NGN6 - Natural Gas Futures (July 2026)
Natural Gas Futures July 2026 contract: NYMEX Natural Gas futures (NG): Henry Hub-delivered natural gas contract, the primary US natural gas pricing benchmark.
- Sector
- Energy Futures
- Industry
- Energy Futures
- Exchange
- NYMEX
NGN6 Contract Specifications
- Contract Month
- July 2026
- Month Code
- N (July)
- Root
- NG
- Underlying
- Natural Gas Futures
- Exchange
- NYMEX
- Contract Size
- 10,000 MMBtu of natural gas at Henry Hub
- Point Value
- $10000 per dollar
- Tick Size
- $0.001 per MMBtu
- Tick Value
- $10.00 per tick
NGN6 Settlement and Trading Hours
Settlement: Physically delivered at Henry Hub, LA; trading terminates three business days prior to the first calendar day of the delivery month.
Trading hours: Globex Sunday-Friday 6:00 PM - 5:00 PM ET.
How NGN6 Fits in the Futures Curve
NGN6 is the July 2026 listing of the Natural Gas 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.
NGN6 Options Snapshot
Options pricing data for NGN6 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 NGN6 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 NGN6 overview questions
- What is NGN6?
- NGN6 is the ticker symbol for Natural Gas Futures (July 2026), a listed futures contract. Natural Gas Futures July 2026 contract: NYMEX Natural Gas futures (NG): Henry Hub-delivered natural gas contract, the primary US natural gas pricing benchmark. Listed on NYMEX. NGN6 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 NGN6's key statistics?
- Natural Gas Futures (July 2026) (NGN6) carries a July 2026 expiry on the NYMEX-listed Natural Gas Futures contract, with a $10000 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 NGN6 futures contract?
- NGN6 is the July 2026 listing on the Natural Gas Futures contract, traded on the NYMEX. 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 NGN6 data on this page?
- Options snapshots refresh after each trading session; if no snapshot is currently posted for NGN6, it usually reflects low options liquidity or a recently listed name. Contract specifications come from the listing exchange (NYMEX) 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.