- Record ADV in interest rate products, including U.S. Treasury futures and options
- Record ADV in agricultural products
- Record international ADV of 11.6 million contracts
CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today reported its average daily volume (ADV) reached a new monthly record of 37.6 million contracts in February, an increase of 14% year-over-year. The company's previous monthly ADV record was set in April 2025 with 35.9 million contracts. Market statistics are available in greater detail at https://cmegroupinc.gcs-web.com/monthly-volume.
February 2026 ADV across asset classes includes:
- Interest Rate ADV of 21.3 million contracts
- Equity Index ADV of 8.4 million contracts
- Energy ADV of 3.2 million contracts
- Agricultural ADV of 2.3 million contracts
- Metals ADV of 1.5 million contracts
- Foreign Exchange ADV of 946,000 contracts
- Cryptocurrency ADV of 322,000 contracts ($9.3 billion notional)
Additional February 2026 product highlights compared to February 2025:
- Interest Rate ADV increased 11%
- Record U.S. Treasury futures and options ADV of 13.7 million contracts
- Record 10-Year U.S. Treasury Note futures ADV of 3.7 million contracts
- Record 5-Year U.S. Treasury Note futures ADV of 3.2 million contracts
- Record 2-Year U.S. Treasury Note futures ADV of 1.9 million contracts
- Record 10-Year U.S. Treasury Note options ADV of 1.4 million contracts
- SOFR futures and options ADV increased 25% to 7.1 million contracts
- 30 Day Fed Funds futures ADV increased 24% to 512,000 contracts
- Record U.S. Treasury futures and options ADV of 13.7 million contracts
- Equity Index ADV increased 16%
- Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures ADV increased 37% to 2.2 million contracts
- Micro E-mini S&P 500 futures ADV increased 28% to 1.4 million contracts
- Energy ADV increased 12%
- WTI Crude Oil futures ADV increased 35% to 1.1 million contracts
- NY Heating Oil futures ADV increased 14% to 228,000 contracts
- Agricultural ADV increased 11%
- Record Soybean futures ADV of 444,000 contracts
- Record Soybean Oil futures ADV of 278,000 contracts
- Record Soybean Meal futures ADV of 226,000 contracts
- Record Chicago SRW Wheat futures ADV of 213,000 contracts
- Metals ADV increased 88%
- Micro Gold futures ADV increased 290% to 573,000 contracts
- Micro Silver futures ADV increased 865% to 205,000 contracts
- Cryptocurrency ADV increased 45%
- Micro Ether futures ADV increased 22% to 115,000 contracts
- Micro Bitcoin futures ADV increased 31% to 100,000 contracts
- Ether futures ADV increased 65% to 24,000 contracts
- Micro Products ADV
- Micro E-mini Equity Index futures and options ADV of 4 million contracts represented 47.3% of overall Equity Index ADV and Micro WTI Crude Oil futures accounted for 2.7% of overall Energy ADV
- Record International ADV of 11.6 million contracts, with record EMEA ADV of 8.7 million contracts and APAC ADV up 16% to 2.4 million contracts
- BrokerTec overall average daily notional value (ADNV) increased 16% to a record $1.042 trillion in February
- U.S. Repo ADNV increased 18% to $383 billion
- European Repo ADNV increased 11% to €369 billion
- Customer average collateral balances to meet performance bond requirements for rolling 3-months ending January 2026 were $141.2 billion for cash collateral and $164.4 billion for non-cash collateral
