CME Group Averaged 18.4 Million Contracts Per Day in Second Quarter of 2018, Up 12 Percent from Second Quarter of 2017
Metals volume averaged 674,000 contracts per day in the second quarter of 2018, up 27 percent from the second quarter of 2017. Highlights include:
- Gold futures and options ADV grew 29 percent to 383,000 contracts
- Copper futures and options ADV increased 43 percent to 146,000 contracts
- Silver futures and options ADV rose 7 percent to 115,000 contracts
- Record daily volume for Platinum futures of 58,000 contracts on
June 22
Foreign Exchange volume averaged 1 million contracts per day in the second quarter of 2018, up 18 percent from the second quarter of 2017. Highlights include:
- Euro FX futures and options ADV grew 40 percent to 336,000 contracts, and Euro FX options reached all-time high open interest of 632,000 contracts on
June 14 - British pound futures and options ADV increased 4 percent to 137,000 contracts
- Australian dollar futures and options ADV grew 21 percent to 115,000 contracts
- Canadian dollar futures and options ADV rose 12 percent to 96,000 contracts
- Mexican peso futures and options ADV grew 40 percent to 74,000 contracts
Agricultural volume averaged a record 1.7 million contracts per day in the second quarter of 2018, up 16 percent from the second quarter of 2017. Highlights include:
- Record monthly ADV of 2 million contracts in June, up 15 percent year over year
- Record Corn futures and options ADV of 724,000 contracts in June; record 597,000 contracts averaged during the second quarter
- Grain and Oilseed futures and options ADV increased 18 percent to 1.6 million contracts during the second quarter
- Soybean futures and options ADV grew 34 percent to 373,000 contracts; Soybean Meal and Soybean Oil futures and options ADV grew 34 percent and 11 percent respectively
- Wheat futures and options ADV increased 9 percent to 213,000 contracts with Hard Red Winter Wheat futures and options ADV growing 10 percent to 71,000 contracts
Equity Index volume averaged 3.1 million contracts per day in the second quarter of 2018, up 14 percent from the second quarter of 2017. Highlights include:
- E-mini S&P 500 futures and options ADV increased 3 percent to 2.2 million contracts
- E-mini NASDAQ 100 futures and options ADV grew 37 percent to 418,000 contracts
- E-mini Dow futures and options averaged 226,000 contracts per day, up 63 percent
Interest Rate volume averaged 9.2 million contracts per day in the second quarter of 2018, up 12 percent from the second quarter of 2017. Highlights include:
Treasury futures and options ADV increased 23 percent to 4.9 million contracts, including 23 percent growth inTreasury futures to 4 million contracts and 25 percent growth inTreasury options to 898,000 contracts- Eurodollar futures ADV rose 9 percent to 2.8 million contracts
Fed Fund futures ADV grew 27 percent to 277,000 contracts- Ultra 10-Year
U.S. Treasury Note futures and options ADV rose 74 percent to 178,000 contracts - Ultra
U.S. Treasury Bond futures and options ADV increased 40 percent to 172,000 contracts
Energy volume averaged 2.6 million contracts per day in the second quarter of 2018, in line with the second quarter of 2017. Highlights include:
- Crude Oil futures and options ADV increased 8 percent to 1.7 million contracts
