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CME Group Reports Second-Highest August ADV of 28.1 Million Contracts

1. CME reports an August ADV of 28.1 million contracts. 2. Highest ADV in August was 31.7 million in 2024. 3. Interest Rate contracts saw 16.2 million ADV. 4. Cryptocurrency products recorded 411,000 contracts ADV. 5. Overall market activity indicates strong trading engagement.

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Why Bullish?

The increase in ADV reflects heightened market demand and trading activity, suggesting reduced volatility and increased investor confidence. Historical performance shows similar volumes lead to upward momentum in CME's stock price.

How important is it?

The record trading volumes are likely to appeal to investors and market analysts, enhancing CME's market reputation and potentially increasing its stock value.

Why Short Term?

Higher trading volumes typically activate immediate investor interest, likely influencing stock prices in the near term. However, sustained effects depend on continued volume increases or market changes.

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CHICAGO, Sept. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today reported its second-highest August average daily volume (ADV) of 28.1 million contracts. The company set an August ADV record in 2024 with 31.7 million contracts. Market statistics are available in greater detail at https://cmegroupinc.gcs-web.com/monthly-volume.

August 2025 ADV across asset classes includes:

Additional August 2025 product highlights compared to August 2024:

  • Interest Rate ADV
    • Ultra 10-Year U.S. Treasury futures ADV increased 10% to 1 million contracts
    • 30 Day Fed Funds futures ADV increased 6% to 517,000 contracts
  • Agricultural ADV
    • Soybean futures ADV increased 33% to 274,000 contracts
    • Corn options ADV increased 62% to 134,000 contracts
  • Metals ADV
    • Micro Gold futures ADV increased 54% to 190,000 contracts
  • Cryptocurrency ADV
    • Record monthly Micro Ether futures ADV of 271,000 contracts
    • Record monthly Ether futures ADV of 27,000 contracts
  • Micro Products ADV
    • Micro E-mini Equity Index futures and options ADV of 2.5 million contracts represented 38.9% of overall Equity Index ADV and Micro WTI Crude Oil futures accounted for 2.4% of overall Energy ADV
  • BrokerTec U.S. Repo average daily notional value (ADNV) increased 29% to a record $380 billion and European Repo ADNV increased 3% to €281.3 billion
  • Customer average collateral balances to meet performance bond requirements for rolling 3-months ending July 2025 were $132.5 billion for cash collateral and $148.8 billion for non-cash collateral

As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest ratesequity indexesforeign exchangeenergyagricultural products and metals.  The company offers futures and options on futures trading through the CME Globex platform, fixed income trading via BrokerTec and foreign exchange trading on the EBS platform.  In addition, it operates one of the world's leading central counterparty clearing providers, CME Clearing. 

CME Group, the Globe logo, CME, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Globex, and E-mini are trademarks of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.  CBOT and Chicago Board of Trade are trademarks of Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc.  NYMEX, New York Mercantile Exchange and ClearPort are trademarks of New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc.  COMEX is a trademark of Commodity Exchange, Inc. BrokerTec is a trademark of BrokerTec Americas LLC and EBS is a trademark of EBS Group LTD. The S&P 500 Index is a product of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC ("S&P DJI"). "S&P®", "S&P 500®", "SPY®", "SPX®", US 500 and The 500 are trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC; Dow Jones®, DJIA® and Dow Jones Industrial Average are service and/or trademarks of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. These trademarks have been licensed for use by Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. Futures contracts based on the S&P 500 Index are not sponsored, endorsed, marketed, or promoted by S&P DJI, and S&P DJI makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in such products. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. 

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