CME Group Micro Ether futures

Discover the precision of trading Micro Ether futures (MET), sized at 1/10 of one ether. MET provides another efficient, cost-effective way to manage your exposure to one of largest cryptocurrencies by market capitalization and further optimize your trading strategies.

Enjoy the same features of CME Group’s Ether futures (ETH) at a fraction of the size and with lower margins, enabling traders of all sizes to manage ether price risk and add diversification.

 

Key Benefits

Fine-tune your ether exposure
Add precision to your strategies and scale  positions up or down incrementally using contracts that are 1/500 the size of the larger Ether futures.

Price discovery and transparency
Trade on a regulated exchange where all participants see the same prices and quotes on contracts settled to the CME CF Ether-Dollar Reference Rate.

Save on potential margin offsets
Enjoy the efficiency of futures and save on potential margin offsets with Ether futures, Bitcoin futures and options, and Micro Bitcoin futures.

Explore multiple ways to trade
Trade electronically through CME Globex,  bilaterally via blocks and EFRPs, or using Basis Trade at Index Close (BTIC) transactions.


 

CONTRACT SPECIFICATIONS

CONTRACT SIZE 0.10 ether
TRADING HOURS AND VENUE

CME Globex:  Sunday - Friday 6:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET (5:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. CT) with a 60-minute break each day beginning at 5:00 p.m. ET (4:00 p.m. CT)

ClearPort: 6:00 p.m. Sunday to 6:45 p.m. Friday ET (5:00 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. CT) with a 15-minute maintenance window between 6:45 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. ET (5:45 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. CT) Monday - Thursday.

MINIMUM PRICE FLUCTUATION

Outrights: $0.50 per ether = $0.05 per contract

PRODUCT CODE

CME Globex: MET

CME ClearPort: MET

Clearing: MET

BTIC: MRB

LISTING CYCLE

Monthly contracts listed for 6 consecutive months and 2 additional Dec contract months. If the 6 consecutive months includes Dec, list only 1 additional Dec contract month.

FINAL SETTLEMENT

Delivery is by cash settlement by reference to the Final Settlement Price, equal to the CME CF Ether-Dollar Reference Rate on the Last day of trading.

TERMINATION OF TRADING

Trading terminates at 4:00 p.m. London time on the last Friday of the contract month that is either a London or U.S. business day. If the last Friday of the contract month day is not a business day in both London and the U.S., trading terminates on the prior London or U.S. business day.

Source: CME Group

 

LAST TRADING ACTIVITY


CME Group Silver Futures

COMEX Silver futures contracts - a global benchmark - are designed to help harness the benefits of financial risk management tools and rein in risk to a level that works best for traders.

CME Group's suite of Silver products includes Silver futures (5,000 oz), 1,000 oz Silver futures, E-mini Silver futures, Gold/Silver Ratio futures and London Spot Silver futures, all of which provide the flexibility and choice to tailor risk management strategies.;


Key Benefits

  • A central point of price discovery, price transparency, risk management, mitigation of counterparty credit risk and CFTC oversight
  • Price may be managed separately from physical supply
  • Contracts listed for 60 months forward, enabling a forward price curve

Contract Specifications



Source: CME Group
PRODUCT VOLUME OPEN INTEREST

Micro Bitcoin Futures

19,084 21,245
Bitcoin Futures 5,705 13,294
Ether Futures 4,518 5,094
Options on Bitcoin Futures 9 917

Trade Date: 4 November 2021 (Preliminary) – Source: CME Group

 

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Source: CME Group


 

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