Henry Hub Natural Gas rollover dates

Tick

$100.001 per tick

One point

$10,000per contract

Initial margin

$3,527.70exchange, as of 27 Oct 2026

Front contract

NGZ26roll by 23 Nov 2026

Calendar as of 27 Oct 2026How we source this

Next contracts

Futures contracts expire, so a trader who wants to keep a position must close the expiring contract and open the next one: the roll. For Henry Hub Natural Gas (NG) the current front contract is NGZ26, with a last trading day of 25 Nov 2026 and a first notice day of 27 Nov 2026. The next contract is NGF27.

The exchange rule we apply for NG: Last trade: 3 business days before the first calendar day of the contract month. First notice: the business day after last trade. NG is physically delivered: holding a position into the delivery period can create an obligation to make or take delivery, which is why speculative traders normally close or roll before the first notice day or last trading day.

The suggested roll date of 23 Nov 2026 is a convention, not an exchange rule. It is set a little before the first notice or last trading day, because liquidity moves to the next contract and many brokers require positions to be closed or rolled before then. Dates are calculated from the exchange's rules and its holiday calendar. The exchange calendar is the authority.

Roll convention: Suggested roll: 2 business days before the earlier of first notice day and last trade. A convention, not an exchange rule; brokers may require earlier exit. Exchange calendar: https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/energy/natural-gas/natural-gas.calendar.html

Days to rollover

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