Eurex and MSCI partnered in 2008 and since then over 100 million contracts have been traded. At the start of 2022, the exchange hit record numbers as it traded 290,810 MSCI options in January. Eurex stated: Two additional ESG indices will be covered with futures: MSCI Europe ESG screened and MSCI EMU ESG screened. Those…
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SOFR futures open interest has continued on a growth path as well. On 19 October 2021, it reached record 1,166,016, which up 170% and increased 16% in one month, having surpassed one million contracts of open interest on 15 September 2021. Agha Mirza, CME Group Global Head of Rates and OTC Products, said: As the…
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FairX will launch futures designed for retail traders and offer them opportunities for exposure to the stock market with indexes, correlated to some of the most actively traded instruments. FairX plans to offer products in a simple and accessible way. To make these smaller contracts easier to build and scale in and out of positions…
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FairX CEO Neal Brady said: We’re delighted to work with many of the industry’s leading firms to offer a futures trading venue designed to meet the needs of the global retail futures trader. FairX aims to democratize access to futures and options on futures by delivering superior products, seamless access and dramatically lower exchange costs…
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The latest expansion in the futures space allows Tickmill’s clients to speculate on long-term action, invest in long-term direction and hedge their portfolio using instruments previously inaccessible to retail traders. The new exchange-traded Micro products gives retail clients the opportunity to trade in a fast-growing market, previously only available to those with large cash deposits.…
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Derek Sammann, Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Commodity and Options Products, CME Group commented: This time of unprecedented market conditions has led to growing demand for a broader range of delivery needs for our clients worldwide. By offering a choice of delivery sizes as well as inter-commodity spreads with our benchmark gold futures,…
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Derivatives marketplace CME Group has announced that it will become the first derivatives marketplace to offer real-time futures and options market data on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The initiative starts November 17, 2019. Market participants will now be allowed to access CME Group's market data, including all CME Globex market data and third-party data sources,…
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Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has confirmed that Ether is now classified as "commodity". The statement came from CFTC Chairman, Mr. Heath Tarbert. After months of studying the second largest alt coin by market cap, CFTC has decided that Ether falls under this specific jurisdiction. This is what Mr. Tarbert commented on decision that Ether…
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It has been no secret that crypto enthusiasts have been begging for the management of the Bakkt crypto exchange initiative to complete the actions necessary in order to launch. Bakkt, the brainchild of Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the owner and operator of the New York Stock Exchange, was to be the consummate crypto futures exchange, dealing…
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Deutsche Börse Group announced today that it has launched a brand new market data product named Eurex Order by Order Futures + Options. The launch aims to make available the entire visible Eurex order book for both futures and options. So far, this depth of market data has only been available for futures. Eurex Order…
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