Is it possible to trade Comex gold electronically?

[cunparis]

Quote from garfield:

there is no difference in symbol for pit and electronic for nymex/comex metals and energy.

metals and energy are traded side by side during pit hours and then electronic - all the time under the same symbol.

for gold the symbol is GC and the most active contract is feb. you can try GC G9

If the symbol is the same, how do I tell my broker which one I want to trade?

 

[laputa]

GC is almost all electronic volume now. Electronic GC is the contract to trade gold future.

 

[ess1096]

Using tradestation I can chart the pit action using @GC.P or the electronic action with @GC. They are both continuous contract symbols for charting only. For trading you need to use the actual contract symbol; ex: GCG09