This is the first time NYMEX Brent volumes surpassed 50,000 contracts at the CME. CME Group, which runs the world's largest derivatives marketplace, announced it has reached record volumes in NYMEX Brent trading, with 52,352 contracts trading hands last Friday June 7. This is the first time NYMEX Brent has surpassed 50,000 contracts. Additionally, open interest for…
Read moreFX futures volumes at CME Group up 15% from April, but that's mainly becuase April was slow. CME Group, which runs the world's largest derivatives marketplace, announced that May FX futures volumes increased by 15% from April (and by 9% from last year May) to 1,031,000 contracts. The CME attributed the increased volume mainly to…
Read moreRecord setting volume numbers continue to hit global markets from FX to Commodities. Record volumes in 2013 for Gold trading, Forex trading, and now Oil trading.... CME Group, which runs the world's largest derivatives marketplace, announced it has reached record volumes (open interest) for Brent-WTI spread options. The CME saw 126,675 contracts traded yesterday (May…
Read moreMetals volumes were strong, but FX volumes disappointed in April. CME Group, which runs the world's largest derivatives marketplace, announced April FX volumes which were surprisingly down by 16% from March. FX contract volumes (mainly Eurodollar futures contracts) traded at CME came in at 898,000 in April, down 16%% from March's 1,072,000 (see chart below). Metals…
Read moreCME Group reports Gold Options and Gold Futures volumes annihilated all previous records on Monday. As we first reported earlier this week, Monday was one of the best-ever days for Retail FX brokers, as Gold's plunge from the $1500s to the $1300s precipitated general volatility in all financial markets. Well, it seems that data from…
Read moreMarch FX volumes at CME come in at 1.072M contracts per day, up 0.5% from 1.067M in February. CME Group, which runs the world's largest derivatives marketplace, surpassed a near-record February with a (slightly) even better March. FX contract volumes (mainly Eurodollar futures contracts) traded at CME hit 1,072,000 per day in March, up 0.5%…
Read moreLooks like February was another blowout month in the electronic FX trading world. CME Group, which runs the world's largest derivatives marketplace, announced that FX contract volumes (mainly Eurodollar futures contracts) in its system were up by 19% in February from January, and up 26% from last year February, to an average of 1,067,000 contracts…
Read moreICAP EBS volumes soar 22%; CME Group's FX futures volumes up 21%. Two leading FX aggregators, ICAP's EBS division (spot FX ECN) and the CME Group (FX futures), reported very healthy January trading volumes. CME Group's FX futures volumes were up by 21% over last January (but just 9% over a surprisingly strong December) to average…
Read moreIs CME Group lobbying responsible for the NFA's new anti-spot FX rule? As reported by leading MT4 bridge provider CMAP LLC, a recently implemented NFA rule change forces U.S.-regulated FCMs (Futures Commission Merchants) to maintain equity capital of at least $20 million if they offer spot FX. The NFA's previous rules stated that only FCMs / RFEDs which…
Read moreFirst peek at December FX industry volumes is looking good. CME Group, which runs the world's largest derivatives marketplace, announced that FX contract volumes (mainly Eurodollar futures contracts) in its system were up by 7% in December from November, and up 14% from last year December, to an average of 826,000 contracts daily. The EURUSD's bull run, from 1.29…
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