NYMEX Corporate Membership

Read the detailed requirements of becoming a NYMEX corporate membership.

For more information on NYMEX corporate memberships, refer to the NYMEX Rulebook, Chapter 1.

View the NYMEX Rulebook.

CME Group now offers equity members the option to substitute a monthly subscription fee for their existing requirement to hold CME Group Class A common stock through the Equity Member Subscription Rate Program. 

Learn more about the Equity Member Subscription Rate Program.

Hedge Funds, commodity pools, banks, futures commission merchants, foreign brokers, broker-dealers, commodity trading advisors, introducing brokers, commercial entities, proprietary trading firms, and other corporate entities are eligible for NYMEX Rule 106.J. Member Firm status and may receive reduced exchange fee rates on their proprietary trading activity when such activity is conducted in accordance with CME Group Fee Policies. 

The member firm is required to own or have assigned to it two NYMEX memberships and either 20,000 shares of CME Group (or 30,000 shares if a fund, pool or collective investment vehicle) or a $11,000 monthly equity subscription rate.

The trading activity of parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, or customers of the member firm are not eligible for preferential exchange fee rates.

For hedge fund and commodity pool member firms, only the proprietary trading activity of the hedge fund member firm is eligible for preferential exchange fee rates and the rates do not apply to the trading activity of its investment manager, affiliated funds, investors, parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, or customers.

Managed accounts are not eligible for preferential exchange fee rates.

For additional information on trading membership including seat ownership and assignment requirements, refer to rule 106.J. in the NYMEX rulebook.