RBOB Gasoline (RB) June (M) 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 June gasoline contract 2011–2026, measured over its tenure as the lead contract · Typically leads Apr 18 – May 17
The June contract leads from mid-April to mid-May, peak pre-summer optimism, and its record quietly matches the board’s best months: 10 winners in 16 tries with a +5.4% median and a +3.8% average. It lacks February’s clean shape and March’s late drama, but it has paid more often than not for a decade and a half.
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.