wow ... hello newbie ... you need to ask your broker or read up on the various exchanges about how futures rollover ... they are not traded like stock options for the majority of us ... yes their might be some weekly or monthly derivatives trading in gold otc or comex but come rollover time for people who trade speculating in gold or mini gold futures on cbot / ecbot the cycle is DEC => FEB =>APR=>JUNE=>August=> by the way can you guess what comes into "lead month" status after August ? its not what you might think from looking at the time between each of the above hope this info has helped you in some manner good luck to you
alternatives to trading gold futures gld - etf nem - big cap miner ( part of xau ) thebullionvault ? ( some new exchange )? gold coins / bullion e gold ??? CFD ?? I am sure there are a few others