Jan 23, 2028 |
| GCJ8 | Apr 2028 | Mar 29, 2028 | Mar 25, 2028 |
| GCM8 | Jun 2028 | May 29, 2028 | May 25, 2028 |
| GCQ8 | Aug 2028 | Jul 27, 2028 | Jul 23, 2028 |
| GCV8 | Oct 2028 | Sep 27, 2028 | Sep 23, 2028 |
| GCZ8 | Dec 2028 | Nov 28, 2028 | Nov 24, 2028 |
GCG8 and MGCG8 side by side
GC and MGC track the same underlying, but GC is 10 times the size of MGC: $10.00 a tick against $1.00. Both quote on the same 0.1 tick. GCG8 and MGCG8 share the same roll anchor, January 27, 2028, so a position in either rolls on the same date.
The practical difference is position sizing rather than behaviour. MGC lets a 10-contract position carry the same exposure as one GC, which makes partial exits possible on a small account; GC carries the deeper book, so its footprint and its depth of market are the ones to read even when the position is held in MGC.
Related pages
- GC — Gold
- Contract roll
- Futures month codes
- Tick value
- Front month contract
- Continuous contract
- Back month contract
- MGC — Micro Gold
- GCJ8
- GCZ7
- GC 2028
- MGCG8
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Frequently asked questions
- When does GCG8 stop being tradable in practice?
- The roll anchor of GCG8 is January 27, 2028. The first notice day is the last business day of the month preceding the delivery month; the official last trading day is the third-to-last business day of the delivery month itself. This date is not the last trading day. A metal contract keeps quoting into its delivery month, but past the first notice day it is deliverable, liquidity collapses, and most brokers and prop firms liquidate what is left. Senzoukria therefore anchors its roll two business days before the first notice day and never offers a contract already in its delivery period.
- When should I roll out of GCG8?
- The app switches its default to the next listed month on January 23, 2028, which is GCJ8. In practice the volume moves before the calendar does, so compare the traded volume and open interest of the two months rather than waiting for the roll anchor.
- How much is one tick of GCG8 worth?
- One tick of 0.1 is $10.00 per contract, and a full point is $100.00, on a multiplier of 100.
- Does GCG8 really stop trading on January 27, 2028?
- No. GCG8 keeps quoting until February 25, 2028, the third-to-last business day of its delivery month. January 27, 2028 is the roll anchor Senzoukria uses, two business days before the first notice day, because past that point the contract is deliverable and the liquidity is gone.