Trading instruments
Choose futures contracts on international exchanges by category and explore their trading terms.
Natural Gas
- Exchange
- NYMEX
- Symbol
- NG
- Contract name
- Natural Gas
- Contract size
- 10,000 MMBtu
- Initial margin
- As per CME Group requirements
- Price quotation
- USD and cents per MMBtu
- Trading hours
- Sunday – Friday, 6:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. ET (60-min daily break at 5:00 p.m.)
- Minimum price fluctuation
- $0.001 per MMBtu ($10.00 per contract)
- Contract months
- Monthly for current year and next 12 calendar years
- First notice day
- 2 business days prior to the last business day of the month preceding the contract month
- Last trading day
- 3 business days prior to the last business day of the month preceding the contract month
- Settlement method
- Physical Delivery
- Price limit
- As per exchange rules
- Quality standard
- Natural gas conforming to Henry Hub pipeline specs
