About Chicago Mercantile Exchange · Chicago
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), also known as the Merc, is the largest organized exchange for trading futures and options by daily volume. Owned by the CME Group, it was the first financial exchange to demutualize and become a publicly traded corporation in 2000. The CME Group, formed in 2007, includes CME, COMEX, CBOT, and NYMEX. It provides market data and trading services for commodities, indices, interest rates, forex, and OTC markets through platforms like ICE Connect, ICE Data API, and ICE Consolidated Feed.
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) is a global leader in derivatives trading, offering real-time and historical market data for futures, options, currencies, and indices. It serves institutional investors, traders, and financial institutions through its integrated platforms including ICE Global Network, ICE Data API, and ICE Consolidated Feed. The CME Group, which owns CME, also operates COMEX, CBOT, and NYMEX, making it one of the world’s largest financial exchange operators. Data access is supported via APIs, desktop tools, and wireless networks, with options for Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 market depth. The CME does not identify as Catholic-owned or faith-based in any way.
- In business
- since 2000 (demutualization)
- Owner
- CME Group (formed by 2007 merger)
- Serves
- North America; global data access
About CME
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), also known as the Merc, is the largest organized exchange for trading futures and options by daily volume. Owned by the CME Group, it was the first financial exchange to demutualize and become a publicly traded corporation in 2000. The CME Group, formed in 2007, includes CME, COMEX, CBOT, and NYMEX, making it one of the world’s largest financial exchange operators.
Services
CME provides market data and trading services for commodities, indices, interest rates, forex, and OTC markets through platforms like ICE Connect, ICE Data API, and ICE Consolidated Feed. Data access is supported via APIs, desktop tools, and wireless networks, with options for Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 market depth.
Key Features
The ICE Global Network offers high-quality native data feed and execution services through an ultra-secure, highly resilient network. ICE Consolidated Feed provides normalized, human-readable data with consistent reference fields and third-party identifiers. ICE Consolidated History offers up to 15 years of tick-by-tick historical data.