CME Group Reached 26.5 Million Daily Contracts in 2024

CME Group, the world’s leading derivatives marketplace, achieved a significant milestone in 2024. It reported a record annual average daily volume (ADV) of 26.5 million contracts, reflecting a 9% increase compared to 2023.

2024 Key Highlights by Asset Class

These are the key highlights of 2024:

Interest Rates

Achieved a record ADV of 13.7 million contracts.
U.S. Treasury futures and options reached an ADV of 8.1 million contracts.
SOFR futures and options recorded an ADV of 5.2 million contracts.

Equity Index

Reported an ADV of 6.8 million contracts.
Equity Index options ADV reached 1.6 million contracts.
Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures ADV grew 23% to 1.3 million contracts.

Energy

ADV increased by 17% to 2.5 million contracts.
Henry Hub Natural Gas futures recorded an ADV of 566,000 contracts.
WTI Crude Oil futures ADV reached 983,000 contracts.

Agricultural Products

Set a record with an ADV of 1.7 million contracts.
Corn futures ADV rose by 21% to 402,000 contracts.

Foreign Exchange

ADV reached 1 million contracts, marking an 8% growth.
Japanese Yen futures ADV stood at 182,000 contracts.

Metals

Achieved a record ADV of 736,000 contracts, reflecting a 23% increase.
Micro Gold futures ADV reached 105,000 contracts.

Cryptocurrency

ADV surged by 203% to 117,000 contracts.
Micro Bitcoin futures ADV recorded 48,000 contracts.

Notable Quarterly and Monthly Trends

These were quarterly and monthly trends:

Q4 2024

ADV reached 25.5 million contracts.
Cryptocurrency ADV rose by 307% to 197,000 contracts.
Energy options ADV increased to 469,000 contracts.

December 2024

ADV stood at 22.3 million contracts.
Energy options ADV reached 414,000 contracts.
Micro Ether futures ADV recorded 116,000 contracts.

Regional Growth

International ADV increased by 14% to 7.8 million contracts.
EMEA ADV reached 5.8 million contracts.
Asia ADV stood at 1.7 million contracts.

About CME Group

CME Group is one of the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplaces. It offers innumerable futures and options products for risk management. Its exchanges — CME, CBOT, NYMEX, and COMEX — provide multiple global products across all major asset classes. It includes futures and options based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural commodities, metals, weather, and real estate.

Summing Up

CME Group’s record-breaking performance in 2024 shows its commitment to innovation and market efficiency. The consistent growth across asset classes highlights the increasing demand for its risk management tools.

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