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MCX option chain: crude oil, gold, silver, natural gas and copper

OIData reads the nine most-traded MCX option contracts the way it reads NIFTY: a live option chain with open interest and its change since the previous close, IV and Greeks, PCR and max pain, the day's trending OI and the dealer-positioning cockpit — recorded every minute from 09:00 to MCX's close.

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The nine contracts

MCX option contracts: symbol, lot size, the unit the price is quoted in and what a one-rupee move is worth per lot
Contract	Symbol	Lot	Price quoted in	₹1 move, per lot
Crude Oil`CRUDEOIL`	`CRUDEOIL`	100 barrels	₹ per barrel	₹100
Crude Oil Mini`CRUDEOILM`	`CRUDEOILM`	10 barrels	₹ per barrel	₹10
Gold`GOLD`	`GOLD`	1 kg	₹ per 10 g	₹100
Gold Mini`GOLDM`	`GOLDM`	100 g	₹ per 10 g	₹10
Silver`SILVER`	`SILVER`	30 kg	₹ per kg	₹30
Silver Mini`SILVERM`	`SILVERM`	5 kg	₹ per kg	₹5
Natural Gas`NATURALGAS`	`NATURALGAS`	1,250 mmBtu	₹ per mmBtu	₹1250
Natural Gas Mini`NATGASMINI`	`NATGASMINI`	250 mmBtu	₹ per mmBtu	₹250
Copper`COPPER`	`COPPER`	2,500 kg	₹ per kg	₹2500

Lot sizes as the exchange lists them on 27 October 2026; the exchange can revise them.

How an MCX option chain differs from NIFTY's

MCX commodity options are options on futures. Every expiry is written on a particular futures month, so the line between the strikes shows that future (marked Fut) rather than a spot price, and OI, PCR and the walls are all read against it. More than one expiry can share a future: on 27 October 2026, gold's 30 October and 27 November options were both written on the December future.

Open interest and volume for MCX contracts arrive in lots, so commodity chains show lots throughout and have no Qty/Lots switch. Expiries are monthly, one series a month for each commodity, and each series expires before the future it is written on.

MCX trades from 09:00 to 23:30, or to 23:55 while US clocks are on winter time (early November to mid-March), and on some equity holidays it opens for the evening session only. The evening, when US markets are open, is usually the busiest stretch, and OIData records it minute by minute like the morning.

What OIData shows for every commodity

Option Chain with OI change, IV and Greeks, PCR, max pain and support and resistance, plus a Replay that rewinds any recorded day minute by minute. Trending OI, OI Stats, Futures OI and Straddles & Strangles, counted from MCX's 09:00 open. The Session Chart with minute candles, per-strike OI, PCR, ATM IV and max pain beside the price.

Dealer Positioning measures hedging pressure in ₹ crore (open interest in lots times the units in a lot), with the call and put walls, the gamma flip, pin conviction and a hedge ladder in MCX lots. Volatility adds the IV term structure, skew and surface; Expiry Day the straddle decay, expected-move band and max-pain drift; Options Activity the unusual volume bursts. The Trending OI, Buildup and GEX screeners each have a Commodities tab, and alert rules can watch any of the nine.

Every MCX session has been recorded since 27 October 2026; days before that cannot be replayed.

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Option Chain

Open interest and its change since the previous close, IV and Greeks, PCR, max pain, support and resistance — and Replay for any recorded day.

Trending OI

Call and put OI building across the strikes interval by interval from 09:00, with direction, PCR and day high/low breaks.

Session Chart

Minute candles of the future with per-strike OI beside the price, PCR, ATM IV, max pain and the day's volume bursts.

Dealer Positioning

Net GEX in ₹ crore, call and put walls, the gamma flip, pin conviction and a hedge ladder in MCX lots, every minute.

Volatility and Expiry Day

The IV term structure, skew and surface; on Expiry Day the straddle decay, expected-move band and max-pain drift.

Screeners

The Trending OI, Buildup and GEX screeners each have a Commodities tab ranking all nine side by side.

Each commodity's option chain

Guides

Frequently asked questions

Yes. On the Option Chain page pick Commodity, then crude oil, gold, silver, natural gas, copper or one of the minis. The chain refreshes through MCX's whole session, 09:00 to 23:30 (23:55 in winter), with open interest, OI change, IV, Greeks, PCR and max pain.

Open interest and volume for MCX contracts arrive in lots, not in units, so OIData shows commodity OI in lots and leaves out the Qty/Lots switch the NSE pages have. Where a rupee figure needs units — the dealer-positioning maths — OIData multiplies by the units in a lot (100 barrels for crude oil, for example).

Each monthly expiry is written on a specific futures month, and OIData shows that future on the chain (marked Fut). Usually it is the month of the expiry, but not always: gold's October and November 2026 options were both written on the December future.

Yes. Ultimate covers every page for the indices, F&O stocks and the nine MCX commodities. Nothing is sold separately.

Every MCX session since 27 October 2026 is recorded minute by minute, so the Option Chain's Replay, Trending OI and the Session Chart can show any of those days. Earlier days are not available.

OIData is an analytics tool, not a SEBI-registered investment adviser: the data and readings on these pages are for research and do not recommend buying or selling anything. Commodity derivatives carry substantial risk.