CME Group

CME Group Reports Second-Highest September and Q3 ADV on Record

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Tuesday, October 3, 2023

CHICAGO, Oct. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group , the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today reported its September and Q3 2023 market statistics, reaching an average daily volume (ADV) of 22.7 million contracts in September, representing the company's second-highest September ADV on record.

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  • CHICAGO, Oct. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group , the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today reported its September and Q3 2023 market statistics, reaching an average daily volume (ADV) of 22.7 million contracts in September, representing the company's second-highest September ADV on record.
  • Q3 ADV was 22.3 million contracts, the second-highest Q3 volume ever.
  • Market statistics are available in greater detail at https://cmegroupinc.gcs-web.com/monthly-volume .
  • September 2023 ADV across asset classes includes:
    Additional September 2023 product highlights compared to September 2022 include:
    Micro E-mini futures and options represented 32.1% of overall Equity Index ADV, Micro WTI Crude Oil futures accounted for 4.5% of overall Energy ADV, Micro Bitcoin futures accounted for 0.1% and Micro Ether futures accounted for 0.1% of overall Equity Index ADV
    Q3 2023 highlights across asset classes compared to Q3 2022 include:
    Interest Rate ADV of 11.0 million contracts, an increase of 6%
    Options ADV of 4.4 million contracts, an increase of 15%
    Energy ADV of 2.1 million contracts, an increase of 16%
    Agricultural ADV of 1.4 million contracts, an increase of 19%
    Metals ADV of 528,000 contracts, an increase of 6%

CME Group to Launch Micro Henry Hub Futures and Options on November 6

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Wednesday, September 27, 2023

CHICAGO, Sept. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that it will launch Micro Henry Hub futures and options on November 6, pending all relevant regulatory reviews.

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  • CHICAGO, Sept. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that it will launch Micro Henry Hub futures and options on November 6, pending all relevant regulatory reviews.
  • These new micro contracts will be one-tenth the size of the company's benchmark Henry Hub futures and options and cash-settled.
  • "Our new Micro Henry Hub futures and options contracts will provide global energy traders with additional flexibility to manage their natural gas exposure with precision," said Peter Keavey, Global Head of Energy and Environmental Products, CME Group.
  • Micro Henry Hub futures and options will be listed by and subject to the rules of NYMEX.

Architect Financial Technologies Launches US-Regulated Brokerage for Futures and Options with CFTC License and Expands Global Derivatives Offering

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Thursday, September 21, 2023

CHICAGO, Sept. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Architect Financial Technologies, Inc. ("Architect" or "the Company") today announced its expansion into derivatives brokerage services after its subsidiary, Architect Financial Derivatives, LLC, received regulatory approval from the NFA to operate as an Independent Introducing Broker in CFTC-regulated derivatives. The Company's new brokerage will enable clients to trade the full range of listed derivatives products – futures, index options, futures options, trade-at-settlement futures, future spreads, and event contracts – on CFTC-registered exchanges. Architect will partner with US Futures Commission Merchants including Wedbush Securities, StoneX Financial Inc., and Straits Financial to provide related clearing services.

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  • Architect platform to offer clients low-latency, secure access to over twenty major global derivatives exchanges
    CHICAGO, Sept. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Architect Financial Technologies, Inc. ("Architect" or "the Company") today announced its expansion into derivatives brokerage services after its subsidiary, Architect Financial Derivatives, LLC, received regulatory approval from the NFA to operate as an Independent Introducing Broker in CFTC-regulated derivatives.
  • The Company's new brokerage will enable clients to trade the full range of listed derivatives products – futures, index options, futures options, trade-at-settlement futures, future spreads, and event contracts – on CFTC-registered exchanges.
  • Architect will partner with US Futures Commission Merchants including Wedbush Securities, StoneX Financial Inc., and Straits Financial to provide related clearing services.
  • Clients of Architect will access US derivatives markets through the Company's cross-asset, low-latency OMS/EMS/PMS and trading technology platform.

Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100 Futures Surpass 1 Billion Contracts Traded

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Monday, September 18, 2023

CHICAGO, Sept. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group , the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures surpassed 1 billion contracts traded on September 13.

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  • CHICAGO, Sept. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group , the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures surpassed 1 billion contracts traded on September 13.
  • "Our Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures are among the most actively traded equity index products at CME Group, averaging more than 1.1 million contracts per day in Q3-to-date," said Paul Woolman, Global Head of Equity Index Products at CME Group.
  • "We congratulate CME Group on achieving this milestone and celebrate our collaboration in bringing unique products to market that provide investors with valuable exposure to companies impacting our society and economy."
  • For more information on these products, please visit www.cmegroup.com/microeminis .

CME Group to Launch Cobalt Hydroxide Futures on October 23

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Monday, September 18, 2023

CHICAGO, Sept. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that it will launch Cobalt Hydroxide futures on October 23, pending all relevant regulatory reviews.

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  • CHICAGO, Sept. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that it will launch Cobalt Hydroxide futures on October 23, pending all relevant regulatory reviews.
  • Cobalt Hydroxide futures will be financially-settled based on the Fastmarkets' cobalt hydroxide price assessment.
  • The launch of the CME Group cobalt hydroxide futures contract, based on Fastmarkets' cobalt hydroxide price, ensures market participants have another tool to mitigate risk as these markets develop."
  • Cobalt Hydroxide futures are complementary to Cobalt Metal futures, which have become the global benchmark for Cobalt prices since launching in December 2020.

