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Contract specifications
- Product
- Soybean Oil (ZL)
- Exchange
- CBOT
- Year
- 2030
- Deliveries listed
- 8
- First of the year
- ZLF0 (Jan 14, 2030)
- Last of the year
- ZLZ0 (Dec 13, 2030)
- Tick size
- 0.01
- Tick value
- $6.00
- Point value
- $600.00
Every ZL delivery listed in 2030
ZL trades 8 delivery months in 2030 (F, H, K, N, Q, U, V, Z). Dates are computed from the exchange rule rather than stored. The engine counts Monday to Friday and holds no CME holiday table, so a date next to a public holiday can be one day off the exchange calendar.
The letter in a contract symbol is its delivery month: F = January, H = March, K = May, N = July, Q = August, U = September, V = October, Z = December. The digit that follows is the year.
| Contract | Delivery | Last trading day | Default rolls on |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZLF0 | Jan 2030 | Jan 14, 2030 | Jan 10, 2030 |
| ZLH0 | Mar 2030 | Mar 14, 2030 | Mar 10, 2030 |
| ZLK0 | May 2030 | May 14, 2030 | May 10, 2030 |
| ZLN0 | Jul 2030 | Jul 12, 2030 | Jul 8, 2030 |
| ZLQ0 | Aug 2030 | Aug 14, 2030 | Aug 10, 2030 |
| ZLU0 | Sep 2030 | Sep 13, 2030 | Sep 9, 2030 |
| ZLV0 | Oct 2030 | Oct 14, 2030 | Oct 10, 2030 |
| ZLZ0 | Dec 2030 | Dec 13, 2030 | Dec 9, 2030 |
The rule that sets these dates
Trading terminates on the business day preceding the 15th calendar day of the contract month.
When the volume moves between these months
Grain contracts follow the crop calendar rather than the quarter, so the listed months are uneven and the roll dates do not fall at regular intervals. The active month is the one carrying the volume, not the nearest by date.
What one tick of ZL is worth
The minimum price fluctuation is 0.01, which is $6.00 per contract on a multiplier of 600. A full point is $600.00. These are the values the app itself trades on, so the rows of a ZL footprint and the P&L on a ZL position come from the same numbers.
Related pages
- ZL — Soybean Oil
- ZLF0
- ZLH0
- ZLK0
- Contract roll
- Futures month codes
- Front month contract
- Tick value
- Roll yield
- Back month contract
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Frequently asked questions
- When do ZL futures expire in 2030?
- ZL has 8 listed deliveries in 2030. The first last trading day is January 14, 2030 and the last is December 13, 2030. The table above gives every month in between.
- How many ZL contracts are listed in 2030?
- 8, on the delivery month codes F, H, K, N, Q, U, V, Z.
- Which ZL contract should I be trading?
- The one carrying the volume, which is usually the nearest delivery that has not reached its roll date. Compare the traded volume and open interest of the two nearest months rather than going by the last trading day alone.