CME's New Brazilian Real Contract Shows Stellar First Day Performance

EXCHANGES

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange's fledgling futures and options on the Brazilian real, launched on November 8, showed a great deal of promise on day one of trading. Estimated volume for the first day of trading was 2,223 contracts, nearly double that of the Merc's successful Mexican peso contract, which also saw a lot of activity that day. Options volume was estimated at 60 contracts.

"We had very tight, deep markets all day long," says David Goone, the Merc's vice president of currency and

Only users who have a paid subscription or are part of a corporate subscription are able to print or copy content.

To access these options, along with all other subscription benefits, please contact customer services - www.fx-markets.com/static/contact-us, or view our subscription options here: https://subscriptions.fx-markets.com/subscribe

You are currently unable to copy this content. Please contact info@fx-markets.com to find out more.

Sorry, our subscription options are not loading right now

Please try again later. Get in touch with our customer services team if this issue persists.

New to FX Markets? View our subscription options

Most read articles loading...

You need to sign in to use this feature. If you don’t have a FX Markets account, please register for a trial.

Sign in
You are currently on corporate access.

To use this feature you will need an individual account. If you have one already please sign in.

Sign in.

Alternatively you can request an indvidual account here: