ICE Futures U.S., a leading regulated U.S. futures exchange for global agricultural, equity index and currency markets, reported record daily volume in its U.S. Dollar Index (USDX) futures contract of 77,811 contracts on Friday, March 12. The notional value of USDX contracts traded on March 12 was $6.2 billion. The previous daily volume record of 74,562 contracts was established on December 9, 2009. Year to date, ADV in USDX futures is 27,050 contracts, up more than 320% from a year ago.
USDX futures trade exclusively on ICE Futures U.S. 22 hours a day. Starting today, USDX options on futures are available side-by-side, trading for the first time on the ICE electronic platform, and will continue to be offered on the ICE Futures U.S. options trading floor.
Real-time prices for USDX futures are available at no cost at www.theice.com/USDX following a one-time registration process. A recording of a webinar on USDX trading strategies by David Hightower, principal of Hartfield Trading and senior researcher for the Hightower Report, is also available at no cost.
Introduced in 1985, the USDX futures contract is the global benchmark for the value of the U.S. dollar and is the world's most heavily traded currency index futures contract.
