GCV6 - Gold Futures (October 2026)
Gold Futures October 2026 contract: COMEX Gold futures (GC): the primary US gold pricing benchmark, deliverable against 100-troy-ounce gold bars.
- Sector
- Metals Futures
- Industry
- Metals Futures
- Exchange
- COMEX
GCV6 Contract Specifications
- Contract Month
- October 2026
- Month Code
- V (October)
- Root
- GC
- Underlying
- Gold Futures
- Exchange
- COMEX
- Contract Size
- 100 troy ounces of gold
- Point Value
- $100 per dollar
- Tick Size
- $0.10 per troy ounce
- Tick Value
- $10.00 per tick
GCV6 Settlement and Trading Hours
Settlement: Physically delivered to a COMEX-licensed vault; trading terminates on the third-last business day of the delivery month.
Trading hours: Globex Sunday-Friday 6:00 PM - 5:00 PM ET.
How GCV6 Fits in the Futures Curve
GCV6 is the October 2026 listing of the Gold Futures contract. Each listed expiration carries its own implied-volatility surface, term structure position, and basis to the underlying instrument. The front-month contract typically dominates volume and is the reference for options-on-futures pricing; back-month contracts price the term structure of the underlying's volatility and (for physically-delivered commodities) the carry between spot and forward.
GCV6 Options Snapshot
Options pricing data for GCV6 is refreshed daily after the close. When listed contracts exist, this page surfaces the latest at-the-money implied volatility, max pain strike, dealer gamma exposure (GEX), and 25-delta skew. Listed contracts and live snapshots appear once the options chain has been published by the exchange for the most recent session.
What This Page Covers
The GCV6 overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks.
Frequently asked GCV6 overview questions
- What is GCV6?
- GCV6 is the ticker symbol for Gold Futures (October 2026), a listed futures contract. Gold Futures October 2026 contract: COMEX Gold futures (GC): the primary US gold pricing benchmark, deliverable against 100-troy-ounce gold bars. Listed on COMEX. GCV6 is the listed futures symbol shown on this page; futures traders use the contract for directional exposure, hedging the underlying instrument, and as the delivery instrument for options-on-futures structures.
- What are GCV6's key statistics?
- Gold Futures (October 2026) (GCV6) carries a October 2026 expiry on the COMEX-listed Gold Futures contract, with a $100 per dollar point value. Full contract specifications including settlement convention, tick size, and curve term-structure context are on the contract reference block above. Options-on-futures pricing references these spec fields directly via the multiplier and exchange contract rules.
- What underlies the GCV6 futures contract?
- GCV6 is the October 2026 listing on the Gold Futures contract, traded on the COMEX. Each listed expiration carries its own implied-volatility surface, term-structure position relative to other listed months, and (for physically-delivered contracts) basis to the spot underlying. Front-month contracts dominate volume and serve as the reference for options-on-futures pricing; back-month contracts price the term structure of the underlying's volatility.
- How current is the GCV6 data on this page?
- Options snapshots refresh after each trading session; if no snapshot is currently posted for GCV6, it usually reflects low options liquidity or a recently listed name. Contract specifications come from the listing exchange (COMEX) and do not change over the life of the contract once listed. Options-on-futures data, when available, refreshes after each trading session. There is no equity-style FINRA reporting or sell-side analyst coverage for futures contracts.