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Energy futures and options

Trade global benchmark products and take advantage of tight bid/ask spreads in the world's most extensive and liquid energy marketplace.

Delivering energy opportunities to the world

Get precise, real-time prices for the most in-demand energy markets. Trade benchmark products – WTI Crude, Henry Hub Natural Gas, Brent Crude, RBOB Gasoline – used worldwide to set the pricing curve for managing risk and exploring energy opportunities.

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Get the latest updates on the Energy futures and options market with product news and information, macro trends, and more.

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Explore Micro Henry Hub Natural Gas futures and options, the global benchmark size for transparent pricing and lower margins. Now live.

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Explore our Energy products

Learn about the products we offer across our suite of NYMEX Energy contracts, and explore different ways to trade them.

Crude and Refined

Find standard benchmark products, or trade spreads, nearly 24 hours a day in NYMEX’s deeply liquid markets.

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Natural Gas

Hedge risk with the flexibility of multiple contract sizes, using physical or financial settlement on NYMEX, including the global benchmark: Henry Hub.

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Voluntary Carbon Emissions Offset Futures

Access standardized and validated instruments to manage risk in the most liquid voluntary carbon emissions market.

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See the latest Energy block trade information.

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Gain access to CME Group futures, options, and block markets on one screen, using this fast, secure, and highly configurable trading front-end.

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Energy CVOL Index

Track forward-looking risk expectations on Energy markets with the CME Group Volatility Index (CVOLTM), a robust measure of 30-day implied volatility derived from deeply liquid options on Energy futures.

Energy tools

Build and refine your trading strategies with free pricing and analytics tools for CME Group markets. 

CME OPEC Watch Tool

Stay up to date with the probabilities of certain outcomes of the next OPEC meeting using NYMEX WTI Crude Oil option prices.

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Use this calendar to find relevant product dates and CME Group holiday hours.

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Anlayze settlement values for all CME Group options products, including both settlement prices and implied volatilities.

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Analyze open interest and open interest change patterns for each expiration within the selected product.

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