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Options on bitcoin futures are now available on CME’s Globex platform. “Based on actively traded Bitcoin futures, our new contract offers a cost-efficient tool to hedge uncertain markets,” says CME in a release issued today. The exchange group adds that these options will provide a new way for traders to diversify their trading strategies and […]
Welcome to 2020 and may I wish you all a healthy and prosperous new year – if we’re looking in purely market terms I suppose that means some volatility. There were a few things that caught my eye over the holiday period, all of which I will, hopefully, get to in the next week, but […]
December was a mixed month for CME Group with the FX futures and options franchise seeing new highs but EBS hitting its lowest point since it started reporting numbers in 2007. Average daily volume (ADV) on EBS in spot FX was $56.9 billion per day in December. This was based upon a 22 day trading […]
CME Group sees cause for optimism as it reached a new single-day volume record for its FX futures of 2.7 million contracts on December 11, amid what has otherwise been a broadly subdued year of trading in the currency markets. Given that, aside from the Mexican peso, the majority of FX trading on CME takes […]
Is it time to really start to get worried about the primary FX venues? I have written before about the decline in volumes at these venues but one could be forgiven for thinking the decline is now becoming a little precipitate. Both Refinitiv and EBS reported their lowest spot ADV since they started reporting (so […]
Following downbeat reports from other venues earlier this week, the primary FX venues have also released weak volume data for November, with all three of CME, EBS and Refinitiv Matching reporting their lowest ADV for the year to date – the latter two platforms actually hitting their lowest ADV since they started reporting data over […]
FIA and FIA Tech have announced the successful implementation of execution source codes at CME Group. Over the last several months, the three entities have worked with market participants to make what they term “the necessary adjustments” to trading systems to support a new industry standard, which will allow for greater automation and efficiencies in […]
CME Group says that its FX Link service achieved a record average daily volume of 20K contracts for October, equivalent to $2 billion in notional value and says the growth reflects “the perspective of a growing number of participants that FX Link is a viable proxy for FX swaps and a proven vehicle for macro […]
CME Group has released details of its options on bitcoin futures, which were announced in September and are targeted for launch in Q1 2020. As expected, each contract is to be based on one of CME’s bitcoin futures contracts, which in turn consists of five bitcoin, and will be settled into one futures contract when […]
The primary FX venues have reported a year-on-year decline in spot FX volume, however the news was slightly more positive on a month-on-month basis. CME Group says that it handled notional value of $102.7 billion per day in September, an 8.3% decline from September 2018 but a 29.3% increase from August 2019 – reflecting September’s […]
