Contract Overview

$4.9066 / gal +0.15% (+0.0075) Today
Oct 19, 2:01 PM UTC-5
Price performance
Open 4.9140
Day's range 4.7350 – 4.9733
Volume 24.74K
Prev. settlement 4.8991
30-day range 4.3513 – 4.9844
Open interest 41.57K
Bid 4.9076
Ask 4.9086
Expires Oct 30, 2026

NYMEX · Delayed 10 min · Updated 21 min ago · Market open · closes 16:00 CT

Price Performance

November 2026 · HOX26

Returns

1 week +3.9% +3.9% 1 week +0.1834 from 4.7232 on Oct 12
1 month +1.3% +1.3% 1 month +0.0622 from 4.8444 on Sep 18
3 months +31.3% +31.3% 3 months +1.1687 from 3.7379 on Jul 21
6 months +63.0% +63.0% 6 months +1.8966 from 3.0100 on Apr 20
Year to date +138.5% +138.5% year to date +2.8495 from 2.0571 on Dec 31, 2025
1 year +134.9% +134.9% 1 year +2.8177 from 2.0889 on Oct 16, 2025
  • 52-week high 5.0100 Sep 15 · price 2.1% below
  • 52-week low 2.0326 Jan 7 · price 141.4% above
  • 20-session high 4.9344 Oct 13 · price 0.6% below
  • 20-session low 4.4621 Sep 25 · price 10.0% above
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Commitments of Traders

Tuesday, Oct 13

Net positions

FundsManaged money +11.8K +11.8K net long Managed money · Bought 801 on the week · net long for 38 weeks
CommercialsProducers and merchants −85.2K −85.2K net short Producers and merchants · Long 60.9K · short 146K · net −4.4K on the week
  • Funds on the week Bought 801 Net long for 38 weeks
  • Open interest 278K Up 26.7K 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

HOX26 Nov 2026 $4.9066 / gal +0.0075 +0.15%
HOZ26 Dec 2026 $4.7130 / gal -0.0102 -0.22%
HOF27 Jan 2027 $4.6136 / gal -0.0115 -0.25%
HOG27 Feb 2027 $4.5113 / gal -0.0117 -0.26%
HOH27 Mar 2027 $4.3836 / gal -0.0157 -0.36%
HOJ27 Apr 2027 $4.2375 / gal -0.0183 -0.43%
HOK27 May 2027 $4.1013 / gal -0.0202 -0.49%
HOM27 Jun 2027 $3.9777 / gal -0.0205 -0.51%
HON27 Jul 2027 $3.8928 / gal -0.0229 -0.58%
HOQ27 Aug 2027 $3.8290 / gal -0.0174 -0.45%
HOU27 Sep 2027 $3.7723 / gal -0.0162 -0.43%
HOV27 Oct 2027 $3.7141 / gal -0.0175 -0.47%
HOX27 Nov 2027 $3.6522 / gal -0.0083 -0.23%
HOZ27 Dec 2027 $3.5641 / gal -0.0100 -0.28%
HOF28 Jan 2028 $3.4801 / gal -0.0076 -0.22%
HOG28 Feb 2028 $3.4023 / gal -0.0079 -0.23%
HOH28 Mar 2028 $3.3299 / gal -0.0083 -0.25%
HOJ28 Apr 2028 $3.2421 / gal -0.0086 -0.26%
HOK28 May 2028 $3.1686 / gal -0.0089 -0.28%
HOM28 Jun 2028 $3.0938 / gal -0.0092 -0.30%

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Contract Specifications

Contract November 2026 · HOX26
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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