CME Group offers the most comprehensive metals offering that covers all your needs including our unparalleled precious metals liquidity and an expanded slate of base and ferrous metals solutions. Tap into our markets across the product suite, including Iron Ore Futures and Options, and begin benefitting from easy execution, reduced costs and reliable access around the clock. Additional value in our Iron Ore products can be found through:
Market Regulation works to protect market integrity, to enforce rules that protect all market participants, and to act proactively to mitigate risks in the marketplace.
The daily settlement is based on market information that may include but is not limited to:
Market participants have unprecedented visibility of the trade flow while maintaining anonymity of all participating parties. All Iron Ore products are available for trading electronically via:
CME Group offers margin offsets up to 45% against key products. The initial margin on an Iron Ore contract could be partially offset if a client has the opposite position in another commodity contract cleared through the same FCM at CME Group.
Exchange |
Spread Products |
Credit |
---|---|---|
CMX |
HG-COMEX Copper futures |
45% |
CMX |
A38-Aluminum A-380 Alloy Platts futures |
30% |
CMX |
ALI-Aluminum futures |
25% |
NYM |
FSF-HMS 80/20 Ferrous Scrap, CFR Turkey (Platts) futures |
25% |
CMX |
ZNC-Zinc futures |
20% |
CMX |
ALA-Alumina FOB Australia (Platts) futures |
20% |
CMX |
ALB-Alumina FOB Australia (Metal Bulletin) futures |
20% |
Rates as of February 1, 2019. For most up-to-date information visit www.cmegroup.com/margins.
For more information visit cmegroup.com/ironore or contact metals@cmegroup.com.
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