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Contract specifications
- Contract symbol
- GFQ9
- Product
- Feeder Cattle (GF)
- Exchange
- CME
- Delivery month
- August 2029 (code Q)
- Last trading day
- August 30, 2029
- Default rolls on
- August 26, 2029 (4 days before)
- Tick size
- 0.025
- Tick value
- $12.50
- Point value
- $500.00
- Next delivery
- GFU9 (September 27, 2029)
When GFQ9 stops trading
Trading terminates on the last Thursday of the contract month. For GFQ9 that falls on August 30, 2029.
Senzoukria stops offering GFQ9 as the default contract on August 26, 2029, 4 calendar days before that last trading day, 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
Livestock contracts follow the production calendar, so the listed months are uneven and the gap between two deliveries can be two months. The active month is the one carrying the volume.
For GFQ9 the next listed delivery is GFU9, whose last trading day is September 27, 2029. That is the contract the volume moves into, just as it moved out of GFK9 on May 27, 2029.
What one tick is worth on GFQ9
The minimum price fluctuation is 0.025, which is $12.50 per contract on a multiplier of 500. A full point is therefore $500.00. 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 0.025 sets how finely the bid and ask volume of GF 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 GFQ9 position and the rows of its footprint come from the same numbers.
Every GF delivery listed in 2029
GF lists 8 delivery months a year (F, H, J, K, Q, U, V, X). GFQ9 is number 5 of 8 in 2029.
| Contract | Delivery | Last trading day | Default rolls on |
|---|---|---|---|
| GFF9 | Jan 2029 | Jan 25, 2029 | Jan 21, 2029 |
| GFH9 | Mar 2029 | Mar 29, 2029 | Mar 25, 2029 |
| GFJ9 | Apr 2029 | Apr 26, 2029 | Apr 22, 2029 |
| GFK9 | May 2029 | May 31, 2029 | May 27, 2029 |
| GFQ9 (this page) | Aug 2029 | Aug 30, 2029 | Aug 26, 2029 |
| GFU9 | Sep 2029 | Sep 27, 2029 | Sep 23, 2029 |
| GFV9 | Oct 2029 | Oct 25, 2029 | Oct 21, 2029 |
| GFX9 | Nov 2029 | Nov 29, 2029 | Nov 25, 2029 |
Related pages
- GF — Feeder Cattle
- Contract roll
- Futures month codes
- Tick value
- Front month contract
- Back month contract
- Roll yield
- GFU9
- GFK9
- GF 2029
- LEQ9
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Frequently asked questions
- When does GFQ9 expire?
- The last trading day of GFQ9 is August 30, 2029. Trading terminates on the last Thursday of the contract month.
- When should I roll out of GFQ9?
- The app switches its default to the next listed month on August 26, 2029, which is GFU9. 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 last trading day.
- How much is one tick of GFQ9 worth?
- One tick of 0.025 is $12.50 per contract, and a full point is $500.00, on a multiplier of 500.