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GCJ9 last trading day: April 26, 2029

GCJ9 is the April 2029 delivery of Gold on COMEX. Its official last trading day is April 26, 2029, but the app rolls its default on March 24, 2029, before the first notice day of March 30, 2029. One tick is 0.1, worth $10.00, on a multiplier of 100.

Updated September 2026First published 16 October 2026

On this page
  1. Contract specifications
  2. The date that matters on GCJ9
  3. When the volume actually leaves
  4. What one tick is worth on GCJ9
  5. Every GC delivery listed in 2029
  6. GCJ9 and MGCJ9 side by side
  7. Related pages
  8. In the same section
  9. This page in other languages
  10. Frequently asked questions

Contract specifications

Contract symbol
GCJ9
Product
Gold (GC)
Exchange
COMEX
Delivery month
April 2029 (code J)
Roll anchor
March 28, 2029
Official last trading day
April 26, 2029
Default rolls on
March 24, 2029 (4 days before)
Tick size
0.1
Tick value
$10.00
Point value
$100.00
Next delivery
GCM9 (May 29, 2029)

The date that matters on GCJ9

The first notice day of GCJ9 is March 30, 2029, the last business day of the month preceding delivery. Senzoukria anchors its roll two business days earlier, on March 28, 2029.

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.

GCJ9 itself keeps quoting until its official last trading day, April 26, 2029, 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 GCJ9 as the default contract on March 24, 2029, 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 GCJ9 the next listed delivery is GCM9, whose roll anchor is May 29, 2029. That is the contract the volume moves into, just as it moved out of GCG9 on January 25, 2029.

What one tick is worth on GCJ9

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 GCJ9 position and the rows of its footprint come from the same numbers.

Every GC delivery listed in 2029

GC lists 6 delivery months a year (G, J, M, Q, V, Z). GCJ9 is number 2 of 6 in 2029.

GC 2029: roll anchor and roll date of every listed delivery
ContractDeliveryRoll anchorDefault rolls on
GCG9Feb 2029Jan 29, 2029Jan 25, 2029
GCJ9 (this page)Apr 2029Mar 28, 2029Mar 24, 2029
GCM9Jun 2029May 29, 2029May 25, 2029
GCQ9Aug 2029Jul 27, 2029Jul 23, 2029
GCV9Oct 2029Sep 26, 2029Sep 22, 2029
GCZ9Dec 2029Nov 28, 2029Nov 24, 2029

GCJ9 and MGCJ9 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. GCJ9 and MGCJ9 share the same roll anchor, March 28, 2029, 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.

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Frequently asked questions

When does GCJ9 stop being tradable in practice?
The roll anchor of GCJ9 is March 28, 2029. 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 GCJ9?
The app switches its default to the next listed month on March 24, 2029, which is GCM9. 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 GCJ9 worth?
One tick of 0.1 is $10.00 per contract, and a full point is $100.00, on a multiplier of 100.
Does GCJ9 really stop trading on March 28, 2029?
No. GCJ9 keeps quoting until April 26, 2029, the third-to-last business day of its delivery month. March 28, 2029 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.
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