Helpful Links
On this page we list select Futures Exchange links and links to the CFTC and NFA.
Futures Exchanges
North America
CME/ CBOT
The combination of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade provides the widest range of benchmark futures and options products available on any exchange, covering all major asset classes.
ICE
IntercontinentalExchange®, the fully electronic futures exchange offers contracts in energy (listed and OTC), soft commodities, currencies, equity indices and power.
NYMEX
The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., is the world's largest physical commodity futures exchange and the preeminent trading forum for energy and precious metals.
Europe
Eurex
Eurex is one of the world's largest derivatives exchanges and the leading clearing house in Europe.
Euronext Liffe
Liffe is the leading international derivatives business of the NYSE Euronext Group, the transatlantic exchange formed in 2007. Liffe operates regulated, high-tech markets in Amsterdam, Brussels, Lisbon, London and Paris where every day approximately two trillion euros worth of derivatives business is traded by customers from around the world.
Asia and Australia
Singapore
Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) is Asia-Pacific's first demutualised and integrated securities and derivatives exchange.
Hong Kong
HKEx's mission statement for 2007-2009: To be a leading international marketplace for securities and derivatives products focused on Hong Kong, Mainland China and the rest of Asia.
Sydney
In November 1989, SFE became the first exchange to extend its normal trading floor with a screen dealing system, SYCOM® and in November 1999, the trading floor was closed completely and the SFE became a fully electronic exchange.
Regulatory Links
CFTC
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission: created after the passage of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Act of 1974. The CFTC is an independent agency with exclusive jurisdiction over futures trading in all commodities.
NFA
The National Futures Association: the industrywide, self-regulatory organization for the U.S. futures industry.