MARKETS

HIGHLY LIQUID FUTURES, OPTIONS, OTC AND CASH MARKETS MEAN MORE POSSIBILITIES.

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Depth and breadth to diversify your portfolio

Discover the widest range of global benchmark financial and commodity products, across all major asset classes.

Technology solutions for a world of opportunity

Access global markets nearly 24 hours a day through our electronic trading platforms, designed to support how and what you want to trade.

Unlock market potential with insights, knowledge and tools

Explore our full spectrum of resources—data, education, analytical tools and economic insights—to refine your market strategies.

Our Products

Trade all major asset classes — from anywhere in the world

Explore our markets and trade futures, cash, options, and OTC with trading access 23 hours a day, 6 days a week.

Agriculture

Trade benchmark contracts on the US exchange with the widest range of futures and options for agricultural commodities like Corn, Soybeans, Livestock and Dairy, as well as regionally priced contracts from around the globe.

Average Daily Volume

1.9 million

Average Daily notional value

84.3 billion

Corn
Soybeans
Chicago SRW Wheat
Live Cattle

Energy

Access global energy benchmark products on NYMEX, the most liquid marketplace with the widest range of energy futures and options contracts.

Average Daily Volume

3.1 million

Average Daily notional value

233.3 billion

WTI Crude Oil
Natural Gas
RBOB Gasoline
Brent Crude Oil

Equity Indices

Manage your equity index exposure and discover new opportunities in the leading marketplace for Equity Index futures and options, offering products based on global benchmark indices, including the S&P 500, Nasdaq-100, Russell 2000, and Nikkei 225.

Average Daily Volume

8.2 million

Average Daily notional value

1.9 trillion

E-mini S&P 500
E-mini NASDAQ-100
Micro E-minis
E-mini Russell 2000

FX

Explore the largest regulated FX marketplace with listed CME FX futures and options and cleared OTC FX transactions. Trade FX futures and FX OTC using FX Link or access liquid markets for FX Spot and NDF transactions through our EBS platforms.

Average Daily Volume

1.4 million

Average Daily notional value

127.4 billion

Euro FX
Japanese Yen
British Pound
Spot FX (EBS)

Interest Rates

Access the entire US dollar-denominated yield curve in the world’s most liquid futures and options market. Complement exchange-traded contracts with cash bonds and Repo using the BrokerTec platform.

*Volume in representative notional equivalents. Notional shown for illustrative purposes only, computed based on the value of an equivalent money market instrument with the same dollar-value-of-basis-point (DV01).

Average Daily Volume

16.2 million

Average Daily notional value

11.3 trillion

SOFR
Fed Funds
10-Year T-Note
Cash Treasuries and Repo (BrokerTec)

Metals

Express your opinions and manage price risk in one of the leading marketplaces for Precious, Base and Ferrous Metals, across futures, options, and cleared Gold and Silver forwards.

Average Daily Volume

1.0 million

Average Daily notional value

180.1 billion

Gold
Silver
Copper
Platinum

Cleared swaps

Create capital efficiencies on bilateral trades with cleared Interest Rates Swaps and swaptions, or FX non-deliverable forwards, cash-settled forwards, and options.

*includes activity related to multilateral compression cycles

Average Daily notional value

225.7 billion

Interest Rate swaps
OTC FX

Cryptocurrency

Hedge cryptocurrency exposure with regulated futures and options. Our methodology behind standardized Cryptocurrency reference rates and spot-price indices brings confidence to cryptocurrency trading.

Average Daily Volume

8.6 billion

Average Daily notional value

173.6 thousand

Bitcoin
Ether
Solana (SOL)
XRP
Benchmarks

ESG

Integrate environmental, social and governance exposure into your investments with a variety of futures and options across multiple asset classes.

E-mini S&P 500 ESG Index futures
Nasdaq Veles California Water Index futures

*Average daily volume and average daily notional value total for each asset class are from the prior month.

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Connect to Markets

An array of technology solutions that connect you to global markets

Industry-leading technology is at the core of CME's markets and allows you to connect on your terms. Whether you need a co-located server for your quantitative strategy or a turnkey platform to trade our markets, CME Group's robust technology services provide you with the tools to be successful.
Platforms

Expand possibility with always-on market access

Get benchmark product information with real-time market data. Trade cash, futures, or options. Execute over-the-counter or on-exchange. All through CME Group’s comprehensive suite of trading platforms, in every time zone, nearly 24 hours a day.

EBS

Our award-winning platform helps you facilitate international trades and manage risk for FX spot and forwards.

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BrokerTec

Discover trading solutions with our industry-leading, anonymous dealer-to-dealer platform for the bond and repo markets.

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CME Globex

Trade the broadest array of futures and options across all asset classes with CME Globex, the premier electronic trading system offering global connectivity around the clock.

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CME Direct

Trade CME Group futures, options, and block markets all on one screen using this fast, secure and configurable trading front-end.

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CME ClearPort

Clear contracts across asset classes with ClearPort, a suite of flexible clearing services for the global OTC market.

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Knowledge that creates powerful trading strategies

Learn the basics of futures and options trading, develop trading strategies, or simply take a closer look at market trends and conditions.