The previous total daily volume record was set on February 14, 2001 when there were 31,957 contracts traded.
Another record was set on January 31, 2006 when total daily volume of trade in March 2006 Western Barley futures contracts reached 5,285 contracts. The previous daily volume record for a March Western Barley futures contract was set on October 31, 2005 when 3,544 contracts were traded.
Since converting to an electronic trading platform, WCE has set numerous all-time records in individual contracts, total contracts for individual commodities, and total contracts for all commodities.
Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Inc., established in 1887, has been facilitating futures contract trading since 1904. WCE is Canada's only agricultural futures and options exchange and North America's first fully electronic commodity exchange. WCE offers futures and options contracts on canola, domestic feed wheat, and western barley.
