Rollover & basis
What is a Continuous Futures Chart and how does it compile individual contract months into a long-term historical view?
By Easy Money Scanner · Educational reference · Not investment advice
The short answer
A Continuous Futures Chart stitches successive individual contract months together into one uninterrupted historical price series for long-term technical analysis across expirations.
How it works
Because each contract expires, data providers splice front-month prices sequentially at defined roll dates, letting traders view multi-year trends without expiration gaps interrupting the series.
An example
ES continuous chart spans from 2010 to today.
Risk & limitations
Splicing methodology varies by provider, altering historical levels.
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