- WTI Crude Oil futures ADV grew 11 percent to 1.4 million contracts
- Refined products futures and options ADV rose 6 percent to 409,000 contracts
- Gasoline futures ADV grew 1 percent to 205,000 contracts
- Heating Oil futures and options ADV increased 13 percent to 190,000 contracts
Options volume averaged 3.5 million contracts per day in the second quarter of 2018, down 2 percent from the second quarter of 2017. Highlights include:
- Record monthly ADV for Agricultural options of 393,000 contracts, up 24 percent, and included record electronic options ADV of 304,000 contracts, up 28 percent
- Quarterly Agricultural options ADV grew 24 percent to 327,000 contracts, including a 28 percent increase in electronic options to a record 252,000 contracts
- Metals options ADV rose 23 percent to 57,000 contracts
June 2018 options ADV increased 4 percent to 3.5 million contracts, with Interest Rate options monthly ADV growing 10 percent to 2.2 million contracts
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QUARTERLY AVERAGE DAILY VOLUME (ADV) | |||||
Total Exchange ADV (in thousands) | |||||
2Q 2018 |
2Q 2017 |
||||
Trading Days |
64 |
63 |
|||
PRODUCT LINE |
2Q 2018 |
2Q 2017 |
Percent Change | ||
Interest Rates |
9,200 |
8,210 |
12% | ||
Equity Indexes |
3,086 |
2,707 |
14% | ||
Foreign Exchange (FX) |
1,035 |
879 |
18% | ||
Energy |
2,630 |
2,632 |
0% | ||
|
1,734 |
1,491 |
16% | ||
Metals |
674 |
533 |
27% | ||
Total |
18,359 |
16,453 |
12% | ||
VENUE |
2Q 2018 |
2Q 2017 |
Percent Change | ||
Open outcry |
1,066 |
1,115 |
-4% | ||
CME Globex |
16,644 |
14,582 |
14% | ||
Privately negotiated |
649 |
756 |
-14% |
MONTHLY AVERAGE DAILY VOLUME (ADV) | |||||
Total Exchange ADV (in thousands) | |||||
|
|
||||
Trading Days |
21 |
22 |
|||
PRODUCT LINE |
|
|
Percent Change | ||
Interest Rates |
8,216 |
7,457 |
10% | ||
Equity Indexes |
3,226 |
3,162 |
2% | ||
Foreign Exchange (FX) |
1,167 |
1,014 |
15% | ||
Energy |
2,576 |
2,674 |
-4% | ||
|
1,994 |
1,735 |
15% | ||
Metals |
666 |
512 |
30% | ||
Total |
17,845 |
16,555 |
8% | ||
VENUE |
|
|
Percent Change | ||
Open outcry |
1,035 |
970 |
7% | ||
CME Globex |
16,156 |
14,816 |
9% | ||
Privately negotiated |
653 |
769 |
-15% |
ROLLING THREE-MONTH AVERAGES | ||||
Average Daily Volume (In thousands) | ||||
3-Month Period Ending | ||||
PRODUCT LINE |
Jun-18 |
May-18 |
Apr-18 |
Mar-18 |
Interest Rates |
9,200 |
10,019 |
11,253 |
11,948 |
Equity Indexes |
3,086 |
3,475 |
4,228 |
4,096 |
Foreign Exchange (FX) |
1,035 |
1,019 |
1,010 |
1,100 |
Energy |
2,630 |
2,557 |
2,583 |
2,754 |
|
1,734 |
1,587 |
1,764 |
1,593 |
Metals |
674 |
680 |
685 |
713 |
Total |
18,359 |
19,337 |
21,523 |
22,204 |
VENUE |
Jun-18 |
May-18 |
Apr-18 |
Mar-18 |
Open outcry |
1,066 |
1,184 |
1,462 |
1,556 |
Electronic |
16,644 |
17,482 |
19,293 |
19,796 |
Privately negotiated |
649 |
671 |
768 |
851 |
Average Rate Per Contract (In dollars) | ||||
3-Month Period Ending | ||||
PRODUCT LINE |
May-18 |
Apr-18 |
Mar-18 |
Feb-18 |
Interest Rates |
0.478 |
0.472 |
0.464 |
0.476 |
Equity Indexes |
0.785 |
0.776 |
0.781 |
0.796 |
Foreign Exchange (FX) |
0.759 |
0.755 |
0.762 |
0.766 |
Energy |
1.148 |
1.159 |
1.140 |
1.137 |
|
1.267 |
1.259 |
1.246 |
1.246 |
Metals |
1.395 |
1.397 |
1.367 |
1.362 |
Total |
0.733 |
0.721 |
0.706 |
0.723 |
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