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Contract specifications
- Contract symbol
- ZMQ0
- Product
- Soybean Meal (ZM)
- Exchange
- CBOT
- Delivery month
- August 2030 (code Q)
- Last trading day
- August 14, 2030
- Default rolls on
- August 10, 2030 (4 days before)
- Tick size
- 0.1
- Tick value
- $10.00
- Point value
- $100.00
- Next delivery
- ZMU0 (September 13, 2030)
When ZMQ0 stops trading
Trading terminates on the business day preceding the 15th calendar day of the contract month. For ZMQ0 that falls on August 14, 2030.
Senzoukria stops offering ZMQ0 as the default contract on August 10, 2030, 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
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.
For ZMQ0 the next listed delivery is ZMU0, whose last trading day is September 13, 2030. That is the contract the volume moves into, just as it moved out of ZMN0 on July 8, 2030.
What one tick is worth on ZMQ0
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 ZM 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 ZMQ0 position and the rows of its footprint come from the same numbers.
Every ZM delivery listed in 2030
ZM lists 8 delivery months a year (F, H, K, N, Q, U, V, Z). ZMQ0 is number 5 of 8 in 2030.
| Contract | Delivery | Last trading day | Default rolls on |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZMF0 | Jan 2030 | Jan 14, 2030 | Jan 10, 2030 |
| ZMH0 | Mar 2030 | Mar 14, 2030 | Mar 10, 2030 |
| ZMK0 | May 2030 | May 14, 2030 | May 10, 2030 |
| ZMN0 | Jul 2030 | Jul 12, 2030 | Jul 8, 2030 |
| ZMQ0 (this page) | Aug 2030 | Aug 14, 2030 | Aug 10, 2030 |
| ZMU0 | Sep 2030 | Sep 13, 2030 | Sep 9, 2030 |
| ZMV0 | Oct 2030 | Oct 14, 2030 | Oct 10, 2030 |
| ZMZ0 | Dec 2030 | Dec 13, 2030 | Dec 9, 2030 |
Related pages
- ZM — Soybean Meal
- Contract roll
- Futures month codes
- Tick value
- Front month contract
- Roll yield
- Back month contract
- ZMU0
- ZMN0
- ZM 2030
- ZLQ0
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Frequently asked questions
- When does ZMQ0 expire?
- The last trading day of ZMQ0 is August 14, 2030. Trading terminates on the business day preceding the 15th calendar day of the contract month.
- When should I roll out of ZMQ0?
- The app switches its default to the next listed month on August 10, 2030, which is ZMU0. 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 ZMQ0 worth?
- One tick of 0.1 is $10.00 per contract, and a full point is $100.00, on a multiplier of 100.