CME Group Archives

CME Group’s Chief Economist Calls Bitcoin An ‘Emerging Competitor’ to Gold

February 6, 2021

Recently, Bluford Putnam, Managing Director and Chief Economist at CME Group, said that Bitcoin is an “emerging competitor” to gold. Putnam is “responsible for leading global economic analysis and monitoring...

CME Group Brings FX Options Volatility Converter Tool

September 9, 2020

CME Group, a major United States-based derivatives market operator, has announced on Monday the launch of a new FX Options Volatility Converter tool that will allow market participants to price the exchange-l...

CME Group Sees Record Metals Trading in August, FX Drops

September 3, 2020

Derivatives marketplace CME Group has recently published its market statistics for the month of August. Overall, trading was stronger on a monthly comparison for the trading provider, but the performance did ...

CME Group to Reopen Eurodollar Options Trading Pit in August

June 10, 2020

As the world starts to slowly reopen following the coronavirus pandemic, CME Group announced today in Chicago that it will be reopening its Eurodollar options trading pit on the 10th of August. In the lead u...

BrokerTec & TriOptima Deliver End-to-End Repo Workflow Solution

May 28, 2020

BrokerTec and TriOptima announced this Thursday that they have joined forces to deliver an end-to-end repo workflow solution for industry participants, the first in the industry, the companies said in the joi...

CME Group Launches Options on Micro E-Mini Futures Product

May 27, 2020

Derivatives giant CME Group, announced today it would launch options on its Micro E-mini S&P 500 and Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures contracts. The new options will be available for trading in the fall of...

CME Group Launches New Gold Futures Contract Amid Liquidity Squeeze

March 25, 2020

As brokers and liquidity providers struggle with a liquidity squeeze on gold, CME Group announced on Tuesday that it will launch a new gold futures contract to give traders increased flexibility. Specificall...

CME Group Reports Solid FX Volumes in February 2020

March 3, 2020

Exchange operator CME Group (NASDAQ: CME), the holding company for CBOT, NYMEX, and COMEX exchanges, has just released its February 2020 aggregated volumes, sharing its trading statistics across key business ...

CFTC Fines Two UAE Traders $2.7 Million Over Precious Metals Spoofing

May 3, 2018

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has fined two gold futures traders from the UAE over allegations that they schemed to manipulate the precious metals futures market through a trading tactic ...

February FX Options in Retreat at CME Group

March 12, 2018

CME Group (NASDAQ: CME) has just released its Options Monthly Review for the month ending February 28, 2018, which showed a downward trend in its FX volumes compared to a month ago, though it managed to post ...