The United States is the largest consumer of crude oil in the world. Spurred by strong demand in the US and global supply shortage, oil prices have reached a new high. On 26th October, Brent crude was selling at $86 a barrel, and US oil was up by 0.7% to $83.96. According to Goldman Sachs,…
Read moreRetail FX broker RoboForex is changing the trading conditions for positions in CFDs on oil, due to expected low liquidity around the oil producers summit in Doha on April 17, 2016. Trading in Brent and WTI instruments will only be allowed in "Close Only" mode, effective 12:00 PM server time, Friday April 15th. The company…
Read moreRetail Forex and CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) has just published a list of its 10 most traded contracts for difference (CFDs) for 2015. The ranking (which you can see on the picture above) features several instruments which one would expect to see. Such examples are Oil, that is, Light Sweet Crude Oil, as well…
Read moreCME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced it reached trading volume and open interest records for its NYMEX Brent (BZ) crude oil futures contracts on Friday, July 11, 2014. Open interest for NYMEX Brent set a record of 101,425 on July 11, surpassing the 100,000 contracts milestone for the first…
Read moreThis is the first time NYMEX Brent volumes surpassed 65,000 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 65,065 contracts trading hands this past Monday (June 24). This is the first time NYMEX Brent has surpassed 65,000 contracts, and shattered the…
Read moreThis 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 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…
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