Group, the global exchange to list () , is about to record the biggest month for futures , industry outlet reports May 21. The publication has reportedly cited data from an external email from CME.
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange purportedly revealed that the average daily futures volume hit a new high of 14,000 contracts solely in May 2019.
To date, May 13 has reportedly become the biggest day for CME’s futures, with the platform having 33,700 contracts worth $1.35 billion in at the time. The exchange also revealed that the number of futures accounts has hit more than 2,500.
In the report, CME has also summarized its total futures results, claiming that the exchange has traded more than 1.6 million contracts since it was launched in December 2017, which accounts for over $50 billion in notional value.
As previously , CME Group had seen a massive growth of futures trades on May 13, which represented a 50% spike versus the on April 4. On the other hand, the exchange previously that its net income dropped 17% in Q1 2019 despite rising revenues.
Crypto markets have recently seen the first major bullish move in 2019, with surging from an average price point of $4,000 to above $8,000 starting from April 1, according to data from .
Earlier today, Cointelegraph that major Japanese crypto exchanges, including Bitpoint, DMM and Coincheck, have registered a 200% surge of new account signups since the end of March 2019.
Published at Wed, 22 May 2019 13:10:16 +0000
