CME Group Reports April 2026 ADV Of 25.9 Million Contracts

CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today reported its April 2026 average daily volume (ADV) reached 25.9 million contracts. Market statistics are available in greater detail at https://cmegroupinc.gcs-web.com/monthly-volume.

April 2026 ADV across asset classes includes:

• Interest Rate ADV of 11.4 million contracts
• Equity Index ADV of 7.8 million contracts
• Energy ADV of 2.9 million contracts
• Agricultural ADV of 2 million contracts
• Metals ADV of 926,000 contracts
• Foreign Exchange ADV of 873,000 contracts
• Cryptocurrency ADV of 192,000 contracts ($14.8 billion notional)

Additional April 2026 product highlights compared to April 2025:

• Energy ADV
  • Micro WTI Crude Oil futures ADV increased 421% to 410,000 contracts
  • WTI Crude Oil weekly options ADV increased 44% to 33,000 contracts
• Agricultural ADV
  • Record KC HRW Wheat futures ADV of 107,000 contracts
  • Soybean Oil futures ADV increased 9% to 240,000 contracts
  • Chicago SRW Wheat futures ADV increased 19% to 187,000 contracts
• Metals ADV
  • Micro Gold futures ADV increased 50% to 436,000 contracts
  • Micro Silver futures ADV increased 264% to 85,000 contracts
• FX Products ADV
  • Record daily Japanese Yen futures of 632,000 contracts on April 30
• Cryptocurrency ADV increased 5%
  • Ether futures ADV increased 33% to 19,000 contracts
• Micro Products ADV
  • Micro E-mini Equity Index futures and options ADV of 3.5 million contracts represented 46% of overall Equity Index ADV, Micro Energy futures accounted for  15% of overall Energy ADV and Micro Metals futures accounted for 58% of overall Metals ADV
• BrokerTec overall average daily notional value (ADNV) increased 4% to $1.041 trillion
  • U.S. Repo ADNV increased 3% to $389 billion
  • European Repo ADNV increased 15% to €369 billion    
• FX Link ADV increased 33% to 56,000 contracts ($4.9 billion notional per leg)
• Customer average collateral balances to meet performance bond requirements for rolling 3-months ending March 2026 were $149.5 billion for cash collateral and $170.9 billion for non-cash collateral