North American Crude Grades futures and options
Access forward-curve liquidity across a broad product slate of Crude Oil futures and options covering key locations and crude grades.
Platforms
CME Direct
Access deep liquidity and transparent pricing for North American Crude Grades futures and options with CME Direct.
ClearPort
Access a flexible suite of clearing services and capabilities to gain the advantages of security, efficiency and confidence.
Unlock liquidity and risk management in North American crude
Trade WTI Houston, WTI Midland and more with transparent pricing and deep liquidity for confident, flexible trading in an efficient market.
Why trade North American Crude Grades?
Comprehensive product slate
Trade Crude Oil futures, options and spreads over 10 different grades of light, medium and heavy crude oils.
Diverse geographic exposure
Get exposure to Gulf Coast, Permian, Louisiana and Cushing pricing hubs.
Forward curve liquidity
Trade WTI Houston (Argus) futures vs. WTI Trade Month futures offering the best Gulf Coast liquidity.
Tools for your trading strategy
Build and refine your trading strategies with free pricing and analytics tools for North American Grades products.
North American Grades insights
Get our experts' perspectives on current trends.
Intro to CME Direct
Gain transparency into the U.S. Grades market with CME Direct
Learn how to access market-leading liquidity on HTT, WTT, YV, E5 and more in this lesson series.
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