Overview
- Continuous trading will run on CME Globex with a brief weekly maintenance window over the weekend.
- Weekend and holiday trades will carry the next business day’s trade date, with clearing, settlement and regulatory reporting processed on that day.
- The rollout requires regulatory sign-off, with trading slated to begin Friday, May 29 at 4:00 p.m. CT.
- CME reports record activity: $3.0 trillion in 2025 notional volume and early‑2026 average daily volume of 407,200 contracts, with futures ADV at 403,900 and open interest at 335,400.
- CME frames the move as aligning regulated futures and options with always‑on spot markets and notes recent product additions tied to Cardano, Chainlink and Stellar.