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Contract specifications
- Contract symbol
- GCZ0
- Product
- Gold (GC)
- Exchange
- COMEX
- Delivery month
- December 2030 (code Z)
- Roll anchor
- November 27, 2030
- Official last trading day
- December 27, 2030
- Default rolls on
- November 23, 2030 (4 days before)
- Tick size
- 0.1
- Tick value
- $10.00
- Point value
- $100.00
- Next delivery
- first 2031 contract
The date that matters on GCZ0
The first notice day of GCZ0 is November 29, 2030, the last business day of the month preceding delivery. Senzoukria anchors its roll two business days earlier, on November 27, 2030.
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.
GCZ0 itself keeps quoting until its official last trading day, December 27, 2030, 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 GCZ0 as the default contract on November 23, 2030, 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.
GCZ0 is the last 2030 delivery listed for GC, so the volume moves into the first 2031 contract.
What one tick is worth on GCZ0
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 GCZ0 position and the rows of its footprint come from the same numbers.
Every GC delivery listed in 2030
GC lists 6 delivery months a year (G, J, M, Q, V, Z). GCZ0 is number 6 of 6 in 2030.
| Contract | Delivery | Roll anchor | Default rolls on |
|---|---|---|---|
| GCG0 | Feb 2030 | Jan 29, 2030 | Jan 25, 2030 |
| GCJ0 | Apr 2030 | Mar 27, 2030 | Mar 23, 2030 |
| GCM0 | Jun 2030 | May 29, 2030 | May 25, 2030 |
| GCQ0 | Aug 2030 | Jul 29, 2030 | Jul 25, 2030 |
| GCV0 | Oct 2030 | Sep 26, 2030 | Sep 22, 2030 |
| GCZ0 (this page) | Dec 2030 | Nov 27, 2030 | Nov 23, 2030 |
GCZ0 and MGCZ0 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. GCZ0 and MGCZ0 share the same roll anchor, November 27, 2030, 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
- GCV0
- GC 2030
- MGCZ0
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Frequently asked questions
- When does GCZ0 stop being tradable in practice?
- The roll anchor of GCZ0 is November 27, 2030. 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 GCZ0?
- The app switches its default to the next listed month on November 23, 2030. 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 GCZ0 worth?
- One tick of 0.1 is $10.00 per contract, and a full point is $100.00, on a multiplier of 100.
- Does GCZ0 really stop trading on November 27, 2030?
- No. GCZ0 keeps quoting until December 27, 2030, the third-to-last business day of its delivery month. November 27, 2030 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.