CME Group announces the launch of 6 new WTI Houston Crude Oil futures contracts LeapRate

January 19, 2016 BY Mike Fox

CME Group announces the launch of 6 new WTI Houston Crude Oil futures contracts

CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME), the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced the launch of six new West Texas Intermediate (WTI) Houston (Argus) Crude Oil futures contracts. These new cash-settled futures will be available for trading on CME Globex and for submission for clearing via CME ClearPort effective Feb. 8, 2016, pending all…

December 09, 2015 BY Mike Fox

Crude oil price volatility leads to record volumes day in WTI futures and options at CME

CME Group (NASDAQ: CME) the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced it reached a trading volume record for combined NYMEX WTI futures and options yesterday, December 8, of 1,841,295 contracts compared to the previous record of 1,772,232 contracts on August 31, 2015. Additionally, WTI futures set a trading volume record of 1,595,710…

October 28, 2015 BY Mike Fox

Oil shoots up over 6% Wednesday to settle back above the $45 handle

It looks as if the oil bears have gotten ahead of themselves and were quick to cover shorts as Wednesday's price action saw huge momentum and strength in the black gold. Oil prices shot up in the face of recent rising inventory reports to close back above the $45 handle at the close of American trading…

September 01, 2015 BY Mike Fox

DGCX raises margin for various futures including EUR/USD, USD/RUB, Gold, Oil

The Dubai Commodities Clearing Corporation issued a revision to initial margins for various classes of contracts today...

August 24, 2015 BY Mike Fox

Currencies gone crazy...EUR/USD up over 1.5%, USD/JPY down 3% during volitile Monday trading

Markets start the week off with a bang, with the currency market experiencing massive volatility and huge daily ranges in all major pairs. How is your account holding up?

July 21, 2015 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

There are no such things as friends, only permanent interests! - Guest Editorial

"One positive that the American government will draw from this is their continued aggressive foreign policy against Russia. A low oil price can affect their economy tremendously, but at what price to their own growing shale industry?" - Paul Orford, VP Business Development, TopFX

July 02, 2015 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

ICE Futures Europe sets up Brent index oversight committee; licenses ICIS BFOE market data

“The developments announced today form part of the ongoing evolution of ICE Brent to ensure it continues to meet market participants’ long term hedging requirements and remains the world’s leading crude oil futures contract" - David Peniket, President and COO, ICE Futures Europe

June 11, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

FXOpen launches CFDs on Oil and Natural gas for ECN accounts

FXOpen beefs up trading instruments' lineup on its ECN accounts, adding contracts for difference on Oil, Natural gas and Indices.

April 16, 2015 BY Mike Fox

ICE Brent Crude futures achieves new open interest record, surpasses 2 million contracts

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading global network of exchanges and clearing houses, today announced that ICE Brent Crude futures achieved an open interest record of 2,006,759 contracts on April 15, 2015. The previous open interest record was set on April 2, 2015, with 1,992,780 contracts at ICE Futures Europe. As of April 15, average…

February 28, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Yahoo's Gulliver FX to launch Gold, Silver and Oil products

Gulliver FX Ltd, a UK-based subsidiary of Yahoo Japan Corporation (TYO:4689), has just announced it would beef up the menu of trading instruments it offers to its clients. The company said it would soon add Gold, Silver and Oil products to the lineup, with some tests being currently conducted. For that matter, the broker notes…

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