CME Group Sets New FX Open Interest Record

CME Group, the world’s leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that its FX futures and options reached a new open interest record of 4,410,167 contracts on September 4, 2026, surpassing the previous record of 4,269,622 contracts on June 11, 2026.

The number of large open interest holders in FX futures reached an all-time high of 1,446 (as noted by the CFTC’s August 25 Commitment of Traders report). Asset managers for the first time exceeded $200 billion in FX futures notional open interest.

“The record participation we’re seeing underscores growing buy-side demand for the capital efficiencies, transparency and central clearing that futures provide,” said Paul Houston, Global Head of FX Products at CME Group. “From major currencies to emerging markets, clients are increasingly using our FX futures and options to manage risk across a broader range of currency pairs than ever before.”

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As the world’s leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, cryptocurrencies, energy, agricultural products and metals.  The company offers futures and options on futures trading through the CME Globex platform, fixed income trading via BrokerTec and foreign exchange trading on the EBS platform.  In addition, it operates one of the world’s leading central counterparty clearing providers, CME Clearing.