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10-BARREL WTI CRUDE OIL FUTURES

Starting August 30,* trade the world’s most liquid energy market at a scale that fits your portfolio and your schedule. 10-Barrel WTI Crude Oil (TCL) futures provide benchmark access at 1/100 the size, so you can react to global news the moment it happens, 24/7.

*Pending regulatory review

24/7 pipeline to the market

Manage positions through weekends and holidays with nonstop access to the global benchmark.

Smaller size, global reach

Trade the world’s most active physical commodity market with contracts sized at 1/100 of the WTI Crude Oil benchmark.

Less slippage, more trading

Access deep liquidity designed to ensure seamless execution and efficient price discovery under the security of CFTC oversight.

Your questions, answered

10-Barrel WTI Crude Oil (TCL) futures are financially settled contracts designed for precision and accessibility. At 1/100 the size of the benchmark WTI Crude Oil (CL) futures and 1/10 the size of Micro WTI Crude Oil (MCL) futures, this will be the first Energy contract available for 24/7 trading.


For market participants trading 10-Barrel WTI Crude Oil futures seven days a week, there will be a daily, two-minute maintenance window from 4:00 p.m. to 4:02 p.m. Central Time (CT) on Monday through Friday and a two-hour maintenance window on Saturday from 2:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m. CT. 

Participants trading five days a week will have the existing Globex hours available from Sunday to Friday from 5:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m CT with a 60-minute break each day beginning at 4:00 p.m. CT.


10-Barrel WTI Crude Oil futures will trade continuously on Globex regardless of the calendar day. Any trading activity occurring over the weekend or during exchange holidays – specifically  from Friday evening through Sunday evening – will have a trade date of the following business day. All clearing, settlement and regulatory reporting will be processed on that following business day as well.


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