International derivatives marketplace CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CME) has announced that November 2016 average daily volume (ADV) reached a record 20.9 million contracts per day, up 52% from November 2015, FX up 28% MoM. CME Group November 2016 options volume averaged 4.3 million contracts per day, up 63% versus November 2015, with electronic options averaging…
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Trading is heating up in oil as reported earlier from ICE, who also hit a new daily volume record led by crude futures, due to OPEC cuts. Likewise, yesterday CME Group (NASDAQ: CME), hit a record high in single-day Energy complex volume with 4,510,408 combined futures and options contracts traded on November 30, 2016, breaking…
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CME Europe has just informed members that it will be extending its FX Liquidity Creation Program (LCP) commencing on December 1st. The renewal is a success for the program which was first announced back in May as first reported by LeapRate. It should be noted that existing participants in the FX Market Making program are not eligible to…
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Partnership to build digital gold product on blockchain to be available in 2017 The global export mint, The Royal Mint, and derivatives marketplace CME Group have announced a collaboration to transform the way that market participants can trade gold. The Royal Mint has partnered with CME Group to build and launch a digitised gold offering…
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CME Group (NASDAQ: CME), the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, reached a record high in single-day volume with 44,516,949 contracts traded across all asset classes on November 9, 2016, the day after the U.S. elections... breaking the previous record of 39,567,064 contracts set on October 15, 2014. The election volatility should spell well…
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CME Group (NASDAQ: CME) the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace announced today that on Sunday January 8, 2017 for trade date Monday, January 9, 2017 (and pending final regulatory approval), trading will commence in COMEX’s London Spot Gold and London Spot Silver Futures. These innovative contracts will provide market participants with exposure to…
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CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) just announced a new record breaker today with Wednesday Weekly S&P 500 Options achieving a new daily record. Wednesday Weekly S&P Options reached a new volume record of 128,060 contracts yesterday...Monday, November 7th. The previous record came just the prior business day on Friday, November 4th. This is the first time…
Read moreThe U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (Division) has announced that it has issued the results of a rule enforcement review of the New York Mercantile Exchange and the Commodity Exchange (NYMEX and COMEX or exchanges). The review, which covered a one-year target period, evaluated the exchanges’ market surveillance programs and…
Read moreCME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that the first EU Wheat futures contracts were traded on Monday, September 12, 2016. A total of 411 futures contracts were traded, equaling over 20,000 metric tons. Trades took place in five delivery months from December 2016 up to December 2017. Open…
Read moreCME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. obtained full recognition as a foreign central counterparty (CCP) in Mexico from the Banco de México, effective September 2, 2016. Since April 2016, the clearing house division of CME Group, CME Clearing, had operated under temporary recognition pending…
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