- Record May ADV in interest rate, metals and cryptocurrency products
- SOFR futures ADV grew 31% over May 2024
- International ADV increased 15% to 8.7 million contracts
CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today reported it reached the highest May average daily volume (ADV) on record at 28.9 million contracts, an increase of 11% year-over-year. Market statistics are available in greater detail at https://cmegroupinc.gcs-web.com/monthly-volume.
May 2025 ADV across asset classes includes:
- Record May Interest Rate ADV of 16.2 million contracts
- Equity Index ADV of 6.6 million contracts
- Energy ADV of 2.6 million contracts
- Agricultural ADV of 1.6 million contracts
- Record May Metals ADV of 933,000 contracts
- Foreign Exchange ADV of 893,000 contracts
- Record May Cryptocurrency ADV of 197,000 contracts ($10 billion notional)
Additional May 2025 product highlights compared to May 2024:
- Interest Rate ADV increased 13%
- SOFR futures ADV increased 31% to 4 million contracts
- U.S. Treasury futures and options ADV increased 6% to 10.6 million contracts
- Interest Rate options ADV increased 11% to 2.7 million contracts
- Equity Index ADV increased 15%
- Micro E-mini Nasdaq 100 futures ADV increased 37% to 1.5 million contracts
- Micro E-mini S&P 500 futures ADV increased 60% to 1.3 million contracts
- Energy ADV increased 6%
- Record May Energy options ADV of 445,000 contracts
- Metals ADV increased 8%
- Record monthly Micro Gold futures ADV of 347,000 contracts
- Cryptocurrency ADV increased 145%
- Record monthly Ether futures ADV of 17,000 contracts
- Micro Ether futures ADV increased 235% to 92,000 contracts
- Micro Bitcoin futures ADV increased 95% to 65,000 contracts
- Micro Products ADV
- Micro E-mini Equity Index futures and options ADV of 3 million contracts represented 45.3% of overall Equity Index ADV and Micro WTI Crude Oil futures accounted for 2.5% of overall Energy ADV
- International ADV increased 15% to 8.7 million contracts, with EMEA ADV up 14% to 6.4 million contracts and Asia ADV up 24% to 2 million contracts
- BrokerTec U.S. Repo average daily notional value (ADNV) increased 28.6% to $352 billion, European Repo ADNV increased 3% to €306.7 billion and U.S. Treasury ADNV increased 20% to $101.1 billion
- EBS Spot FX ADNV increased 27% to $67.8 billion and FX Link ADV increased 52% to 43,000 contracts ($2.9 billion notional per leg)
- Customer average collateral balances to meet performance bond requirements for rolling 3-months ending April 2025 were $97.2 billion for cash collateral and $162.9 billion for non-cash collateral
