Platinum (PL) July (N) contract study: year-by-year results, the day-by-day shape of the move and where highs and lows printed.
Contract Almanac · Platinum (NYMEX)
Every July platinum contract 2011–2026, measured over its tenure as the lead contract · Typically leads Mar 28 – Jun 25
The July contract holds platinum from April through June, and its file leans firmly red: 5 of 16 higher with a −5.8% median, the platinum board’s worst seat, spring supply meets indifferent demand most years. Its recent twist: the 2025 tenure gained 33.5%, the file’s biggest winner, as the metal’s revival began in exactly the seat where it had gone to be ignored.
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. A platinum contract holds the lead for a true quarter, roughly 60 to 66 trading days, far longer than an energy tenure — these are seats, not months, and the day counts read accordingly. All highs and lows are the contract’s own trades, marked by trading day of the tenure, not calendar day.