ULSD Futures (NYMEX HO)

New York Mercantile Exchange · August 2027 contract · Priced in U.S. dollars per gallon

Contract Overview

$3.5435 / gal +0.01% (+0.0005) Today
Sep 29, 10:55 AM UTC-5
Price performance
Open 3.5474
Day's range 3.5100 – 3.5480
Volume 784
Prev. settlement 3.5430
30-day range 3.3138 – 3.6992
Open interest 3.02K
Bid 3.5483
Ask 3.5512
Expires Jul 30, 2027

NYMEX · Delayed 10 min · Updated 1 hr ago · Market open · closes 16:00 CT

Price Performance

August 2027 · HOQ27

Returns

1 week −1.0% −1.0% 1 week −0.0376 from 3.5811 on Sep 22
1 month +8.2% +8.2% 1 month +0.2676 from 3.2759 on Aug 28
3 months +31.6% +31.6% 3 months +0.8515 from 2.6920 on Jun 30
6 months +34.1% +34.1% 6 months +0.9002 from 2.6433 on Mar 30
Year to date +73.3% +73.3% year to date +1.4987 from 2.0448 on Dec 31, 2025
1 year +60.1% +60.1% 1 year +1.3307 from 2.2128 on Sep 26, 2025
  • 52-week high 3.6498 Sep 15 · price 2.9% below
  • 52-week low 2.0229 Jan 7 · price 75.2% above
  • 20-session high 3.6498 Sep 15 · price 2.9% below
  • 20-session low 3.3244 Aug 31 · price 6.6% above
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Commitments of Traders

Tuesday, Sep 22

Net positions

FundsManaged money +9.7K +9.7K net long Managed money · Sold 3.7K on the week · net long for 35 weeks
CommercialsProducers and merchants −83.0K −83.0K net short Producers and merchants · Long 62.1K · short 145K · net +936 on the week
  • Funds on the week Sold 3.7K Net long for 35 weeks
  • Open interest 283K Down 1.5K on the week · 167 traders

Funds are hedge funds and other money managers (managed money). Commercials are the hedgers: farmers, elevators, processors and exporters (producers and merchants). Net is longs less shorts, in contracts of 42,000 gallons, as of Tuesday’s close.

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Futures chain

HOV26 Oct 2026 $4.8092 / gal +0.0539 +1.13%
HOX26 Nov 2026 $4.5344 / gal +0.0391 +0.87%
HOZ26 Dec 2026 $4.3779 / gal +0.0098 +0.22%
HOF27 Jan 2027 $4.2788 / gal -0.0104 -0.24%
HOG27 Feb 2027 $4.1734 / gal -0.0161 -0.38%
HOH27 Mar 2027 $4.0509 / gal -0.0118 -0.29%
HOJ27 Apr 2027 $3.9085 / gal -0.0152 -0.39%
HOK27 May 2027 $3.7858 / gal -0.0071 -0.19%
HOM27 Jun 2027 $3.6748 / gal +0.0028 +0.08%
HON27 Jul 2027 $3.6012 / gal +0.0037 +0.10%
HOQ27 Aug 2027 $3.5435 / gal +0.0005 +0.01%
HOU27 Sep 2027 $3.5055 / gal +0.0020 +0.06%
HOV27 Oct 2027 $3.4670 / gal +0.0016 +0.05%
HOX27 Nov 2027 $3.4105 / gal +0.0022 +0.06%
HOZ27 Dec 2027 $3.3385 / gal +0.0109 +0.33%
HOF28 Jan 2028 $3.2560 / gal +0.0163 +0.50%
HOG28 Feb 2028 $3.1690 / gal +0.0151 +0.48%
HOH28 Mar 2028 $3.1018 / gal +0.0168 +0.54%
HOJ28 Apr 2028 $3.0305 / gal +0.0222 +0.74%
HOK28 May 2028 $2.9699 / gal +0.0217 +0.74%

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Contract Specifications

Contract August 2027 · HOQ27
Exchange New York Mercantile Exchange · HO
Contract size 42,000 gallons
Tick size $0.0001 per gallon · $4.20 per contract
Value of a 1¢ move $420 per contract
Contract months Every month (F–Z)
Trading hours 5:00 pm – 4:00 pm CT, Sun–Fri, with a daily 1-hour break
Settlement Physical delivery
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