With average daily notional value of trades that exceeds $100 billion, CME Group is the largest regulated marketplace for FX (foreign exchange) trading, and the second largest electronic marketplace for FX trading in the world. We offer transparent pricing in a regulated centralized marketplace that provides all participants equal access to 41 futures contracts and 31 options contracts based on 19 major world and emerging market currencies. Trading FX at CME Group gives you effective investment and risk management opportunities and unprecedented access to a global array of market participants – including hedge funds, banks, CTAs and active individual traders.

The volume you need to drive maximum results.
More than $100 billion in FX futures and options flow through our markets every day. You can be confident in your ability to get in and out of markets quickly and easily.

Open access and direct participation
The open, fair and anonymous trading environment delivers equal access to markets and pricing information. The complete book of prices is visible to every customer and transaction costs and fees are fully disclosed. Further, this anonymity gives you the ability to execute large orders without broadcasting your strategy or move to the greater market.

The CME Globex Platform: The unmatched performance you need to succeed.
FX trades on the CME Globex platform are executed and instantly confirmed back to you – average response time is 11 milliseconds. You can access the CME Globex trading platform globally through more than 1,100 direct connections providing fast, efficient trading on all CME Group products.

A world of FX futures and options designed to manage your global exposure.
CME Group offers a fully global product suite; 41 futures and 31 options contracts; 19 currencies, including G10 and emerging markets; plus 19 non-U.S. dollar pairs cross-rate FX products. Our FX options provide you with many choices. Choose your Quoting Method – either Premium or Implied Volatility. Plus you can choose between American- and European-style expiration. Click here to view a list of all currency pairs available.

A special class of memberships are available for proprietary trading groups that allow you to trade products at reduced rates (compared to non-member customers) and to trade directly from the trading floor as well as electronically on CME Globex. In addition, we offer fee-incentive programs to help you cost effectively execute complex strategies and high-volume trades. To view the current incentive programs, click here.

CME Group FX offers you a wide range of sophisticated customers globally, including:

• Banks
• Hedge Funds
• Proprietary Trading Firms
• Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs)
• Individual Active Traders
• Multinational Corporations
• Currency overlay managers

CME Clearing provides safety and soundness for your trades.

Virtually eliminating counterparty credit risk, CME Clearing acts as the counterparty to nearly 2.2 billion contracts annually. A safeguard is the cornerstone of a market that has not suffered a default in more than100 years.

CME E-quivalents

• Top five bids and offers in spot equivalent terms
• Forward points (interest rate differentials)
• Total number of electronically traded contracts and their notional cash value so far on that day’s trading session

Take a look at CME E-quivalents and compare bid/offer spreads before you make your next trade, visit www.cmegroup.com/e-quivalents.