RBOB Gasoline (RB) March (H) contract study: year-by-year results, the day-by-day shape of the move and where highs and lows printed.
Contract Almanac · RBOB Gasoline
Every March gasoline contract 2011–2026, measured over its tenure as the lead contract · Typically leads Jan 18 – Feb 15
The March contract is the latest finisher on the RB board, and it may be the latest finisher anywhere: its median high has printed on trading day 20, essentially at the hand-off. Leading from mid-January to mid-February with a 10 and 6 record and a +3.7% average, it is the month where the spring gasoline trade builds momentum that the April contract inherits.
Each year is one contract, measured from the open of the day it took over the lead to the close of the day it handed off, the same roll convention used across all Traders Brief research. Tenure lengths vary by a few trading days from year to year, so day counts differ slightly at the tail. All highs and lows are the contract’s own trades, marked by trading day of the tenure, not calendar day.