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).
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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 |
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
Explore options on Bitcoin and Micro Bitcoin futures
Easier than ever to manage bitcoin price risk
Enjoy greater precision and versatility in managing short-term bitcoin exposure throughout the week with Bitcoin Monday through Friday weekly options.
- Shorter-term contracts offer more flexibility to manage risk around market-moving economic events.
- The new contracts complement the existing monthly and quarterly options on Bitcoin futures.
Manage bitcoin risk with greater precision and a smaller-sized contract
Expand the bitcoin strategies you can build throughout the week with new Tuesday and Thursday expiries available on Micro Bitcoin futures.
- Access more choices with smaller-sized weekly options designed to provide greater precision and flexibility to help you manage short-term cryptocurrency exposure and price risk.
- These new contracts complement existing Monday, Wednesday, Friday weekly, monthly, and quarterly expirations.
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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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Connect with a member of our expert Cryptocurrency team for more information about our products.