Rollover dates

[jackt]

Hi,

I found NG's rollover date in this calendar: http://ninjatrader.com/blog/trade-desk-calendar/ which is Tuesday, 9/27. However NT7's instrument manager told me it's 9/23. Which one is correct? If the one from the instrument manager is wrong, is there anyway to update it?

The same for GC. They are different. (CL's rollover date seems to be the same in these two places.)

I know I could watch volume to decide whether to rollover or not, but I would like to plan ahead.

Thanks,

Jack

[NinjaTrader_Brandon]

Hello Jack,
Thanks for your post.
The NG settles on the 28th.
The 23rd should be the correct rollover and that is when we have historically rolled it over. Note that there is no official rollover date. Some users do it when volume switches, some wait until settlement.
If you want to rollover on a different date than when NinjaTrader is set, you can see the video below on how to do this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzXBE2Jheog&feature=youtu.be

The GC should be on the 12-16 contract since 7/29/2016.
See the link below showing the volume is on the 12-16 contract.

http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/metals/precious/gold_quotes_volume_voi.html

The GC will rollover to the 02-17 contract 11/30/2016