TRADING SYMBOLS FOR ENERGY COMMODITIES

The trading symbol for a particular contract is arrived at by concatenating 3 items: The general symbol for the commodity (NG for Natural Gas), the letter that represents a particular contract month, and the last two digits (or sometimes just the last digit) of the calendar year the contract is valid for.

Generic Contract Symbol Contract Month Letter Contract Year Natural Gas = NG January = F 2008 = 08 or 8 Crude Oil = CL February = G 2009 = 09 or 9 Brent Crude Oil = CB March = H 2010 = 10 or 0 Gasoline = RB April = J 2011 = 11 or 1 Ethanol = E May = K etc Heating Oil = HO June = M July = N August = Q September = U October = V November = X December = Z

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