Expand your choices for managing cryptocurrency risk with Bitcoin futures and options and discover opportunities in the growing interest for cryptocurrencies and the demand to manage Bitcoin exposure.
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Features and benefits
Efficient exposure
Easily trade on your market view of Bitcoin.
Price discovery
Benefit from efficient price discovery in transparent futures markets.
Capital efficiency
Save on potential margin offsets between Bitcoin futures and options on futures.
Robust underlying index
Trade with prices based on the regulated CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate (BRR).
PRODUCTS
Micro Bitcoin futures
Discover an efficient, cost-effective new way to fine-tune bitcoin exposure and enhance your trading strategies at 1/10 the size of one bitcoin. Get greater transparency and price discovery by trading on an exchange or save on potential margin offsets.
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PRODUCTS
Basis Trade at Index Close (BTIC)
Trade the cryptocurrency basis with the pricing credibility and transparency of regulated CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate (BRR) and Ether-Dollar Reference Rate (ETHUSD_RR) benchmarks. BTIC is now available on Bitcoin, Micro Bitcoin, and Ether futures.
Vendor trading codes
| Root Code: BTC | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Platform(s) | Futures | Options | |
| Bloomberg Front Month | BTCA Curncy | BTCA Curncy OMON | |
| Refinitiv Front Month | BTCc1 | 1BTC | |
| Actant CME Direct, CQG, CTS, Fidessa, ION, Itiviti, Sungard, TT, Vela |
BTC | BTC | |
| DTN / Blue Ocean, Morningstar | @BTC | @BTC | |
| Activ | BTC/[y][m].CMG | BTC/[y][m]/[strike][put(p)/call(c)].CMG | |
| Paradigm | BTC | OG | |
Learn about the underlying Bitcoin pricing products
CME Direct users: download the Bitcoin options grid
- Right click on the buttons below
- Save the files as an .XML on your computer
- In CME Direct, select import view in the main menu
- Import the grid into CME Direct
Courses
Take self-guided courses on Bitcoin futures and options products.
If you're new to futures, the courses below can help you quickly understand the Bitcoin market and start trading.
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