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MCX Futures Calendar

The Future Calendar view shows what it costs to roll MCX commodity futures from one month to the next, and the price gap between a main contract and its smaller version, such as Gold vs Gold Mini. Every card shows a live Buy and Sell price built from bid and ask.

ShowsFutures calendar spreads by month pair, and main vs mini futures spreads
LayoutOne card per commodity or pair, up to 3 month pairs per card
PricingLive bid and ask of both futures legs
InstrumentsGold, Gold Mini, Silver, Silver Mini, Crude Oil, Crude Oil Mini, Natural Gas, Natural Gas Mini, Copper, Aluminium, Aluminium Mini, Zinc, Zinc Mini, Crude WTI (NSE)
UpdatesStreams live during MCX market hours
Open itquintalmind.com/sheets → Commodities → Future Calendar

What you see​

The page is titled MCX Futures Calendar Spreads and has two sections.

Futures​

One card per commodity. The card header shows the near Future price. Each row is a month pair, such as the current month against the next month. The columns are:

  • Buy: near month bid − far month ask. This is selling the near month and buying the far month.
  • Sell: far month bid − near month ask. This is the reverse.
  • Yield: the annualised carry. It takes the middle of the buy and sell range, divides it by the near-month price and scales it to a year. It shows "-" when the two months are less than 20 days apart.

Calendar Spreads​

Cards for a main contract against a smaller contract of the same commodity, with both legs on matching expiries (within 8 days of each other):

  • Gold vs Gold Mini, Gold Mini vs Gold Ten, Gold Mini vs Gold Guinea, Gold Mini vs Gold Petal
  • Silver vs Silver Mini, Silver Mini vs Silver Micro
  • Crude Oil vs Crude Oil Mini
  • Natural Gas vs Natural Gas Mini

Here Buy is main bid − mini ask (sell the main contract, buy the mini) and Sell is mini bid − main ask. Where the two contracts are quoted in different units, such as Gold Petal per gram against Gold Mini per 10 grams, the smaller contract's price is scaled to the same basis first. The last column shows the spread as a percentage of the main contract's price. It is not annualised, because both legs expire at about the same time.

When the market is closed​

Outside MCX hours (Mon to Fri from 09:00 IST) the page says the market is closed and shows cached closing values or the latest archived close. Archived Buy and Sell values are rebuilt from traded prices.

How to use it​

  1. Sign in with your broker and open Sheets, then switch the left panel to Commodities.
  2. Click Future Calendar below the commodity list.
  3. Click a Buy or Sell value to open a side panel. It shows the two legs with their LTP, round-trip charges, margin, a history chart of the spread, open interest and roll data, and how today's spread compares with its own history.
  4. Double-click a value to mark it, or use Create Alert in the panel to be notified when it crosses a level.
Broker basket

If you signed in with Zerodha, Alice Blue or FYERS, the panel also shows Buy and Sell buttons that open the legs as a basket on your broker's own page. Quintal Mind does not place the order.

FAQ​

Where can I see live MCX gold and silver calendar spread prices?​

On the Quintal Mind Sheets page. Switch to Commodities and click Future Calendar. Each commodity card shows the buy and sell price of its next three month pairs.

How is the MCX calendar spread buy price calculated?​

Buy is the near month bid minus the far month ask, which is selling the near month and buying the far month. Sell is the far month bid minus the near month ask.

Can I see the Gold vs Gold Mini futures spread?​

Yes. The Calendar Spreads section has a Gold vs Gold Mini card, along with Silver vs Silver Mini, Crude Oil vs Crude Oil Mini, Natural Gas vs Natural Gas Mini and other gold and silver contract pairs.

What does the calendar show when MCX is closed?​

It shows a notice that the market is closed and, where available, cached closing values or the latest archived close.

Quintal Mind shows market data and analytics for information only. Nothing here is investment advice, and Quintal Mind does not place orders.

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