Futures & Commodities

This article discusses the connectivity of Cushing - the delivery location of WTI Futures and also covers how the extreme market imbalances between supply & demand led to the negative prices a day prior to expiration of May 2020 contract.

This special edition of The FX Report is focused on how CME Group FX products can be used to mitigate risk during these unprecedented times.

Market volatility set to persist amid conflicting narratives. We may remain in rather volatile trading ranges for some time in markets from equities to energy to gold, among others.

While all eyes have been on the huge fall in the outright price of crude oil, the oil options markets are also sending plenty of signals about market expectations for the longer-term impact of COVID-19.

In June, amidst a dramatic repricing in USD bond markets, global participants turned to CME Group's deeply liquid Eurodollar and Fed Funds futures to both manage risk and gain insight into the likelihood of a Fed rate cut.

In the August edition of the ASX Grain Focus report we have seen Options on Eastern Australia Wheat trade for the first time since July 2017. We saw the 325 and 330 puts trade.