Contract month
CLJ7 · NYMEX WTI Crude April 2027 contract
CLJ7 is the NYMEX WTI Crude futures contract for April 2027. Every date below is derived from the exchange contract text and the reviewed holiday calendar; no prices.
Last trading day*
Mon
As of 2026-09-25, the last trading day (Mon 22 Mar 2027) is 178 days away.
- First notice
- Delivery
- across April 2027
What is CLJ7, and when is its last trading day?
CLJ7 is the NYMEX WTI Crude futures contract for April 2027: last trading day Mon 22 Mar 2027 (estimated), delivery across April 2027; trading hours 17:00 (prev day)–16:00.
- First notice day Wed 24 Mar 2027: from that date the seller may tender delivery notices, and a long still open can be assigned physical delivery.
- Last-trading-day rule: 3 business days before the 25th of the month preceding delivery; if the 25th is not a business day the count starts from the last business day before it
- Delivery rule: any business day of the delivery month (physical delivery)
- No prices or quotes on this page and no investment advice; dates are computed from the exchange contract text plus the reviewed holiday calendar.
Source: Futures Clock, reviewed 2026-09-04
After the first notice day a long still open can be assigned the physical commodity.What a first notice day means →
Key dates
| Last trading day | Mon 22 Mar 2027 · estimated |
|---|---|
| First notice day | Wed 24 Mar 2027 · the second business day after the last trading day |
| Delivery | across April 2027 · any business day of the delivery month (physical delivery) |
| Trading hours (exchange local time) | 17:00 (prev day)–16:00 |
This month falls after the reviewed holiday calendar (through 2026-12-31); the last trading day is rule-derived and marked "estimated" until the 2027 official closure notice is published.
How to read CLJ7
Closures in April 2027
No reviewed official closure notice yet for April 2027; statutory holidays close as usual — confirm against the exchange notice when published.
China night sessions pause on the evening before a statutory holiday: that night belongs to the first post-holiday trading date, so it does not run. All 2026 exchange holidays →