Futures contract identity and rollover

A futures signal is not complete until the contract, expiry, session, and rollover convention are visible.

The boundary buyers miss

A buyer can be right about direction and still misunderstand the trade if the signal does not identify the contract month or the point at which the product rolls. Futures symbols are not decoration: they define the price series, liquidity, tick value, settlement behaviour, and the time window in which an order can be executed. A serious signal record therefore names the contract or states exactly how the contract is selected.

What the record should show

Rollover is another evidence boundary. A continuous chart can splice contracts together while the live trader faces a spread, a liquidity change, or a different price relationship at the hand-off. A provider does not need to promise a particular instrument here, but a buyer should ask whether roll dates are excluded, carried, or documented.

How to use the test

Use this checklist: identify the contract month; record the timestamp and session; confirm tick size and tick value; note whether the signal remains open through a roll; and compare the published level with a realistic fill. If the provider cannot answer those questions, a headline percentage is not enough to classify the record.

Bottom line

The guide deliberately makes no claim about which instruments the recommended models trade. This page explains the evidence a futures buyer should request before treating any signal as a futures-specific result.

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