The Birth of FuturesIn the Beginning In the mid-1840s, Chicago began to emerge as the market center for farmers in neighboring states. At harvest time, farmers converged on the city to sell their…
IntercontinentalExchange® (ICE®) is the world’s centralized price discovery point for the U.S. Dollar Index (USDX®). The ICE USDX futures contract is a recognized currency benchmark for traders, analysts and economists worldwide. The U.S….
IntercontinentalExchange® (ICE®) became the center of global trading in “soft†commodities with i ts acquisi t ion of the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) in 2007. Now known as ICE Futures U.S®, the exchange offers futures and options on futures…
IntercontinentalExchange® (ICE®) became the center of global trading in “soft†commodities with its acquisition of the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) in 2007. Now known as ICE Futures U.S.®, the exchange offers futures and options on futures on…
IntercontinentalExchange® (ICE®) became a cente r for global petroleum risk management and trading with its acquisition of the International Petroleum Exchange® (IPE®) in June 2001, which is today known as ICE Futures Europe®. IPE was established…
IntercontinentalExchange® (ICE®) became the center of global tradingin “soft†commodities with its acquisition of the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) in 2007. Now known as ICE Futures U.S®, the exchange offers futures and options on futures on…
IntercontinentalExchange® (ICE®) became the center of global trading in “soft†commodities with its acquisition of the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) in 2007. Now known as ICE Futures U.S®, the exchange offers futures and options on futures on…
IntercontinentalExchange® (ICE®) became the center of global trading in “softâ€Â c o m m o d i t i e s w i t h i t s acquisition of the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) in 2007. Now known as ICE Futures U.S®, the exchange offers futures and options…
IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) became the center of global canola trading with its acquisition of the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange in 2007. Canola seed (formerly rapeseed) futures began trading in Winnipeg…
What Do Futures Do for the Energy Markets? Futures contracts trade in standardized units in a highly visible, extremely competitive, continuous open auction. To do this effectively, the underlying market must meet three…
The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. is the largest physical commodity futures exchange in the world. Its suite of metals futures and options contracts are cleared financial instruments that allow market participants to mitigate price risk in a…