Cme Floor Brokers

Coronavirus closes chicago mercantile exchange trading floor.

Cme floor brokers. The chicago mercantile exchange cme often called the chicago merc or the merc is a global derivatives marketplace based in chicago and located at 20 s. It was home to traders and brokers who did the actual buying selling and negotiating on the physical exchange. Cme based in chicago is the world s largest derivatives exchange handling contracts of west texas intermediate crude among other. Trading floor technology services staff work to ensure a state of the art trading environment for market participants on the cme group trading floor.

Cme group is the world s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace. Cme group announced wednesday night it will close its chicago trading floor in a precautionary move due to the coronavirus outbreak. Make the most of every transaction whether you re trading on exchange or otc. The company is comprised of four designated contract markets dcms.

The cme was founded in 1898 as the chicago butter and egg board an agricultural commodities exchange originally the exchange was a non profit organization. Trade cash futures and options. The closing will take effect friday at the close of business. Securities exchange operator cme group is making plans to reopen one of its busiest live trading floors.

Further information on each exchange s rules and product listings can be found by clicking on the links to cme cbot nymex and comex. Located on the trading floor immediately east of the out trade area our staff provides administrative and technical support for all trading floor technologies including cwi mf and telecommunications. Apt was designed to handle the needs of all traders from full service to discount to online with attention to detail and customer service rarely found in the brokerage industry. Analyze data and optimize portfolios.

Across the trading lifecycle and around the world cme group enables you to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. The merc demutualized in november 2000 went public in december. Cme group is the world s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace. The floor of the stock exchange was once the main location for market transactions.

Holiday calendar hours for floor and electronically traded futures and options during holidays.