Oh, how utterly splendid! The CME Group has pranced and danced all the way to a record-breaking trading spree in 2025, hitting an astonishing average daily volume of 28 million contracts! That’s a whopping 6% increase from last year! Talk about a success story! 🎉📈
Now, the fourth quarter was no snooze-fest either, averaging over 27 million contracts, while December brought in a cozy 23 million. It seems like everyone was too busy trading to stop for a cup of tea! ☕️
Records? What Records?
Interest rate futures and options were the big cheese here, taking the crown with an average daily volume of about 14 million contracts. Equity index contracts decided they wanted to be famous too, adding a cheeky 7.4 million each day. It’s practically a trading carnival! 🎪
Energy trading was buzzing along at nearly 2.7 million contracts, and our dear agricultural products made a charming appearance with around 1.9 million. Even the metals got in on the action, setting records with roughly 988,000 contracts daily. If numbers were ice cream, everyone would be stuffed! 🍦
CME Group 2025 Market Statistics
Highest Annual ADV Ever: 28.1M contractsInterest Rate: 14.2M*
Equity Index: 7.4M
Energy: 2.7M*
Agricultural: 1.9M*
Metals: 988K*
FX: 980K
Crypto: 278K**All-Time Annual Record 🏆
– CME Group (@CMEGroup) January 5, 2026
Crypto Takes the Cake! 🎂
Ah, crypto! The star of the show! With a dramatic leap, crypto futures and options saw an average daily volume of about 278,000 contracts, soaring by nearly 140% from the previous year. November was particularly wild, with one day seeing almost 795,000 contracts traded! Can you believe it? It’s like a trading fairy tale! ✨
The total notional activity reached around $12 billion during the year. That’s enough to make anyone’s head spin faster than a whirling dervish! 💸
Monthly Peaks And Seasonal Patterns
April was a superstar month, dazzling everyone with an average daily volume near 35.9 million contracts, while November couldn’t resist showing off either, boasting averages above 33 million. Traders were doing their best impression of acrobats, all thanks to market volatility and heavy hedging across the board! 🤹♂️
Global Reach And Market Mix
CME Group’s international reach was stretching its legs too, with an average daily volume of around 8.4 million contracts! This was no one-hit wonder; it was a full-blown symphony of trading triumphs across various sectors! 🎶
Traders were all abuzz, citing shifts in interest-rate views, invigorated energy-market activity, and the grand return of robust crypto flows as the magic ingredients behind these astounding numbers. Hold onto your hats, folks; this data is causing a ruckus among regulators and market watchers alike! 🎩
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2026-01-06 08:21