CME Group Opens Registration for its 20th Annual Global University Trading Challenge

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Wednesday, September 13, 2023

CHICAGO, Sept. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group , the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced registration is now open for the 20th annual CME Group University Trading Challenge, which will be held from Sunday, October 1 to Friday, October 27.

Key Points: 
  • CHICAGO, Sept. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group , the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced registration is now open for the 20th annual CME Group University Trading Challenge, which will be held from Sunday, October 1 to Friday, October 27.
  • During the month-long competition, students will experience the energy, excitement, disappointments and daily challenges of a real-world trading environment on a simulated, professional trading platform provided by CQG .
  • More than 500 teams of nearly 2,000 students from 23 countries participated in last year's University Trading Challenge, with the winning team coming from Mexico's Universidad Anahuac UG.
  • CME Group is committed to educating the next generation of finance professionals on the significance of global derivatives markets and risk management.

Architect Financial Technologies Becomes Authorized Redistributor of CME Group Market Data

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Tuesday, September 12, 2023

CHICAGO, Sept. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Architect Financial Technologies, Inc. ("Architect" or "the Company"), an emerging leader in derivatives trading technology, today announced it has become a licensed redistributor of CME Group market data. The Company will now provide clients of its low-latency institutional trading platform access to live and historical data across the entire spectrum of CME Group futures and options products, including Equity Index, Agriculture, Metals, Foreign Exchange, Cryptocurrency, Interest Rates, and Energy markets.

Key Points: 
  • CHICAGO, Sept. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Architect Financial Technologies, Inc. ("Architect" or "the Company"), an emerging leader in derivatives trading technology, today announced it has become a licensed redistributor of CME Group market data.
  • As an authorized redistributor, Architect will provide CME Group data through low-latency APIs or the Company's advanced visualization suite, bolstering clients' algorithmic and discretionary trading capabilities across a wide range of derivatives products.
  • Brett Harrison, Founder and CEO of Architect, commented, "Our company looks forward to offering CME Group's comprehensive, trusted, market-leading datasets.
  • As Architect continues to expand functionality across the entire derivatives trade life cycle, CME Group data will be vital to both our company's and our clients' operations."

CME Group and DTCC Receive Regulatory Approval for Enhanced Treasury Cross-Margining Arrangement Launching January 2024

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Tuesday, September 12, 2023

The arrangement will enable capital efficiencies for clearing members that trade and clear both U.S. Treasury securities and CME Group Interest Rate futures and is expected to launch in January 2024.

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  • The arrangement will enable capital efficiencies for clearing members that trade and clear both U.S. Treasury securities and CME Group Interest Rate futures and is expected to launch in January 2024.
  • Repo transactions that have Treasury collateral with a remaining time to maturity greater than one year will also be eligible for the enhanced cross-margining arrangement.
  • "We are pleased to have received regulatory approval of our enhanced cross-margining arrangement," said Laura Klimpel, General Manager of Fixed Income Clearing Corporation (FICC) & Head of SIFMU Business Development at DTCC.
  • "The approval of the arrangement paves the way for increased efficiency and resiliency of the overall U.S. Treasury Market, and we look forward to working with CME Group to deliver upon these important enhancements."

CME Group to Launch Options on Micro Gold Futures as Retail Participation Jumps

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Monday, September 11, 2023

CHICAGO, Sept. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that it will launch options on Micro Gold futures on October 2, 2023, pending regulatory review.

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  • CHICAGO, Sept. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that it will launch options on Micro Gold futures on October 2, 2023, pending regulatory review.
  • "Growing demand has driven a spike in CME Group gold markets, with average daily volume in Micro Gold futures increasing 40% from last year and retail participation in our benchmark Gold futures contract up 17% year-over-year.
  • By expanding our offerings to include the new Micro Gold options, traders of all sizes will have even more flexibility to express a view on gold."
  • CME Group's smaller-sized Gold and Silver futures contracts launched over a decade ago and have seen a significant uptick in participation over the last five years:
    Micro Gold futures volume has grown an average of 58% each year.

CME Group Announces Record Volume Across Suite of Short-Term WTI Options

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Thursday, September 7, 2023

CHICAGO, Sept. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that trading in its suite of WTI weekly options, the company's fastest growing energy products, reached record average daily volume in August of 12,291 contracts.

Key Points: 
  • CHICAGO, Sept. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that trading in its suite of WTI weekly options, the company's fastest growing energy products, reached record average daily volume in August of 12,291 contracts.
  • All of the top five record months for Weekly WTI Crude Oil options have occurred this year.
  • "As global crude oil market participants continue to navigate a number of supply and demand factors, they are turning to our suite of weekly WTI options in record numbers," said Peter Keavey, Global Head of Energy and Environmental Products at CME Group.
  • "Year to date, average daily volume for Friday Weekly WTI options reached a record 9,285 contracts, up 74%, while total combined volume for Monday and Wednesday expirations has already surpassed 100,000 contracts since launching just over a month ago."