24/7 Crypto Futures and Options Trading
Key Takeaways
- Continuous access: Trade our suite of Cryptocurrency futures and options 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
- Platform availability: Execute trades continuously on Globex and ClearPort.
- Regulatory oversight: Operate within a transparent, regulated marketplace backed by CFTC oversight.
- Seamless risk management: Manage exposure and react to weekend or holiday volatility in real time without waiting for traditional market opens.
Overview: Trade the market that never sleeps
Manage your positions your way and on your time. Our 24/7 trading model allows market participants to maintain continuous access to digital asset derivatives, aligning regulated markets with the nonstop nature of global spot cryptocurrency trading.
- Nonstop access, year round: Manage positions as news breaks and react to market activity seamlessly across all weekends and holidays.
- Institutional-grade liquidity: Access transparent liquidity around the clock with the confidence of a regulated marketplace.
- Eliminate price gap risk: Execute hedges or capture price moves the moment they happen, day or night, effectively closing the gap between spot and derivatives markets.Understanding pricing and settlement of 1-Ounce Gold futures contract
The 1-Ounce Gold futures contract is cash-settled, measured in units of one troy ounce and priced in U.S. dollars and cents per troy ounce. The minimum price movement, or tick size, is $0.25. 1-Ounce Gold futures are traded on Globex and can be listed for any February, April, June, August, October or December within the next two years.
Trading will end on the third-to-last business day of the month before the contract month. A new contract month will be added on the last business day of the month after the current contract expires. For block trades, transactions for 25 contracts must be reported within a 15-minute window.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What products are available to trade 24/7?
- Our flagship Cryptocurrency futures and options are available to trade continuously on the Globex and ClearPort platforms.
- What are the trading hours and maintenance windows?
- Every day access: For clients trading seven days a week, there is a daily, two-minute maintenance window from 4:00 p.m. to 4:02 p.m. Central Time (CT) from Monday through Friday and a two-hour maintenance window on Saturdays from 2:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m. CT.
- Weekday access: Clients trading on the traditional five-day schedule have existing Globex hours available from Sunday to Friday with a 60-minute break each day beginning at 4:00 p.m. CT.
- How does trading work over weekends and holidays?
- While trading executes continuously on Globex, clearing and settlement still follow standard business cycles. Any holiday or weekend trading executed from Friday evening through Sunday evening is assigned a trade date of the following business day. Clearing, settlement and regulatory reporting are also processed on that following business day.
- What are the operational and Globex impacts?
- For detailed technical specifications, review our CME Clearing and Global Operations requirements and guidelines, or visit our client impact assessment for specific information regarding Globex functionality.