- 6 Oct 2020
- By CME Group
- COMEX Micro Gold (MGC) and Micro Silver (SIL) achieved record average daily volume (ADV) in Q3 of 140K and 21K contracts, respectively. This is the third consecutive quarter of record volume for both products.
- Overall volume in our Precious Metals futures was a record 668K contracts in Q3, led by a record 151K contracts of ADV in our flagship Silver (SI) contract.
Q3 ADV Records |
||
|---|---|---|
Product |
ADV |
Previous Record |
Precious Metals futures |
668k |
658k |
Silver Futures (SI) |
151k |
120k |
Total Metals – APAC Region |
145k |
127k |
Micro Gold Futures (MGC) |
140k |
72k |
Micro Silver Futures (MGC) |
21k |
3k |
Aluminum Futures (ALI) |
348 |
149 |
Source: CME Group.
- The COMEX Copper futures price has risen more than 40% to over $3 per pound since the March low.
Source: CME Group.
- This price action has driven higher volumes (Q3 ADV 99K, up 3% YoY) and rising open interest (290K up 46% vs lows in May) in Copper. Our Copper futures and options market continues to be the most liquid electronic venue to trade copper.
- After rising to nearly 40% implied volatility in March, Copper options are now close to the two-year mean of 20% implied volatility. Both call skew and implied volatility have reverted closer to the mean even as the price of copper has rallied 40%.
- Gold options continue to grow internationally with trading outside of US hours making up over 22% of total volumes.
- Average daily volume outside of US trading hours has tripled since 2017, rising to a record 14K contracts 2020 YTD.
Source: CME Group.
- Open Interest (OI) in Shanghai Gold futures rose steadily during Q3 to a record 1,029 on September 9.
- Average daily volume and on-screen liquidity have also increased throughout Q3.
Source: CME Group.
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