Futures Rollover Dates 2026–2027: ES, NQ & CL

Equity index contract

Front month on Mon 2 Nov 2026

ESZ26 · December 2026

Rolls to ESH27 on Mon 14 Dec 2026 (in 42 days); ESZ26 expires Fri 18 Dec 2026.

The quarter from the last roll to the next; volume moves to the next contract around the roll Monday.

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The month code is the letter: F Jan, G Feb, H Mar, J Apr, K May, M Jun, N Jul, Q Aug, U Sep, V Oct, X Nov, Z Dec.

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The math: roll = the Monday before the third Friday · last trading day = the third Friday, or the business day before

ES, NQ, YM and RTY rollover dates

Every quarterly contract to the end of 2027; the Micros (MES, MNQ, MYM, M2K) roll on the same days.

Contract	Roll (Monday)	Last trading day
December 2026 ESZ26 · NQZ26	Mon 14 Dec 2026	Fri 18 Dec 2026
March 2027 ESH27 · NQH27	Mon 15 Mar 2027	Fri 19 Mar 2027
June 2027 ESM27 · NQM27	Mon 14 Jun 2027	Thu 17 Jun 2027 a day early: holiday on the third Friday
September 2027 ESU27 · NQU27	Mon 13 Sep 2027	Fri 17 Sep 2027
December 2027 ESZ27 · NQZ27	Mon 13 Dec 2027	Fri 17 Dec 2027

The rule, and where it comes from

Equity index futures expire on the third Friday of March, June, September and December, or the business day before when that Friday is a market holiday. The roll date is the Monday before that Friday: the convention CME's data has carried since the September 2022 contract, as NinjaTrader's support forum explains it, and the four 2026 dates FuturesHive lists (read 25 October 2026). Platforms that roll charts on their own schedule can differ by a few days; the volume itself moves over that week.

Crude oil (CL) last trading days

CL is monthly: each contract stops trading in the month before its own.

Contract	Last trading day
December 2026 CLZ26	Fri 20 Nov 2026
January 2027 CLF27	Mon 21 Dec 2026
February 2027 CLG27	Wed 20 Jan 2027
March 2027 CLH27	Mon 22 Feb 2027
April 2027 CLJ27	Mon 22 Mar 2027
May 2027 CLK27	Tue 20 Apr 2027
June 2027 CLM27	Thu 20 May 2027
July 2027 CLN27	Tue 22 Jun 2027
August 2027 CLQ27	Tue 20 Jul 2027
September 2027 CLU27	Fri 20 Aug 2027
October 2027 CLV27	Tue 21 Sep 2027
November 2027 CLX27	Wed 20 Oct 2027
December 2027 CLZ27	Fri 19 Nov 2027
January 2028 CLF28	Mon 20 Dec 2027

The rule

Trading in a CL contract ends 3 business days before the 25th calendar day of the month before its contract month, or 4 business days before when the 25th is not a business day (CME Group CL contract specs). Business days here are the weekdays the NYSE is open; CME's calendar is the authority on any day the two differ.

Futures month codes

One letter per month, after the root and before the year: ESZ26 is December 2026.

Code	Month	Code	Month
F	January	N	July
G	February	Q	August
H	March	U	September
J	April	V	October
K	May	X	November
M	June	Z	December

One contract, four ways to write it

The December 2026 E-mini S&P 500 on each platform; the decoder above reads every form.

Platform	Symbol
TradingView	ESZ2026
NinjaTrader	ES 12-26
Tradovate	ESZ6
thinkorswim	/ESZ26

Rolling on a prop account

Most futures prop firms trade the front month and expect you to move to the next contract in roll week; a position left in the expiring contract can be closed for you. Check your firm's notice, and its contract limits, before the roll Monday. Holiday sessions around the rolls are on the futures market hours clock.

Method and privacy

Method: Dates are computed from the exchange's rules on the NYSE holiday calendar: equity index contracts expire on the third Friday of the quarter month, or the business day before when it is a holiday, and roll on the Monday before it; WTI crude stops trading 3 business days before the 25th of the month before its contract month, 4 when the 25th is not a business day. CME's own calendar is the authority on any day the two differ.

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Common questions

When is the next ES rollover?

The December 2026 contract (ESZ26) rolls on Monday 14 December 2026 and its last trading day is Friday 18 December. The March 2027 contract (ESH27) then rolls on Monday 15 March 2027 and expires on Friday 19 March. NQ, YM, RTY and the Micros roll on the same dates.

What are the futures month codes?

F January, G February, H March, J April, K May, M June, N July, Q August, U September, V October, X November, Z December. The letter follows the root and the year follows the letter, so ESZ26 is the December 2026 E-mini S&P 500 and NQH27 the March 2027 E-mini Nasdaq-100.

What does ES 12-26 mean?

It is NinjaTrader's way of writing the December 2026 E-mini S&P 500: the root, the month's number and the year. TradingView writes the same contract ESZ2026, Tradovate ESZ6 and thinkorswim /ESZ26. The decoder on this page reads all of them.

When do ES futures expire?

On the third Friday of March, June, September and December, or on the business day before when that Friday is a market holiday. In June 2026 and June 2027 Juneteenth falls on that Friday, so the June contracts' last trading day is the Thursday.

When does crude oil (CL) roll?

CL trades in monthly contracts and each stops trading 3 business days before the 25th of the month before its contract month, or 4 when the 25th is not a business day. The January 2027 contract (CLF27) stops on Monday 21 December 2026 because 25 December is a holiday. Volume usually moves to the next month days before that.

What happens if I hold a futures contract into expiry?

Equity index futures settle in cash at expiry, so an open position is closed at the final settlement price. Crude oil (CL) is settled by physical delivery, so brokers require you to close or roll it before its last trading day, and many close positions days earlier. Prop firms set their own roll rules; check yours before roll week.

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