CME Group Pricing and Forward Curves

CME Group operates CME, CBOT, NYMEX, and COMEX, and offers one of the largest electronic trading platforms in the world, Globex. Operation of these exchanges requires many differing processes: transactional data publication such as volume, interest and price quotes, settlement of contracts in both liquid and illiquid markets, numerous daily reports, risk management, and clearing. CME handles approximately 3 billion contracts, worth $1 quadrillion annually.