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Getting Started
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- Active Trader Daily market data and insight for the Individual Active Trader
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- Cryptocurrency Bitcoin futures and other cryptocurrency products are now available.
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Learn why traders use futures, how to trade futures, and what steps you should take to get started.
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Clearing
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Margin Services
- Try our new interactive margin calculator and evaluate initial margin requirements
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Data
Distributors
Intraday Data
Subscription Based Data
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- MDP (Streaming) Access our market data directly via our Market Data Platform
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- E-Quotes Offering charting, analytics, real-time quotes and news on our products
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- CME DataMine (Historical) Comprehensive historical price information available on select CME Group contracts
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Technology
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Education
Learn why traders use futures, how to trade futures, and what steps you should take to get started.
More Expirations for More Precise Trading and Risk Management
Traders turn to the precision of CME Group’s weekly expiring options to enhance existing positions or to lay off risk and capture trading opportunities around market-moving events, like Sunday elections, Wednesday FOMC meetings and Friday Unemployment reports.
- Deep liquidity across all six major asset classes
- Event-driven trading throughout the week
- Trade gamma and capture arbitrage opportunities
- Strengthen existing positions for short-term market fluctuations
- Add to a futures hedge to capture opportunity with defined risk
- Access optionality over the entire term structure
- Pay less in premiums due to less time covered
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Weekly Expiry |
CME Globex |
Bloomberg |
Reuters |
Equity Options |
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E-mini S&P 500 |
Monday |
IWWA Index |
0#1AEW+ |
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Wednesday |
IEWA Index |
0#ECW+ |
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Friday |
1EA Index - 4EA Index |
0#ESW+ |
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Standard S&P 500 |
Monday |
SVPWA Index |
0#1ASW+ |
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Wednesday |
SPWA Index |
0#SCW+ |
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Friday |
1DA Index - 4DA Index |
0#EVW+ |
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E-mini NASDAQ-100 |
Friday |
10A Index, 20A Index, 4OA Index |
0#1NQW+ |
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E-mini Dow ($5) |
Friday |
1FA Index, 2FA Index |
0#1YMW+ |
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E-mini Russell 2000 |
Friday |
RUWA Index |
0#1RTYW+ |
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Interest Rate Options |
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2-Year Note |
Wednesday |
TUIA Comdty |
0#WTW+ |
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Friday |
1W-5W |
0#TUW+ |
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5-Year Note |
Wednesday |
FVWA Comdty |
0#WFW+ |
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Friday |
1I-5I |
0#FVW+ |
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10-Year Note |
Wednesday |
TYYA Comdty |
0#WYW+ |
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Friday |
1M-5M |
0#TYW+ |
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T-Bond |
Wednesday |
USYA Comdty |
0#WBW+ |
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Friday |
1C-5C |
USW+ |
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FX Options |
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EUR/USD |
Wednesday |
WEYA |
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Friday |
UAW |
0#1EUUW+ |
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GBP/USD |
Wednesday |
WLYA |
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Friday |
BGW |
0#1GBUW+ |
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JPY/USD |
Wednesday |
WJYA |
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Friday |
JAW |
0#1JPUW+ |
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CAD/USD |
Wednesday |
WCBA |
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Friday |
UDW |
0#1CHUW+ |
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AUD/USD |
Wednesday |
WABA |
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Friday |
AUW |
0#1ADUW+ |
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Energy Options |
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WTI Crude Oil |
Friday |
CLWA Comdty |
0#CLW+ |
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Natural Gas |
Friday |
GKWA Comdty |
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Metals Options |
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Gold |
Friday |
XGCA Comdty OMON <GO> |
0#GCW+ |
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Silver |
Friday |
WSIA Comdty OMON <GO> |
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Copper |
Friday |
HGWA Comdty OMON <GO> |
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Ag Options |
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Corn |
Friday |
1-5XA Comdty |
0#CW+ |
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Soybeans |
Friday |
1-5SA Comdty |
0#SWW+ |
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SRW Wheat |
Friday |
1-5WA Comdty |
0#WW+ |
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CME FedWatch
Gauge the market’s expectation of an upcoming rate hike.
Open Interest Heatmap
Gain insight into market sentiment through the lens of put/call open interest.
Cross Correlation Tool
Track cross-asset product relationships to identify how activity in one market might affect another.
Options Expiration Calendar
View or download a year’s worth of expiration dates, including yet-to-be-listed weekly options.
Options Calculator
Generate fair value prices and Greeks for any of CME Group’s options on futures contracts.
Volatility Term Structure Tool
Compare charts of current implied volatilities across expiration to the view from one week earlier.
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Brent-WTI Oil Spread Taking Cue from Houston-Midland?
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- By Erik Norland
- February 14, 2019
- The price spread between the venerable WTI and Brent oil contracts has been taking the lead from two minnows - WTI Houston and WTI Midland.
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China: Looking at Growth Past the Trade War
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- By Bluford Putnam and Erik Norland
- February 13, 2019
- China's economy has felt the strain of the U.S. trade war, but its massive debt and demographic trends pose a more critical threat in the 2020s.
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Why has Equity Index-Treasury Options Volatility Diverged?
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- By Erik Norland
- January 30, 2019
- There has been an unusual divergence in implied volatility between equities and Treasuries. Is it a signal of the markets entering a high volatility regime?
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Equities: Six Ways to Spot a Flagging Bull Market
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- By Erik Norland
- January 28, 2019
- The equities bull market marks a 10-year milestone this March, with the S&P rising around 300% from its 2009 low. Can it keep on charging?
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Oil: Implied Volatility Soars but Path Ahead is Unclear
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- By Erik Norland
- January 16, 2019
- Oil implied volatility surged at the end of 2018 as prices tumbled and held those levels despite a rebound. What's in store for the market in 2019?
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CME Group is the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace. The company is comprised of four Designated Contract Markets (DCMs). Further information on each exchange's rules and product listings can be found by clicking on the links to CME, CBOT, NYMEX and COMEX.
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